Jim Bowen

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3680224 what a way to do it :lol:

the start motor is firing etc, its literally just won't kick into action on its own, like there is no fuel etc i did notice a few wires not plugged into anything, but didn't know if they meant to be like that, also not sure how to find out what they are, probably not a good idea to just plug things into places i spose :(

check the relays, pushed them all in and checked fuses but didn't make any difference :( think i'll get the fuse box out again and work out what these wires are that aren't plugged into anything was some black wire behind the speedo area with a tiny plug on it that had 3 pin sized holes in it? is this something important its got to be a wire unplugged or the immob has cocked up :(

gripping your knob with two hands works best :lol:

right, got all the wiring back together, headlights work, nothing melted but i can't start car now, the start motor turns over, but it won't kick into action? Just keeps turning could this be one of the wires i noticed un plugged behind fuse box, was quite a few not connected up to bits and assumed they were just unplugged already, i may of knocked them?

is it the fact they drove for a few miles without anything falling off, snapping, melting or exploding? :lol:

got these bits at lunch, not quite what i was after, but the only blade style one they had was the size of a pack of cards!!! :shock:

fab stuff, think i have this sorted now, cheers guys will make another donation to the forum once car is back on road, seeing as forum has saved me some £££ 8)

will either of these be fine? http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... &U=strat15 http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... &U=strat15 do i need to solder the connections or just use tape and twine them together?

right, nearly two weeks without the car now, trying to get it fixed this weekend found this info "A further precaution during loom repair is to fit a 3 amp blade fuse like the rest of the Corrado’s fuses in an in-line fuse holder in the earth wire (see photo) to protect the earth wire in the event of the switch internally shorting and the messy consequences. The actual current for the small internal switch bulb powered by the ignition is 80mA, so any type (such as glass cartridge filament & holder) of fuse about 0.5 to 1.0 amp is adequate to stop the earth wire being fried. If it blows, the little ignition power lamp symbol on the switch will stop working but the sidelights & headlights will not. If the fuse blows, do not refit a fuse until the switch has been checked out as there has been a short inside the switch, either permanently or momentarily which needs to be corrected. " what fuse do i fit? it says 3amp, then says 0.5-1.0 amp????

wow awesome, i love the contrast of the black on lights and grill on the silver corrados :! can't help but really like it on speedlines too 8)

you are same chap from vagweb aren't you?

nice :! that looks a good one, is it a customers? what you doing to it? still not picked mine up, looking like next week now

well the guy we bought it from only bought it himself in November so not had it long, worries me a little, but there isn't very many around for sale, especially within 3miles of where i live. the chap it bought it from only lived another 5 or so miles away :lol:

Hold on?? You changed all the fronts and not the rear and yet you mention all the time your car still feels strange to drive?? Well its obvious its going to be the rear bushes really as you will have a nice stiff front and a sloppy rear, get them done! :lol: I only done my fronts and i can tell its the rears that need doing. its next on my list now, so much to do :lol: over the last fornight i've given up caring about it

so its down to the bulb? i don't like the fact it gets so hot, couldnt' touch it for ages until it cooled down. so i can swap the led in the switch? might practice on the broken one

i asked the electrician about that and he didn't seem too enthusiastic about doing it, it is hard to do, where would you get the bits?

went to see an autoelectrican, he said just plug it all in and should be ok, car wasn't with me so he couldn't look where is there likely to be any more damage done and how likely is it that something else is buggered? has anyone reading this had it happen to them? just don't want to connect it all back up and something else start burning

yeah, i meant the fronts btw, there is nothing holding them in, they just slide in and out a pic of the pistons in this thread http://www.vagweb.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7234

i just stuck the end of the foot pump into the bit of hose, (hose was jut cut off on mine) and pumped it out, put some rag underneath it though as it suddenly flops out

same here? how important is it?

If you could mate that would be great. Recently found my o/s rear caliper has a ripped piston seal - Brake fluid leaked over the driver. How much are these seal kits, and can you only buy them from VW? How do you get the piston out? finally done something on this. Front Brake Caliper rebuild kits for the Golf 1997/1998 VR6. Part no: 3A0698471 - Set of seals = £12.51 inc vat, each side you get the seals to the piston and the dust covers for the piston

i'd like to learn how to polish using one of them machines. could get loads of peoples cars to do how do you learn? and how do you know what compounds to use etc? whether the paint is safe to polish?

well, fit it anyway and just sit in the back :lol: http://www.philstuff.piczo.com/?cr=6&rfm=y also for sale http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-ALTO-V8-NI ... dZViewItem

the button isn't getting pressed by something while its in your pocket?