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They all have that though... surely my 16v cam chain isn't as bad as a VR6s chain for rattle?! :lol:

yeah, my laptop does the same! :brickwall:

Thanks mate. I found something a little unnerving when I did today's pipe; some of the flaky rust from the MC has got into the fluid pathways, so I'm thinking I might take the MC off and use some air to clean it all out along with all the new lines. Hmm. Hell, I'll just take the MC off and paint it. Why not! :nuts:

So, I did the other line this morning. Bending the new pipe to shape... Master cylinder end is fiddly as the strut top is really close! Look at those radii on the original pipe! No idea how VW did them, maybe cos they're steel they can take more punishment? Same route as before pretty much... Under the servo in tandem... And the award for the most uninteresting and out of focus picture goes to.... Hello Mr. Bracket... Well hello, Mr. T-junction.... T goes on to the NSF caliper, which I'll do when the front is in the air (along with the G60 brakes I hope!) Starting to think that I could do my front rad support and cross-member today. I propose using a jack to keep the engine steady as I remove the front mount and pull the rad off aswell to do both panels at the same time. Thoughts?

omg, that last update was like 10 weeks ago and with a teaser post of all those sweet parts! I need an update - I'm addicted...

Hard lines are all male Alex, so you're alright there. With the concave/convex thing? Do you mean the funny little sprung washer things? Lemme dig out my pictures... This pic any use? It's rear brakes, but i'm 99% sure the same fittings are used on the front. Those are still available too, I bought a bag of 10 a couple of months back.

There's an R36 Turbo with 4wd which is probably pretty nippy! Pretty sure that does a sub 10 sec quarter. Youtube it.

Mine (90) were both female but as I am putting 280mm brakes on the front, I have gathered all the parts for late brakes (male to female etc) although I have had nothing made.

Ha ha yeah, I wishhhh!! No, not since I got the ASBO.... but that's another story :eek:

Thanks mate :D There's still some minor issues at the front to do (rad support, etc etc) but shouldn't be long now! Really hoping I can get it all done this summer tbh. I've whored out my soul to the temp agencies again so should soon ave some more cashola to bury in the money pit! :lol:

how so mate? I *think* it was due to getting air into the ABS pump and then needing to use VAGCOM to cycle the internal valves to get all the air out. I'll ask him though, miht be getting confused. Daily occurence.

Absolutely no chance, I'm afraid matey :([/quote:13iq4o6e] HA HA HA HA HA!!! Found this on Page 64 of my thread... I was soooooooooooo right! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

everyone i've mentioned in my thread :camp:

Thanks matey! Yeah Prodigal's been taking this opportunity to do his lines aswell, and has had a bit of a mare with the ABS unit I think!

:clap: I managed to replace one of the brake master cylinder lines at the front in car with everything in-situ! Well chuffed :grin: On the 16v, there are 3 lines coming out of the cylinder: 1 line for the NSF caliper, 1 line which joins to one of the rearward lines via a female-female adaptor (saves making a single 7ft long piece from MC to BPR!) 1 line which T-junctions to the OSF caliper and the second rearward line. I replaced the middle one today. Starts at the top left corner of the cylinder... and then twists under the servo... ...under the clutch master cylinder (this was REALLY tricky - there's hardly any room to squeeze it past without deforming the shape)... ...under the heatshield [removed] along with the other hydraulic lines... ...and onto the connection with the rearward line. I'm having a hero day 8) Sorry pics are a bit blurred, it started to rain so I was rushing! I've taken the front left cylinder line out to replace: this one is the T-junction line. Hopefully bend that up this afternoon whilst I wait for parts to arrive to finish the rear.... always something to be getting on with! :roll:

No probs on the piston and split seal, I have another ready to go in :salute: Yeah I used satin black aerosol on that caliper. God knows what I did with the spring though! :lol: That caliper came off the car, but the other side had a mk3 golf caliper on which is different, and won't be going back on.

:shock: oooh, they look good! Oxford is a fair distance from Essex in general I think. They will cost £6.85 Standard Parcels each to send from the box I have that another rear caliper came in. I've refurbed my nearside caliper already (the one I lost the spring and grub screw for!): If you would like to send me your offside caliper (left hand box in your pic?) then I could send you another £10? Would cost me more than that to treat this other one, and I tend to get nasty chemical burns from Nitromors! :gag: Let me know mate, and I'll wire it over :salute:

I was thinking the other day about how the exhaust system mount points are quite poor on the Corrado and other Mk2-esque VWs. From the engine: the manifold mounts on the head with xx bolts, the manifold mounts to the downpipe (which may have a silencer on) with 3? bolts in a triangular pattern. the downpipe mounts to centre pipe join with a U-shape bracket, the centre pipe mounts to the first silencer with a U-bracket - the silencer also mounts to the floorpan using hook / bar bracket. the first silencer goes up and over the rear beam and mounts to the backbox with a U-bracket - this box is also mounted to the floorpan. The mount point between the downpipe and centre pipe has been an issue on at least 3 cars I know of: My C, Prodigal's C and my old Mk2 16v. The problem seems to be that there is no support for the downpipe apart from hanging off the manifold; this seems to place a lot of stress on the downpipe-centrepipe join, and this has started blowing at one point or another on all 3 cars mentioned above. My golf had soft engine mounts so that meant the engine moved more than it should have, but I still reckon there is scope for getting some kind of extra bracket (perhaps just as the DP goes under the bulkhead?) to take more of the strain, which would stop the join from working loose. This extra bracket would obviously have to allow for some movement. I'l try to get some pics up sometime. Any thoughts?

I had an old man dive back onto the pavement once when he saw me coming! :grin: I'm not THAT terrifying on a bike, am I? :eek:

Awesome updates Tom! The rear beam can be such a bítch :mad2: Any chances of some pics? Of the car preferably...

Huh. I actually updated this yesterday I swear. :confused4: Anyways, here is the rear caliper: The brake fluid has eaten at some of the paint that was on the caliper before I picked it up, which isn't a bad thing as it'll need stripping anyways. Prob nip out and get some nitromors and finish it off. I've still got spare seals to go in so that's all gravy. I've sourced some decent condition guide pins and a handbrake mech through 3corsameal so those should be coming shortly! Cheers dude :salute:

Shouldn't that read "Light Grey - when you're too broke to afford the topcoat"? :lol:

Yeah, what's the story?

Is there any info of in-gear speeds? I.e. 30-70mph and such like? Sometimes those are interesting, but at the end of the day it's a willy waving contest as Toad said. Try all 3 and see which one you like, considering the premiums (and maintenance) each model deserves :salute:

I wouldn't put silkolene in after just 100 miles either, leave that to 500-1000 miles as CM says.