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  1. Posted

    disconnect the leads from both battery terminals, then connect the two terminals together (not on the battery, the wires!) for a few seconds... leave the power off for about half an hour, then reconnect the live, then the earth to the battery and see if it's working again...

     

    I know it sounds mad, but it worked on a couple of my older VWs when I had MFA problems... it's to do with the chip that does the MFA getting a charge on it if the power's been glitched to it which makes it get all confused... :?

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    what's the display showing? just the time? If so, it's either lost the connection to the loom which goes to the MFA controls on the stalk, or it's lost an ignition power feed...

     

    Everything else working OK on the cluster? If so, my bet would be that the stalk's been disconnected... ;)

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    Having thrashed the knackers off my mates standard 182 I realised just how bad the handling was on my Corrado G60 and upgraded to coil-overs that were then corner-weighted... then he wanted to get the same done to his after driving mine!

     

    They do handle, but yeah, the snap from under to oversteer is a little un-nerving and slightly more difficult to predict than on a Corrado... I enjoyed it and thought it handled well, and he was the only owner of his from new and it was treated well, but also thrashed senseless on a couple of track days! Stick ditch-finder-generic tyres on any car and it'll screw the handling, so you've got to take the car reviews of older vehicles with a large pinch of salt... ;)

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    1st, 2nd and reverse gears are on the same input shaft... if you change one, you've got to change the others... it's only 4th and 5th you can change individually, with 5th being able to be done without stripping the whole box...

     

    If you can source a complete gearbox cheaply (should be able to get one for under £250 that's in good nick for any Corrado) I'd go for that, unless you want to spend more and start playing with the box while it's out... ;)

     

    Rebuilds start at around £500, but gearbox parts (especially cogs!) can be horribly expensive, especially new from VAG...

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    used a mates for a while... very good on fuel, and very nimble and quick feeling... however they feel like the panels have been made out of coke cans and the interiors fall apart if you so much as fart in the wrong direction... :?

     

    I wouldn't change from a German car to a Clio 182 as the knocks, rattles and bits falling off would do my nut, even if they are a hoot to drive...

  7. Posted

    I thought tracker used radio signals?

     

    We do trackers recovery after theft service for when the customer isn't able to collect their own car or hand keys to police and for it to be driven.

     

    Dealt with maybe 1 or 2 in the few years we've been doing them?

     

    Tracker does leave car theives paranoid though, which is why they'll park up cars over a few days and leave them before returning.

     

    Tracker does use radio once it's enabled from the control center, however it uses GPS to give a location initially, and then the radio emissions are picked up by the aerial array on the roof of the police car to get it down to the exact location, even if it's in a garage etc... and that's exactly my point, the thieves are using low power GPS and tracker jammers, so they don't need to park up the cars now as they know there's no way to track them as they can't get the inital location... however they don't seem to be jamming GSM at the moment, so mobile phone based ones, while not as accurate as a GPS, will still work...

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    make sure the engine is cold when you change it so you don't scald youself! Remove the expansion tank cap first to depressure the system first, then flick out the retaining clip on the old one, twist the old BTS to break the seal, pull out the old BTS out, and quickly put in the new one with new rubber O ring already fitted... be aware, you may have to fish out the old rubber O ring as they have a nasty habit of staying in the housing rather than coming out with the old BTS... you should loose prcatically no water if you do it this way... 8)

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    it's a bloody nightmare! :gag:

     

    Click on the "online list" and the either search for something out of the following text, or scroll down until you see the Weber section, and then go to the end of that section... 8) don't use the tabs at the bottom!

