Sold Vauxhall Astra Mk2 Merit Estate.

[Scruffy Bodger]

Distance test = see how far you can throw the fucking thing.

 

Used to do it with VV's. 

 

Variable Ventruris! What a load of crap they were. Auto-choke bollox. Weber swap and a choke cable on my old Cortina years ago and what a difference it made.

[pandamonium]

Well, the carb is rebuilt now, ready to go back on.

 

Unfortunately I've damaged the plastic spacer thingy that goes under, so I was wondering if I could get away with not putting it on and just using the new gasket? Any thoughts?

[lisbon_road]

I think it'll get too hot and you will get fuel vapourising.  You could try it though.  How is it damaged?  Can it be repaired or does someone on here have another one?

[pandamonium]

I scraped some of the surface off when removing the gasket. 

[purplebargeken]

Chemical metal? Body filler?

[bub2006]

Glass and fine Emery paper so it's perfectly flat and rub the scuffs out gently?

[lisbon_road]

I'm with bub on that.  It is there to stop heat transfer and the surface might need to be smooth, but the actual depth isn't critical.

[pandamonium]

Ok, good call. I'll set to it tomorrow and get it smooth-ish

[pandamonium]

In other news, tidied up the steels, as i like the utilitarian look. I've also put some rust killer on the rusty bits and cleaned up the grey plastic.

 

[Felly Magic]

Orl Vocksorlz r not shit M9, so glad this is still in the fold, especially with it being a rare buttery biscuit base flavour estate, this is clearly part of the Autoshite bASe Massiv

[BorniteIdentity]

Oooh. Tidy.

[oldcars]

I really like that. Something about the front bumper and the rear arch shape that just looks right.

[Jams]

Im going to book the trend with this but i would love to fit a let engine and lower it a touch some decent stoppers!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Im going to book the trend with this but i would love to fit a let engine and lower it a touch some decent stoppers!

 

Sacrilege!  Absolutely not.  No, no, no.

 

No.

 

This car is so ugly that it's beautiful again.  In the blue I remember a lot of these being when I was a kid.  It's wonderfully hideous and so it should remain!

[Felly Magic]

Shame Daewoo didn't do a Nexia estate

[purplebargeken]

Has t'log book turned up yet?

[Felly Magic]

The only way this could be any more bASe is if it was a 3 door estate, needs a set of pie dish wheel trims though, but it wouldn't surprise me if they are completely unobtanium now

[M'coli]

Im going to book the trend with this but i would love to fit a let engine and lower it a touch some decent stoppers!

Why follow the crowd? That's what every other 80s Astra/Cavalier will end up with. That is following the trend. Why not just bloody drive it when it's running well?

[Felly Magic]

Is it just me or would this look good with a silver coachline?

[Ghosty]

Has t'log book turned up yet?

 

DVLA seem to have their heads up their arses atm (is it because 18 plates were out in March?). I've had the Prelude for 3 weeks now and there's no sign of the V5 yet.

 

Astra is looking good, I can just about remember these and the Bedford vans being everywhere. I don't feel that grille looks quite right without BEDFORD going across it in that wonderful '80s font.

[purplebargeken]

I was thinking red pinstripe maybe.

[SiC]

DVLA seem to have their heads up their arses atm (is it because 18 plates were out in March?). I've had the Prelude for 3 weeks now and there's no sign of the V5 yet.

 

Astra is looking good, I can just about remember these and the Bedford vans being everywhere. I don't feel that grille looks quite right without BEDFORD going across it in that wonderful '80s font.

I did a v5 online on the 28th March. The new v5 came on the 3rd April. I guess if you did it by hand then it might be in a big pile at the DVLA waiting to be processed. If you did it online, it should really be back by now.

[beko1987]

Ive had v5's quickly last year, but ive still not had the 'you don't own this car' slip from the blue gooner. Keeping the paperwork safely filed incase it bites me when the sorn needs renewing or sonething

[oldcars]

Ive had v5's quickly last year, but ive still not had the 'you don't own this car' slip from the blue gooner. Keeping the paperwork safely filed incase it bites me when the sorn needs renewing or sonething

You can't scrap a gooner they come back to haunt you 

[pandamonium]

V5 arrived a few days after I collected it. 

 

This car is not getting modified, and my main goal is to get it running smoothly and looking tidy.

I can't rule out it becoming available again once I've done that though, as I have a short attention span! 

[Datsuncog]

You can't scrap a gooner they come back to haunt you 

 

Well that's me jiggered for life, then...

 

Looking to euthanize two of the buggers in short order.

[beko1987]

Yep, seems I'm fucked too! Still got the tow bar for the old one though as the bloke who wanted it (not from here) has gone silent, so that might help!

[oldcars]

Well that's me jiggered for life, then...

 

Looking to euthanize two of the buggers in short order.

Your safe, only a MK2 issue. 

[pandamonium]

Well, put it all back together . ... And it started!

Ran well, until it came off auto-choke. Then it cut out. Would restart fine, but not idle. If i manually reactivated the choke, it would run again, until you blip the throttle and then it drops the choke off and cuts out. 

 

Back to the drawing board.

[plasticvandan]

Has the mixture been weakened off to compensate for a non functioning auto choke/emissions?