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That is amazing work and always nice to see another G60 My car is due some engine work - i have noticed a serious drop off in performance Agree with you with regards to the intercooler set up - That is a great set up you have done there without having an ugly intercooler hacked into the bumper
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Wow Nice work mate. Looking good.
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Im all good now cheers mate Ferry sorted me out. Yes that panel is exactly the same as mine and fits fine in my 1990 car chap. - 536 is rhd car as well.
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hi fella shed is tidied so will dig into the boxes for those bumper brackets for you - do you mean the kinda 8 inch slanted plastic things will a locator each end? i also dug out the facia from the workshop - part number 536858203 part number comes back as a corrado part but i dont recall my early having any locations for the bottom pins - hmmmm - though it did have the tape cassette holder in the console & i didnt think to look when removing to do the matrix
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I can see that Corrado grave yard is a complete waste of time- Waited three weeks for a set of tow covers and x2 a pillar grommets - just did a paypal claim as kept getting fobbed off- couldn't get a tracking number out of him and asked twice so gave up in the end .
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We did. Still together after 20 years..
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Worked my way to the the rear now very clean and also had the Kamei sills off- serious clean car - found just one rust spot that I wire wheeled, will need a small weld on the infamous rear arch lip - as you can see the the sill is fine just need a simple lip welding on which I got quoted £80- saved in the nick of time- other side is solid. gone round the whole car now and used clear bilt hamber UC for a factory look.top up wax. Its a cracking unrestored car . Also got myself a GTI tax disc. GTI Tax disc.webp
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Cheers man. I have got the upgraded one, supposed to be a perm fix for them snapping. I don't know if it makes causes issues but I don't know the length I need to cut down the sheath to for the cable, not sure if that would impact it or not.
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Diagram on this link. https://www.ilcats.ru/vw/?function=getParts&market=RDW&model=COR&modelcode=76&year=1991&group=8&subgroup=823&part=151000&language=en Make sure you have clip no 25 on diagram.
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Hey all, hope everyone is well. I've been getting around to sorting my bonnet cable out, I've previously had a workaround in place using two cables to pull the springs to release it, but I want to get the handle working again. I can't seem to get it working where both arms release correctly, the striker pins are set to 57mm as per guides I've seen, I was missing the Bowden sheath that sits between the two anchor points so I've made one up to fit the length, but it seems like the cable just isn't long enough to release both arms, the passengers side just doesn't quite fully pull enough to release the striker. I suspect over the years I am missing something, does anyone have any information/pictures of their bonnet cable system I can look at, I'm using a Audi 100 cable I ordered online, I don't know if it is cut too long or short, any info would be amazing if anyone has any.
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Wow, that cross member and bumper is something to behold! Even the struts look barely touched. This is an interesting car, will look forward to seeing more of it.
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Possibly, I did also hit it with some electrical contact cleaner so maybe that also worked into it as well. No idea but it's running again for now.
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Last week I have had the front bumper off and arch liners - cleaning all arches and UC Bilt Hamber light transparent wax- This car is remarkable free of rust. Makes a huge difference buying one that has been tucked away from the elements .
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I think you've missed the odd word out there? I assume you had to push the meter probe further into a fuse holder? So basically you had a circuit that could read 12v with your multimeter but had connections so poor it was unable to carry the current needed for the pump to work?
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Well, I don't know what I did, but I just went up with my tester to follow the relay testing from the Bentley manual, all fine, bar one which I couldn't get a good test on so I had to force the tester in a little further. The fuse, albeit was testing fine, I swapped for a more modern one as it was really looking. It's now starting every time off the key without issue, tried it a dozen or so times, no issues. So I'm happy, but completely baffled as to what the issue was or what fixed it.
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The fuel pump relay needs to see a signal from the ECU relay with ignition on to let it know that the engine is running - maybe it is not seeing this? It is there as a safety feature to cut off the pump. When you bridge the fuel pump contacts you are bypassing this. The VR6 engines don't prime for a couple of seconds the way the Golf 1.8 etc do, the pummp will only run when the engine is cranking or turning over. I would check ignition switch, ECU relay and fuel pump relay.
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Hey Phil, cheers for the reply. I thought it was the relay, my old one already had the cover off it so I could see the internals, I actually taped down the contact so it was perm bridged and it started and ran, but even with a brand new relay it doesn't run, it has only run once with the new relay. I just taped the old one again so I could drive it and it's not starting again, nor can I hear the pump. In term of relays it all looks like that side works, there's 12v, it clicks on, if clicks as I turn it over but it's just like it won't power the pump. Think my next stop now is going to be probe the fuel pump plug and make sure it gets 12v when the relay is engaged, I'm out of ideas past that.
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Hey Pete, Sounds like your fuel relay is your problem. The contacts inside the relay do get a bit cruddy over time - making the switching intermittent. You can prise the lid off the relay and briefly sandpaper the contacts if you fancy meddling (you have another on the way anyway).
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100 percent never seen him post on here. P.s Im looking for a good set of front bumper brackets with screw lugs intact on rear. Also a good Karmann gearshift trim - mine has been drilled for alarm led s ! Thanks
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Probably best via fb TBH
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Thanks Dox- I will give him a try.
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VW Motoring Mag, VW Audicar Mag (split and became VW Driver / Audi Driver mag), would have featured, if you can locate Neil Birkitt (here, ClubGTi) he may be able to help with mag road tests as he edited all those mags at one time or other
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https://www.clubgti.com/forums/index.php?threads/info-needed-on-gti-engineering-mk2-golfs.206501/
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From memory it went to Brodie Britain Racing (BBR) who I think were can RS tuner and they shared a small advert in the VAG press?
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Im not sure what happened to them- I know there was a very popular chap engineer their called Brian Rickets who later went onto open BR Motorsports ( Banbury)who sadly passed a number of years ago- I was chatting to a guy who purchased all his stock like nothelle heads- manifolds, camshafts- pistons- to this day all this stuff is still in a lock up . Also the other owner Richard lloyd heard passed away in a plane crash. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lloyd_Racing history - Air crash. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Biggin_Hill_Cessna_Citation_crash Would love to get a magazine article or advertisement with the corrado in it. Yes I started looking at the history of car and went on the GTI Engineering page on FB- at first the expert on their was denying it was a demonstrator in till one of the sons of an ex mech their said he had been to a show in the exact car brand new- Crowthorne TRRL to put on the GTI Engineering Stand 1990- low and behold dug out a photo wearing the demonstrator plate. The expert has now confirmed it is indeed a demonstrator GTI car .
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