     

      W15550 901 THROT.BODY 1976> 65MM GOLF 2 £345.00 £195.00 B17
      W15550 902 THROT.BODY 1976> 65MM PORCHE 1 £345.00 £195.00 B17

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    you mean THIS thread? :lol:

     

    The weber has a 65mm single butterfly which equates to a total area of around 33cm[sup:7tgdwuhj]2[/sup:7tgdwuhj]

     

    The standard throttle has a 36mm and a 53mm butterfly which equates to a total area of around 32cm[sup:7tgdwuhj]2[/sup:7tgdwuhj]

     

    HOWEVER, there's only one spindle to get in the way (which equates to around another 2cm[sup:7tgdwuhj]2[/sup:7tgdwuhj] to take off the standard throttle) and the actual casting of the throttle body is much less restrictive and larger than the standard throttle body... Having had a couple of these, believe me when I say that they REALLY do make a huge difference in the way the car drives... 8)

     

    *EDIT* blimey! Have just looked at the site I got my second one of these from, they've still got some in stock! :eek: 8)

  14. Posted

    I caught a local garage taking my car out for a LONG fast drive when it was in for an MOT... My on-board GPS tracker sent me a text message to let me know it was more than 3 miles away from the garage I'd left it at, and that it had just exceeded 70mph... there isn't any roads with more than a 60 limit within 15 miles of the garage, so I phoned them and played merry hell and told them that I had half a mind to remotely disable the engine via the tracker... funnily enough, I didn't pay for that MOT, and haven't been back to that garage since...

     

    anyway, my wife bought her Audi A3 Cabrio from Inchscape in Macclesfield (Macc Audi) and the service we've had from them has been excellent... no complaints at all about their service, the only gripe is about the car's software which has more bugs than a Insectarium... :?

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    The "handle" under the steering wheel is a hand control for me to access the throttle and brake seeing as I'm a wheelchair user.

     

    Ah, cool, was just interested... It looks like a pretty substantial bit of kit... any pics of how it works? (yeah, I'm an engineering geek and things like this intrigue me... :geek: :lol: 8) )

  16. Posted

    define "won't work"... :roll:

     

    You say you've tried a "known working pump" but you don't say:

     

    Does the pump ever actually fire?

    Is there ever any voltage to the pump?

    Is there a good earth from the pump to the chassis?

     

    A few more details like these will really help people to help you diagnose your problem... 8)

  17. Posted

    find the alarm boxes within the dash, and trace the (probably all black) wires out to where the connect to the main car loom, then use a wiring diagram to find which wires connect to what....

     

    Not a quick job, and somewhat tedious too, but that's the only way to do it.... :(

  19. Posted

    sounds to me like the old alarm is still wired into the indicators and is providing an earth to cause your over-heat light to flash, and either earthing or putting power directly to the indicators... Definitely a case for a multi-meter, lots of time tracing wires and probably some blue language.... :?

  22. Posted

    To make 200hp, you need to burn 200hp's worth of fuel. Cylinder count and capacity don't change that. A 205hp 1.4 twin charged using half the fuel of a 200hp VR6 is pure fantasy. None of these fantastical claims are backed up with full throttle fuel consumption figures, you only hear about the part throttle cruise economy, where any engine with fewer than 8 cylinders can be be extremely economical. It's the only reason Audi dropped the V8 from the S4 - cruise economy. A 6 pot has less friction than an 8 pot. But stick a turbo or s/c on a 6 pot and the economy advantage at full throttle goes out the window.

     

    I agree almost entirely, but how often do you, actually, scratch that, I forgot it's you Kev, so I'll rephrase, How often does a NORMAL driver drive their car at full throttle? :wink: :lol:

     

    On my way to work and back every day, I'm lucky if I'm averaging 30MPH, and in a car that was giving 252bhp from 1940cc with a seriously high lift cam, that wasn't exactly great MPG... the idea (for me at least) is to get the car back on the road with 200+ BHP available for when I CAN use it, but with 40MPG+ available when I'm sat doing 30ish in traffic...

     

    Oh, and a 200bhp 1.4 will use less fuel than a 200bhp 2.9VR6 for exactly the reasons you list above... the VR6 engine creates more internal friction, is a heaver engine, has heavier reciprocating parts and is a less efficient design, so won't get as much USABLE energy out of the same amount of petrol... :p 8)

     

    I know what you're getting at though... no engine is going to give 45+MPG when being nailed senseless... sheesh, my G60 dropped to single figure MPG readings when I was hammering the hell out of her around certain tracks, but would return 35+MPG on a long steady run! :cuckoo: :lol:

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