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bighed Moderator
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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I'm unsure what happened but my y fronts have just emitted a juicy texture from the middle. |
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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bighed wrote: | I'm unsure what happened but my y fronts have just emitted a juicy texture from the middle. |
lol
At which bit? _________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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bighed Moderator
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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The suspension. |
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bighed Moderator
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Could you do a how 2 of how the strut comes off please?
The suspension is on my to do list over winter |
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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bighed wrote: | Could you do a how 2 of how the strut comes off please?
The suspension is on my to do list over winter |
1) Beat the piss out of the track rod ball-joint (the steering rack ends) and remove
2) Beat the piss out of the lower ball-joint and remove nut
3) Disconnect the brake pipe either at the calliper or the rubber to metal connector
4) Undo two 10mm nuts in the strut
5) put foot on lower arm as you pull the strut off it's lower ball-joint
6) be surprised how heave the damn thing is!
I'll do a more detailed one later
One of these will come in handy:
or I used one of these:
_________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Polybushes on - these weren't exactly a walk in the park to install either.
All wrapped up safe in bed for now:
_________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Bedtime for Gilfy for the Winter.
Took the new suspension over, zinc'd a few bare metal bits and put a nice new tarp over him because the fecking unit roof leaks into the new floor I put in
Almost looks like a car again:
Night-night Gilfy - NO RUSTING WHILE I'M AWAY!
_________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:32 am Post subject: |
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So, been a while since I last last updated.
I haven't done any more work but I now have a nice big garage at home so to save the money on the unit, Gilfy's coming home!
As the front inner wings aren't fully welded in yet, I thought we would be able to wheel barrow it onto our trailer but it was a bit too heavy. So I bit the bullet and refitted the sparkly new suspension so that we could wheel Gilfy around on his wheels.
Anyway some pics
_________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:34 am Post subject: |
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What I was REALLY pleased about is the panel gap and the door fit now that he's sat on his wheels for the first time rather than the chassis mounts.
Now I just need to hire a van to move all the associated crap from the unit to home. _________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 311
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:44 am Post subject: |
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That looks so straight and clean |
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astra123 Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 5:02 am Post subject: |
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Lovely rebuild m8 your slightly further on than I am doing mine ! I should start a thread really , good work m8 |
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:13 am Post subject: |
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IT was meant to be a three month project but this thread started in August 2011!
Whoops. _________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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mark1 Astra Expert
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:02 am Post subject: |
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DeadEye wrote: | IT was meant to be a three month project but this thread started in August 2011!
Whoops. |
I thought that this was a new update on progress _________________
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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mark1 wrote: | DeadEye wrote: | IT was meant to be a three month project but this thread started in August 2011!
Whoops. |
I thought that this was a new update on progress |
Yeah right, far too cold _________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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mark1 Astra Expert
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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DeadEye wrote: | mark1 wrote: | DeadEye wrote: | IT was meant to be a three month project but this thread started in August 2011!
Whoops. |
I thought that this was a new update on progress |
Yeah right, far too cold |
I'm restoring a RS1600i that makes your GTE look like a walk in the park _________________
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