Hello fellow Corsa drivers.
I've a '94 Corsa B type with a 1.5TD Isuzu lump and 166+ thou on the clock. I am the second owner.My mother had it before me and had the best years outta it before floggin it to me for £500. On Thursday 23rd nov, it went through its MOT and passed,Phew, but it has a small hole in its exhaust, which the inspector gobbed up with paste. He tells me the exhaust is a bodged job, and its so, because its been welded to the Cat rather than clamped. He says the exhaust will want replacing before next MOT and it will be a sod, because the pipe will need cutting off and the new one will then be clamped on. What are your thoughts on this,please? And will installing a better section cost shed loads more than a normal one?
I'm no mechanic, but I'll have a go at anything, I've already done a new clutch which unfortunatly required removing the gearbox, (unlike some clutches which apparently drop out the bottom), so with that in mind, I'd like to fix the exhaust myself.The MOT inspector cofidently thinks his garage will be doing it, but at £19 an hour labour charge which I just paid for havin a new sun visor clamp, a bit of paste on me exhaust and putting a CV gaitor back on that had slipped off, he can go F*!k himself.
So basicaly I'm havin to cut the pipe and me thinks, sat here without havin had a proper look,it can't be too difficult and I can take as long as I like to do it without worry about labour charges.
So hello, nice to be here.Lookin forward to a read
Cheers Mike
I've a '94 Corsa B type with a 1.5TD Isuzu lump and 166+ thou on the clock. I am the second owner.My mother had it before me and had the best years outta it before floggin it to me for £500. On Thursday 23rd nov, it went through its MOT and passed,Phew, but it has a small hole in its exhaust, which the inspector gobbed up with paste. He tells me the exhaust is a bodged job, and its so, because its been welded to the Cat rather than clamped. He says the exhaust will want replacing before next MOT and it will be a sod, because the pipe will need cutting off and the new one will then be clamped on. What are your thoughts on this,please? And will installing a better section cost shed loads more than a normal one?
I'm no mechanic, but I'll have a go at anything, I've already done a new clutch which unfortunatly required removing the gearbox, (unlike some clutches which apparently drop out the bottom), so with that in mind, I'd like to fix the exhaust myself.The MOT inspector cofidently thinks his garage will be doing it, but at £19 an hour labour charge which I just paid for havin a new sun visor clamp, a bit of paste on me exhaust and putting a CV gaitor back on that had slipped off, he can go F*!k himself.
So basicaly I'm havin to cut the pipe and me thinks, sat here without havin had a proper look,it can't be too difficult and I can take as long as I like to do it without worry about labour charges.
So hello, nice to be here.Lookin forward to a read
Cheers Mike
