Hi Darren, thought I'd chat over here for a change! Great job on the bonnet, Oops! HOOD gas struts, what struts did you use?? also, maybe looking to do the lift up side door, any problems with that? & again, what gas rams have you used as the door must be quite heavy?
cheers
Geoff
Bristol, UK

Hi Guys, Just for fun I'm going to do a write up on my van..................... over the next couple of days, with some pictures, see what you think................ where do I send it (polite please!! )

Hi Folks, Now I know what autobox is fitted to my trusty 1994 Astro, How do I connect in to the transmission electronics to check fault codes? or do they come up through the same socket as the engine codes? (OBD1 socket) & is it possible, like on the engine (if you change the chip) to write to t...

Darren, wot ho buddy! Yes, your right about this site!! I've just looked under my dash & seen what looks like a vac pipe with a white plunger on the end which, it seems, is not getting depressed when the brake pedal is back at its stop so I think this maybe the fault as it looks like it may open...

Cheers, I'll have a look in the morning. I had a word with the vans previous owner tonight & he said that someone had done some work with the brakelight system, I wonder if they have disturbed something!!

Thats a good point! no, the cruise controls not working! Any idea what I need to check? I've looked around the C/C plug & vac pipes but I can't find any leaks or broken pipes.
Cheers
Geoff

Ah! Just had a look at the box again & on the r/h side looking forwards there is a heat shield bolted to the side of the box & behind that there are plugs & wires! the tailshaft casting has 8679554-1 cast into it, I can't find any other ident markings, maybe they are under the heat shiel...

Thats one of the things I looked for, there is no quadrant where the shift shaft goes into the trans casing which I have seen on the later boxes. there are no other leads that I can see coming from or going to the gearbox, did the vans up to say, 1993 have a non computer gearbox? Thanks for your hel...

Hi, I drive in 4th OD unless I'm towing then I stay out of OD, I had a look under my Astro today at the gearbox & I see no electronic bits hanging off the box, the only electrical bit is on the tailshaft of the box, I think that is for either the speedo or reversing light switch, or both so mayb...

Thanks for that info. Should my gearbox 'lock' in 4th gear? as If I take my foot off the gas the revs drop down which I would not expect if the system was 'locked'
Cheers
Geoff

Hi, Wow! that was quick!! I presume that the -E means that its electronic? There does not seem to be any 'Lock Up' in 4th gear, It almost feels like there are 'sub gears' in the system! I'm just truing to find out as much as I can about my Astro as Its such a fantastic van!. Cheers :cheers: Geoff In...

Not too sure about my title up top there but here goes............ Can anyone tell me what transmisson is in my 1994 Astro EXT VIN# 1GNDM19W3RB201*** I can give you the last three if it helps? Also, It sometimes feels like there is a gear missing although since fitting a new distributor & the en...

Wot Ho Geeza, How you doin? Yes, we come across here sometimes to see how its really done, gives us lots on tips & ideas!

Geoff

Hi California, Just surfing through the Astro/Safari sites & saw you on here! We better get together sometime as we should start a SouthWest AstroSafari club, there's enough of us.
Anyway, catch you on AstroSafariUK sometime!

Geoff
Bristol
07792 986417

MMmmm! you could be right, that does look longer!