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Hi Can anyone tell me what size diameter the brake hard lines are, need to order some for me vr6, i thought they were 3/16" but wanted to check before i order Cheers Mart

ah right i didn't realise that, no wonder they rounded off as soon as i tried to undo em

yeah it does make sense as the pressure regulator has to come off to get the bolt for the bush out. The bolts on the pressure regulator are allen key type and mine rounded off as soon as i tried to undo them :( so will to get the easy outs on them

Awesome work matey, love too see the attention to detail and effort thats gone into restoring everything, can't wait to get started on mine now, just waiting for parts to arrive mart

The alloy box will be the pressure regulator, i gotta get a new for my refurbed beam

What engine u swapping, how nmany miles on one goin in? Could be worth doing clutch as you'll have the box and engine split, timing chains if its a vr or belt if its not,

its an 8mm spline mate

The front plastic guide should slide towards the battery side of the bay, u will have to loosen the right hand plastic to allow the front one to slide off and leonard i will have a look shortly for which size spline key u need as i'm goin in the garage shortly

Hi there, Car looks sweet as, n reckon the new rims betterk just a quick question, what did you use to remove the rear beam bushes? vw tool or another way? cheers mart

Looking good, do like those wheels, mate used to have a set on his mk3 polo and always though they'd suit a rado, keep us upto date with it

I ordered a magnex over the net from venom late at night, had a call the next day to say they didn't have one and couldn't get one from magnex as they'd gone bust, so far enough, (Surely they should have removed it form they're site?) said they had a jetex that they could get to me within 2 day, so took that as it was my second choice anyway and they didn't charge me the extra for the jetex :) Sure enough it arrived two days later, :D Sounds like u def had a bad experienced with them tho, don't blame u for cancellin.

yep agree with stryker, im a yacht fairer by trade, which is basically the same thing, filler and paintwork, and sounds like poor prep work, any imperfections in filler work and sandin marks are magnified ten fold once the paints on.

Good too hear of another south west rado being brought back too life, keep us updated

U didn't happen to notice the reg did u? Wasn't something like MJ G60 ? Could well have been, was tryin to make it out but couldn't see it properly as it didn't look normal! Nice plate, take it that was you? 8)

Black g60 heading southbound on the m5 just before bristol, looked nice and tidy, i was in the blue vr infront of u for several miles :)

Hi bobby, thanks for the rear beam, would have loved to have stayed a bit longer and had a good chat and look over your car but time was tight still had stuff to load up for mallory tomorrow. Have just read over your thread and i'm even more impressed now with the true extent of the work gone into your car, would def like to have a proper look over it another day and hear the beast. take it easy cheers mart

Haven't seen this thread for a while but good to see u sortin it all out at once, i8ts gonna such a minter when its all finished and back together 8)

Will post some pics for ya when i get it! It got delivered to my old man's in birmingham not to me in plymouth, they must have used the billing address and not the delivery address :censored: as my card is still registered at my dads. Lucky i'm goin up the tues anyway but i just hope my exhaust last the 200miles to get me there!!!

I too filled through expansion tank upto max mark, put cap on, ran engine until fans kicked in and then off, let it cool and topped up. This is the way the bentley manual says to do it. I haven't had any problem since cheers mart

So i just found out, couldn't find a magnex so jetex for me,should be here tomorrow or thursday will let you all know what i think

I take it this new design still works the same tho and can still be used in the Rado vr6?

Thought the very same when i had a look at mine, it a lot of weight straining on the centre section, my centre section started blowing yesterday from the joint so looks nows as good a time as any to get a stainless system, think im gonna go for magnex, had em before and was very happy with them. will let u know how it goes

Sweet, u just confirmed pretty much what i thought as to how the best way to do this was, Great write up by the way 8)

Found your thread in the end mate, one of the most interesting/informative build threads i've read in a while. And if what we were talkin about the other days goes ahead (coz i know what u boys are like for changin ya minds) its gonna be one hell of a beast and i can't wait to see it done! Oh and get some pics up of it, was looking sweet when i popped in the other day! P.s The ride height on mine hadn't really bothered me until u mentioned it the other day and know its bugging the shit out of me, :bad-words: :brickwall: :lol:

Yeah agree good job with cans, ever since i started using guns i hate using cans now, such a small fan pattern out of a can,but top marks to ya bud :salute: gonna be good to see this finished, gonna look sweet i reckon