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Awesome to find the opposite connector to keep it OEM. Mine just arrived today. I’m finally going to tackle this at the weekend. I’ll be wiring the first stage to one fan, 2nd stage will run both (with a diode so the first stage doesn’t run both) and 3rd stage will instead be wired to an OEM de-mister dash switch and will also run both fans.

Hi folks, I know these are as rare as hens teeth, but I'm really keen to mount my new Stack gauges in an OEM 52mm centre-console gauge holder. Does anyone have one? Thanks! Phil.

Hi folks, Thanks for the info. I managed to find an appropriate AG loom nearby and have refurbished it with Tesa tape :thumbleft: Best, Phil.

Hi folks, I'm changing my car from dizzy to coilpack, but the ECU and engine bay loom I have aren't compatible. So I'm looking for a coilpack engine loom ('93 onwards/pre '95). OR an immob bypassed late ECU. Thanks! Phil.

Hi chap, I'll take this off your hands :-) Best, Phil.

Thanks Ian! Mahle rings ordered.

Hi there, I'm currently rebuilding the bottom end of my ABV motor and it looks to have no ovalisation, which is good news. This means I'm looking for some new OE spec piston rings. Can people recommend Mahle? The price of OE parts seems rather excessive. Does anybody also know who the manufacturers of the OE parts is? Thanks, Phil.

Hi there, As per the title; I'm looking for a 4-pin VR6 MAF as I'm converting my engine to coilpack and have the 4-pin ECU and loom. Anybody have one kicking around? Best, Phil.

Oh, I'd be interested in one too!

No worries, please let me know if it falls through. I'm happy to come and collect as I'll be passing by Perth in a couple of weeks :)

Strimmer; I'll take the whole lot from you if it's still available?

Hi there, I'm refurbishing my front subframe and I'm wondering if folks would advise against/for using these Powerflex bushings? https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/WC40785250/front-sub-frame-bushes-powerflex-mk2-golf-jetta-corrado-set/ I've avoided polybushes elsewhere to avoid making the car too harsh, but these seem like they wouldn't make much difference. Any thoughts or alternative suggestions? Cheers, Phil.

Update, it looks the original brown/white wire has been replaced with the brown/red wire on the yellow two-pin connector in the new loom, which goes to the aux water pump in both instances (similar to what Swiftkid said). The black/red wire w/single red connector on the old loom has been combined into the yellow two-pin connector on the new loom, but is for the yellow coolant temperature plug in both instances. Was a bit of a mission tracing these as the pinouts on the 42-pin engine loom connector have very different pinouts between the two era of looms! To confirm if anyone comes here from google, the early loom is part number 536 971 072 AS and the late is 536 971 072 DJ. Now I've just got to change the connectors for those two wires and also source a new MAF sensor, as the late one also uses a 4-pin, which I believe is hot-film instead of the original 5-pin hot-wire sensor. Cheers, Phil.

John, we may certainly have to have chats about commissioning another undertray! I've been looking for a functional diffuser for a while too, so if you do decided to productise any parts developed, as I'm sure there's lots more little tricks learned, then certainly reach out here and I'm sure you'll have a lot of interested folks. :-)

Hi John, Great to see progress on this, and wow, what progress! Absolutely love the custom centre diff and under tray. Very much look forward to seeing this come to life. Hope the S3 is going well too. Cheers, Phil.

Haha, no worries. Unfortunately I forgot to get a picture of the part number of the ECU before I fitted it, but I'll get it at the weekend. After tracing the wire and consulting the Bentley manual, it looks like the violet/white wire is an MPG sender to T28/26 on the instrument cluster. Now, my car never had that, which the Bentley manual confirms, so not entirely sure if it's required. Probably safe to leave it disconnected for now though. Interesting about the yellow two pin connector, I found some very similar wires which do what you say in the Bentley manual, but don't have the same colours. Perhaps that's not been updated on their part, or is different between LHD/RHD vehicles? It also looks like the red/yellow wires with red connectors are the same between looms, just with a slightly different connector. The black/yellow wire runs through to a single connector at the other end of the loom, which wasn't present on my original loom at all, I'm having trouble finding out what it's for. Any idea Swiftkid?

I'm also not sure if it makes a difference, but my car has the early-style interior and dash cluster.

Thanks for the reply. Interesting about the 2x2 and 16 pin OBD connector. What I'm unsure about though, is that given the different connectors between the two looms, how I'd be able to just plug and play the new one?

Hi folks, I'm in the process of swapping my '92 dizzy VR6 motor for a '94 coilpack motor, ECU and '95 engine loom. I've just extracted the original loom and was comparing the two, which I believed would be plug and play into the fusebox, and there's a couple of differences (it's never as easy as you think!). I essentially have no idea what I'm doing with this kind of thing, so after some searching I found this page which seems to list the changes http://www.a2resource.com/electrical/management/motronicvr6aba.html, which look to relate to having the 94+ loom. However, this leaves me stumped with how I should connect them to the fusebox and whether they need to be spliced into the old connectors or be left disconnected :scratch: Differences from dizzy loom to '95 coilpack loom: - One of the '95 "G" plugs has a couple of extra wires going into it - Different red connector on the yellow/red wire - Extra single pin yellow connector with yellow/black wire - Extra single pin black connector with violet/white wire - Extra double pin yellow connector with black/red & brown/red wires - No white connector with brown/white wire - No red connector with black/red wire I wonder if the yellow connector (black/red & brown/red wires) are an amalgamation of the earlier loom's white connector and red connector (black/red wire), which I believe are grounds? Here are some pics! "G" plug Dizzy loom '95 loom Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Phil.

Nice, how would I order one? Seems I can't through the Trimsport website.

Matt, can you add a few extra to the new batch? I'd like to get in on it!

Fook! I thought mine was a rip at £40.

I'm not sure if this is news to folks or not, but it looks like Milltek now have a "Classic" lineup, featuring Corrado exhaust. Some details over at http://www.milltekclassic.com/vw.corrado.cfm and prices look to be £550 for the resonated or £450 for the non-resonated http://www.revolution247.com/catalogue/shop-by-category-exhausts-milltek-classic-exhausts Cheers, Phil.

Thanks for checking Matt, absolutely sign me up for another batch.

Is this still available Matt? I'll 100% have it from you if so. Cheers, Phil.