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D0NN3R
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15th Mar 12 at 17:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by DanCobb
Why the fuck is there hammerite on the polo? . Corsa looks good mate, any more plans apart from clutch?


tbh i dont have a clue mate and just a tidy up really for the corsa at the moment
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finally fitted my steering wheel that i bought ages ago

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then i disconnect some more wires and removed the small drive shaft but couldnt remove the bigger one (any tips)

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then put my battery cover in rust removal stuff

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DansCorsaSXi
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15th Mar 12 at 21:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just pull it really hard mate as there's clips in them holding them.

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Originally posted by DansCorsaSXi
Just pull it really hard mate as there's clips in them holding them.


cheers i will have another go tomorrow
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borrowed an engine crane at the weekend and got the engine out

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then i lifted the car up to remove the engine

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got abit low at the back

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pulled out the engine. it was heavier than i thought

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dirty rusty engine bay

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the rusty parts

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got the engine in the garage and removed the gearbox

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the old clutch (what was left of it)

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crank seal has been leaking abit

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got the engine on to a stand and started stripping it

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started to clean it up

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i guess this is what the breather pipe from cam cover has done

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primed battery cover with poundland paint

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Jed D
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haha poundland paint, you know the song and dance man

good work mate... going to be a belter 1 litre this
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Good work!

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good work on it mate you going to spray up the bay your self ??
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i've just been using the very same quidshop primer myself mate, nowt wrong with it
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Good progress matey,alot of corsa's on here are removing there engines,love it!!!

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Originally posted by vx-scottw
good work on it mate you going to spray up the bay your self ??


yer but cos i needed to buy a new water pump i dont have enough to spray it blue but i dont no weather to leave it and let it rust more or spray it black
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i've just been using the very same quidshop primer myself mate, nowt wrong with it


its good stuff
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i need help with the engine bay and painting it. i dont have much left in my budget for paint so do i leave if blue and rust or do i spray it black i cant decided
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today i had a few hours spare so i cleaned up the engine mounts and got then in primer

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next job is the gearbox

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nice on donn3r
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cheers jed
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should be good this us 1.0 aint too bad haha. get your clocks changed though, needs a rev counter!
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needs a rev counter!




got one forsale
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should be good this us 1.0 aint too bad haha. get your clocks changed though, needs a rev counter!


yep i do
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it was a nice day so i thought i better crack on

finshed painting up engine mounts

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this one has gone abit funny tho

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finshed cleaning up the engine

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started to paint the engine

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then painted the block black

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then i had a go at porting out the exhaust manifold

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after

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also fitted a new water pump
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Good work mate nice and clean how come your cleaning the 1 litre up pal ?

you not fancy a x16xe or c20xe ??
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Good work mate nice and clean how come your cleaning the 1 litre up pal ?

you not fancy a x16xe or c20xe ??



i wish mate i cant afford that yet

clutch went mate so i thought it would be rude not to
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Yeah what mileage is on the engine ? My 1 litre had like 145000 on it

And I taken gearbox off and clutch was fucked ! How's the timing chain ? My rattled really bad
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Originally posted by kyleclub11
Yeah what mileage is on the engine ? My 1 litre had like 145000 on it

And I taken gearbox off and clutch was fucked ! How's the timing chain ? My rattled really bad


its on 81k and chain isnt too bad ive heard worse than mine

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