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[wuvvum]

Get it bought Trig.  There's one of those sat just round the corner from mine, although it's the boring hatchback version. 

 

[Floatylight]

14 hours ago, trigger said:

I've been offered a car today, apparently a 1 owner from new, he won it on holiday in 1982 in Scarborough whist staying at a hotel, he's owned it ever since but is now 81 and is too scared to drive it  but I must say the body work is mint. I'm not sure what it's worth or if I really have room for it? .

That is awesome, my auntie had a booted W reg one and a neighbour also had a booked one badged as an Opel Kadett, I think by Y reg they had done away with the booted version..

Would love one.

[Joey spud]

My Granvia had a fail to proceed the other day,I suspected it was a blocked filter although the filter was a genuine one and looked fairly new.

So I bunged a new Bosch one on and normal service was resumed.

But just confirm it was deffo the filter I cut the old one open and had a look inside 

Yep that's knackered.

I don't think Toyota have changed their fuel filter design for about thirty years. 

[Joey spud]

I was a YTS trainee at a Vauxhall Dealer when these booted Astra's were nearly new and to be honest the 1200cc pushrod engine compared to the OHC engine was a wheezy underpowered turd that wore out very quickly.

Still nice to see though.

[SiC]

Went to a car meet today with a mate. Mostly modern stuff but a few older stuff that caught my interest.

First one was for @vulgalour. Ignore the Lamborghini Ur Anus in the background spoiling this picture.




















Not sure this was a visitor or just a knackered Fiesta abandoned in the car park.







What was the best car there? This one!


Not sure if the person who bought it on here ever outed himself. However it is great to see it out, about and being used.

[RoverFolkUs]

That Astra needs to be bought, immediately. Its too clean to get chucked on a Transit beavertail and barried 

[DVee8]

6 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

If you don't want it, it would be worth helping hook the chap up with a specialist auction house. One owner from new, fantastic condition and fascinating backstory with photographic evidence. It would do well, I'm sure.

There must be another story with the car being mega early spec yet registered on a Y plate. These were all on a very W plate weren't they? 

My old man had a Opel Kadett version on a V reg TGR 185 V.

[reb]

Anyone have any tips for getting a rusted in track rod end off? Preferably without fucking the inner track rod because I don't have the appropriate tool to change that.

[RoverFolkUs]

2 minutes ago, reb said:

Anyone have any tips for getting a rusted in track rod end off? Preferably without fucking the inner track rod because I don't have the appropriate tool to change that.

(Sorry, I do realize that is utterly unhelpful 😂)

[reb]

15 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

(Sorry, I do realize that is utterly unhelpful 😂)

Best I can do is

[D.E]

1 hour ago, DVee8 said:

My old man had a Opel Kaddet version on a V reg TGR 185 V.

I am not 100% sure it was the same with the RHD ones, but in continental Europe the Kadett "saloon" was available the entire production run (1979-1984). 

 

Anyway, someone please GIB! 

[RoverFolkUs]

23 minutes ago, reb said:

Best I can do is

Have you managed to crack the jam nut off? I'd assume not 

They can be a bastard even with oxyacetylene, so cutting off and replacing the inner maybe the only way to go 

Unless of course some wizard comes along with an alternative brilliant idea

[reb]

8 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Have you managed to crack the jam nut off? I'd assume not 

They can be a bastard even with oxyacetylene, so cutting off and replacing the inner maybe the only way to go 

Unless of course some wizard comes along with an alternative brilliant idea

 

Tried some heat, thought I'd shifted the nut but it turns out the movement was just the flats on the inner rounding off. I have new inners so it's not the end of the world, I'm just not sure how to change them.

[RoverFolkUs]

3 minutes ago, reb said:

Tried some heat, thought I'd shifted the nut but it turns out the movement was just the flats on the inner rounding off. I have new inners so it's not the end of the world, I'm just not sure how to change them.

