Opel record DIY repair

In detail: Opel record do-it-yourself repair from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

Repair manual, maintenance and operation Opel Rekord E, Gasoline engine: "20S", 2.0 l. / 74 kW (100 hp) and diesel engines "21D", 2.1 liters. / 44 kW (60 hp) and "23D", 2.3 liters. / 48 kW (65 hp). Practical guide Opel Record E models with sedan, station wagon and van from 1978 to 1986

The "Manual" contains data on the repair of OPEL "Rekord E" cars with engine models: "20S", "21D" and "23D"; with body types: sedan, station wagon and van
The book contains extended information on the following topics:
■ Engines petrol and diesel carburetors "Zenith" 35/40 INAT and GM Varajet II
■ Diesel injection systems
■ Transmissions with manual shift and automatic
■ Front suspension on shock-absorber struts
■ Steering without power steering and with hydraulic brake booster
■ Electrical equipment and circuits
■ Features of operation and maintenance of the vehicle
■ Information on the sizes of parts and fits in mates methods of adjustmentsThis manual is a manual for the maintenance and repair of Opel cars with a four-cylinder engine of the "20S" model and with a four-cylinder diesel engine of the "21D" and "23D" models with sedan, station wagon and van bodies, manual transmission or automatic transmission, with a manual power steering.The manual is intended for workers in service centers and stations and repair shops, as well as for technically trained motorists. Therefore, in some cases, the device of units, mechanisms and systems is presented without excessive detail, and the procedure for maintenance and repair becomes easily understandable when reading the text or studying the figures. The manual provides detailed technical characteristics of all units, mechanisms and systems of the vehicle and provides recommendations for performing maintenance and repair work.

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Appendix I contains recommendations for operating the car, Appendix II describes the principle of operation and checks of adjustments of the Pierburg "Ecotronic" 2E-E carburetor installed on the engines of the Opel Rekord "18S" car, Appendix III gives a table of correspondence of fuels and lubricants of domestic production with foreign counterparts. The manual reflects the design of vehicles in the basic version. Therefore, depending on the modifications and the year of manufacture of the car, the design of individual components and assemblies, as well as the design and location of some elements of electrical equipment, may differ from those described in the manual.

Diberz 07 August 2011

Good day to all !!

I bought such a miracle as Opel Record 2e 86g. 1.8 carb engine. At first I ran, now there is a problem with the engine, I fill in oil like gasoline, now the antifreeze has started to go away, the capital will most likely not help, the way out, apparently, is only a replacement.
Maybe someone has come across, or knows if it is possible to install an engine from another model?
What markings does this model have?
Or tell me the showdown on the "records" I read a bunch of topics on the forum, but there is very little information on this model, and the one that is basically half a year ago.

Thanks in advance, everyone.
Modified: Diberz, 07 Aug 2011 - 01:45

Diberz 07 August 2011

Diberz, for a start it will not hurt to fill out a profile.

Rekord 07 August 2011

Capital 1.8?
What are you kidding me about?
This is the same ONS motor as in omega A, so take c20ne with an injector for analysis from a REAR DRIVE car, omega is the same, and put it.

I can help with spare parts and disassembly, no question.What specific spare parts do you need? knock in a personal. I can get almost everything and new on hodovke, bodywork and motor.

Diberz 07 August 2011

Rekord 07 August 2011

Diberz 07 August 2011

As for the smoke, yes, and the benzoy stinks on the go kick-ass.
The puddle under the car looked like no.

Say the engine will be from Omega, we will look))

Rekord 07 August 2011

Diberz 07 August 2011

I think the engine is just the beginning, then the brakes, hodovka, bodywork, electrics, etc., that is, it takes money and time to restore the car, a lot of money and time. And this - we don’t call, I threw the bodies in a personal. And rename the topic, I understand, of course, that in the Opel ReCord data sheet, but in real life it is ReKord.
On the omezhie pikhlo should become a traction and a gearbox without question, together with a gene and a starter, BUT try to throw in your camshaft, it should be much more interesting than an omega one, both in phases and ascent, the carburetor is fluffy, because the old one is useless to adjust, you can immediately Throw in HBO, so that it was not so expensive to ride. For skoko took, if not a secret. I wanted to sell mine last year, but I figured I would sell it for a piece, I’ll do a three-ruble note and I’ll buy an omega A. yeah, but this is a MACHINE now, wait for the painting and in a month there will be practically a NEW car, which drives briskly, eats little and looks great.

