What should I do with my lovely old Vauxhall Cavalier

shellsuit

harveybobbles wrote: »

Should only be three bolts and a wiring loom to disconnect.

Do you know much about fixing auto's??

kitchpoo

shellsuit wrote: »

P.S. Kitch, cavweb is VXON now (vauxhallownersnetwork)

I backed off the modified and enthusiast vxl sites 2 years ago. I used ti attend Billing every year - and was in the market for a 2dr convertible cav mk2 at one time.

There used to be a mk3 OC as well - could well have all amalgamated in to one group (they were finding insurance issues and club status hard for showing)

found it - it still exists http://www.cavmk3oc.com/

harveybobbles

shellsuit wrote: »

Do you know much about fixing auto's??

sort of. I've fixed mine last week.

shellsuit

kitchpoo wrote: »

I backed off the modified and enthusiast vxl sites 2 years ago. I used ti attend Billing every year - and was in the market for a 2dr convertible cav mk2 at one time.

There used to be a mk3 OC as well - could well have all amalgamated in to one group (they were finding insurance issues and club status hard for showing)

found it - it still exists http://www.cavmk3oc.com/

We went to Billing last year ~ hopefully going this year too!

shellsuit

harveybobbles wrote: »

sort of. I've fixed mine last week.

What problem did you have with yours??

If it's the same prob I have with mine, then you could come in useful explaining how to sort the damn thing out lol

harveybobbles

Whats yours doing or not doing?

Mine was stuck in limp mode.

shellsuit

harveybobbles wrote: »

Whats yours doing or not doing?

Mine was stuck in limp mode.

That's what it was doing, but now OH can't get the cable adjustment right and it won't go into park and reverse.

He cleaned the selector switch up and that solved the limp mode problem, but now we have a car which will not go backwards......not good seeing as it's parked UP the drive :rotfl:

harveybobbles

LMAO!
Put car into park position.
Take the switch off the spindle that sticks out from the top of the box and use a spanner to move the spindle back to the park position. Check this by making sure the reverse lights come on when you think you have it in reverse.

It's not as bad/messy as it sounds.

Is it a Vauxhall by any chance?

shellsuit

harveybobbles wrote: »

LMAO!
Put car into park position.
Take the switch off the spindle that sticks out from the top of the box and use a spanner to move the spindle back to the park position. Check this by making sure the reverse lights come on when you think you have it in reverse.

It's not as bad/messy as it sounds.

Is it a Vauxhall by any chance?

It's a Cav dippy.

Thanks for that! Just told OH and he'll have a go tomorrow ~ if we succeed, we owe ya one!

anewman

harveybobbles wrote: »

Your comment \about the wheels is sort of correct. Most scrappies will knock £5 off per tyre for "disposal reasons"

Big knife, rip the tyres off, take them to local recycling thingy, tenner per wheel