^^^The new combo^^^

[davidfox280585]

well as a few who know me ive ventured a lot more into salvage so with me owning spuds old cav td i was finding it a little small to collect bonnets bumpers and the likes so the only solution was a van,
now i needed a 4 seater for travelling to work still and something reliable and good on fuel so came up trumps with this combo on copart for the sum of £450 as a non runner (faulty derv pump) and came with a rear seat conversion:p

heres my old one which i stripped and sold on for anyone who never saw it though this one will have new ideas and be far different:)
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/02062009010.jpg

and the new van as it came
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/combo2.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/combo.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/combo3.jpg

once home the strip down began,never seen this conversion carried out so jumped in with 2 feet:p

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000261.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000262.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000263.jpg

[davidfox280585]

then required a donor for my very poorly van mk3 astra tds isuzu!!!
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000264.jpg

lifting her in after i changed belts and converted it to run on the original combo charging system and alternator and a new clutch slave fitted
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000270.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000271.jpg

then came up with this issue fly by wire, so with some clever thinking oxy acetylene and a vice and a mk4 astra pedal i converted it to manual cable
old one fbw
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000290.jpg

and in

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000293.jpg

sorted the wiring keeping the ecu control for the clocks and cooling system control and the glow plugs which come on automatically when you open the door so no waiting like the cav did:d

so triggered the ecu to turn the epas on, all done now awaiting rebuild
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000274.jpg

new wheels
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000310.jpg

bumper protector

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000309.jpg

corsa sri silver goodies
mfd fitted, leather stitched wheel and had a job replacing all broken parts from previous owners:thumb:

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000304.jpg

aeros
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000307.jpg

clear side repeaters fitted and still big enough for kids

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000305.jpg

more to come keep watching:thumb:

[Rickyb]

now this i like and room for the kids minter keep it up fella.
rick

[thegingerwhinger]

love this! i done pretty much the same thing to a mk4 astra van around 3 year ago that had the 16v isuzu td engine fitted. it decided to blow up after the engine started running on its own oil and i couldnt switch it off atoll! good luck with the build.

[davidfox280585]

cheers lads its a great engine,ive turned the pump up and done aay with the polo, decat done all mot'd and taxed, its done 250 mile so far and not 1 issue well happy with it,
i picked up a damaged facelift bumper but all parts with it off a sxi with fogs and loom so just need a carcass,
i also am planning a colour change and a nudge bars and side runners

[Yorkie]

looking good mate, i love that, out with the new and in with the old lol. have you still got the 16v lump? im after the head of one. This message is from DERVY not YORKIE lol

[davidfox280585]

yes i do still have the full engine sat here id take a offer on the complete thing

[Mazz]

Nice project :) Especially this bit! Clever stuff!


sorted the wiring keeping the ecu control for the clocks and cooling system control and the glow plugs which come on automatically when you open the door so no waiting like the cav did:d

[Will F]

Nice work dude. Fair play for spending time getting it right! Will be keeping an eye on this!

[davidfox280585]

cheers, will the pedal was a little tricky but thinking about it its pretty easy keeping the splined section off the combo pedal and reshaping and welding the astra pedal section to the combo spline,

cheers mazz,
i have bought a mint colour coded edged rear bumper in white too collect it tomorrow as my bumper is duff courtesy of being an ex roofing van,
new 195 45 16s to get rid of the stretch as its not good for daily use,
hoping to smoke my pre facelift lights and fit a facelift front and order my a bar and side runners
i can see this getting dear lol

[Southie]

I loved your old red van, I hope this gets a similar styling as I hate to say it but the Combos really do suit shiity speedlines lol

[davidfox280585]

I loved your old red van, I hope this gets a similar styling as I hate to say it but the Combos really do suit shiity speedlines lol

i am thinking i should hve got speedlines but i think some bigger tyres and a drop on the van they should look ok,
will blend in when ive painted the van grey and fitted the chrome nudge bar and runners

[Southie]

Grey sounds good... maybe cream alloys would suit it ;)

[maddogdaz666]

Very nice wheels, what tires are on them now?

[davidfox280585]

Very nice wheels, what tires are on them now?
165 40 16s but there coming off and will be up fir sale soon as there far too small stretched for the van

[Alex J]

ive got to change an engine on one of these today, from your pics it looks like i can leave the gearbox in and take just the lump out??...

[davidfox280585]

Yes leave the box in and leave the front end on, I only romoved rad etc for ease as I had a intercooler to mount etc

[Andy]

Top work as always dave.Well done mate.

[Alex J]

just got the engine out and part built up the new one, **** me , why the **** did they fit 500000000000000 sensors on the wiring loom, i hate taking things out propley, im used to grinding wireing looms lol

[davidfox280585]

just got the engine out and part built up the new one, **** me , why the **** did they fit 500000000000000 sensors on the wiring loom, i hate taking things out propley, im used to grinding wireing looms lol

yes the wiring looms a pig but lucky the pump loom with a million sensors is only connected to the ecu not the car harness, thats the loom i cut every plug off and fed the crank signal wire a feed from my green alternator wire as thats what turns the ecu on
there not bad to fit and far better than taking the box out

only 1 wire to my engine :d
and all the crap cutout as no longer needed :p

[Alex J]

yes the wiring looms a pig but lucky the pump loom with a million sensors is only connected to the ecu not the car harness, thats the loom i cut every plug off and fed the crank signal wire a feed from my green alternator wire as thats what turns the ecu on
there not bad to fit and far better than taking the box out

only 1 wire to my engine :d
and all the crap cutout as no longer needed :pive got to plug all that back in todaylol

