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Offline Pete5844

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« on: November 19, 2004, 17:05:42 »
No problem warming the little green one up this morning,just turned the key and the burning wire did the trick :shock:  .So the job for this weekend is new earth's. :cry:
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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2004, 09:33:19 »
Ah, the little darlings  :D Don't we just love 'em?! Mine has blown it's radiator (only 18 months old  :evil: ) and the new one is to go in tomorrow. Cold weather and cold water..... perfect! :?
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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2004, 10:19:14 »
Friend of mine came up a couple of weeks ago, couldn't get his cavalier diesel car started in the morning, so had a look round and a checks, did the glow plugs pulled and checked them. All ok, turned out to be a relay down, he went away to price one up, came back a few days later nearly had a heart attack with the price

I showed him how to start it temp with a length of heavy wire from battery to glow plug, worked a treat,, told him to come back if the relay didn't work, and i would wire a toggle switch and relay in for him

Not seen him since, presume he is still using the wire to start the car

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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2004, 12:22:18 »
When my Cav Diesel wouldn't start it turned out to be the crimped connection of the battery lead to the starter and the power feed to the alternator/glow plug relay (the later is spliced into the former under the rear of the engine) because, it seems, Vauxhall like to economise on wire!

If it is definitely the relay try your local scrappers, I have a spare one for a Turbo Diesel somewhere that doesn't work on my N/A Diesel, but that's another story.  Remember also that the N/A engine went into Astra, so parts abound.
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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2004, 17:04:00 »
I'd sort it for him but he never came back, to find out

Ah well he must be happy, or got rid of it
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