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So set out this afternoon to replace the heater controls as the fans wouldn't work on any speed setting, started to remove the old controls when I noticed the small copper contact on the speed control dial was I front of the copper strip which turned out to be the problem so ended up been a quick fix and now Iv got a unneeded control set

not entirely sure why he puts it on to be honest but he always does for coilies and spacers

great could i have 2 please

heyup are these still available? cheers mick

today the car went off with my mechanic to have the leaks sorted and its mot, just got it back and what a difference all the work has made its feels soo much better to drive aswell as nice and cool engine temps which make me worry less about giving it some beans. flew through its test only a couple of minor issues to sort out which shouldn't be too much hassle to fix.

finally got time to update this after finishing my final trade tests and factory shutdowns, managed to get everything back in the bay and the engine is running sweet as a nut now apart from 3 coolant leaks that are all a pain to get to, had to change the slave cylinder as well as the seal somehow turned inside out and split, its booked in this week for Mot so ill get my mechanic to sort the leaks. im hoping it should fly through as there doesnt seem to be anything wrong apart from bust heater controls which ill fix this week before it goes in. not really had chance to get any pictures of the progress as iv had a lot on over the last couple of weeks but managed to get out over the bank holiday and get both my motors cleaned.

just had this after swapping the slave cylinder, on the shift tower one of the arms should have a 13mm nut that you can release to adjust the lift try adjusting it slightly back towards the bulkhead.

I had a go at this with my last corrado and it just isn't worth the effort far too many things to change to make it worth while

Pretty sure a working de-mister is needed

i'm after a late heater control unit as the speed dial is buggered and the mot is next week

I'll have a look at courier tonight when I get in

I've got some 17" rotas with Toyo proxy's all with plenty on them £80 collected URL=http://s925.photobucket.com/user/cinadine/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsaaa7b987.jpg.html][/url]

cheers for the offer may take you up on it at some point. bit of an update not many pictures to go with, mechanic has finished doing the chains and tensioners he told me there wasn't much damage to the one that had snapped so must have caught it pretty early. managed to get new clutch fitted and paint various bits but its been slow going with easter factory shutdowns and what not. set out this morning to get the block and box painted weathers looking half decent for tomorrow so should have the engine back in the bay and most of the way back together, should hopefully see it running the weekend all going well.

just had a good read through this and there is some amazing work gone in here, wish i could have as much patients to do it as well.

mystic blue storm going through whiston crossroads in rotherham about half 5 today only caught it out the corner of my eye

cheers, i used heat resistant black Vht to paint most things, plastics it didnt take too well to without lacquer but parts that get hot make it cure so there no problems with them really. aye think theres a fair few cropping up round here now, was much easier tinkering with them in that dry unit in barnsley though.

right bit of an update got hold of my mechanic about doing the chains and we both decided it would be easier to pull the engine and do it out the car instead of messing about in the bay, so seen as the engine is coming out i thought id rather get the best out of it by stripping the block down to have a good steam cleaning and a lick of paint as well as having sub frame and the rest of the engine brackets powder coated. engine practically flew out no trouble at all from any drive shaft bolts or manifold studs, took about 3 hours dodging showers so not too much effort to make doing the chains a lot easier. when the engine was out i set about splitting the box and clutch, wasn't really surprised the clutch had seen better days as its been bit of a problem since i bought the car and slightly creepy but couldn't resist

as titled im after the plastic bumper bracket.

Not really noticed anything backfired abit on idle but put that down to the battery going flat and Iv not had chance to reset it properly yet.

so seen as summers just around the corner decided to pull my finger out and get cracking on wasnt too happy with how hot the engine runs so decided to have a bit of a coolant system rebuild and give the car a going over sorting little niggles out with a good service chucked in for good measure, spent the last couple of weeks gathering parts. managed to get most but still missing a few bits should be enough to keep me going for a while started stripping the front end down ended up been slow going as nearly all the bolts and screws are pretty rusty only ended up having to drill a couple of headlight screws as the heads where ruined,the radiator which has seen better days. drained the system removed the radiator and carried on stripping it down to get the lower manifold off for painting, seems to be very rusty around the front end not too much to worry about but still doesnt look to great so will be giving it a paint in time to come. started early this morning to get a crack on started by changing the water pump out which i havnt seen done in the history so though it'd be worth doing, got the old out and it looks to have been a good call nearly every fin has been damaged. nice new pump also started to swap the rocker cover gasket as the old one was weeping slightly and was greeted with this sat looking at me when i got the cover off so looks like its another big job added to the list was going to do chains and clutch at the end of the summer but looks like this has forced my hand

so been busy over the last couple of weeks finishing off a few bits and getting ready to put it all back together a holiday inbetween slowed me down a fair bit but all sorted. manifold got a good sand down and a few coated of vht. while i was at it the throttle body had a god clean out as alot of crud had built up injectors where looking a little worse for ware so they got a good clean up and a coat of paint also painted up the engine cover and a few other buts to match the manifold once everything was finished i spent most of the day putting it all back together and back on the car, all went well until i came to crank it and found the one of the injector seals ****ing fuel so lots of swearing and tool throwing followed until i called it day and ordered some more seals to go on when i can get some will to look at it again.

not had much chance to get much done with long working hours an kack weather but scraped a an hour or so here and there. spent the afternoon stripping down the fuel rail which was fairly rusty around the edges and the original paint had seen better days so sanded it up and gave a couple of good coates of vht. came up pretty well i think but cant see the finish lasting too long as it seems abit brittle also managed to strip the old engine cover and give it a spray up with some old satin silver paint i had left over from my last corrado.

still got these?

Aye I live in Rotherham aswell

finally got all my bits back from powder coating along with all the stainless bolts have arrived still missing a fair few for various things but should be enough to keep me busy for a while. managed to get an hour stripping more parts off and managed to get a couple of bits back on still a long long way to go yet as its still in a right state but that should be able to give it a good scrub end of march.