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Still running ok. Planning a service at some point soon, hopefully before the world situation gets any worse...

Sorted - fitted new DIS coil and now no misfire. Nothing visible on the old coil. Was ok when cold but seemed to fail as things warmed up.

Had this misfire develop recently. Seemed worse under acceleration. So I swapped in a new set of plugs as No2 electrode appeared to have cracked insulation. Seemed ok for a while - then back again. Today I spent a while trying to get my OPCOM to work. It did just long enough to see no error...

Just in time for Xmas brilliant. I'm about to try to sort a misfire on my car - was thinking it could be an ignition issue but am wondering about injector(s) now.

Yeah fuel pump sounds likely, sort that first.

Reading back it seems the challenge I ended up with years back was getting the car's immobilizer to accept the replacement second hand ECU (from Germany). I wonder how complete the rest of your donor car's circuitry is? This seems to be the cheapest ECU on fleabay at the moment. Some others...

I'd of thought whoever did the engine conversion for your car would have included the diagnostics socket somewhere. It may be buried and you may need to be a contortionist to find it. But maybe not, and if a reader isn't available anyway... The fact that it runs ok for a while sounds...

I found when I changed the ECU I needed the Opcom software to reprogram the new one to work in my car. It was a long drawn out saga - you may want to read some of it here. Not something I'd want to try again. I'd prefer to work through swapping out a few sensors/checking connectors etc first...

Wow. Something like this? Are you getting a warning light or something? Is there an Opcom socket available to read what's going on?

Have you looked on ebay? Couple abroad for sale. What's wrong with your one?

Will be satisfying when this is all done. Was really sad when I couldn't progress with my old Mk2 sxi estate. I had made a good start on a sill repair but the cross member/seat support attachment point area required some careful thought. I'm sure I could have done it given a bit more time and...

Wondering if this could be a fuel related issue? Injector maybe? Does the misfire come and go?

That's excellent news!

Hi there, people are still on this site - just not perhaps the same numbers as back in the day. Great you got the proper membership - guess you won't be getting annoying ads. What checks have you done? Any spark at plugs? Fuel pump priming?

Hi guys, just a shout out in case someone has a new or serviceable auto gear selector cable spare. Part number either 90425261 or 90470718 Thanks -Jeremy Update: Hopefully sorted now.

Saw this triggered one rather optimistically for sale on the web. You can see the cable drawn in tight. Wouldn't want to get your fingers caught in that...

I've just had to do this repair on my car. I tried to carefully prise the old socket casing apart, but it ended up too trashed to reuse. I found the little spring inside had indeed jumped it's seating but sadly was too bent up so in the end the whole thing was u/s. I checked and the...

Always found Vauxhall Green to be excellent. Good prices, original Vaux parts.

Glad you managed to find something to fit. It is a drag when such parts become scarce.

Yes worth ringing - they don't always have all the stock listed on the website. I always try them first to see if I can get a genuine Vauxhall part.