project freeze my signum off

evocarlos

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well ive started a new project picked up a 2.0lt signum very cheep that had loads of work done for the last mot and then it had a plug come loose damaged the thread and poped out the top

soon got that sorted with a m14 recoil kit :)
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while i was doing the plug i put a new main chain on
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bit dirty and looking sorry for its slef
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121k miles later lol
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after a wash it started to come clean
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a nice sort of clean
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and then the engine bay had the usual treatment and that looked 100 times better to
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and as with all preface vectras the headlights were muffed so took about sanding the faded laquer off then applying new laquer
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done
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also a bit of rust bubbles taken care of on the bottom of the drivers door
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stripped the boot out and gave it all a good wipe down
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much better :)
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the boot catch was rusty so sorted that to with my new shot blasting cabinet
before and after
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before and after back side
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all clean
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no paint just fertan :)
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picked up some bits to repair the door paint,tape,wet&dry.....
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after having the car a week or so a few little niggles poped up that annoyed me
the head lamp leveling was non functional looks like the motor was rusted to bits
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good job astra g motor PCB's are the same :) bit of a swap round and now all working
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the brakes creaked when pushing the pedal at a stand still and both front disc were scrap
new ones going in with painted and greased calipers
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even fitted a set of braided front lines i had laying around then did a full brake fluid change
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had problems getting 3rd when driving and also at low speed the dual mass was playing tennis
after draining the mtf it was apparent that the 4.2l in there was way too much lol
its now got 2.6l and working fine no more dual mass tennis
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some other jobs
the coolant low warning kept flashing up so washed the bottle out and changed the level sensor for it to still give the error i ended up unplugging the body loom and washing out the plug with carb cleaner its since never came back on

then i had a reverse lamp warning altho the bulb was on
the car has a tow bar and all i can think is the guy fitting it broke the wire out the plug his fix was to solder the earth direct to the inside of the lamp housing :confused:
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i found the right terminal with the right colour wire in a dead mk4 astra dash loom used that to replace the missing wire to the plug and its now working as should

im sure there will be many other little thing that will pop up over time :)
 

vocky

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stick a z22yh crank in it, some 2.2 eagle steel rods and 2.2 wiseco pistons, then the dmf will fit :ROFLMAO:

it's done 8k, so in good condition
 

evocarlos

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Fixing the rusty door bottom
Primer went on this morning
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Guide coat to make sure its all flat
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Silver going on next step clear coat :)
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evocarlos

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the finish on the door came out great shame the colour match was off :confused: but that could of been down to painting it in the sunshine at least its not going to go rusty again any time soon :)
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quick buff with the polisher
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evocarlos

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big stripe of water under the car yesterday this came after doing a coolant change had a whiff of coolant ever since having the car so now its shown itself to be the water pump
heres to the £29 new one lol
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oh how i hate fitting waterpumps to NET's stupid turbo in the way :)
 

Matt

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Nice work as always Carl. I still fancy one of these as a run around, and getting rid of Amy's Fiat 500.
 

evocarlos

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Nice work as always Carl. I still fancy one of these as a run around, and getting rid of Amy's Fiat 500.
Its a bit of a luxury drive in comparison to the astra
I looked at a silver lighting one back in 2006 but walked away with the 17k price tag

Fitted the water pump on friday bitch of a job with the turbo in the way
but managed to do it all from the top side with some ninja movements round the cat
Its all working now and ive flushed the cooling system as at some point rad weld had been used

I think the balancer chain may have more than moved on the tensioner as it making a squeaky sound like a bad belt will be fitting a balancer chain in the near future as its always been noisy

Some pics :)
Pump removed round the back
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Bit of a shock to find a 2.2 pump in there and not the metal impeller type
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The dreaded water pump tool
For what its worth its better to take the timing cover off (broken fingers) :)
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New pump in not bad for £29 came with all new seals to
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Imagine threading a needle in the dark with one hand tied up with you legs on fire and that's still no where near as much pain to get the bolt holes lined up in the pump sprocket lol
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evocarlos

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Almost forgot
The power button on the radio would not let you turn it off so i pulled the face off cleaned the switch and touched the soldering iron on all the terminal its all now working :)
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vocky

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I think the balancer chain may have more than moved on the tensioner as it making a squeaky sound like a bad belt will be fitting a balancer chain in the near future as its always been noisy
your balancer chain tensioner is too tight, you need to remove it and reset it before it kills the guides
 

evocarlos

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Good work as always.

I had a plastic water pump in the B207 lump I got too, might of been a age thing?!
Thanks :)
It must of been an age thing my new gen2 came with metal type the ceramic ones are more common to the 2.2

your balancer chain tensioner is too tight, you need to remove it and reset it before it kills the guides
Cheers neil thats what i had assumed it was guess i know what im doing later lol
 

evocarlos

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Saved myself £20 bought an elm32 for 6quid and managed to recover the carpass code with T8 software :)
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evocarlos

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25min must be a new record the investment of a 1/4" air ratchet made it an easy job and the noise has gone it was proper tight on the chain

The door looks real bad in the pic lol
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evocarlos

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Summers coming time to get the a/c working :)
New condenser fitted just got to vacuum it down and get some gas in
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evocarlos

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Put a generic map on the siggy Friday morning extra giggle factor added and all for 2min 15sec upload time :)
With a 100mile trip its pulling back an mpg of around 29
And the a/c is gased and functional
I guess there will be more work soon
Td04 11t to replace the garret
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