Rexy
02-08-06, 11:25 AM
As may know I've built myself a nova saloon with a 1.0l pure beast of an engine lolanyways... what a ball ache I’ve had over the last few days... arrrgggg
Started off nice and early Monday morning, making sure everything is ready for Tuesday to test drive it blah blah. Everything seemed ok, everything worked ran fine nice and happy. Onto Tuesday, took it out in the morning just on my street and there was a mashooosive wobble and a rather nice clunk. so back to the drive it went turns out to be a tyre with a flat spot. So sorted that one, then ouhhh what’s this the gearbox started leaking.
So, naturally I had to check what was happening over there, took the hub off as i thought the shaft may of popped out, it seemed to be in ok but as i pushed the shaft it didnt feel quite right and out it came leaving the cv in the box.
Few hours later, after soring out a new calibra CV i fixed it all back up and tried again, seemed ok for a while went to the petrol station and started to fill up, ouhh the nova has now pee'd itself all over the forecourt. So, a quick drive home and back on the drive once more. Sorted that no problems, bust fuel pipe. So what’s next...
Well... off to Halfords to buy some new leads as there very mismatched/old/broken things and the engine was running poorly. Apart from some nobhead in front of me nearly causing me to get my beast killed it went ok until... that’s right POP. Well there goes the shaft again so limped to macdonalds where it dropped its gearbox oil YET again.
A quick tow home and removal of the NS shaft YET again, it appears the shaft is too small that’s In comparison to a std nova shaft hence its pulling out all the time. Either that or its scared of getting jiggy with my gearbox.
So a quick trip to riggys garage to source a new shaft, :thumb:thing is, i got back home. Changed the cv's over again and the shaft is suited for astra outers and not nova…
So I’m stuck again, yet more phone calls and more stress and it turns out sexy Sean has a gte shaft I can use. So now i just need a Cav mk2 1600 inner I22 O34 and im away again. Well at least until something else goes wrong.
I have the feeling this nova hates me already :roll:
Started off nice and early Monday morning, making sure everything is ready for Tuesday to test drive it blah blah. Everything seemed ok, everything worked ran fine nice and happy. Onto Tuesday, took it out in the morning just on my street and there was a mashooosive wobble and a rather nice clunk. so back to the drive it went turns out to be a tyre with a flat spot. So sorted that one, then ouhhh what’s this the gearbox started leaking.
So, naturally I had to check what was happening over there, took the hub off as i thought the shaft may of popped out, it seemed to be in ok but as i pushed the shaft it didnt feel quite right and out it came leaving the cv in the box.
Few hours later, after soring out a new calibra CV i fixed it all back up and tried again, seemed ok for a while went to the petrol station and started to fill up, ouhh the nova has now pee'd itself all over the forecourt. So, a quick drive home and back on the drive once more. Sorted that no problems, bust fuel pipe. So what’s next...
Well... off to Halfords to buy some new leads as there very mismatched/old/broken things and the engine was running poorly. Apart from some nobhead in front of me nearly causing me to get my beast killed it went ok until... that’s right POP. Well there goes the shaft again so limped to macdonalds where it dropped its gearbox oil YET again.
A quick tow home and removal of the NS shaft YET again, it appears the shaft is too small that’s In comparison to a std nova shaft hence its pulling out all the time. Either that or its scared of getting jiggy with my gearbox.
So a quick trip to riggys garage to source a new shaft, :thumb:thing is, i got back home. Changed the cv's over again and the shaft is suited for astra outers and not nova…
So I’m stuck again, yet more phone calls and more stress and it turns out sexy Sean has a gte shaft I can use. So now i just need a Cav mk2 1600 inner I22 O34 and im away again. Well at least until something else goes wrong.
I have the feeling this nova hates me already :roll: