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[just4fun]

Hello all this is my first post! I'm going in the morning to look at a 74 Kadett. The car runs and drives but has a "sticky" spot when shifting that is said to be an issue with the the vacuum lines or possible not all cylinders are firing. Milage is unknown, any ideas what it could be? Also what are some things I should be looking for as possible issues when I'm looking at the car? Thanks all, and I hope to be a first time Opel owner by this time tomorrow!

[heimue]

First of all, welcome to the forum. Anything you need to know you will find here. Try the search first for all questions that are not very specific (before a moderator tells you... ).
Are you from the USA? There are several Salems around, but mentioning a 74 Kadett would make it a Kadett C, which was never sold here and counting my own, I know of 3 or 4 in the States. Unless the year of your future Kadett is a little off, the last year the Kadett was sold in the US was in 72. Do you have a pic to post? Let us know a little more, and you will get more useful help than "look for rust!!!".
Good luck!

Dieter

[kwilford]

Originally Posted by heimue First of all, welcome to the forum. Anything you need to know you will find here. Try the search first for all questions that are not very specific (before a moderator tells you... ).

As Dieter mentions, searching is good, keeping a new thread to one topic and placing it in the correct Forum is better, and letting us know more details in your question is best to get your question answered.

So I have moved this to the Introductions Forum, although it could be placed in General Discussions. The "Mechanical" Forum where you started this is seldom used. We like to put specific questions in the specific Technical Forum. A helpful site for newcomers is found at

Hi newbie, you want to post on a forum? this is what you need to know!

[First opel 1981]

Originally Posted by kwilford As Dieter mentions, searching is good, keeping a new thread to one topic and placing it in the correct Forum is better, and letting us know more details in your question is best to get your question answered. So I have moved this to the Introductions Forum, although it could be placed in General Discussions. The "Mechanical" Forum where you started this is seldom used. We like to put specific questions in the specific Technical Forum. A helpful site for newcomers is found at Hi newbie, you want to post on a forum? this is what you need to know!

Crack that whip!!

[Rionart]

It's not a Kadett you are going to look at...it's a '74 2 door 1900 Sedan, known elsewhere as an Ascona.
That's a pretty funky paintjob it's wearing!!

[kwilford]

Originally Posted by Rionart It's not a Kadett you are going to look at...it's a '74 2 door 1900 Sedan, known elsewhere as an Ascona. That's a pretty funky paint job it's wearing!!

Link?

[Rionart]

If you insist...

74 2D Opel Rally Car

[just4fun]

Thank you, after researching it is indeed an Ascona! Any ideas on what the sticky issue is when shifting?

[First opel 1981]

Originally Posted by just4fun Hello all this is my first post! I'm going in the morning to look at a 74 Kadett. The car runs and drives but has a "sticky" spot when shifting that is said to be an issue with the the vacuum lines or possible not all cylinders are firing. Milage is unknown, any ideas what it could be? Also what are some things I should be looking for as possible issues when I'm looking at the car? Thanks all, and I hope to be a first time Opel owner by this time tomorrow!

If you need another pair of eyes looking at the car, i would be able to do it. Just send me a message. I'm available all day tomorrow.

[just4fun]

Originally Posted by Rionart If you insist... 74 2D Opel Rally Car

That's the one! Now that the secret is out, is it worth the price? It's also coming with some extra body parts.

[BQS4]

A "sticky" trans means one of the synchros might be on it's last legs. If the trans is a stock Opel 4-spd, no biggie, just about everyone of us has a spare 4-spd or two, they're cheap. If it's a getrag 5-spd....ooooo, different story....

[Rionart]

Originally Posted by just4fun That's the one! Now that the secret is out, is it worth the price? It's also coming with some extra body parts.

Unless it's a bondo queen, then yes it's worth the price...be like me..buy first, justify later....

[Aardvaark]

Just for the record. The "ITB" on it stands for "Improved Touring Class B" which is an SCCA closed course paved road racing class and not in any way related to road rallying as is implied in the Craigslist Ad. The two forms of competition would require considerably different chassis setup and other mods.