Olsrey
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Went to vaux today to get a cavy throttle cable and they wanted £55 exluding VAT for it  . Something about being special order. And about £20 for an exhuast gasket .
Rather high prices aren't they? Or just because they've stopped making bits for the redop engines now?
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Dave A
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use an 8v corsa cable or even you current cable.
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Fro
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What dave said 
Mine used my original 1.6 cable.
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Olsrey
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I got told the current cable end was different to a cavy 16v one?
So no modifing needed for the current cable then?
[Edited on 07-11-2007 by Olsrey]
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VegasPhil
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I thought I used the cable from the Calibra... Hmm 
And I paid that for the exhaust gasket. Nearly threw up on the parts desk when he said that price 
[Edited on 07-11-2007 by VegasPhil]
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Olsrey
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Same Phill, I was like "What the! Are you sure??"
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Nic Barnes
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autovaux for gasket
cable, go to ek's (estate where landrover is) or apc (on mintsfeet) in kendal and ask how much. probably be less than 20 notes
[Edited on 07-11-2007 by muppetsport]
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Olsrey
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I wish Nic, went to EK's and they can't get them in because the company they get parts from never actually made much for the redtop engines. Only reason I went for vaux for the gasket was because ek's have never ever sold them for that engine
[Edited on 07-11-2007 by Olsrey]
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Nic Barnes
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unipart? near homebase i think it is.
ask for cable for astra gte16v, astra gsi 16v, caliba 16v etc etc. can get them from tms in carlisle, or you could do back in april when i snapped one
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Olsrey
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I'll try homebase on friday when I go to collect my gasket from vaux. Trying to save on the fuel bills at the mo after the egr valve got stuck open with some random metal wedging it open so it drank 20 litres of fuel in about 70 miles 
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mwg
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yeah theres a motorfactors on Beezon Road industrial estate. never found any in Kendal particularly cheap but then never bought from further afield to compare to
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Nic Barnes
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if you get stuck and are wating one i can get one from tms and deliver it on the way past if needs be, unless you are going to use corsa one that is
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Olsrey
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
if you get stuck and are wating one i can get one from tms and deliver it on the way past if needs be, unless you are going to use corsa one that is
Do you need to modify the corsa one? If so I will prob just use a cavy one to save my self the hassle or bodging the corsa one.
Would a cavy v6 one be the same as the c20xe one?
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Nic Barnes
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corsa one should have same end on it as the cav one, its just a longer cable i think
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Olsrey
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So basically not much point then. It just makes it look pretty having a cavy cable?
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