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Took it to bits again today, the steering felt a bit tight at the test yesterday and the guy thought it was possibly a duff top mount. Felt lumpy on the way home so I split the track rod ends to check how the top mounts felt and they're fine, but the rack's lumpy! Dropped the rack out and cracked one of the pipes in the process because the gland nut was squeezing the pipe........there's never one thing fails in isolation is there! It'll be an eBay steering rack but shopping around for a new pipe.......might have to be Classic Parts! So I figured that as it was going to be in bits a couple of weeks while the new parts accumulate, I'll have the callipers refurbed and painted, any one tried BCS Automotive in Long Eaton before? My mate at work swears by them and has had his R32 and RS4 callipers done there so figure my 288s and Mk4s will be fine.

I bought mine from Heritage, currently selling at £91, only 6 left!

Looking for the pipe from the pump to the steering rack, nut on mine is rounded at the rack end. Also wanting a steering rack but plenty of Mk3 Golf ones available on eBay unless somebody here has a good one to sell.

I got an MOT, for the first time in ten years!!!

Whose is the Corrado in Bristol in the Daily Mail? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5868999/Scores-Bristol-residents-parking-fines-putting-cars-driveways.html

Sorted now, gumtree came good. Thanks

There was a full passenger door on ebay the other day, that's how I managed to find a scraper seal! Then watched guides on youtube of how to remove them first so I didn't wreck it.

Thanks for the heads up, email sent.

Anyone got a boxed warning triangle to fit in the rear seat they want to sell? Cheers

So after close to ten years I believe we're just about to go back on the road, of course there are things still to do but isn't that Corrado ownership? Took some photos today for the insurance agreed valuation, couple of them here. [ATTACH=CONFIG]93465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]93467[/ATTACH] Since it was last on the road, in no particular order, it's had: 288 front brakes OBD2 install Dave 16V short shifter and centre console bracket Shot blast & powdercoat front subframe, radiator support, rear beam, bottom arms, tank straps and bonnet stay Rear wiper delete Centre brake light Full glass out respray New windscreen All window, door, boot and sunroof seals Hard brake lines all replaced Disks, pads and brake backplates All wheel bearings R32 & Powerflex bushes in bottom arms Standard rear beam bushes ARB bushes and drop links Engine mounts Koni coilers serviced and dynoed, new Koni springs all round and rear platforms Golf Mk4 a/c condenser and pipework to replace hideous Passat item. Not yet re-gassed so the jury still out! Full leather re-trim by MJ Interiors New seat heating elements Rainbow DL speakers Plus a whole heap of sundry items along the way. I have no idea how much money I've spent and should probably keep it that way, it's not about the money after all! Some was recouped by selling the 17" Borbet C wheels, angel eye headlights and smoked rears plus the Schrick OBD1 inlet manifold when I did the OBD2 conversion, I have kept the Schrick 268 cams though as I like the lumpy idle and top end power. MOT later this week, sort the tracking, drive it a bit and see what falls off next!

M16 x 1.0. I took the nut off my spare rear wiper assy and screwed it onto the front one to check it was the same size.....then measured the rear one so I could get the thread gauge on it properly.

Today I collected the re-trimmed interior from Michael at MJ Interiors in Shipley. Can't say enough about his work, he's made a brilliant job and I would recommend him to anyone. I know that grey maybe isn't the most popular of colours but I like the way it lightens the interior of the car, and also that there aren't very many of them around. And after eighteen years already it's not like I'll ever sell it so I really don't need to consider what anyone else thinks, the eldest daughter has already requested we leave it her in the will so it's going nowhere! [ATTACH=CONFIG]93447[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]93449[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]93451[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]93453[/ATTACH] I spent the rest of the day fitting and fettling bits but ended on a low when the driver's seat wouldn't height adjust or recline, no power for some reason (first world problems eh?) so I gave up for the day and will come back to it tomorrow.

How’s this for service, I’ve put down my G&T, gone to the garage and removed a wiper to measure this......The nut is 22mm across the flats and the thread is M16x1, vernier calliper and thread gauge involved, and now going back to G&T!

My vacuum tank lives down with the horns behind the bumper, it's for the Climatronic but I used to use it for the Schrick too before I sold it. I mounted the solenoid on the bulkhead.

Glad to hear you found it!

I wondered if the lower bush in the damper was OK, where it connects to the rear beam, any movement? Then on the blow up of the damper, there are three number 15 nuts, the lowest one of those holds sleeve number 8 and the spring top cap down against a collar on the damper rod. You could have the top two nuts tight and preventing any movement there (which you've checked) whilst still having movement lower down because the lower nut isn't tight.

Received a teaser photo today! [ATTACH=CONFIG]93431[/ATTACH]

On a hot day it’s hard to beat climate control, comes with the added bonus of being powerful enough to clear the screen on a wet day too!

Is the lower bush on the strut OK? How about the brake bias valve, it's in that corner although I wouldn't have thought it substantial enough to clunk. I've had the rear coilovers out of mine today to fit new platforms as they were seized up, mine are Konis but they have three nuts on the rears and I'm sure yours will be very similar. Is the lower nut that holds the spacer and spring top cap down to the shoulder on the rod tight? If not that might allow some movement and a clunk. The spacer I'm thinking of is part 8 in this screenshot. [ATTACH=CONFIG]93403[/ATTACH]

Cutting into it from above might be the only solution but first it might be worth trying to drill the remaining bolt out from below, you might end up drilling the nut out of the bumper bracket but if it comes to pieces that’s not the end of the world is it. Don’t suppose the other three bolts come out either as you might be able to lift the bumper off if the broken one has broken near the thread? I put a temporary bolt in each side of mine while it was in pieces, drove it onto and off of car transporters, around the paint shop, in and out the garage etc, no problems.......wouldn’t recommend a trip to mainland Europe but shouldn’t stop you moving it about.

Front end on axle stands just below Belvoir Castle nr Grantham. There was a nice looking Scirroco there too. Got a photo but it’s pretty distant!

I hope it makes at least the estimate, the more the top ones make, the more it trickles down to the rest of us!

Thanks, it'll be nice to drive it again, further than the end of the drive anyway. I parked it up in August 2008 when I bought an R32 and have basically chipped away at it on and off ever since. I've had plans of making Stanford Hall every year since I was there last in 2014 but things have dragged on a bit, it was in the paint shop two years during which time we moved house so that's been number 1 priority the last couple of years. Seats and door cards are being re-trimmed and should be back next month, I'm fitting the last bits of interior trim at the moment after which I'll throw the scrap yard Golf seat back in so I can at least shuffle it around. I need to get the a/c re-gassed which may be interesting as it'll be the first time with the Mk4 Golf condenser and made up pipework. I did the tracking by eye and now can see that it toes out a little but on the whole it's closer than it's been in ages. Not too concerned about the MOT although the ABS light seems to have developed a mind of it's own.......over the weekend it was just staying on, I checked and cleared the codes after which it worked OK and now it's not even lighting when I switch on the ignition. Hopefully a decent run followed by clearing any codes before the test will sort it out.

Close to finished, almost ten years after taking it off the road. Runs, drives, stops, just needs some seats and we'll be going for an MOT! [ATTACH=CONFIG]93277[/ATTACH]

Got all the new A/C pipes and hoses installed along with slam panel, lights and grill. Bumper and grill spoiler on tomorrow and I might put it on the floor........be the first time it resembles a complete car since 2014, as long as you ignore the missing interior! If the rain stops I may even drive it out of the garage for a wash, ten years off the road might be almost at an end? [ATTACH=CONFIG]93199[/ATTACH]