myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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just started and done a few hours work so far.
progress is slow at the moment, but i've got next week off now, so i'm not rushing so much.
it started to rain a bit, so i've come in.
first thing was to disconnect and remove the battery, drain coolant and remove some of the hoses and the expansion tank, lose the air filter up to the afm.
started off with removing the loom first, labelling up all the plugs as i went.
loom and ecu came out without to much bother.
disconnected and removed the throttle cable (bastid at the linkage),
disconnected clutch cable and speedo cable (had to remove the hard air trunking to get to the speedo connection).
removed the front pipe of the exhaust,
nightmare to get to the heater matrix hoses, but they're off now.
think that's about where i'm up to at the moment, next jobs are to disconnect the gear linkage, drop the anti roll bars, the remove the struts to get at the hubs and shafts.
some pics:
how the car looks at the moment
engine in the garage (1/3 of a garage anyway)
how it used to be
few bits out
loom out
ecu out
labelled loom and ecu
throttle linkage at the bottom, and i tried to shoot the speedo cable connection, but missed
shows the fuel hose connections on the left and the heater matrix pipes going to the bulkhead in the centre
exhaust minus front pipe
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Aberdeen
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Good work so far mate 
Keep taking step-by-step pics, always found engine conversions interesting.
Guessing its a 2.0 16v your putting in? Changing the exhaust?
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
Location: Stevenage Drives: Leon Cupra
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keep the updates coming, this will be well useful to peeps in the future. could even stick in the tutorials.
Good work 
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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i will keep updates flowing as i get bits done.
nothing too taxing so far, just followed the haynes more or less when wondering what step to take next.
it's a '90 c20xe going in from my old calibra
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MarkW
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Registered: 19th Mar 04
Location: Orpington, Kent
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tht's gonna be a nice sleeper when its done 
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
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quote:
Originally posted by purple5
tht's gonna be a nice sleeper when its done
wit hthe amount of bloody gsi kitted 2.0ltrs about now people expect them to be quick so not so much of a sleeper lol!!!!
joke looking good dude!
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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Welcome to the GSI valver club mate
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GSi Holland
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Registered: 27th May 02
Location: Holland (NL) Drives: Corsa Sport
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Nice!
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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looking good mate keep us updated
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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cheers guys.
got the power steering pump off now, and been playing about trying to get the linkage free of the housing.
not been very succesfull, but got a whole loada grease all over the place.
please see here if anyone can help: http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=167329
just uploading a couple of extra pics.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Got my 2.0 lump out yesterday... Needs a lot of work 
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Arnt you a clever boy 
Give us a shout if you need help more than willing to pop over, infact i shall ring you now lol
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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pic of the pas pump free of the block.
i know it'll have to come off the pipes to get the 2ltr pump on, but just leaving it like this to the side for the moment, untill there's a bit more space to minimise fluid loss.
from the top
from underneath
the gear selector rod to linkage clamp and bolt
and the rod and housing that i can't get free of the car
any ideas, please shout
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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You tried doing it with the hand brake released? 
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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i did try that briefly, but my drive is not entirely flat, so was reluctant to leave it off for ages.
on the quick bash i had with the break down, the housing wouldn't even come up over the handle, because the kink in the rod wasn't past the start of the aperture yet.
anyone know how to get the rod out of the housing?
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ed
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