Bonzai
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Registered: 25th Mar 03
Location: Cardiff, Wales Drives: 205 GTi 1.9
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first time ive opened the bonnet in 2 weeks cos its been jammed down after a crash...
looked at the power steering pump and to my horror! both of its mounting bolts have vibrated free and dissapeared and the belt has vanished somewhere. the pump is now sitting in my engine bay co theres no way of it moving nywhere without some serious work. what the feck do i do now theo?!?
can i get the bolts from anywhere or will i need to get them from vaux? and can i do the belt myself or is it a garage jobbie?
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
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try get the bolt down the scrapp yard, if not order them from vauxhall wont be too expensive, change the belt ya self, yours must have snapped cos you will have to lower the engine off the front left engine mount to get a new belt on, its a real easy job
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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my bro did his pas, cam and aux drive belt all in a day, yess you have to take the drivers side engine mount off, not difficult though
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Bonzai
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Registered: 25th Mar 03
Location: Cardiff, Wales Drives: 205 GTi 1.9
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ok, i got to go down scrappie friday see if i can find a new bonnet anyway so ill try and get teh bolts...
the belt. not really confident about doing that sort of stuff myself. does the engine need to be suspended/secured on a crane/lift to do it?
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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nah, you just use a trolley jack under the sump, its easy to do.
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ainsley_brader
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
Location: Tattershall, Lincolnshire
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place a block of wood between the sump and the trolley jack though to spread the load!
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