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  9. Posted

    Brilliant snotter! :D

     

    Cheers mate tis a handy tool.

    Went to Manchester to pick up a plasmer cutter a couple of months back. 540 mile round trip and used £44 worth of diesel, was happy with that.

    Even got 40mpg out of it towing the corrado on the trailer round the M25!

  11. Posted

    Sorry, yes to be clear this was originally a 16v thats had a VR6 conversation. I'm assuming they've used a complete doner vehicle as it has 5 stud and larger brakes.

    Can see this being another thing to go against its value.

     

    i'm gonna go against the grain and say break it.. there's a lot of work to do and at the end of it it'll still just be a converted car with bad paint - value? £1000-£1500 max?

     

    Broken it'll be worth over £2k and probably take the same effort to strip and sell as it does to get it back on the road.

     

    This was my thought aswell, assumed complete it wouldn't be worth a great deal.

    Tbh I've no issues with breaking rare cars as it means the parts are being used to keep nicer cars on the road.

    Gonna put the engine back together and get it running and then decide. Would rather sell parts on here than chuck it on ebay though.

  12. Posted

    Hi all.

    Well the more I look into getting the Rado put on the road the more I realise it could be quite a task. Could probably throw everything together for an MOT but tbh I wouldn't be happy with that at all. However to put it on the road looking good i'm talking re-spray, suspension re-placement and no doubt new bushes, various interior plastic repaired/replaced, etc.

     

    Problem is I bought it with the entention of it being something that I could put on the road with little effort and enjoy for the summer then probably sell on as I have other projects. But now its looking like its gonna take too much time and money to get up to the standards that I'd want it to be. Too many toys, not enough time. :rolleyes:

     

    Thing is I have the space to break it so thats fine but I'm not really sure what its worth in parts and I don't want to be chucking away valuable items incase they are of use to people.

     

    Here's a run down of what the car has:

     

    Full black leather seats and door cards, not heated or electric but in really good nick, no tears. Gonna give it a clean and Supaguard to double check

    Grey dash

    Dials reading 72K

    Working electric windows and mirrors

    Working boot spoiler

    Bodywork is rust free but does have scuffs/bad re-spray in places

    15" wheels with good tires

    Standard (as far as I can tell) VR6 running gear

    VR6 gearbox, no knocks of bangs (actually have two)

    Rear lights complete

    Passenger headlight with damage to rear mount

    Drivers headlight lens (plastic mounts damaged)

    All glass

    Standard exhaust

    Grey carpets

    VR6 engine, descovered headgasket had blown after I had bought it. Have had the head checked, cleaned and skimmed along with new valve guides and had the valves re-cut. Plus ordered a new gasket set and head bolts and my plan is to put the engine back together and get it running.

     

    Thats all I can think of off the top of my head and here are some pictures:

     

    Outside1.jpg

    Leather.jpg

    Dash.jpg

    Dizzy1.jpg

    Bonnet.jpg

     

    Would much rather put it on the road but the more I think about it the more I fear its just too much for me to take on right now.

    Any help on pricing would be greatly appricated.

     

    Cheers Chris.

  13. Posted

    My current daily uber shed is this 1995 B4 Passat tdi, purchased for the princely some of £100 on the last day of its MOT. Spent a grand total of £22 getting it through another MOT and have done 8000 faultless miles in the last 6 months. That includs strapping my car trailer too it!

     

    side.jpg

     

    Even has heated leather and cruise control!!!

     

    leather.jpg

     

    Chris

  15. Posted

    Dropped the Golf head off at the engineers this morning, gonna change the exhaust guides as well as the other bits.

    Also finished getting the Rado's engine ready to remove the head. Un-bolted the down pipe and remove the manifolds.

    Just leaves the timing chain, cams and head bolts but gonna wait till the new parts are here and the new head is ready to go on. Hopefully that'll be the weekend.

     

    Parts that i'm planning on changing are:

    Full head gaskets set

    Head bolts

    Thermostat and seal

    Main water pump

    Upper tensioner

     

    Anything else I should consider?

  17. Posted

    Ah true I suppose. Having a chat with the engineer he said they get a lot of older VW engines in and usually the valve guides are fine or at worse just the exhaust side need changing. I noticed a little play in the exhaust side and none on the inlet side.

    There gonna check them for me and let me know what they would recomend.

    Would love to get it ported and polished at the same time but reckon we're talking at least another £200 and I'm too skint for that lol.

     

    ---------- Post added at 09:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:25 AM ----------

     

    Stripped the Golf head down yesterday ready to take to the machine shop:

     

    Golfhead.jpg

    Golfvalvesandlifters.jpg

     

    Valves look straight but will have them checked to make sure and lifters don't appear to be warn so thats good.

     

    ---------- Post added at 10:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 AM ----------

     

    Also should a VR6 fan be single or twin?

  18. Posted

    as a guide i paid £125 quid to have a head cleaned, skimmed, new valve guides pressed in, valve seats reground and valves refaced. i provided the new valve guides to the engineering shop, they were about £35 for 12.

     

    Done well with your price mate. Best quote I have is £150 for skim, seats re-ground and valves re-faced. Plus £11 each to supply and fit new valve guides.

  22. Posted

    Thanks very much for the info mate, I'll start phoning round some local engine builders and see what prices I can get.Don't suppose you still have the link to where you got the new valve guides from do you?

    Ok handy to know that I can use the Golfs coil pack head then. And thanks I'll have a go at removing the cam next week instead and then I will be able to see whats what in the engine.

    Ha ha I will try, would much prefer to put it on the road and use it as a fun summer toy!

  24. Posted

    Yer can see the advantage of buying to good one lol.

    Ended up making a locking tool so got that covered. Next job I have to do is to remove one of the cam sprokets so I can get the chain off. Just hope I don't brake anything.

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