volksworld13

fresh paint! 4 coats

hi everyone ive got the nugget up and running and found the coolant guage inop, and red light flashing, and also the oil pressure light only work when one wire is earthed, the oil buzzer also dosent work, and the fuel guage sticks, small tap and it works again, i have checked the wiring from the sensor to cluster and relay and its ok, temp sensor ok too, this leaves the cluster or coolant relay. ive got money waiting,so i need an early instrument cluster out of a 1.8 16v would prefer if mileage was around 130k but dosent matter. but the cluster all needs to be fully working coolant guage ,oil buzzer,fuel guage ect, and a coolant relay position no 5 in fully working order. many thanks.

loads more work done, unable to upload pics , just borrowing a computer. to date. i removed the sump to replaced with one that wasent dented, and noted swarf in ther oil!!!! :( :( on further inspection/diagnosis , found big end shells worn out, crankshaft ok, no scores or damage, new vag big end bearings replaced, new sump gasket, oil and filter, removed and replaced oil pump, with a known good one. as the pump had picked slight scores, cleaned all, and reassembled, sump magnet installed. bit depressing to find this, but the engine is super smooth and quite now and i know these are known for shell faliure. it would of damaged the crank if run up any longer, will keep an eye on the oil light. if needs be crank out for a regrind! front and rear backing plates replaced gearbox oil replaced battery tray seam sealed /gravitexed and painted pics to follow.

jenolite rust inhibiter applied first followed by zinc 182 antirust primer . thats all for now tommorow, nugget yellow paint for the battery tray. not long b4 i can give it a spin down the road see what it drives like,

preping for zinc primer, re-wrapped loom battery side of loom, the old loom insulation was completly missing rotten off over the last 20yrs. all nice and tidy now,

all welds smoothed off, im trying to retain the original look not, beads of welds every where, even though you wont see it as the battery and washer bottle will be covering most of it. inner arch cleaned out, and tray degreased for zinc etch primer.

new battery tray welded in, i have drilled the old spot weld on the new tray, and plan to use these and put weld over them to retain strength and correct fixing, through the midle of the tray.

all the bad metal was cut out completley. new metal cut to size, and shaped.supermig 185a fired up.

to be honest ive been working like a slave, 9-9 most nights, not much food either, but this is the best way, it will get done in no time.! the pictures of my old man by the way, in case any of you thought i was that old!! most of these pics were from a few days ago, just been so busy working on the nugget obviously any way, yesterday and today, ive been cutting all of the rotten metal work out of the battery tray. this is the bit a really enjoy. a bit of artistic fabrication. thanks to cazzavr aka andy, sorted me out on a battery tray. angle grinder out, welder out.get the battery tray finished tommorow and fully repainted

just need pas fluid and down pipe gasket . i rung tps this morning and ordered. ignition switch 2 front disc backing shileds 2 bottles of power steering fluid fuel filter downpipe gasket 2 boxes of latex gloves new banjo bolts for fuel filter. fuel filter is now obsolete from vw , ordered from another motor factor. engine oil in, coolant in, electrics all pluged in, battery in ! driveshafts in, bled clutch. alot of cranking and no firing, traced prob to retarded ignition timing a little tweak and its running hooray!, so glad it finnaly started. still need to sort ignition timing and cold start problem, think no5 injector. coolant guage inop, suspect cluster, checked switch, need you check wiring to confirm, cant believe its running again after 4 years, felt good to hear it start up. now i have to sort out the battery tray, ive got a new tray to weld in,.after this ican refit the slam panel and bonnet.

front cross member and rad support cleaned and re-painted, looking like new. engine in position ready to be lifted in.

engine bay fully degreased,new rack pipes fitted. hthe battery tray is completly rotten, as you can see in the pics lots of holes.so one has tryed stopping the rust with some off yellow paint, in the hope it would slow the rusting process.nice one!!

well im knackered its been all go this last 4 days,getting as much work done on the nugget before i go back to work. so far gearbox steam cleaned de-greased and acid cleaned to remove all dirt. engine and box mounted together , new starter installed.climatronic wiring-Golf from May 01.pdfCIMG0686.JPG[/attachment:11zs1jt1]CIMG0685.JPG[/attachment:11zs1jt1]2.8l 24v Climatronic system.pdfCIMG0684.JPG[/attachment:11zs1jt1]

replacement rad support and cross member, old one completely rotten. engine bay will be completely degreased 2moro, drive shafts back in and wheels on, wheel it outside , the engine bay should look nice and shiny after, will get some pics of b4 and after.

ok, engine is now out on the deck, parts stripped cleaned and installed on the new engine. here some pics of the old engine , clutch and rad support which are all knackered, and some of the new replacement parts.

yeah the heaters are on full chat,cant wait till she fires up and lives again, its been 4 years since shes been running.

nugget is now in the garage, both drive shafts out manifold, metering head off, coolant hoses swaped over, looking good so far for 4 hrs work me and the old git. manifold was a bitch, completely seized on, some red knuckles and swearing late its off. boxing day , engine complety out, and new in.passat climatronic wiring diags.pdfCIMG0652.JPG[/attachment:1zseom3k]

engine transplant begins on christmas eve, god im sad.!today, bonnet,bumper ,slam panel, starting stripping old engine downa nd building new one up, new starter motor and clutch has now arrived, 145 incl vat, which was cheap from gsf, between chribo and newyear she should be running, will try and get as many pics as poss, as i know every1 loves them.

a few more pics 2day, whilst i had camera out whilst doing the nugget engine.

well! it maybe up for grabs. :D

im toying with the idea, to compliment my schrick manifold, but which cams are best with a manifold?

the 5 amp fuse is the circuit for the aux pump. i can sort you out a brake pipe remade using original green pipe, which side is rounded? passenger or drivers side? bowden cable, they go stiff in time. replace them all at one time, and just forget them for 10 years. youll only need to replace the once, about a tenner each. all your parts get genuine, form vw dealership. yes replace the bonnet cable, common problem, you will also need new clamp and screw for the end of the cable.

the car is bullet proof, ive worked on skoda for 2 and half years now, and dont get no problems with them, now the nugget is gone, i have the stormvr6 and the 8v left, ideally i want shot of the 8v, so ican sepend the money from that in doing the storm up. vrs =daily storm vr6 on schrick manifold= weekends toy . its a smarter decision, although the 8v has been good to me. shes done her work 4 years.but its cost me dearly!!3-4 grand. will get some more pics up, when i get 5.

ive registered,still trying to work it all out,this forum i alot easier to navigate around,whats your vrs oct like?

im toyingwith the idea,think i will build a few more miles up yet b4 a remap.