Kadett C x 2 Limo '76/City '77

[a112]

I don't have much time lately since i'm not home during the week when the school is running.
I got home yesterday and did some work today.

First broke all of the lime scale that collected on most of the engine parts,than washed the engine first with crude oil,after that with water and pressured air,left it to dry and after that dried the rest of the parts that remained wet.












Head before cleaning,pictures after are too dark,so i haven't uploaded them :grumpy:




Found one of my bro's old colored valve covers in the basement since mine is a bit damaged,so i'm gonna install that one instead.



I managed to get new head,valve cover and oil pan gaskets,but one of the panel gaskets needed a bit DIY action




For today,assembled the down part of the engine,and i hope i am going to install it tomorrow if i am going to have free time,since i got to travel back to the dorm. The crankshaft and the camshaft are in good condition,i hope it's going to start.









Cheers.

[momo-gt]

That is a realy nice Kadett! At the moment a must rebuild a Kadett B at work! In my opinion the Kadetts are the only good cars Opel ever made!
I hope you will fit the Irmscher spoiler back when the car is finished! :wink:
Have fun and good luck!

[a112]

Actually,i'm not putting the irmscher spoiler since i like the car without it,and it's damaged. Well besides the old Kadetts there are Mantas,old Rekords and GTs that are relatively something.

[a112]

IT'S ALIVE,IT'S ALIIIIIVEEEE!!!
The engine is working,and it's working great,unfortunately i don't have any pictures since my camera batteries died,but i'm going to get a video clip in a week or two when i get home again.
Can't wait for the next weekend,i hope it's going to rain

[a112]

Anyway,got home today,and started to chat with my father about the car,somehow i mentioned the lights,and than heard him saying: Yeah,i forgot to tell you,one guy told me that he has some parts for Kadett C and that he wanted to give it or trash it,so i got a free pair of front and rear lights.

Also there is one C2 type blinker,that my father insisted to get one more so that we don't need to fill the fenders,but i yelled at him that i don't want C2 blah blah,he gave it up only when i said that the hood can't match

[banpei]

A spare set is always nice

[a112]

Here is the promised videos,Idle and driving...
Cheers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nT0O_0HZfs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfl9eWHyoOE

[banpei]

Amazing!

[a112]

Did some work today,please don't laugh,this was my first attempt of CO2 welding,and also had some problems with welder.





Cheers.

[Ivan141]

Looks like you where using too little gas... must have been a bitch to get it welded shut that way.