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The challenge is the cross-over between ending the car hire and paying for the MOT and repairs.

The refund of the hire deposit takes a few working days before your bank account sees it.

No matter what, I will be a few hundred quid down when I pay the garage.

I am sure I do not need to state the obvious, of using tack-wipes to reduce dust and contaminants before masking up. Troy at the unit uses a very lightweight plastic sheeting. Almost like polythene, rather than masking paper. A lot of his work is quick turn-around repairs followed by partial respray...

Welcome back dear chap. :wave Wow, 11 years since your previous post. :shock: I am sure things have changed a lot since your last visit. The admin team changed massively in 2015 / 2016, after Gaz and Co. adopted a life outside the Cavalier world. :scratch Cavalier numbers left on the road have dropp...

That is my plan - yes :D I am just getting one car sorted at a time. The MOT and car hire are not going to be cheap, so I suspect I will sort the Cavalier in late June or early July. I want the car sorted for VBOA... UPDATE - Vectra booked in for Friday next week. :shock: Mark at the garage is confi...

The brackets arrived very quickly from Lithuania. They were due between 17th and 25th April. Posted on the 4th. Arrived yesterday - 10th. The brackets needed a quick bead blasting. https://i.postimg.cc/gJSXJ242/20240411-204431.jpg And then a blow-over with direct to rust black paint. https://i.posti...

I thought that I would order a battery and fuel can from Euro Car Parts. So I click on an 063 battery (although an 075 would have been better but more expensive). And a fuel can. Enter the discount code on their front screen Message comes back "Some of your items are excluded from the discount&...

The mother-in-law has loaned me her car until Friday evening. That makes things easier for a week. https://i.postimg.cc/Rh0cyHhM/20240407-185210.jpg Just got to remind myself to lose my left foot. Only the second time in 35 years that I have driven an auto-box. Three Vauxhalls in a row - 8-) UPDATE ...

Boggo standard GE or Ring are £5 a pop, so not a huge increase in cost for decent lighting. 3 quid extra per bulb. - meh. :) Dearer if you go to Halfords. :shock: The only shock was a premature Night-Breaker bulb failure on the Vectra-C. Now I just recycle bulbs from my spare Vectra light units. (I ...

Not anyone's bad. A one-line item can be interpreted in may ways. The Halo's can refer to either the side-light rings, Or The type of headlamp assembly, The proper names are obviously Morettes for pre-facelift, and Angel Eyes for facelift. As for improving light output, only decent bulbs make things...

The relaying is for the halo side light bulbs. A normal side light bulb - type 501 = 1 bulb at 5 watts per side. Total = 10 watts for both sides. Halo rings are:- Two rings per side - Each containing four type 286 bulbs. = 8 bulbs at 1.2 watts each = 10 watts per side. Total = 20 watts for both side...

I had a listing of jobs from 2020 on my notes app in my phone. I was glad to see that I had done quite a few of them, but after a quick check through, I found a few more. Here we go - enough to see the year out, as soon as I can turn the car into a rolling project - after the mot that is. Many are o...

Cheers Gary,
Hopefully the car is more or less complete.

All major parts should be present and correct, so if I am missing anything, it will probably be just small plastic trims.
But many thanks for your very kind offer dear chap.

It was nice to get back into working on my Cav.
I have missed how easy they are to rebuild.

It is also nice to post about a Cavalier, rather than a VW van or the Vectra.

I finally made a start... I was a little dis-heartened to find this. But considering how much rain we've had, and how long it is since I last looked inside the car, I presume this is mainly condensation. https://i.postimg.cc/HW5hhNZh/20240406-143137.jpg It only took one wipe with a typical micro-fib...

I bought a small car in 2016 when the Cavalier was being refurbed. The wife went ballistic and forced me to sell it. I daren't even consider another car, as I may end up in next week's obituaries. Amazingly I had an almost identical offer from Troy. Virtually giving me a Swift, but needs an MOT and ...

Thanks my friend. Very kind offers indeed. I am going to throw some TLC and fuel into the Cavalier this weekend, and then arrange an MOT asap. I have been wanting it back on the road this year anyway. It is hoped that between us, myself and Troy will get it sorted. I have got a pair of used trailing...

Well it may spur a few things on.
Perhaps a ressurection of the Cavalier, who knows?

I have found some brackets in Lithuania.
Maybe the Vectra will live to see another day.

Only time and the Gods of fate will tell in due course.

Cheers Gary,
But it looks like the Vectra will be getting Sorned soon.

For the first time ever, we now have no working cars.
And at this time - no money to replace them.

Time to put my big-boy pants on, and come up with a solution.

The big drama is the trailing arms. Apparently they are buggered, and they are the parts that are no longer available. https://i.postimg.cc/7Zpdp87C/20240402-184653.jpg The bolts are external splines... not that you can tell due to being so badly corroded. Pictures sent by the garage last night (Tue...

It's that time of year again... Pesky MOT. :shock: And it bombed out yet again. :no Yes I know - shockingly bad for a so called Vauxhall enthusiast. Our cars get worked very hard. https://i.postimg.cc/mryydLkb/Screenshot-20240402-234612-Samsung-Internet.jpg I am shocked that two tyres were illegal. ...

I didn't mention the exhaust stud. That all depends on how nice it will play. I am hoping that it will extract willingly. Although I seem to have been handed regular sessions of drilling out studs recently. :shock: That can wait for fair weather, before I will start stripping the old exhaust off pro...

As it is a quiet day, I cranked up the old laptop and checked out the oracle that is TIS2000. Instructions are as follows:- Models 86,87,88, and 89. 86 - 4 door saloon / F19 87 - 4 door saloon / M19 88 - 5 door hatch / F66 89 - 5 door hatch / M68 Remove and disconnect The "Turn Signal" Ass...

It is an odd one - The clamp is the perfect profile for the bush. And the bush is the correct size for the anti-roll bar. I think the bush needs to be loaded by the weight of the van on it's wheels and worked a bit before we will find out if the bush will close up. I was surprised how pale that blue...

I have seen an adhesive backed gasket type strip on some cars.

Some use a thick seam sealant between the panels.

If you can find the centre pins, then you can re-use them.
Them little buggers tend to ping off into oblivion.

I would leave them for now.
See if removing the screws is enough, first.