Or they are far too expensive here!

I need
- The hose that attaches to the breather box on the back of the head, and splits off into 2 hoses that attaches to the breather box on the upper intake.

- the 2 small seals on the nipples of the breather box. These are the ones that slide into the throttle body.

- The o-ring looking thing that goes on the bottom of the breather box on the upper intake. It looks like an o-ring, if you know what I mean. Mine's all smooshed.

- The small black plastic retainers that hold the black plastic wiper cowls down. The dealer here wants $1.50 a piece for them, and I am certain I can get them cheaper overseas!

- 4 new camshaft sprocket bolts. These are TTY bolts and I can't reuse them.

- And finally, the 2 large o-ring seals that go on the thermostat extension tube (the one that goes behind the timing area to the thermo housing). The dealer here claims he doesn't carry them.

If anyone here can get me this stuff, please contact me as soon as you can.... I am almost done getting this back together.

Awh, that sucks! I would have been glad to grab you a console... there's 4 or 5 Cateras in the yards around here.

To be honest? 3...maybe 4 weeks at the most. I've been frantically searching for this stuff and had no luck so far.

If you look at the "how to" on cleaning the V6 breathers Click Here

and also the one for changing the cam cover gaskets Click Here

You should find the part numbers for the bits you are after, then you need to contact AndyC on here (see his post at the very end of this topic Click Here and you can PM him from that)

He is a Vauxhall parts man (and top bloke) and does mail order, just make sure you tell him you're in the US.



And slightly off topic...

Guffer wrote on 18. Aug 2010 at 17:34:

What's different about Catera ones?

sjc wrote on 22. Aug 2010 at 14:33:


This ......        if you have a few quid spare 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-98-99-CATERA-CUP-HOLDER-NEW-GM-3259-_W0QQcmdZV...

Bump! Still need this stuff to finish up. I PM'ed AndyC, but he hasn't replied yet.

If the items arent too big I can get the wife to take them across and send in the US postal system.  Might save you a few bob, would save you more if you can pick them up from Chicago

List change....

All I need now is the cam sprocket bolts.

I found the cowl holddown things at the junkyard..... 50cents for 15 of them!

Yeah, I can't believe I found all that stuff that I needed. The cam bolts are the only thing I can't find. I know they have to be available since they are torque to yield and can't be reused.

Can anyone here confirm that this is the part number for the Cam gear bolts?

90573287

Alrighty... well all I need now is the exhaust flange gaskets ($14 USD a piece here!). I found the cam gear bolts at a local import shop..... he happened to have 2 sets of 4 there because someone had requested them in the past for a Catera. Only $4 USD per bolt.

I certainly would like a Opel grille. However someone told me that the Catera grille is larger and needs bumper modifications, but I'm not sure on that... If you measure the Opel grille and take a picture, I'll do the same.