Time and money is a problem with both
I took it for 12000 UAH. the body is relatively rusty, almost ideally not boiled, but there are small dents, paint chips on the roof, trunk. a small tree fell in winter))
The main problem is the engine, ball and front shock absorbers, and with the rest, the little things are not so critical.

I am very far from the questions of painting, but I want to solve it before winter))

(thanks for the interest in the topic, I will definitely call, I saw the message at the moment there is no phone next to it, but the one that is empty.

Rekord 07 August 2011

body relatively rust almost ideally
I read on opelrekord.ru now)

Gee-gee, I no longer believe in stories, I have grown up already, drive them into the hole, poke them with a screwdriver, throw off the front wings and be surprised. Moreover, your E2 is inferior to my E1 in terms of corrosion resistance.
Create a theme with pictures of the car, interior and engine compartment, so the process will go faster. The Kiev branch is hefty solid, they will definitely help you, both with advice and with a spare part.

Diberz 07 August 2011

OK!! there will be pictures tomorrow.
I will throw it off in this thread and on RU

I was in the pit, the muffler was boiled, there are of course little things, but it’s “little things” and so it seems that everything is normal))
Don't scare me, otherwise I'll go poke it with a screwdriver tomorrow

Rekord 08 August 2011

Diberz 08 August 2011

Litter with pictures is a bummer, ((the car was dirty in nature with children went on Sunday, it is not cultural to somehow spread this, and at work, as luck would have it, there is a lot of steam ((

Measured, between the pins 105mm

Rekord 09 August 2011

Diberz 09 August 2011

Finally, in the evening I put the pictures on my phone, well, at least such

I measured it as it should be, it turns out exactly 1190mm (is it a gut or not?)

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Modified: Diberz, 09 Aug 2011 - 21:38

Rekord 10 August 2011

Diberz 10 August 2011

Hello everyone for a second looked from the worker.

I mnu in the passport says 1.8 and the owner said she was hit in the ass, I put the trunk lid from 2.0. but in general it is necessary to find out.
I will take normal pictures of dvigla, I hope tell me what kind of beast is this
Solex carburetor costs 10/100 km in the city now

- So far, I'm not going to drive in the winter, I want to make repairs, shaman the general condition of the car, and there is no winter rubber either, so I put it in the garage and pulled everything out of the hood sweat over the weekend in Kent, it was not difficult to disassemble, in principle, everything the bolts are quite accessible, the main thing is to have spanners and a set of heads with an extension cord, and in just a couple of places I had to use a cardan when unscrewing the box, but everything is simple. lick your lips from head to toe with tasol)) But then I stood still when it came to disassembling the engine, but here's the catch, to remove the cylinder head you need sprockets, and not just like bolts on the Basins, or at least hexagons, so right now I'll find a tool and I will continue exiting over the car))

- I did not find the asterisks, and the set of hexagons that I bought was not useful, because in the set all sizes are multiples of 2m, and on the head of the block by 9mm, but I could not stand it and I grinded off the hexagon from 10mm to 9mm on the nashdak and away we go, disassembled the engine on the cogs and dowels. Again, it was not difficult and in 4 hours I completely disassembled it, it took a little help when unscrewing the crankshaft mounts - to hold the block, because there, as usual, it was screwed on conscientiously, it was hard to unscrew and hold the block, but to fix it so as not to fidget it at I have nowhere. When I opened the engine, it was not pleasant, the piston was still digging, it was scraped with a screwdriver - it falls off in pieces, there is rust in the coolant outlets, or something else, but of a red hue. Now you have to scrub it, so that at least it would be more pleasant to work. And it remains to be decided whether it is necessary to bore it at all, or to do with replacing the rings, liners, all gaskets, oil seals, valve stem seals and adjusting the head. And I will solve this when I measure everything with a micrometer.
Here are some photos. If I'm sorry for the quality, I photographed it on my cell phone))

