GrahamU

Some really nice work going on there, keep the pictures coming, its gonna be great when finished

Just read the 35 anni write up in PVW and a little disappointed that it mentions all other engines including the TDI and 20vT's but no mention of a TFSI or a DSG, and it was the only one there and that I know of, there is only 1 other in the UK, small moan over 🙂

I may have made another small purchase 🙂

K04 turbo setup, I'll then get it mapped to around 320 - 350 brake  

oh yeah, and I bought another toy to play with

But I wont say anymore about the Ford 🙂

Cars had a few trips out now including the 350mile round trip to the Corrado 35 meet, it didn't miss a beat so I have some confidence it it now

Then had a local classic car meet which seemed to have a couple of classics and a whole load of ST's 🤣 I took this after most had left

followed by another local meet at the pub at the bottom of my road 🙂

Had to laugh at the photographers that walked straight past mine to take photos of a gaggle of Fiesta's then walked straight past the other way 🙂 

Then finally another old forum meet

Looks great, ready for the weekend

Took the car to Alive and vdubbin today, longest drive so far since the winter rework 🙂 seemed to go well so happy with it.

Couple of photos from the day

Next update - I have a set of KW V3's arriving this week so thats the next thing to play with 🙂

Hi Mark, looks sweet and a good place to start 

22 hours ago, Cressa said:

Ooo anything BBS is nice. What are you going to do with it?

It fits the centres of my BBS wheels meaning I can actually tighten them without worrying that I wont get them undone without damaging 

15 minutes ago, Dox said:

What's he doing with the TT? Cats are worth £3-400

I had been written off but not logged because the fuel pump packed up, a pump off ebay got it running again, and the matt black wrap removed revealed good silver paint, its only done about 60k so he is hoping to sell it for about £3k, if it doesn't sell then he may break it

Picked up this BBS centre cap tool today, A mate found it in the back of a TT he bought for £500 and gave it to me for helping him.

Thanks for you kind comments, life goes on, I haven't been out to the car since it happened but I need to do something soon.

I have today received a message to say the grill and rear badges I ordered in March are ready, so I paid for them and they should be on their way now.

Thanks to Xavier at Renewart

So in a way that all my best laid plans ever get shat on from a very great height, I was all booked to take the car to its first show of this year last Sunday, but on the Friday my wife was admitted into hospital, things got worse over the weekend resulting in her passing away late Sunday afternoon.

Life is shit at the moment

good find, thanks

nice work 

looks good

And another Pass with no advisories 🙂 

May have to do a few more mile this year

15 minutes ago, Dox said:

I’m sure the VR6 knuckles only have one, the bearing pushes against the cast flange of the knuckle?

Ah, I've only worked on G60 and 16v, thought they were the same design just wider, every days a school day

just a single circlip 😦 no wonder there was so play

Gone back to my yooof and fitted the stereo

and a another pic of the gear surround

Ok, back on track, gearbox rebuilt. I found the replacement mech had some issues so I changed the broken parts on my original mech (broken by the courier) for those from the replacement, and now the car drives again, yay.

So far, only a quick drive round the block so I could turn it round in the garage 🙂

Will fit the stereo back in over the weekend and give it a wash

I went back to the standard gear surround with a DSG surround from a touran (I think)

Re insured it through Adrian Flux @ 185 all mods declared, MOT will be Monday

On 4/11/2023 at 3:14 PM, EJ Taylor said:

I have been back a few times, but really struggling with this not being able to go to next page malarky! 

 

easy solution is to just change the number in the page address.

glad you have made progress, watching on here and insta for updates

Crasher is good, I have asked him questions before about other cars 

🤬🤬🤬 I think I might burn it .........

After getting the seats in and the rest of the interior back in, I started it, all seemed good, I let it go up to temperature 

Then put it in gear, let the brake off and nothing, no movement at all, bought the revs up and still nothing.

I don't know why yet but I did try using VCDS to calibrate the clutch and just got an error message so not holding up much hope for the replacement mech.

The gearbox was working mechanically, I only took out the mechatronic to have it checked and that, it would seem, was a big mistake. 😞 

Front seats brackets welded in

My final parts from Dreadnought customs have arrived, I already fitted the soundproofing and the bonnet catch

now have these to fit

And decided to buy the F20 DSG plate, make what you want for the F, Fast, F--ing etc but its a 2.0 DSG so a screw in the right place should make it look ok. (I'll probably regret it in a few weeks)