Recent content by BenH

A 1.7td rev counter takes the feed from the alternator 'W' terminal, so yes it will work as long as you have a W terminal on your alternator, I dont know if the loom has the wire in already. But would be easy to fit it. You will need a 1.7td dash, not the petrol one.

I like white wheels on a white car, my old gte had them. But I think cav slabs would look better darker, a nice dark gunmetal grey would work well. astra gte by ben a.k.a me, on Flickr

My mk2 Build thread :) http://www.astra-mk2.com/forum/showthread.php?31731-1989-gte-rebuild

Ok cheers

Hi I'm after the pas pipes if there in good condition, posted would be good thanks. Ben

When you say stuffed, have the turbine blades hit the housing? The bearing tends to wear hole in the inlet housing back plate, I dont know if thats part of the rebuild kit for them.

Pm sent. Dont really want to put it up in public.

There was a little smart car type thing there as well a couple of months back.

With our mk3 the rubber top mounts had gone soft this allow the strut to move up and the spring hat to rub on the bottom of them. If you pop the the bonnet and look at them, do they look cracked and extended? New top mounts are a easy fix, if you jack it up and they will drop back down and the...

My old mount's were done with tigerseal type thing, worked well enough and made the car better on the track. My new mounts I did with a 2 part liquid poly, as it only sets in 10mins it's good to use. http://www.astra-mk2.com/forum/showthread.php?31731-1989-gte-rebuild/page5 The info is there...

Before you do anything check for cracks in the head between the valve seat's in each chamber, if it's got any just bin it. If you get it skimmed they will hot wash it that will clean up all your ports ect. New seals all come in head kit. The injectors can be a pain, bigger bar and heat the head...

Yeah your right, I'm getting ve and vp mixed up. doh!

Hi I had a car to look at with a simliar problem, it was a mondeo but still a ve pump. It was the control unit on the pump slowly giving up the ghost, a new pump sorted it. They have a hybrid circuit in them that brakes down over time. There are a few companys that can test the electronics and...

A pot might not be enough, as that draws 1.2A the pot could get a bit hot. You would be better off with a regulator chip http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/LM317T-ADJ-VOLTAGE-REG-1-5A-TO220-47-3318 simple circuit with a resistor and a pot to adjust the voltage. It's in the data...

Anything more than seat's and controls is a waste :)