- Another day in garage life. Sensible has not done anything yet, except to measure the cylinders with a micrometer. I went to the minders with the result and found out that ovality in the range of 0.00 - 0.03 mm is okay and you can do with replacing the rings. And at the expense of the crankshaft, he carried it on his hump to the borer of the crankshafts, having measured it, he said that he was in perfect order and the deviation was only 0.02 mm. I told him that I had 0.75 inserts in a circle and it was clear that they were being adjusted. He told me that it was a collective farm and said what inserts were needed, specifically: Indigenous - 0.25, connecting rod - 0.50. All infa and measurements cost nothing.
A few days before that, I went to the store and ordered 0.75 inserts, which would have cost me $ 92, and since now I need other inserts, and they are available, I canceled the order and now they will cost me $ 75, little difference, but still savings. I also ordered a timing chain, which will cost me $ 57. Also a set of rings - $ 40. Oil filter - $ 5.4
Total: $ 177.4. And it is not yet known how much will cost all the excisions with the head 🙂

- And so. I finished assembling the cylinder block. And I have already put it in place, but so far without a head, I have not done anything with it. I did not attach anything to the box, because the oil seal needs to be changed on the box, so it just hangs there 🙂 Added

Hello everyone, I got a record after an unsuccessful repair, the compression fell from the previous owner and he decided. then he rubbed the valve and threw rings from some kind of Volga. As a result, the compression decreased on the contrary.
How to check valves correctly? I did not pour it over with kerasin, after a day the level dropped somewhere by 3 mm. The block is okay, there are no deep scratches.
On the pistons, there are noticeable knockouts from the valves, and the piston itself has a good clearance and dangles when you push on it and move it to the side. But then again there are like Volgovskie pistons, maybe because of this turbulence ?? Do pistons need to be changed?

Here's another question about the gasket: there is a water jacket in the block and in the head around the pistons, holes are punched on the gasket from classic vases in these places, but they are not on the opelevskaya, there is only a rectangular window closer to the gearbox. So it should be, maybe the gasket is left ??

Thank you

No thanks

rekordsmen 01 Jul 2011

Thanks for the offer, but I like to tinker

, Went to the store said pistons with rings 6000r.

Well, the decrease in compression could be due to the increase in the combustion chamber from the recess in the piston. Rex pistons are flat, only with milling for valves.
and it is not at all necessary to copy the entire message, it is enough to apply by nickname, or there is a name in the profile ..

Tell me how to determine the size of the repair pistons? While I don’t want to remove the pistons, what would then at one time, accurately measure the diameter of the cylinder will be enough for the selection of pistons and rings ??

Uncle Vova
So do not grumble once a neighbor, I just just registered here, a lot of emotions from the Lego Opel.
Now I ride a VAZ-2106 behind my shoulders two kapitalki, so I subjectively compare all the aggregates with the VAZ ones.
I picked up pistons with a mine clearance on the vases so that they would smoothly descend under their weight along the barrel, and when I swayed in the record, I went nuts from the backlash.

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Opel Record 1982

everything needs to be repaired! what can be repaired and what can be changed and what is better?

1. Starter: pendix is bursting. change or how to repair?
2. The right brake wedges, the telescope is welded there, there is also one front suspension, but they are completely different. even the pads are different.
3. Will they change the racks to which ones? I heard that it was coming from M-2141
4. Pump - makes noise - what to do with it?
5. Radiator - which one is better to change, there is a desire to e-mail. blower put
6. Exhaust - I want a dual system - is there a ready-made one?
7. Carbureto - what is better to put on?

