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It's on Classic Parts and available through VW Heritage - but then the passenger side won't have been used that often compared to the driver's side, hence the relative scarcity of driver's side mechanisms. They even carry a premium on eBay. I haven't looked at it yet to see if you can swap the parts around, but it could be an interesting option.

Should be fine as long as you run the matching fuel pressure regulator for the pump. I'd say you can even run the 2.9 on a 3 bar pump if you have 3 bar FPR - it's not that much of a difference in displacement after all.

Checked with Vince at Stealth and a few other sources - 2.9 ABV engined cars run 4 bar pumps and will run at 3.5 bar with engine running, and 4 bar with the FPR hose disconnected. 2.8 AAA engines and the other Corrado's run on 3 bar pumps and FPRs. More on this later.

Good idea - the more demand there is the better the chance of NLA parts being re-manufactured. Although sometimes I suspect that in many cases the VW Classic Parts stock is simply old unsold line items being returned from the dealer network and when they're gone they're gone. where do you work?

@Thursdave - Cheers - missed that one. Too many part numbers flying around at the moment!

Damn - I have plenty more so will resend in a jiffy envelope when I get a chance to pick one up - no worries. Will just take a bit longer. Maybe there was a VW enthusiast at the sorting office who needed one!

This will be some beast when finished! Great work and keep going- it will be worth it in the end. I'll be racking your brains whenever I get around to doing my injectors.

Looks painted. By a four year old!

Apologies - you can get the silver ones easily enough - but they do go for ridiculous prices sometimes. The red ones (like I have on my 93 VR) are like rocking horse poo. There was talk on here about re-manufacturing a batch of the VR6 front ones, but the finish and clips were proving difficult to replicate and these things take time. I hate badge thieves!

Also available new - I got some from a German VAG dealer last year when I ordered a new grille from Classic Parts: 3A0853600EPG - Front VW Badge - 26,24 EUR 357121140 - Badge backing plate - 4,19 EUR They are not Corrado specific, so should be available through the dealer, but I'm not sure if the different grille (mine is a 3 slat one) take different badge sizes. Maybe someone else can confirm.

Anyone have these? The part# is N90401701. Thanks.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Corrado-Genuine-VW-Rear-Trunk-Boot-Badge-Emblem-OEM-/181707682406?hash=item2a4e9f3266 The part number you need is 357853601B041

Right - more news. Wiring to the hall sensor was fine, but it proved impossible to test the sensor itself with a diode, as you need to supply 12V reference to it and the connector is too small to get three crocodile clips into. It's also in the worst possible place, on the far side of the distributor as you are facing it. It turns out VW have a special test harness that they use for this. I'm definitely going to replace the distributor as a precaution, and a new one comes complete with rotor arm and cap. The Bosch part# for the distributor complete unit is 0986237642, if anyone is looking and can be had for anywhere between €280-420 on an exchange basis with your old one. It's also very straightforward to take out and put back in. I also disconnected all the sensor wiring and reconnected it - MAF, idle stabilisation valve, temp sensors etc. during testing. I then put in my old crank position sensor, which was the original VW one that came with the car instead of the spurious replacement part encased in black plastic that I had bought second hand. I did some testing on these - the official tolerances are: 480-1000 ohms between pins 1 and 2. The VW one measured 590 and the other one 900, so both within limits, although in theory the second one should have been better. i have a new VW one coming anyway. After putting it all back together, it ran on idle for an hour without cutting out, and I also did a 30 minute test drive when warm, and no problems! So either I had a loose connector or the crank sensor was at fault. More driving will prove the point I suppose. I think the broken hall sensor casing will cause problems eventually and may be malfunctioning when the engine temperature rises. It's easy to forget how really hot the VR engine bay gets. Good info on hall senders in general can be found here: http://www.wellsve.com/sft503/Counterpoint3_1.pdf Apparently the magnets used in them will lose their effectiveness over time, and I didn't realise that the crank position sensor is really a hall sender as well. I'll let you know how I get on - I'll also set up a thread collecting all the info I have dug up on VR6 2.9 ABV fuel pressure and pumps and the replacement options, as it's really confusing.

On a more serious note, could there be an undiscovered stash of late Corrado wings somewhere in South America?

Ariba, Ariba!

You might have a short somehwere. Pick the circuit with the biggest drain and trace the wiring back or unplug any components on that circuit. Radios and alarms will always draw a bit of power, I would have thought the window control module would not draw any when not in use. Did you check the wiring that goes from the door to the body at the hinge to make sure there's not a break or worn insulation there?

You can still get them new from a number of places - try German eBay and ARZ Tuning. You'll also need the two blue clips that hold it on if you've lost yours - available from the dealers or from VW Heritage.

I see some jokes coming....

Took the distributor off and found this. Will try a bit of super glue first. [ATTACH]82168[/ATTACH] Looks as if the hall sender plug connector has broken off due to age and brittleness. Tested voltage at the hall sender plug coming from the loom - I have a good earth, 5V in the centre pin and 12V on the outside pin, so that looks fine and rules out voltage and wiring going back to the ECU. Going to put the distributor back in after glueing the sender socket back on and will put a test LED across it. It should flicker. Removing the distributor on the VR6 and putting it back on turned out to be an easy job - there are red marks showing the correct alignment and it's held on by two 5mm allen bolts - you need to clear away some of the cabling to get good access and of course and remove the spark leads and distributor cap as well as the plastic engine cover on the right. It then simply pops off and back on. I'd advise not turning the engine over though with it off, just in case.

How bad is the front end damage? Does it drive at all? I'd get it fixed and then sell assuming there is nothing major wrong with the rest of it - you'll get a better price that way. Or you might just find the love again once it's back on the road...

Ah. That's a pity. I'm pretty sure mine were round hole, but unfortunately I don't have a picture of the car with them on as it normally ran G60 BBS wheels. When you say "D shaped" do you mean the ones on the classic parts site? http://shop.volkswagen-classic-parts.de/vwcp/scirocco-corrado/corrado/chassis/rims/steel-wheel-passat-corrado-357601025q.html EDIT - mine looked like this in the attached pic - you'd be surprised what's still in stock in the dealer network - there was a rage on the VAG scene here in Ireland where people banded these wheels. A good dealer will be able to check stock in the rest of the dealerships in the UK and Ireland and on the dealer network in Germany. They should all be linked up together, assuming they know how to use the system that is. Good luck hunting.

Doh! Your way makes more sense. Will do that in future. Yes, spark and fuel were present. I wonder is there anything that would stop the ECU firing the injectors? As I understand it - I could be wrong - the distributor is purely mechanical apart from the hall sensor, which sends a pulse back to the ECU with the number of camshaft rotations. This is then used for the injector timings. Hmmm

No, it did start on 5 after a while left to cool down.

https://ie.vwheritage.com/vw.cfm?act=thisApp.redirect&url=/pages/paraguay-find-vw-classic-parts/ No part numbers starting with 535 on the list though - so no Corrado parts by the look of it.

If it's the four bolt ones you're after they are dirt cheap from the stealers - I got a set for my MkII GTI a few years back. About €40-50 per rim, the trims will cost a bit extra.