chazy Posted January 17, 2008 Report Posted January 17, 2008 Hi all my name's Charlie chaz for short I have owned and loved a 1997 2.3 silver galaxy glx for 8 years and (touch wood) it has given me up to now 70,000 miles of trouble free driving just recently I have been offered a 1997 80,000 2.8 v6 ghia x The body in mint condition and in sliver (same colour as the 2.3) but the engine not running at Quote
chazy Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Posted January 18, 2008 a few hello's would of been nice ok im going ahead tomorrow starting stripping it down (weather permitting) found a good guide its not for a galaxy but its hopfully going to help loldont no if you want to check this out and screem stop i got the wrong one or something but if you do before 10 am tomorrow morning will be much apreciated http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1264409 Quote
jim4 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Posted January 18, 2008 Can't advise on your project.Can say hello and welcome to the forum. Quote
chazy Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Posted January 18, 2008 Thanks Jim and hiMaybe im trying to run before walking please forgive me and let me slow down and start againhello everyone im a 39 year old married with 4 kids ex panel beater (not a mechanic) retired due to ill health been getting in to all sorts of projects over the last few years killing time fishing, brewing wine, growing chills (mainly involves sitting watching nothing for long spaces of time)hopefully with a little help (truth to it im going to probably end up paying someone but im going to go there kicking and screaming)im planning on getting this 2.8 on the road with the end result us using it and selling the other(im just locking my wife out the room her laughing is putting me off)I have worked in the garage world from the age of 14 my granddad part owned a coachworks and I started working Saturday mornings 8:30 till 12:30 for Quote
stevie m Posted January 18, 2008 Report Posted January 18, 2008 Hi chazy, Welcome to the forum. Well i hope you enjoy working on your project, and i hope this forum becomes a good form of research for you. I will look forward to reading your posts in the future and hopefully helping if i can somewhere along the line. Stevie.m Quote
chrissy Posted January 19, 2008 Report Posted January 19, 2008 Hi all my name's Charlie chaz for short I have owned and loved a 1997 2.3 silver galaxy glx for 8 years and (touch wood) it has given me up to now 70,000 miles of trouble free driving just recently I have been offered a 1997 80,000 2.8 v6 ghia x The body in mint condition and in sliver (same colour as the 2.3) but the engine not running at Quote
chazy Posted January 19, 2008 Author Report Posted January 19, 2008 Hi guys ty for the welcomeLooks like im looking for an engine I spent a few hours on it this morning and its all come to a stop when I got the air inlet manifold off wile taking the accelerator cable off I filled my front with oil bits of piston,piston ring and valve bits Time of death 11:45 am Still I had some fun stripping it back lernt a few things like the air inlet manifold is a proper bugger to get off with the front panel still in place but can be got at with a bit of messing (sure its better than stripping the font end off ) What next ?I don Quote
Rusty Nail Posted January 21, 2008 Report Posted January 21, 2008 Hi chazy Firstly welcome to the forum (a bit late I know but better late than never). You shouldn't be put off by bits of piston and rings etc, it just means that things are more interesting and the project may take a little longer. Just think how satisfied you would be if you fixed it and got it going..... Anyway, good luck and enjoy the forum Quote
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