agingsnoopdog1
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« on: July 19, 2011, 09:43:49 AM » |
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I`m trying to obtain Part No. 90277310 - header tank cap n regulator off a A Vauxhal Carlton 2L Automatic. 1992.
The local Vaux dealer reports the item as being obsolete...can anyone help..?
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melinx
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2011, 10:23:44 AM » |
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biffbangpow
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2011, 04:43:51 PM » |
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no its not its the one with the inbuilt float ! |
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biffbangpow
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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2011, 04:51:07 PM » |
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biffbangpow
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2011, 04:54:41 PM » |
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biffbangpow
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2011, 04:58:25 PM » |
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kevinfourlegs
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2011, 05:30:05 PM » |
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How much!!!!!!!
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RWD, as it was, as it is, as it should be for real men.
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melinx
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2011, 05:32:38 PM » |
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What I was thinking rhymes with "clucking bell"  |
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agingsnoopdog1
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« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2011, 08:31:16 AM » |
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I nearly had a bloody heart attack....still....`she`is worth it..LoL
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agingsnoopdog1
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« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2011, 08:45:39 AM » |
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Sorted....and thanks to you all!
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agingsnoopdog1
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« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2011, 11:52:12 AM » |
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Breaking K Reg...different cap....goin to have to be Zebay!
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melinx
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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2011, 02:25:48 PM » |
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Out of curiosity, what's wrong with the present one ?
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agingsnoopdog1
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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2011, 03:37:59 PM » |
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the foamy ytpe seals are shot.....and the float/needle bits been tagged with a small cable tie.....and my water level warning light stays on now....
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melinx
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« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2011, 04:04:50 PM » |
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I'm a bit puzzled, I've just been looking at my spare and the sealing ring is a flat rubber one, not foam and when I move the float up and down I can hear a faint click from the reed switch in the stem.
A meter shows it's operating OK !
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biffbangpow
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« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2011, 06:01:59 PM » |
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Sorted....and thanks to you all!
where from ? why not introduce yourself , and get some pics up ! |
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flash1664
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« Reply #15 on: July 20, 2011, 07:46:32 PM » |
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used to be able to buy them from vauxhall for about 15 quid not any more!!!!. mine disintegrated in wales last year, when down the pipes, and jammed the impellor on the water pump!!! cost me 150 quid to get the car home. tried to repair one years ago when i had use of a workshop. tried all different types of plastics to no avail the only thing that i had brief success with was wood. worked until it got saturated under the presssure
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nightmare
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« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2011, 07:20:09 PM » |
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used to be able to buy them from vauxhall for about 15 quid not any more!!!!. mine disintegrated in wales last year, when down the pipes, and jammed the impellor on the water pump!!! cost me 150 quid to get the car home. tried to repair one years ago when i had use of a workshop. tried all different types of plastics to no avail the only thing that i had brief success with was wood. worked until it got saturated under the presssure
Try medium/high density closed cell foam OR cork. I used cork on my old one in 1995, worked fine. Painted it with airfix enamel paint to stop it from getting water logged. Best place to get it is an Angling shop or Rod builder  |
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Easy going untill PUSHED!!!!
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nightmare
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« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2011, 07:40:28 PM » |
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The pressure cap with level sensor from vauxhall WAS in 1995 £85+VAT. The expansion tank was only £12+VAT. I know because mine had split and I'd spent two days looking around the breakers in Kent/Surrey/sussex etc for one without any luck. Still I learnt an important lesson that day: Find out how much an item will cost at dealers FIRST   It could save you time and money.... Probably not but you never know And that was 16 years ago. |
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« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2011, 03:55:35 AM » |
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I bought a brand new one from the dealers about 5 years ago and if was about £50. No scrapyards had them and most seemed to have gone the same way.
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agingsnoopdog1
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« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2011, 02:22:42 PM » |
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Thanks for all the good words...I`m goin to have a shifty around a couple of salvage yards (sic scrapyard).......otherwise....Ezybay here I come!
I`ll post a pc for all you heath robinson types...have a good weekend Gents
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biffbangpow
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« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2011, 07:53:44 PM » |
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Thanks for all the good words...I`m goin to have a shifty around a couple of salvage yards (sic scrapyard).......otherwise....Ezybay here I come!
I`ll post a pc for all you heath robinson types...have a good weekend Gents
not sure where you are planning to look , but nothing up here , prestige vauxhall , who knows whats hes doing at the mo ! that breaker on ebay get the tank and the cap ! job done ! |
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agingsnoopdog1
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« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2011, 03:36:42 PM » |
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You`re right..looked all over. Pushed cable tie up needle....water level lights gone out!
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PeterC
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« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2011, 05:23:17 PM » |
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I have/had been wondering how to re-create the float. I doubt if it has to have exactly the right boyancy as long as the magnetic ring inside the float operates the reed OK. I was worried about the float disintegrating and fowling up the pump or just blocking something. I see from an earlier post that this is a risk.
I drove for years with a dud one until the depression got to me more than the price of a new one. Then a scrappy GAVE me one !. It was so unpleasant seeing that orange light taunting me all the time. I just got my new Carlton which had a dud float and drove it all the way home (140m) like that. The float is still there but a bit shrunk and brittle like a soggy sugar cube. The misery was familiar. First job I did was rob the working one of my poor blue carlton.
I am determined to find some material that floats and is safe to use even if it only lasts for a few years. Just as long as the material does not screw up anything else like the original float material is alleged to do. So, folks, dont throw away your old expansion tank cap cum level checker - I might be able to resuurect tham for you one day.
Criteria seems to be. Floats, Copes with hot water and antifreeze, If it breaks down then does not do anything nasty. Easy to fit to existing ring magnet. Oh and still goes through the hole. Failing that its an alternative (optical or something) attached to the side of the tank !.
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1993 2.0 CDi Auto Estate (Rioja Red with a little tin worm but tatty paint).
1992 2.0 CDXi Manual Estate (Spectral Blue with too much tin worm but better paint).
Old age means wondering: Do I really have to struggle to become an expert in something I might never need to do again ?.
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