Pat. 10 Posted May 14, 2014 Okay so with clutch still slipping, could only be clutch itself so out the engine came! Did abit of bumper work whilst I was bored of mechanical stuff. I fibreglassed in some magnets too so that I can remove the number plate when I want too. Fixed cracked splitter So with the engine out, I took gearbox off and found out why it was slipping!! It had sheared 2/3 of the retaining rivet on the tangential straps on the clutch pressure plate. Bizarre... New LUK clutch on (well, had done 100 miles in a vr in my shed before I took it out my mk2) Back in: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat. 10 Posted May 14, 2014 Back together and running, clutch worked! woo. Reward Cleaned Bonnet catch broke meaning the bonnet was stuck shut, after ALOT of faffing I got it opened. Was v. ****ed at this point so out came the hole drill and grinder. Did abit of spring cleaning of my mates beamer Re-located the batter into the boot with the beamers battery cable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat. 10 Posted May 14, 2014 Wiring mess in the bay: Doge. Looking abit happier! Aaaaaaand on the M1 the new clutch shat itself after a grand total of 81 miles. So when I came home few weeks after ouuuuuttttt it all came again! This time gave it all a spruce up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat. 10 Posted May 14, 2014 Fed up of the messy wiring so sorted it and re-routed/ extended where needed etc Old flywheel had a bent locater dowel, so took it off and put new flywheel on. Trying to reduce problems that could be killing clutch. 2x dead clutches. Both with 2 of 3 rivets sheered. Adds 200bhp m8. Put a mk4 r32 crankshaft pulley on, as other one was shagged. Hopefully this one lasts longer! Did some digging to find why I had no 5th gear.. Second pic is the selector burred off somehow in one box!?!?! Third pic is how it should be in my spare box. So I swapped the good cond 5th gear into the corrado gearbox. The spare box also wouldnt select 5th but that was another issue. Hence taking it's 5th gear. Before: During: After: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat. 10 Posted May 14, 2014 Got bored so welded up etc my mates mk2 windscreen surround. Back in......... Reward (Steak) Got bored of my knackered gearknob so mate one: Bored again so welded up and de wipered my mates mk2: Made a scuttle cover from some spare ali sheeting that was in the shed: Cleaned TB up: CLutch has now done 300 odd miles, she pulls well! Put the clutch killing problem down to excess vibrations due to loss of crankshaft pulley weight & bent locating dowel on flywheel causing pressure plate diaphragm to stretch, hence replacing both. 3rd New clutch was again an LUK unit as they are brilliant. Cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted May 14, 2014 Good update and great pics, wondered what had happened to this car! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coullstar 0 Posted May 15, 2014 Jesso, thats some amount of work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
borachris 0 Posted May 15, 2014 Wow you've had a rough time with it, hopefully you'll have a good spell now for the summer and get to enjoy driving it :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat. 10 Posted May 15, 2014 Supercharged- I know I do apologise for the lack of updates til now! Note to self update more often as doing it all at once takes ages haha Coullstar- you're telling me! Although my pd mk2 golf build is taking up my time Aswell now so fingers crossed the rado behaves! Love driving it. Chris- thanks mate I hope so too, it's lovely to drive and the sound is amazing. Hence why I just kept going everytime I had to take it to bits! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emu 0 Posted May 15, 2014 I wish I had so much time and space to work on my cars like that. Good job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BILLCOR 1 Posted May 15, 2014 :salute: Jesus, some bad luck there mate and just as well your handy with the tools, would have cost a bloody fortune for a garage to sort all that out :bonk: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Posted May 15, 2014 Awesome work mate. Fist play for determination Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrahamU 5 Posted May 16, 2014 How do you find the front plate with the magnets? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stuarttaylor37 13 Posted May 17, 2014 Fist play for determination ?????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted May 17, 2014 :lol::lol: Not sure the forum's the place for that craig ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tigerfish 10 Posted May 17, 2014 :lol::lol: Not sure the forum's the place for that craig ;) lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat. 10 Posted May 17, 2014 Hahahah, about spat my drink out as I read that! I'm not into that sort of thing I'm afraid man! Cheers for all the kind words gents. Work shall continue! Going to fab up a half cage at somepoint. Saying that my mig is in desperate need of a full refurb. Been on the look out for some 17" Azev A's in 5x100 but no luck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat. 10 Posted May 17, 2014 How do you find the front plate with the magnets? Absolutely brilliant, I was abit dubious as I had them under a few layers of fibreglass (wanted as little filler used as poss) and it holds really well! Have done a number of trips up and down north yorkshire to leicester on the M1 etc, even once in bad winds, and it didn't move an inch! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted May 17, 2014 Awesome mod :salute: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ADZ_ 10 Posted May 17, 2014 Hahahah, about spat my drink out as I read that! I'm not into that sort of thing I'm afraid man! Cheers for all the kind words gents. Work shall continue! Going to fab up a half cage at somepoint. Saying that my mig is in desperate need of a full refurb. Been on the look out for some 17" Azev A's in 5x100 but no luck! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201076846548?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Posted May 17, 2014 Haha, clearly ipad auto correct in action there ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted May 17, 2014 Haha, clearly ipad auto correct in action there ;) It's the best one i've seen yet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riley 0 Posted May 17, 2014 Props for the work mate, great stuff.:thumbleft: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat. 10 Posted May 19, 2014 Cheers clumpy1! :) Thanks Riley it's all been worth it, such an enjoyable drive! iphone pic sorry haha, just 2 mins from my house on the moors Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexybourbon 0 Posted May 20, 2014 Skilllllzzzz , seriously mate well done thats some dedication Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
