davegreen
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still waiting for parts, hope to have them before xmas so I can start the good work 
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davegreen
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parts have arrived,
280mm brakes,
B12 suspension kit,
BF Goodridge brake hose's,
Piper cat back exhaust,
decat manifold,
K&N panel filter,
full service kit,
cam chain kit.
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davegreen
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got most of the parts on last Sunday, brake's, hose's, exhaust, suspension and new wheels,
had a look in side the top of the engine and was surprised how good the chains are so left them alone. cleaned cam cover and breather tubes out fitted new plugs but the old ones look almost new as did the filters.
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davegreen
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had some time this morning so fixed the water leak on mums Corsa from the bcu/relay box,
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used tiger seal to seal lower part to body then rtv sealant to seal top cover on in case I need to remove it in the future.
still had some time before Christmas dinner so started on my Corsa, removed seat's and found a golden nugget
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but good fortune soon came to an end when I lifted carpet out, 
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at least I've had practise fixing water leaks on mums car now. 
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davegreen
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spent today removing the rest of the trim from the interior, fixed the brake servo seal water leak, cleaned and refitted trim and carried out several repairs/mods on the way including fitting tilt adjust steering column.
just need to modify the corsa b cobra seat sub frames to fit and the four points to bolt in.
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as you can see the sealant has cracked around the bottom of the servo plate, also it was full of leaves and other muck,
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removed and cleaned the plate then applied plenty of tiger seal,
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put all the needed interior trim parts back in,
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craig55
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Good progress so far and that seal won't leak again
Where did you get the b12s from and can you get them for a sri with the rear shocks being different
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gidged500
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Vauxhall made a serious cock up with the servo seals etc.
Amazingly my c doesn't leak and looks original. I cover it in wd40 every week though 
Out of curiosity how loud is it with the new exhaust system on I'm thinking of getting a decat. I've already got a straight through system and back box
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davegreen
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I hope it doesn't leak again!
got these from LMF, but they can be found from many companies. they do a kit for the 1.8 too. not that low now its lost some weight but with the new engine it should be about right I hope! 
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davegreen
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not fitted the decat yet, need a new lambda sensor as it don't want to budge from manifold and don't want to break it. also think I will need a post cat sensor spacer to stop it chucking up a fault code?
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gidged500
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Ooo that's a good point about the sensor, they do have two sensors one in the cat (pre cat) and one after in the centre section. Where can you get the sensor spacer I may need one.
As for the dampers at the rear to answer a question
Most aftermarket dampers are for the sri which has a larger bolt. But with a sleeve that goes in the bottom of the shocker it reduces the size for the non sri rear beam
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davegreen
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fitted the cobra seats today along with 4 point harnesses. only I forgot to drill the rear cross bar l/h and r/h 
still only extra holes. wired up stereo, fitted dual tone horns and flat blades from the old corsa B, fitted spare head lamp I had as its in better condition than old one, bleed brakes and clutch, had to back bleed the clutch as it would not vacuum bleed at first, must of had an air lock?
just need a test drive to see if its improved and what exhaust sounds like now?
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next question is do I fit the hagus door mirrors I have here or not??
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davegreen
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these came with a 10mm hole in the bush, no spacer's like the coilovers had on the other corsa C.
just about to look for a spacer for the sensor. if I don't find 1 cheep enough I will make 1.
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gidged500
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The little silver sleeves are reducers
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davegreen
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didn't have them on this set, just a fixed hole. but have seen them on other sets.
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davegreen
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found a sensor spacer, ordered it, just got to wait now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271420233009
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gidged500
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I think I'll be ordering one too thanks for the link
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davegreen
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you don't want to wait and see if it works on mine first then? should be here and fitted by weekend?
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gidged500
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Oh if your gonna do it that soon I'll wait ha ha, you trying it without and then with ?
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davegreen
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no, will go straight for the spacer, seen other people decat and get fault codes on other engines so will do it once with spacer.
just hope no studs break off when I undo them, they look pretty rusty 
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taylorboosh
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Those spacers dont work in my experience
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taylorboosh
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In fact not only did it not work - it also made the lamda hit the tunnel on my cupra
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corsadonk
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Are you fitting the Saab engine you bought ages ago into this one?
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davegreen
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for £7 its worth a shot, lambda is just behind engine on these so plenty of room, if it don't fit or work then I will have to fit the sport cat and relocate lambda further back. will have to have a cat on for the mot anyway. just a bit of fun till the real engine goes in, and it will have some saab parts in it but will be a hi bred engine around 200bhp n/a with front inlet
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taylorboosh
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That sounds awesome
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gidged500
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I'll Wait and see what happens with the lambda , really it shouldn't effect lambda having a decat
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