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all of the bulbs I'm using came from VW and fit straight into the circuit as they are standard bulbs... You can get the 1.2w ones from Halfords, but the 1.8w ones I could only get from VW... There's no butchered connections on my clocks at all... all as VW intended apart from the colours! 8)

I've been meaning to post this up for ages... :) 8) I've also got the later style ones, but they're at home, so I'll add them onto this thread when I get back tonight... 8) They're zipped to keep the resolution high... 8)

ummm, since I did the rebuild, EVERYBODY looks.... :oops: She's got a little bit of an odd noise to her at the moment 'cos the timing and fuelling aren't quite right and the toothed pulleys make a mad noise which, when added to the induction and supercharger noise, makes everyone wonder what the hell it is... :? :roll:

I wouldn't expect you to be any different Darren... 8) I'm still quite amazed that you're posting today... :D I think I'd either be in the pub (probably the last time for a while! ;) ) or with the new addition gazing in shock! ;) :lol:

I'm using: 2x 1.8W for the LCDs 3x 1.2W for the top strip which lights up the clocks... I dunno what the original spec was as I had a shed load of bulbs kicking about and found that this combination worked best for the lighting I wanted... 8)

the outer 2 pins do alter as you adjust the screw... 8) I've now got it set to 550 ohms as you reccomended last night, although I've not had chance to try it on the car yet...

in that picture I've removed the original green filters from both LCDs and replaced 'em with red ones. I then changed the polarised sheets on the front of the LCDs to reverse the lighting effect (numbers light up instead of the background). I've also removed the green lighting filter from the top of the clocks so that they are lit with normal unfiltered light. The 3 bulbs at the top only light up the speedo, rev counter and fuel/temp gauges.... The LCDs are lit (as normal) by the bulb behind each LCD. Think of it this way: All of the lighting is original, all I've done is changed the filter colours, and reversed the LCD's polarisation so that it's BLACK when off and clear (ish) when on. 8)

Cheers Gav, I think that I need to try and put a few more miles on her yet (there's only 80 odd so far)... I may just be being over cautious as I don't want to kill her before I get to enjoy her! ;)

right, I'll get a new one of them ordered up as well as some other bits then... 8) Cheers! :)

*cough* Silver

just a quick bit of additional info, the MOT emissions were 0.44% CO (limit is 3.5%) and 13ppm HC (limit is This just struck me as very low, but I've never really messed around with tuning, only with building cars, so I'm new to this side of things... :oops:

Congleton Beetles closed down in about '96... I worked there on and off (during school holidays and weekends) from '91 to '95... That could well be where I've seen the car from then... 8) Looks nice though anyway... 8) The Corrado's none to shabby either! :D

550 now... Phew... Thanks Daz... :mrgreen: Was originally 419 then I set it to 750 (not 850 as I put in the first post :oops: )

EEEEEK!!! I've just made my first visit to VWVortex and found out that the bigger the resistance the LEANER the fuelling! :shock: I'm gonna go adjust it NOW... :? :roll: :| :oops:

I know that bug from somewhereblack66 how long have you had it? (and have you ever heard of Congleton Beetles?)

the expansion tank cap is OK and the seal is good, I've tried 2 caps on it now just in case ;) it was the tank that was cr@p and that blew out the join in the side... It'll be going back to Euro tomorrow with an unhappy me to get a refund and an apollogy! ;) There's definately good compression there, and it's not the head gasket leaking that's pressureising the system 'cos there's no smell in the expansion tank and it's not getting THAT pressureised, the pipes are firm, but not rock hard... I can drive the car normally on flat roads and down hill, it's only when I start to have to climb/load up the engine that the temp rockets up... she cools down pretty quickly once you turn of the engine, and the fan over-run works well too... if left on idle once hot, she stays hot, maybe drops a few degrees, but not a lot... I was wondering about the CO pot too... I'm of the opinion that the car isn't fuelling properly possibly due to the map and so is running lean which is causing it to overheat... :? I'm gonna rig up my A/F gauge tomorrow and see what that says about the situation... ;) Thanks for the ideas so far... they've all been useful and have put ideas into my head for things to check... 8) Keep 'em coming... 8)

Congratulations mate! 8) Any ideas on names yet? (how about Karmann? ;) ) Hope both mother and baby are doing well... 8) :D

Looks lovely.... I really like those wheels, and the colour coded handles works soooo much better than I though it would... 8)

and may God also TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK!!! :roll: :roll: :roll: (welcome to the forum by the way! ;) :lol: )

Dunno... it cleared it up a bit better than I did though! ;) You've not got your time zone set to GMT +1 in your profile... ;)

I'm glad it did it AFTER I fitted the new leather... it just vacuumed up and didn't damage anything... just made my heart rate go thru the roof and me and my mate almost cr@p ourselves when it went off! :? :lol:

it shouldn't cost any more, but the insurance may refuse to pay out as much as they normally would for the car if anything happens to it... It's worth forking out for an engineers report once the car has been repaired so that you can prove that there was nothing wrong with the car and that it was in a good state of repair when you put it back on the road just in case the worst happens... it may also be worth trying to get an agreed value on the insurance so that they have no way of arguing if something did happen... 8) Good luck... 8)

ah, ok... I used to keep a powder fire extinguisher under my rear arm rest 'cos it fits in nice, is easy to get to, and it stops it from rattling around in the car or in the boot... ...until it works loose and knocks the safety pin off under the armrest... :roll: :(

I'm not gonna shoot anyone down in flames, I need some help on this and I'm open to any suggestions... 8) The Mocal just cools the oil and is doing it's job well... the oil hasn't yet been above 110 degrees and tends to sit around 95 when driving which is a good 10 degrees lower than it was on the old water cooled system... The original heat exchanger has been completely removed as there isn't enough room on a G60 to run both mocal and original coolers at the same time... Your post has made me think about which way the water is flowing around the sytem though, and I'll have a look into my box of pipes tomorrow to work out how it used to flow, and how it now flows to see if there's a major difference now I've got rid of that cooler... 8) Thanks... 8)

It's popped one expansion tank (probably a faulty tank though to be honest) and it's over pressuring the pipes.... something's not right...