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I'm restoring one!!! Whoot. Fork knows why, it's destroying me finacially! Lol. Breaking cars is a pain in the arse. Especially if you are disorganised like me. I've loads and loads of bits left from my two breakers. One of them has most of the interior in it still... You also have to get rid of the shells. It normally works along the lines of the good stuff going quickly, and then ending up with loads of tat that you can't shift. I am a natural hoarder which doesn't help me...

Happy Birthday....

Maybe try another pump?

Or use the search....

No they aren't. Only the VR has the wider track on it.

Or less accurate rollers... Rolling roads are far from an exact science, the drivetrain loss is a rough estimate, but is affected by tyres, wheel sizes, alignment, tyre pressures how the car is strapped down, etc etc. 50bhp sounds a lot of loss, but it's only 25%, which isn't a million miles out...

If you've just got pure water in there, then the light may well not go out, it needs the colant for the level sensor to actually work. If the water is being pumped round to the heater matrix, and is coming out of the little return pipe in the header tank then the pump is running. Did you refil the system correctly through the top hose and let it run up till it was warm with the cap off. To be honest, I wouldn't go panicking about something being knackered with it until something actually shows up as an issue, i.e. the cooling system pressurising, or oil/water being combined. It's certainly not "Dead" if it's running up and the fans are kicking in and out as they should. :camp: :camp:

:) Can't wait to see it! :)

Yup. :lol:

Well, to be honest, I thought about working on it today, but couldn't be bothered. Had enough corrado action for a few days. Going to pick some more parts up for the VR tomorrow. But won't be able to do any more work on it. The 16v is lovely and quiet now, just the roar of the dubious exhaust, no chattering from knackered pullies or whining from the timing belt tensioner. :) If the Landrover gets a new diff this week then I hope to pick up a large quantity of parts for the VR6 next weekend. Will have to wait and see what heppens though.

:norty: :wave: :luvlove:

Picked the elbow up this morning, fitted it and ran the car up to temp to check everything was correct. Then just drove it. Aimlessy for 20 miles. Was brilliant. Thought about the VR calipers. The white VHT pain turned out to be rubbish, and after looking at the hammerite painted 16v calipers, and how well they have lasted over 2 years of abuse, I've cracked out the white hammerite, and am painting the first caliper to see how it turns out. The ones on the 16v didn't have long enought to dry. This shoudln't be an issue on the VR ;) Also started to make new door membranes for the VR. When I've got one fitting well, I'll make a pattern and put some up for sale here. :)

Looks lovely. :)

I'm still more than happy to come up and help you change the clutch...

Right... 16v time. Today I replaced the timing belt, water pump, thermostat and elbow put some newer hopefully less rattly pulleys on, and fitted new aux belts. Unfortunately, the elbow that fits on the throttle body split as I removed it. Hoping that the new replacement (£50 plus vat :shock: ) will be in tomorrow... Here's some pics of the process...

Sounds a good little list mate... I know it takes a while and is frustrating while you do it, but it will be worthwhile... The golf is just teasing you. Teach it a lesson by taking a dump under the bonnet... Do you need interior bits? I'm about to scrap my two breakers, and I have loads of bits you can snuffle through. I'll do you a special price too....

I cleaned all the ones I fitted thoroughly with petrol, and applied lots of nice clean oil to them before dropping them in, applied more oil, and fitted the cam caps. Didn't bother with the assembly lube, but did wind the engine over on the starter for a while to make sure that plenty of oil got pumped round...

Good to see her looking nice again on Sunday Jim. :)

Ok. So, wire wheel, bare metal, zinc primer, skim of filler, undercoat, top coat, job done?

That looks horribly corroded to me...

It's all right, they won't have arrived by then so you won't be missing out! What are you doing to yours at the moment?

No worries... When are you coming to visit? There might be a few more corrados around here when you drop by...

Well, I've made a start. Didn't play today as it was a bit damp and I had a few other things to do, but here's some pictures of it appearing looking a bit sorry for itself and the engine being removed. The engine bay was in a bit of a state from being sat around in damp conditions and me half pulling it apart a while back to change a guide for the timing chains.

Dunno. But they make me feel sad.

Good point.... It is off the head. I'll have to snuffle around her a bit more. :(