Nic Barnes
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if carlsberg did updates.......
wonder if input shaft seal is the same on f20 as f28.......possibly not.
its amazing when checking the bearing numbers of all the bearings in the f28 which ones became obsolete in 1997. even the larger of the 2 diff bearings isnt available until april next year and thats not even guarantee'd. its on order. will see if it turns up. i got spare diff bearings anyway that are good enough to use for now.
i believe geeeeebox casing has been welded up read to drill and tap for the mount. so should have the piece of shit car working again on saturday. need to order a new abs sensor for the ecu to read speed from then hopefully can get better 60ft's than 2.6 seconds.
ok ma.
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andyc1234
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shitter isnt it one day f28s will be extinct
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flybikeslee
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buy a honda
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Nic Barnes
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shame them m32 or whatever they are are way soft compared to an f28.
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Olsrey
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quote:
Originally posted by andyc1234
shitter isnt it one day f28s will be extinct
Or someone will realise the massive market for parts and start to sell them 
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
buy a honda
due to lack of promised trade cards, your input is to be ignored.
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andyc1234
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i think we need to get a petition on the go to get vaux to do a run of bearings and shit
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Nic Barnes
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you can buy the smaller diff one. its about 15 quid. the others are all no longer made. its not vauxhall that make them. its lsk or timkin etc.
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Sean-B
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u2u'd
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Nic Barnes
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u2udud back
also just taxed the vectra a whole day late. hope i dont get a fine.
[Edited on 01-10-2009 by Nic Barnes]
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taylor2008
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
u2udud back
also just taxed the vectra a whole day late. hope i dont get a fine.
[Edited on 01-10-2009 by Nic Barnes]
you wont. by law now your legaly aloud to use the car on the road aslong as the old tax disc is still on show for five working days only
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Nic Barnes
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sound. just worried as i gotta tow the corsa on saturday and wont be bringing it home till about midnight so more than likely will get stopped by the filth as it always happens.
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Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
if carlsberg did updates.......
They would be as wank as liverpool played last night....
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
sound. just worried as i gotta tow the corsa on saturday and wont be bringing it home till about midnight so more than likely will get stopped by the filth as it always happens.
If you've ordered the tax then you've nothing to worry about Nic.
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mark_gsi
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
sound. just worried as i gotta tow the corsa on saturday and wont be bringing it home till about midnight so more than likely will get stopped by the filth as it always happens.
If you've ordered the tax then you've nothing to worry about Nic.
havent read through this but even if you tax your car online, isnt it illlegal not to show a tax disc in the window?
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gazza808
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they'll always be a bearing available no matter how old it is, we rebuild 60year old machines and theres always an equivlent bearing just some bearing manufactors are too lazy to help/look.
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DamoC
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quote:
Originally posted by mark_gsi
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Originally posted by Eck
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
sound. just worried as i gotta tow the corsa on saturday and wont be bringing it home till about midnight so more than likely will get stopped by the filth as it always happens.
If you've ordered the tax then you've nothing to worry about Nic.
havent read through this but even if you tax your car online, isnt it illlegal not to show a tax disc in the window?
not if the tax is in the post
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by gazza808
they'll always be a bearing available no matter how old it is, we rebuild 60year old machines and theres always an equivlent bearing just some bearing manufactors are too lazy to help/look.
well i know people that work at the bearing places etc and they had a proper dig around for alternate parts etc and came up blank on the job. apart from getting it made which wont be cheap, i can wait till april.
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Nic Barnes
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some more amazing saturday afternoon fixing type stuff happening. start off with mate stevie's revo'd something remapped ibiza cupra.
jdm then got slick to fire it on the rollers for his first ever attempt at opperating the rolling road. its all good fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpv_vgvQ7uw
stevie's car made 230bhp it think it was and 270lb/ft. one of the smoothest power curves ive seen on a revo remap in ages. it has a different turbo to std on it. i dont know much about dubz 4 lyf type cars so ive no idea what it is.
anyway some boring corsa work.
bottom bolt hole of casing smashed off
top part of casing bolt hole smashed off completely. nice work that indeed.
thats my old gearbox that had also cracked so got bits welded in to make it stronger hopefully. i guess a lot of people will question doing something like that but hey whatever. if it saves me removing the gearbox due to the casing cracking, then im fine with it.
mtec short shift linkage thing built up. fuckin thing pissed me off. more about that later on.
had to split old gearbox to remove the diff to fit into my gearbox. only managed to get the smaller diff bearing due to unforseen issues. so fitted that and fitted the larger one off the std diff as looked better than mine.
great. so then built the box up and fitted it back into the car
delightful. then fitted the tie bar lowering block things
absolutely for the win.
then came the torture. the pain, the agony and annoyance. the mtec short shift thing, well, its impossible to set up. it just wont get all the gears properly. for starters it fouled on the bolts on the engine mount. then it became near impossible to get 5th. then it wouldnt go into reverse or 6th. then it would get everything apart from reverse. ive no idea whats going on. spent maybe hour and a half slackening a 13mil bolt while my mate slick sat in the car and positioned it. we can normally set the gears up first go. so it became a frustration. infact so much so we had to quit.
so tomorrow, going to have another go setting the linkage up. if i cant. im going to weld a 10mil bit into the std linkage and fire that in. its a proper shame as the short shift really does feel a lot closer together.
[Edited on 04-10-2009 by Nic Barnes]
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matthew172
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them linkages can be a total cunt!, was good crack yesterday and looks like you got a fair bit done after i left too
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Nic Barnes
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yeah well its all sorted now. works and stuff. took ages messing on with that gear linkage. where the metal rod goes on to the top ball on the gearbox end of linkage it was fouling on there causing the linkage to lock up while trying to get reverse. got that bit bent a bit out the way and now it seems to work.
sits better in the bay slightly with the rear spacer in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CozLkGl7A7I
just checking the accelerator pedal works
[Edited on 04-10-2009 by Nic Barnes]
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midlandvauxhalls
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/F28-Gearbox-Large-Diff-bearing-RARE_W0QQitemZ130335116733QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item1e58940dbd&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
this what your looking for nick?
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by midlandvauxhalls
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/F28-Gearbox-Large-Diff-bearing-RARE_W0QQitemZ130335116733QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item1e58940dbd&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
this what your looking for nick?
indeed. although ive got box together and in the car now sadly. cheers though. 95 quid is a mental price.
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3i_gaz
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if you need bearings give us a shout with the number off the bearing and i can get you one made up no bother, got a local bearings and seals company that does em.
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Nic Barnes
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ah nice cheers. need to get the numbers off it. the bit of paper i had them written down on went into the bin when erik's said they were obsolete.
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