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PaulW
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   16th May 07 at 15:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Need a new hose for the engine... goes from the back of the lower inlet, to the heater matrix, but also branches off to the header tank...

Vauxhall, in there infinite wisdom have decided to 'redesign' the part, so it is now too long and fouls against the alternator...

how the feck am i supposed to get this fixed now?? 1 bastarding hose, and there like ummm well thats all we can get...

conspiracy
Dean_W
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16th May 07 at 15:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
There's a tigra in the scrappy near Salt Barge
PaulW
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16th May 07 at 15:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
One up in wincham?? Might go for a look tomorrow if the weather picks up... but its a question if I can be arsed ripping an inlet to bits...
Dave A
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16th May 07 at 15:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
easy, get a bit of straight hose and fit that instead. as for the take off for the coolant bottle, just ditch that and the pipes that go to the throttle body, car will run cooler and will cost about 25p.

(did this to a car today)
PaulW
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16th May 07 at 15:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dave you got any pics of this said mod??
Ben G
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16th May 07 at 15:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
vsport bodgery at it's finest
Dean_W
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
One up in wincham?? Might go for a look tomorrow if the weather picks up... but its a question if I can be arsed ripping an inlet to bits...


It's go no head on it
Dave A
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16th May 07 at 15:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its just a bit of pipe that I had laying round, goes from the lower inlet to the matrix. do the same mod when fitting mantzel inlets and tb's
PaulW
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16th May 07 at 15:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
even better I'll be up there tomorrow

dixies or the other one next to it??
Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
vsport bodgery at it's finest


no bodgery at all, just an effective solution to a simple problem
Dean_W
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
even better I'll be up there tomorrow

dixies or the other one next to it??


No, not Dixies, Northwich metals. Isn't dixies the one nextdoor that has about 3 fizzogs and a Cav? Only been in there once.

'How much for this alternator mate'

'Erm, £60'

I laughed and walkeed off.
PaulW
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16th May 07 at 15:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You need to get to know dixie got a brand new bonnet for £15 from him once before, and various other bits very cheap
Dean_W
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16th May 07 at 15:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I disagree, Northwich metals kicks ass.
Ben G
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16th May 07 at 15:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
vsport bodgery at it's finest


no bodgery at all, just an effective solution to a simple problem


i was trying to picture garden hose pipe fitted in the engine bay
Dave A
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16th May 07 at 15:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


no, proper heater matrix hose salvaged from a 1.2 16v corsa.
PaulW
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16th May 07 at 15:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so...

straight hose from matrix to inlet

and just dis-regard the 2 coolant hose nozzles on the tb all together?? any need to block them up or anything??
Adam-D
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16th May 07 at 15:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lose the matrix all together
Dave A
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16th May 07 at 15:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no need to block them up, just block up the left hand pipe coming out of the coolant tank. its a brass insert and can be crimped
PaulW
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16th May 07 at 15:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Need to keep the matrix for now adam
Superlite Ltd.
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
its just a bit of pipe that I had laying round, goes from the lower inlet to the matrix. do the same mod when fitting mantzel inlets and tb's


I always wondered how it worked when you move the throttle body for a mantzel

So its as simple as that
kyle_corsa
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16th May 07 at 16:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this is a twat of a job mine had a pin head cut in just by the t junction all i did was buy a second hand 1 from the scrapy and cut the pipe that went 2 the header tank and put a pice ov copper pipe and clampd them 2geva jobs a goodn
PaulW
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16th May 07 at 16:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'll just source one from a 1.4i SPi or something, there the same but a single hose without the T-piece

cheers

 
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