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MikeyN

Well Hello all im mikey 19 live in north east england...

for the 3 years ive had a vauxhall astra 1.6 which unfortunatly crashed :( and i currently have an escort 1.6 until last night when i picked up a bargin on ebay it was a green n reg almera sri (N15) ok it my need new clutch arial wing mirrors and roof re laquering but i couldnt fall off for £180 !! was a bargin i thought but i am in love with it :)!

ill post some pics up or try to later on of how she is looking now before i start going mental lol !
 
Seems okay
and nice clean up and a polish and it'll be sweet.

Good buy though, got alot for that price.

Have a look at Kez's thread she has a GTi in that colour.

Anyways enjoy your time on here bud. 5 Doors FTMFW
 
cheers for comment .. and i know i couldnt resist buying it lol but gunna keep the car for a few year now so not botherd about touching it up etc... all that will come in time :)

ive noticed a few people have said adjusting the timing of the car smoothes the ride more responsive etc.. how exactly do you go about doing this ?
 
yeah ill have to transfer money into me paypal and become a proper member

well been out to car then and made a list of things to do and heres what ive got :

* Idle valve sorting out (cleaning)
*Horn isnt working (Maybye a fuse gone)
*Need a new arm rest in centre console as its all ripped
*New Clutch, Clutch cable and maybye while im there uprate the flywheel
*Need adapter for my JVC cd player
*Ariel fixing and attatching to roof as have no ariel atm and got a hole where it should be
*Laquer on roof sorting
*Rust on all Arches (just starting to bubble so if i catch it now and get it out way will be sweet)
*Front Tow Eye Cover
*Paintwork sorting all all the scratches etc..
*Screw back in front passenger side arch lining ( 2 screws missing and vibrating noise is terrible lol )
*New Drivers side electric wing mirror
*Take Caravan Tow Bar Off
*Unblock front washer jets
*sorting out a knocking coming from passenger side (think its wheel Bearing not too sure tho)

some major some little fiddly bits lol
 
Should keep you busy throught the summer! Welcome aboard mate, Very unfortunate about the astra hehe. Great buy on the n15, Looks pretty tidy considering what needs doing. But atleast your in the right place for advice and such!
 
Right well been working on the car again today arch liners are all back into place which has solved the problem of the knocking, ariel has been fixed, idle valve ive had out and cleaned and sorted the idle problem caravan tow bar i might have to angle grind off as the nuts have been tightentd on too far and cross threaded grrr!!

but still left puzzled by the clutch and horn.... the clutch is very very stiff to press down onto the pedal but once down gears do engage and is driveable to change gear but still not sure wether to change the clutch or not as ive been reading up and some people are saying it could be the clutch release springs but dont know where they are

and the horn ive checked all fuses and all are in perfect condition so puzzled by that one
 
welcome Mikey:D Check the connections that are actually on the horn.Mine stopped working once and the cause was corroded connections.Just clean them up and they might just work.Worth a try.
 
Cheers for the welcome and comments guys and i know was a steal for 180 .. ill go check the connection on the horn now matey !
 
My horn was broken when I had my car too.. and strangely the airbag light was on too.. so I realised that it was the "airbag spinner" that was broken, Its behind the steering wheel, and has tape wires inside that allow the steering wheel to turn without snapping the wires that go to the horn and the airbag..
So if your airbag light is on too, then you know that its the airbag spinner thats broke, and that will explain the broken horn too.
if the airbag light is not on, I'd definitely check the connection on the horns themselves, and give them a whack with a spanner or similar (especially if the car's been standing a while).
Joe
 
now then mikey were abouts in stockton your from - im from newtown!

got a phase 2 blue GTi -

im kinda like the spares guy around here lol but live in boro now!

any thing you need give me a bell -

i could most prob sort everything on your list :P
 
wow would you belive it i live in Durham Road in Newtown ! that is quite scary lol and the help would be much appreciated as im trying to get the car up and running asap ! and im not that much mechanically minded but want to try and do everything myself or with help instead of a garage lol

Maybye we could meet up somtime soon and sort some things out :)

And yeah definatly we should get a little north east meet together soon :)
 
haha i have a double garage on durham road number 146 ;) dad still lives on zetland directly opposite!

there is meets ALLL the time!

feel free to pop over mie any time you want - i work on the cars fom home i middlesbrough so you can browse through the racks of parts i have sat there lol
 
ahh right cool always good to know then just down road from me the garage well sort of its appleton road i live down of durham road

and yeah sounds good ive Pm'd you.
 
MikeyN said:
Right well been working on the car again today arch liners are all back into place which has solved the problem of the knocking, ariel has been fixed, idle valve ive had out and cleaned and sorted the idle problem caravan tow bar i might have to angle grind off as the nuts have been tightentd on too far and cross threaded grrr!!

but still left puzzled by the clutch and horn.... the clutch is very very stiff to press down onto the pedal but once down gears do engage and is driveable to change gear but still not sure wether to change the clutch or not as ive been reading up and some people are saying it could be the clutch release springs but dont know where they are

and the horn ive checked all fuses and all are in perfect condition so puzzled by that one
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Could well be the clutch cable?
A few weeks back mine gave up the ghost, was a complete bitch to get into any gear, clutch was stupidly heavy, and finally got it in second and drove home in 2nd.
Try replacing the clutch cable first, sounds like what i had and now works fine ;)
Horn could possibly a contactor or something isnt connecting to complete the circut?
 
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