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mikec wrote:

Wow, even done the bumper ends How do they look close up? Does the paint hold well?

Looks really good!

When one of our CV joints started knocking it sounded like a hen clucking, was intermittant but there was no odd smells! Hope this helps!

This is the pipe that pulled out - the one with the cable tie! This was taken before the oil spayed everywhere!!!

Anyone know what it does? And can they tell me why it comes out so easily?

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Went to a party in Sheffield last night. Took the van so that I could soak up some vino and not have to drive back :trunk Half way there the brakes became really hard to press and the buzzer of doom flickered on and off. Smoke seemed to be coming from the back so pulled over (eventually :shock: ). S...

Hi, coincidently I have been looking on this website for a part for the astra.

They break Saabs and may have seats available. Worth a try.

http://www.megavaux.co.uk/

Hope this is useful to someone.

I think this is the one I got from JK http://shop.justkampers.com/product_info.php/cPath/2_1024_1153/products_id/2750 I bought more grease as well (see wiki). It's a messy job but really satisfying once done. Strip them down (2 on either side of your van!) clean them, check them for wear, replace if...

I didn't find it too difficult putting the rubbers back in ours - although they were the old ones! I did it by myself (but it would be easier and quicker with someone else. Needed to sort the rust out under them before I paint it (see paint your self subject page 34!) Will be fitting new seals after...

Okay so I started getting rid of the rust...this is gonna take forever! Need to do lots of welding - right after I buy a welder and learn how :lol: Well I didn't need to weld the windows so I started with them - 19 hours this weekend and only 3 finished! Here's some pics... Sliding door drying ready...

Hey KarlT, are you repainting your van with the same colour? If so have you found one that matches? This is the same colour as ours was originally - later painted with something close to RAL3000 (AKA postman pat red). Just got a spray can of RAL3000 as it looked good on the RAL chart only to find it...

Thanks guys, I do eventually want to take the fuel tank off and check it. Just want to do one thing at a time. Already pooing myself about welding - removing fuel tanks as well, what next? strip down the engine? ...hmmm I do have an oil leak...maybe :twisted: Just wish I had a fully equiped garage t...

Okay, I think my biggest problem is fixing the panel around the diesel filler cap and two areas near it :( Here is the panel [Img:375:500]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2636069249_312be22743.jpg[/img] Here is the area next to the drivers seatbelt fixing :shock: :shock: [img:375:500]http://farm4...

These guys have a some good intructions for taking out and putting back in the side windows... Look under window seals! http://www.sealsdirect.co.uk/bbCMS/bbCMSrenderPage.asp?intPageId=9#section6 Not sure about having the "butt joint" :lol: at the top of the window though :? Isn't it best ...

Yep sounds like a CV joint. ours was intermittant - not fun when you are driving up through glen nevis - miles from nowhere and no phone signal...thought the engine was going to jump ship :shock: ...now the fun starts...which side and is it the inner or the outer...4 to choose from :D It's a messy j...

My CV joint was knocking intermitantly, sounded a bit like hens clucking...think that was mentioned somewhere on the wiki

If I move my positive lead on the multimeter to the mA/uA setup and change the unit of measurement to mA a circuit is created, eber display lights up, but I get an erratic reading ranging up to 75.0 mA. Sounds like you have the meter set to AC. Certainly if it spikes when you apply the current and ...