Recent content by rickisgrate

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Soon, very soon

A taste of what's to come

Things are still in motion, been busy with so many other things that the astra has been lying untouched since October but things will be happening soon. I did have a picture but its not letting me upload for some reason, will try again later

Ive been using pirtek to replace hoses but you need to take the old hoses in for them to copy but no complaints for the 5 or 6 they've done for me, takes 5 minutes and usually a tenner or less

Things are in motion

Tis the season once again. As we enter this festive time in 2025 I'd just like to say a big thanks to everyone single person who logs on to this forum. We know forums aren't as popular as they used to be now that Facebook groups and things like that have mostly taken over from the forums, but...

Well all going well ive hopefully sourced a replacement v6 engine which will be a straight swap over. I do have a saab b204 engine sitting but my plan was to do a bit of work to it before fitting and all going to plan that's still the case. Or if all goes well acquiring this other v6 engine i...

So i uploaded the video to YouTube. Its hard to pick up on camera but you can definitely hear it knocking

So yesterday whilst driving upto glasgow to see Aunty Donna (fabulous show see it if you can) i was doing about 70mph when the oil light came on, I immediately got onto the hard shoulder and before I could switch the engine off I heard the dreaded knocking noise. I wasn't too far from home and...

So, no other way to put this, the v6 is dead. Proper update coming when I know more

So its been a while since ive had this out, simple reason is that it broke down about 2 months ago when I last used it. Nothing major just the alternator which I knew was on the road out for about a year because the bearings were whining quite loudly but it finally gave up. And it was one of...

Yeah I've been using it a lot recently, put off using it because the tracking was miles out but now it's sorted I actually enjoy driving it again

The v6 lives on for now