Beiträge von G.v.Mainberg

  • Wo ist Dieter???

    Dir Gaestezimmer sind gerichtet, der Kuehlschrank hat sogar deutsches Hefeweizen, der Pool ist ab diesem Sommer rund um's Jahr geoeffnet - alles was noch fehlt sind Besucher ...


    45 Minutem vom Atlanta Airport. Der Opel den Du sehen wirst ist gekommen um DICH abzuholen!


    Dieter

  • Wo ist Dieter???

    Ich hatte mich versteckt und wollte einfach nur mal ein paar Minuten meine Ruhe haben, aber meine geliebte Frau hat sofort gewusst wo sie mich suchen muss!


    Gruesse :D 8o 8)


    Dieter


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  • Strom Probleme c20 xe Kadett e gsi

    Ein Motor braucht das folgende zum laufen:


    - Kompression: habe ich hier nicht in Verdacht, da der Motor ja erst lief, und nicht irgendwo aus einem Keller ausgegraben wurde.
    - Benzin in den Zylindern: Hat er tatsächlich Benzin, oder hörst Du nur die Pumpe brummen --> Rücklaufleitung am Tank abmachen und in einen geeigneten Behälter laufen lassen um die Benzinpumpe zu checken. Ist der Benzinfilter (evtl. Vorfilter im Tank) verstopft? Wenn Du Bedenken hast dass die Einspritzventile nicht funktionieren --> die Einspritzleiste (mit Einspritzventilen dran) abmachen. Über jedes Ventil einen Luftballon drüberziehen zum Brandschutz und um die Sauerei zu vermeiden, und kurz starten. Wird Sprit in alle 4 Ballons gespritzt?
    - Zündfunke --> 2 der Kerzen raus, das Gewinde mit Masse verbinden, und mit angeschlossenen Kabeln starten. Zündfunken OK?


    Mein Tip? Dein Motor kriegt kein Benzin.


    Viel Glück!


    Dieter

  • Kadett in Film und Fernsehen

    Oh my God, wie konnte ich den nur vergessen?


    Lena Meyer-Landrut, "Touch A New Day", 2010, mit Kadett C (Flex)-Cabrio :D


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  • Themen-Opel für das US-Treffen in Carlisle, PA in 2020

    I received a new batch of V-belts (Anm.: Keilriemen) yesterday, the calculated length for driving the A/C compressor and the power steering pump was off by one size each on my first try.
    So today, I finished my bracket for installing the power steering pump and tensioning its belt. The bracket is not pretty, it is the result of cutting, welding, re-cutting and re-welding the bits and pieces together. Maybe I could send it to RallyBob (Anm.: Ein sehr talentierter Metallbearbeiter im US-Forum), and had him make me a good looking substitute :P But hey, it's doing its job. Before putting it in finally, I will sandblast it to at least have a uniform appearance on all sides. Rust won't be a problem, it's made of 316 stainless steel.
    Anyway, the main accomplishment here is that I can tighten both belts (engine to A/C, and A/C to pump) independently from each other. The PS pump bracket is sitting on top of the A/C compressor, and moves with it when the belt is tensioned. Yes, the angle of the PS pump can change a little over time when the belts stretch, but right now the pump angle is just slightly tilted to one side off vertical, and with the stretched belts it might just move a few angle degrees to the other side of vertical. I'm not expecting a lot of belt stretch in the first place, since both belts are very short to begin with (32" and 29").


    And now, it's POOL TIME!!!


    Dieter


  • Themen-Opel für das US-Treffen in Carlisle, PA in 2020

    The front brakes are done!
    After a lot of discussions on the German Opel RWD forum (Anmerkung: "Opel Hecktriebler Forum"), with lots of very knowledgeable people involved, here's the documentation:

    • My Rekord was one of probably only a few dozen (or few hundred) Rekords with ABS. This was offered in 1986 for the first time from Opel, in the last year of the Rekord before they replaced it with the Omega. This ABS cost about 3,000 German Marks, while the car itself was only priced in the low 20,000's.
    • This ABS version had different (larger) front axle spindles, hubs (with included ABS ring), wheel bearings, and brake rotors. While the rotor diameter and thickness was identical to the regular vented non-ABS version, the hub connection had a larger diameter and 6 bolts to the hub instead of 4. Nobody in the whole wide world has any of the ABS-version brake rotors. They are not even available as unobtainium, they just plainly don't exist anymore.
    • I ended up converting to the front brakes from the Omega B / Cadillac Catera. Not a single dimension of them is identical to the Rekord (besides the hole pattern of the caliper), but I was able to make it work. My old calipers, and the new rotors and pads (non-ABS and not fitting my Rekord) were sold here.
    • The Catera rotors have a hub center dia of 70 mm and needed to be turned up to 94 mm diameter.
    • The Catera rotors have 5 holes (which is the 5/110 mm wheel bolt pattern) of the Catera. This comes from the completely different mounting concept of these rotors. While the Rekord rotors are bolted to the inside of the hubs with the hubs having studs inserted to attach the wheels, the Catera's rotors are going over the outside of the hub, and the wheels are held by wheel bolts going through the wheels and the brake rotors, to screw into the hubs. Plus, there is a 6th hole in the Catera rotors to screw them into the hubs so they don't get loose when taking off the wheels.
    • After opening up the center dia, I drilled the six 11 mm holes (for M10 screws) into the flange of the rotors. It is astonishing that it was possible to do that without any interference to the existing holes. The rotor flange looks like a Swiss cheese now!
    • The rotors are a great deal larger in diameter than the ones from the Rekord (296 mm vs 246 mm), the thickness is 28 mm vs 23 mm. I had to cut off quite a bit from the dust shield, to get them rotating freely without touching anymore.
    • The axial position from the calipers to the rotors was off. When bolting the rotors on, they touched and blocked the inside of the rotors. I fabricated some spacers out of 316 grade stainless steel (German equivalent: 1.4401, aka "V4A") in 1/8" (3.18 mm) thickness.
    • Of course, all bolts were tightened down with the specified Loctite and torque.

    I might have forgotten something, but the neighbors just arrived, it's time for pool, beer and music now!


    Dieter