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show queens!! lmfao..... jealousy eh rob! i might have to start and repolish the underside of mine soon.... its getting a bit dusty waiting for thre warm weather

rob came round and helped me the other night , we decided to take out the pedal box ......what a shiter of a job, i never want to do that job ever ever again!! here are som epics. hole drilled.. where the main looms come through the bulk head pedal box out! as it stands....realy want to tidy the bay wiring up there you have it just another little update slow burner this one tedious never want to do it again, but iam ...

I went to ALS motor factors You can try Kevin cooperative Mill autoquip Motormart Gsf Eurocarparts My doughnut came from a Citroën Picasso I've got to get another one when I refit the exhaust if you haven't done it by the time I get round to sorting mine I can them tell you the size no probs!

I never had the size bud , i just took the old one to the local factors and offerd them all up, funnily enough wasn't a vw item that replaced it , it was from a Citroën Picasso from memory!! Shen it blew again I just blamed it on the French shit holding the exhaust together lol

Gaz hello! Yes I've fitted re fitted and fitted some more in the end I just put them on the way it worked for me u got a good seal and that's all I was worried about! Lol was a real pain in the ass and I'm not looking forward to re fitting it at all.... Hate it when you get a tiny blow!! The big main bolts face the rear of the car and they are a struggle as one of them almost fouls the exhaust itself!! As you probably know! Got any pics of how yours is fitted? Hasan! Hi there well I'm hoping to improve my knowledge on te old girl by doing it myself and sure enough it's working just having a basic understanding of where bits and pieces are fitted and also from a servicing point of view it's nice to know what can and can't be achieved when it's all back in if your a driveway hero at oil changes etc Been workin on the mk3 the last coue if nights so no play time until that's ready...

kin hell matt fakin joke how long have you had it backj??? well thats the quarter and door next then? lol soon bud soon itl be the whole car...

shut up chris.

the part pictured in the last two shots are completly missing from the manal box... lucky that the old pedal box has got a template so i can cut out for the slave cylinder...

so about 3 weeks ago i took the engine out , havent touched it since due to family and work commitments.... today i had a brief few minuets to spare so i thought id better try and get some more done.. started like this again...i just hate looking at it i think im going to have to remove this so i can tidy the wires properly....but it might also mean im going to have to remove the dashboard too for full benifit of this....??? il get round to cleaning this out and sorting the orange bits.. first job remove the exhaust manifold and then the heatshield in the tunnel removed the heatshield and removed the auto shifterbox... autobox shifter box removed!! hurray! next up the manual pedal box the box is almost identical.....but there is always a snag... this part is missing on the auto pedal box hence needing the manual one ....its not like i can even convert the old one....

Neeally botherd about weight saving etc I just like the look of it...

fuel flap?? rear number plate plinth???

front wings with no indicator holes????

oem style for me .....

Lol you can ce do and put the engine back in mine!!! That would be a good meet lol

trumpet things not available bud.....i know ive tried to order them.... do your self a massive favour and take the cover off at least 1 a week the water sits underneath it and esp on a red car it penetrates the paint 'staining' it and it is a total asshole job to try and get it out if at all...... id look out for areas like rear spioler /boot roof parts tops of wings

lol wiring is ok for me how to do this though im not sure... i just want to be able to hide eveything in the legs etc maybe even relocate the batery, the powersteering resivoir, fuse box thingy etc ??

kinda just making this shit up as i go ......worried yes want it done yes can i do it ....not sure lol even if i have to extend the loom in places so it hides a lot of the wires i will!!! lol def going to change the engine mounts though as they are wanked...

cheers guys!! will put progress up as and when i get round to it! rob your always working!!lol

taken the rado off the road for the winter, been wanting to do the manual conversion for a while and just havent got round to it ...so last monday i took the engine out! never doen it before but als well so far.... probably made more work for me than nessacary but hey its all in the learning curve..... auto gearbox off!! as if that wasnt enough i started to strip back the loom so i can start to try and tidy things up under the bay.... wish i never started the job believe me ... thats as far as i got as work is manic that and my partners dad has arrived two days early from america!! so not getting anything much done!

whats the problem?

i ditched my liners! rubbed massivly anyway with them fitted... waxoiled the arches to preserve them......

water and a micro fibre...

hmmm not sure where to start with that one.....

That was me on my way home back to Cornwall :clap: No need to apologise mate, always nice to get a thumbs up or wave :)[/quote:1q18dobj] lol i too saw you on the bridge on the m5 just before you turned off for the a38 to okey..... i flashed was in the green mk3 golf!

i use furniture clinic stuff to paint everything including the plastics of course you have to seal it with the gloss and satin laquers afterwards but the results are totally amazing ....well mine are anyway..... lol