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From: levans on 22 Jun 2010 07:48
No offence taken mate :)

Some grim-sounding near misses there. Mine happened when the seal on a
trolley jack went, but thankfully it lowered the car so slowly that I
had plenty of time to get out from under it. Certainly made me think
though.

So it'll be more awkward to swap the starter on a RHD Corsa then? I'll
have chance to get under it tonight for a proper look, but at least
now I know which angle to tackle it from.



From: Mrcheerful on 22 Jun 2010 09:24
levans wrote:
> No offence taken mate :)
>
> Some grim-sounding near misses there. Mine happened when the seal on a
> trolley jack went, but thankfully it lowered the car so slowly that I
> had plenty of time to get out from under it. Certainly made me think
> though.
>
> So it'll be more awkward to swap the starter on a RHD Corsa then? I'll
> have chance to get under it tonight for a proper look, but at least
> now I know which angle to tackle it from.

I would guess so, because the steering rack and end of the column will be on
the side where you are working. cross fingers.


From: levans on 22 Jun 2010 17:21

> I would guess so, because the steering rack and end of the column will be on
> the side where you are working. cross fingers.

You were right. I had a proper look at it tonight and haven't a clue
how to get to it without removing the steering rack, and I couldn't
figure out how that comes apart. It looks like I'd have to remove the
front subframe to get to that, and even then I'm not sure it'd be
accessible.

From: Duncan Wood on 22 Jun 2010 17:47
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:21:33 +0100, levans <leonevans82(a)googlemail.com>
wrote:

>
>> I would guess so, because the steering rack and end of the column will
>> be on
>> the side where you are working. cross fingers.
>
> You were right. I had a proper look at it tonight and haven't a clue
> how to get to it without removing the steering rack, and I couldn't
> figure out how that comes apart. It looks like I'd have to remove the
> front subframe to get to that, and even then I'm not sure it'd be
> accessible.
>

Remove the alternator & inlet manifold? (That's a vague guess from when I
last had the misfortune to look under a Corsa bonnet)

--
Duncan Wood
From: levans on 23 Jun 2010 03:35
> Remove the alternator & inlet manifold? (That's a vague guess from when I  
> last had the misfortune to look under a Corsa bonnet)
>
> --
> Duncan Wood

Was it a Corsa C you looked at or an older one? On mine, the
alternator is over the other side.

If I could somehow remove the oil filter housing it'd help, but it
looks like it's cast as part of the block.
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