What car is it? Usually just a simple* case of peeling off the rack boot, can usually use a pipe wrench on the rack output to unwind the inner track rod

[artdjones]

8 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Have you managed to crack the jam nut off? I'd assume not 

They can be a bastard even with oxyacetylene, so cutting off and replacing the inner maybe the only way to go 

Unless of course some wizard comes along with an alternative brilliant idea

 

If you use oxy you are ruining the track rod anyway if it gets red hot.

This kind of tool is cheap enough on Amazon.

[RoverFolkUs]

2 minutes ago, artdjones said:

If you use oxy you are ruining the track rod anyway if it gets red hot.

This kind of tool is cheap enough on Amazon.

Track rod has always been fine after being cherry red for me.

There's the "right" tools out there but a pipe wrench or adjustable spanner will usually get them off. 

That tool wouldn't be suitable with the track rod end in place anyway, as it's stuck

[artdjones]

14 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Track rod has always been fine after being cherry red for me.

There's the "right" tools out there but a pipe wrench or adjustable spanner will usually get them off. 

That tool wouldn't be suitable with the track rod end in place anyway, as it's stuck

The track rod will still work fine, you've just removed a lot of the strength.

[RoverFolkUs]

19 minutes ago, artdjones said:

The track rod will still work fine, you've just removed a lot of the strength.

Meh, possibly, it'll still be enough though unless it takes a whack in which case it would want replacing anyway

[wuvvum]

I think I may have found the source of the knocking noise on the front of the Laguna. 

[stuboy]

1 minute ago, wuvvum said:

I think I may have found the source of the knocking noise on the front of the Laguna. 

 

 

[trigger]

I'm off to view the Astra on Friday, I've managed to convince myself that I need to buy it to save it from getting a red top fitted... I'm not sure I'll keep it (if I buy it) as yet but I'll get it up to scratch, use it for a few shows and have some fun and then hopefully it will then find a home with a enthusiast.

[reb]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

What car is it? Usually just a simple* case of peeling off the rack boot, can usually use a pipe wrench on the rack output to unwind the inner track rod

It's a 205. There's no flats or anything on the inner to wind it off.

[RoverFolkUs]

17 minutes ago, reb said:

It's a 205. There's no flats or anything on the inner to wind it off.

Ah bugger, sometimes they do have a flat or even a 6 sided surface to use a spanner. 

In that case you'd probably need a special tool as above, and angle grind the old one in half to get it over. 

Not ideal I do appreciate

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, trigger said:

I'm off to view the Astra on Friday, I've managed to convince myself that I need to buy it to save it from getting a red top fitted... I'm not sure I'll keep it (if I buy it) as yet but I'll get it up to scratch, use it for a few shows and have some fun and then hopefully it will then find a home with a enthusiast.

Luvvly jubbly, you know it makes sense! Why wait til Friday tho?

 

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, reb said:

It's a 205. There's no flats or anything on the inner to wind it off.

 

[RoverFolkUs]

12 minutes ago, stuboy said:

 

Was my thinking, but if it's tight that may prove to be a struggle

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

I think I may have found the source of the knocking noise on the front of the Laguna. 

 

Ermm... Oh... Interesting. At least you found it!

[adw1977]

21 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

There must be another story with the car being mega early spec yet registered on a Y plate. These were all on a very W plate weren't they? 

Neither the saloon body nor the basic round headlight E trim level were part of the very limited Astra range as launched.  Both were added in October 1980, but in late 1982 the saloon was dropped and the E trim level replaced by a base trim badged simply Astra, with the same headlight shape as the rest of the range.

As usual, Vauxpedia is an excellent resource if you can cope with the headache inducing colour scheme:

Vauxpedia - Mark 1 Astra

[trigger]

I spent a while on there last night reading up about them, they sound quite miserable with the Viva and presumably Chevette OHV engine but it's a real rarity in that spec. 

Look at the condition of them arches! 

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, trigger said:

I spent a while on there last night reading up about them, they sound quite miserable with the Viva and presumably Chevette OHV engine but it's a real rarity in that spec. 

Look at the condition of them arches! 

I think the engine in these were based on the German Opel version of the pushed engine, not the Vauxhall one.