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Jambo

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12th Nov 10 at 21:35

Great write up

Loevely colour

shetlandcorsa

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29th Nov 10 at 21:02

very nice keep up the good work!

stuartfry

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1st Jan 11 at 14:50

small update.

as the snow has been so bad not really been able to do much work on the corsa. been down there on wednesday and started getting it ready to go to the body shop to get the bay sprayed. i have taken off the bonnet, scuttle and washer bottle.

the engine is getting a new water pump and cambelt, maybe a new alternator and starter but not sure atm.

could only get off one head light for the mo! is the abs unit hard to take off?

plans for this weekend will be to take off what i can and wash down the bay

pics so far

best part of this was when the washer bottle came out i found the inlet manifold earthing bolt that had been replaced with some shity bolt by the cow boy before

should have it all off by monday

[Edited on 01-01-2011 by stuartfry]

stuartfry

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11th Jan 11 at 16:50

finally managed to get some rear mud flaps off my friend that had seen better days

gave them a wash and a coat of auto glem bumper care and now good as new

before and after shot

just waiting on fittings now....

Mark.W

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11th Jan 11 at 19:47

Excellent project Stu really like this

keep up the good work

ash-ov-boro

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13th Jan 11 at 01:10

might be worth getting a tin of hammerite and paint the block to tidy it up a bit ... just a thought

DansCorsaSXi

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13th Jan 11 at 07:00

Good job on the mudflaps matey

Star silver C20XE SXi Project thread

Smoke Grey Corsa GSi Project thread

stuartfry

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17th Jan 11 at 22:47

weathers not been good so not done half the things i needed to! but did take off the wheel arch liners and front bumper with the other head light.

steering rack, lines and pump have also been removed.

been told not to bleed the brakes dry as the pipes may corrode inside out!!! i dont know how to go about the engine bay being painted with the abs system left attached any one els got any ideas or with the body shop do everything for me?

stuartfry

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25th Jan 11 at 19:15

yet a slow and small update , i managed to get hold of a replacement steering wheel from a guy on ebay the good thing was he offered to recondition it for me as it was tired but not half as bad as mine and im very happy with the result!

also on a plus note i finally got all the power steering gubbins out the way and found a local and understanding body shop run by a good friend

waiting for a bit now so he can price it up and get the ball rolling!

here it is out of the car, im keeping it all together as its being replaced bit by bit with new parts as these i feel have seen better days.!

as the car stands just need to take off the wings!

as no one got back to me on the x16xe breather pipe i took off the manky old metal pipe and fitted up the roose pipe for insperation to get things going again. going through autovaux but they didnt send the pics through for me to quote what part it is......

im after the part that goes from the block to the pipe from a x16xe or x14xe been told there the same!

off to peas pottage soon i think....

stuartfry

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25th Jan 11 at 19:17

feeling to paint the dip stick handel black also and fit a new oil filter asap.....

stuartfry

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6th Feb 11 at 20:01

few things turned up from auto vaux starting with some headlight covers. i dont want the smoked depo's damaged as soon as i take it out...

few days later these turned up a week early

just wish the weather was better !!!

still need to take off the sump and change the cambelt.

how hard is it to helicoil ?

stuartfry

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13th Feb 11 at 10:19

fitted up the new badge to the new grill yesterday.

found that the x16xe beather hose on the rocker cover fits with a bit of a push on the bigger c16xe

cleaned up the area for the gaskit and fitted the new stubby pipe.

finally all my roose hoses are in place ready for when the engine gose back in fits really nice.

still waiting on a date from the body shop

stuartfry

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1st May 11 at 08:24

small update

things have been slow due to weather and other things taking my mind off of this ......

now running 294 bhp and 316 torque

not long come back from the ring! what a place that is!

but iv started on the corsa again and got as far as a re-trim on the wiring loom including new plastics, earths and black tape.

throttle body back on with new gasket all bolted up.

all wired up with cover on

[Edited on 01-05-2011 by stuartfry]

[Edited on 15-12-2011 by stuartfry]

nick_sri

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1st May 11 at 08:34

good progress

corsa_breeze88

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1st May 11 at 11:49

how much where the grille and headlight protectors?

stuartfry

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1st May 11 at 18:11

call autovaux mate

stuartfry

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27th Aug 11 at 14:12

been a while but started to sort out bits in the garage. got the wheels home and gave them a clean up with mag's stage1,2 and 3 paint renovation.

both came out mint in the end

the hubs have been the main part to get done this week so hears the progress so far. still waiting on bits

hub in a mess with disc shield removed all bolts removed ready for the wire wheel

all cleaned up and painted ready to be rebuilt

all threads were tapped and cleaned with copper slip on each to minimize rust.

abs sensor fitted up well

stuartfry

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30th Aug 11 at 19:59

now onto the drivers side

stuartfry

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20th Sep 11 at 18:08

been so busy at work progress is going so slow ATM

good news is the front setup is nearly finished, last few bits will be:

1) new discs and pads (brembro)
2) refurb the calipers (black)
3) may fit braided lines?...
4)clean and powder coat the tie bars and ARB (black)

how far iv got