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Opel Record C20NE

1. About the starter - you need to look. Why is it bursting? Maybe the crown has lost his teeth?
2. What does the telescope mean? You can purchase a caliper repair kit and have it repaired. The brake systems on the Rex were two Delco and ATE.
3. Racks from М-2141 do not fit. Amotrizators (or cartridges) with modifications are suitable. Suitable not only from Moskvich, but also from TAZ2108,09,099,13,14,15, etc.
4. Change the pump unambiguously.
5. The radiator can be supplied from a TAZ 2106 with an electric fan. It is better to screw in the sensor from 10 degrees (the response temperature is higher. For example, by 18S the operating temperature is up to 107 degrees).
6. I don’t know about the exhaust. My mother seems to be doing her job well. And it doesn't seem to be very expensive.
8. There is nothing better than a native karba.

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Opel Record 1982

Took off

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crown wick. dyzl. 🙂

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I always told everyone:
"Opel-Record" - bestsseller car!
In it, only the slider at the stove fan speed can globally break =)
And so, even globally folded front wheels “/” can be restored by welding the front glasses.
(Only my admiration does not extend to the Records without the “MacPherson” in the front).

And now let me express my opinion on the questions:

I would answer in the order of the author's questions:

1. In most cases, the source of the sound is bendinks, but taking into account the always snotty gasket of the oil pump (which is below, and the casing for the crankshaft pulley), as well as such an unsuccessful crankcase for crankcase ventilation (for models with a carburetor), it is possible that the starter may become “oiled”, and as a consequence of its pollution, both internal and external. Perhaps an elementary jamming of the “retractor” or of the bendix itself on the anchor splines.
Here.
Well, of course =) The wear of the flywheel ring gear has not yet been canceled =)
Nada glyazets =)

2. When you buy an item, do not take in your ears the assurances of sellers that the "Asconovsky" are suitable. Especially the rear drums! Then you are tortured to undergo MOT at the brake stand =)
I somehow had the honor to put seemingly similar rear cylinders. all the same amazing weight these directories of unoriginal "vytvortsau" =)

3.Here from the "Vectra" in the ass fit - I just saw it! Actually, I noticed the difference between the 84-year-old record and the 86-year record. The latter has some sort of “lever” end on the rack. True, I compared the Record 84 sedan, and the Record 86 versatile.

4. It's so disgusting at idle. =) Alas, change. although, if you do not ride on the water, you might not enjoy the "trills".

5. Why. In my opinion, the problem of the Record radiator is that when you fill it with a lot of Tosol from the heart, it starts spitting through a tube =) No, I would not be doing nonsense in your place. Better buy a new plug on the radiator =)

6. If you change "pants" - maximum attention to geometry! Otherwise, when moving over the "sleeping gays", listen to the solo "Polish mufflers".

7. And here it is categorically. do not need anything!
Only for a tube such that it is screwed into the float chamber, look after =) and change the filter more often.

That's all I wanted to say.

No.
Not all

Still, the Record is the best car in the niche "up to 1000-1200 $"
: opel:

Post has been edited Imp – 30.1.2006, 20:10

After a long break of a year, I again started restoring the family rarity Opel Rekord.

For a year standing on the street, he again became covered with rust and the main occupation now is working with a grinder + a grinding wheel and P 80 sandpaper. I also bought Tsinkar, a rust converter, in the car market. For weeks every day I devote 3 hours to a record.

This is my leather interior with a Cadillac Catera after a year outdoors: leather interior

This was the new wing of the Crockelherm, as it looks after being stripped of rust:

We also clean the skirt that we bought during disassembly: salon with a record from a boat

We remove the moldings in the record using a fiberglass putty and then finishing:

An old radiator, which just crumbled with old age, I am looking for a replacement:

A straight-through muffler, which at first was supposed to set a record, but now I will put it on a mitsubishi eclipse:

He completely removed the taillights and restored them, covered the cracks with liquid nails, glued the glass, and also the feet took an hour-long water procedure in a bath with fairies and shampoos and with front turns. We washed ourselves with a bang, for more than 20 years - there is a lot of dirt. I was also surprised by the design of the stacks, according to the idea they should fog up, but somehow I did not notice. After passing the technical inspection, I will tint them black.