[davidfox280585]

well not a great deal happening, bought another astra tds for another combo conversion,im thinking of building another combo for myself but using this one while i build the other so i dont have to worry about needing to rush anything ie paintwork as i use it daily and want a colour change,

anyway i dropped on a bumper in white a proper original colour coded one only 3 mile away too as mine was warped and dinted,
also fitted a aeriel as mine was snapped and filled with no nails

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000308-1.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000316.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/combo%20and%20corsavan/WP_000317.jpg

well happy with it so far and everything fitted can be interchanged over to the new van IF i win it at auction

[shorty249]

hello david, your red one was the nuts!! just a quick question, how did you lower it? can you use corsa b/c springs on the back or are they a different size in circumference? also can you get uprated shocks to lower it with?

[DAVIDKEDENS]

Always wanted a Combo, your making it worse. :(

[andy_mk3]

OMG what are those wheels?! :(

[davidfox280585]

OMG what are those wheels?! :(

replaced with softstars!,

shorty, the fronts are corsa c lowering ones and rear either mk4 astra lowering but i used standard corsa c sxi springs but cut a inch off the pig tail to accomadate larger locating cone and im glad you liked it ive got a few updates for this one but been collecting the parts while i use it then will kind of transform it all at once

[shorty249]

Looking forward to your update dude,

[bazil]

Im in the Combo club too lol

Yellow DTI lol
It's now my everyday and I'm defo changing the front bumper and adding speedlines now !!
I've just replaced the oil pump due to pulley failure, happily the timing belt didn't come off so the engine was spared any damage.

Hope to keep upto date with this thread mate :)

[blue_peg_16v]

Craper lol engine conversion does look almost factory now though, soft stars will be off next weekend hopefully

[L14MNP]

OMG what are those wheels?! :(

Work Equip 03 knock offs?

Coming on great David. Running on cherry and chip fat I hope!

[davidfox280585]

Work Equip 03 knock offs?

Coming on great David. Running on cherry and chip fat I hope!

never mate just the chip fat and bio, i drive past a vosa station everyday unfortunately

[davidfox280585]

Im in the Combo club too lol

Yellow DTI lol
It's now my everyday and I'm defo changing the front bumper and adding speedlines now !!
I've just replaced the oil pump due to pulley failure, happily the timing belt didn't come off so the engine was spared any damage.

Hope to keep upto date with this thread mate :)
pull it all out bazil and get old school in it lol, presuming oil pump sheared the keyway then? ive never known it before

[blue_peg_16v]

never mate just the chip fat and bio, i drive past a vosa station everyday unfortunately

And a touch of used engine oil for lubrication lol

[Andy]

Theres more combo's on here than nova's,heres my workhorse LOL

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll211/andyspics_album/NewVan008.jpg

[turbojolt]

fook me andy what a sight for sore eyes wouldnt want that parked near my house

[bazil]

fook me andy what a sight for sore eyes wouldnt want that parked near my house

It's a damn site tidier than mine lollol

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/random1/24F87FFA-EA77-430D-BD39-BFA1B836627F-1076-0000017CD32CE276.jpg

[Andy]

fook me andy what a sight for sore eyes wouldnt want that parked near my house

hahahaha lol lol lol

[davidfox280585]

as of today
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/WP_000475_zpsa3d69f70.jpg
hendrixs seats not as mucky as pics show but still need a good clean and the van inside as its used heavily
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/WP_000476_zps71055bb1.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/WP_000474_zps5395488b.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/WP_000473_zps9eb8b5bb.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/WP_000472_zps9257cf5c.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/WP_000471_zps0ae0bcbd.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/WP_000470_zpsc7e9368c.jpg

[sport]

Nice sticker in the window, where you get it from?

Really want to get my combo`s bumpers colour coded.

[staggy_gsi]

Ha that looks deece mate!

Keep waiting for the timing belt to snap on my DTi mk4 astravan so i have an excuse to fit this lump lol

[davidfox280585]

Ha that looks deece mate!

Keep waiting for the timing belt to snap on my DTi mk4 astravan so i have an excuse to fit this lump lol

cheers best bit about the van,
its dying for a paintjob to be honest but its mechanically and structually sound,plans are
fit my new bonnet,
tint rear windows
valet inside
exterior full paint in white again
electric windows and cloth door cards
insulate and ply line
fit my toad alarm i have with total closure lol

@sport,

from ebay im not a sticker scene geek but thought it was quite fitting lol

[sport]

@sport,

from ebay im not a sticker scene geek but thought it was quite fitting lol


Neither am i but as you say its quite fitting.

[davidfox280585]

Neither am i but as you say its quite fitting.

always gets a giggle from people to be fair lol

[blue_peg_16v]

combo of dreams looks well mate much better on those expensive springs lol

[davidfox280585]

combo of dreams looks well mate much better on those expensive springs lol
I've got £30 in wheels,springs and seats lol

[DAVIDKEDENS]

WOW I need one of these, looks amazing on the softstars dude!

[davidfox280585]

WOW I need one of these, looks amazing on the softstars dude!
cheers,i dont havea great lot of money in the vanas what i got the engine for etc saved me money,just the service gear was the dearest ie new clutch slave while it was in bits and timing kit,
the softstars bluepeg give me for painting his van but to be honest hes shafted me lol hes had more than his moneys worth out of me but then again hes a mate and i didnt want paying anyway
get thee sen a combo lad

[pie]

love it mr fox :)