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ed

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 21:52

b20rdy@hotmail.com


myke

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 21:32

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?


ed

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 21:00

You tried doing it with the hand brake released? :o


myke

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 20:00

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


Jambo

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 18:13

:!

Arnt you a clever boy :P

Give us a shout if you need help more than willing to pop over, infact i shall ring you now lol


ed

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 18:13

Got my 2.0 lump out yesterday... Needs a lot of work :(


myke

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 18:10

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.


Fad

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 16:54

looking good mate keep us updated :)


GSi Holland

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 16:45

Nice! :thumbs:


big eck

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 16:40

Welcome to the GSI valver club mate :thumbs:


broster

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 16:37

quote:
Originally posted by purple5
tht's gonna be a nice sleeper when its done :cool:


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!


MarkW

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 16:27

tht's gonna be a nice sleeper when its done :cool:


myke

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 16:22

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


Corsa E-Tec

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 16:19

keep the updates coming, this will be well useful to peeps in the future. could even stick in the tutorials.

Good work :thumbs:


Jamie

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 16:16

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?


myke

posted on 25th Aug 04 at 16:11

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