Further, the fight against the rotten tank, painting the car, restoration of the front optics, re-fitting the ceiling, chemical cleaning of leather seats.

Diberz 07 August 2011

Good day to all !!

I bought such a miracle as Opel Record 2e 86g. 1.8 carb engine. At first I ran, now there is a problem with the engine, I fill in oil like gasoline, now the antifreeze has started to go away, the capital will most likely not help, the way out is apparently only a replacement.
Maybe someone has come across, or knows if it is possible to install an engine from a different model?
What markings does this model have?
Or tell me the showdown on "records" I read a bunch of topics on the forum, but there is very little information on this model, and the one that is basically half a year ago.

Thanks in advance, everyone.
Modified: Diberz, 07 Aug 2011 - 01:45

Diberz 07 August 2011

Diberz, for a start it will not hurt to fill out a profile.

Rekord 07 August 2011

Capital 1.8?
What are you kidding me about?
This is the same ONS motor as in omega A, so take c20ne with an injector for analysis from a REAR DRIVE car, omega is the same, and put it on.

I can help with spare parts and disassembly, no question. What specific spare parts do you need? knock in a personal. I can get almost everything and new on hodovke, bodywork and motor.

Diberz 07 August 2011

Rekord 07 August 2011

Diberz 07 August 2011

As for the smoke, yes, and the benzoy stinks on the go kick-ass.
The puddle under the car looked like no.

Say the engine will be from Omega, we will look))

Rekord 07 August 2011

Diberz 07 August 2011

I think the engine is just the beginning, then the brakes, hodovka, bodywork, electrics, etc., that is, it takes money and time to restore the car, a lot of money and time. And this - we don’t call, I threw the bodies in a personal. And rename the topic, I understand, of course, that in the Opel ReCord data sheet, but in real life it is ReKord.
On the omezhie pikhlo should become a traction and a gearbox without question, together with a gene and a starter, BUT try to throw in your camshaft, it should be much more interesting than an omega one, both in phases and ascent, the carburetor is fluffy, because the old one is useless to set up, you can immediately Throw in HBO, so that it was not so expensive to ride. For skoko took, if not a secret. I wanted to sell mine last year, but I figured I would sell it for a piece, I’ll do a three-ruble note and buy an omega A. No, thanks, I’d better put it in a Rex, the engine was boosted, the injection was put on, HBO 4 generations and a huge number of improvements for a total of 3700 yeah, but this is a MACHINE now, wait for the painting and in a month there will be almost a NEW car that drives briskly, eats little and looks great.

I am very far from the questions of painting, but I want to solve it before winter))

(thanks for the interest in the topic, I will definitely call, I saw the message at the moment there is no phone next to it, but the one that is empty.

Rekord 07 August 2011

body relatively rust almost ideally
I read on opelrekord.ru now)

Diberz 07 August 2011

OK!! there will be pictures tomorrow.
I will throw it off in this thread and on RU

Rekord 08 August 2011

Diberz 08 August 2011

Litter with pictures is a bummer, ((the car was dirty in nature with children went on Sunday, it is not cultural to somehow spread this, and at work, as luck would have it, there is a lot of steam ((

Measured, between the pins 105mm

Rekord 09 August 2011

Diberz 09 August 2011

Finally, in the evening I put the pictures on my phone, well, at least such

I measured it as it should be, it turns out exactly 1190mm (is it a gut or not?)

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Rekord 10 August 2011

Diberz 10 August 2011

Hello everyone for a second looked from the worker.

Dollar - 58.85 rubles.
Euro - 62.68 rubles.

This manual is a manual for the maintenance and repair of Opel Rekord E cars with a 4-cylinder carburetor engine of the “20s” model and with a 4-cylinder diesel engine of the “21D” and “23D” models with sedan, station wagon and van body types, with manual transmission and automatic transmission.