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yes but 2nd hand might brake next day... or never...

hi. This afternoon, I dediced to take out driver's side (rhd) window regulator and the whole mechanism including motor. Well now, 2 hours later and some cuts in my hands and arms, I have done it. Now I have been looking at the following: http://www.a1electric.com/Merchant2/mer ... e=50-54060 and I was wondering: has any one used any of these? are they better than second hand oe ones? if there is a better way to go, please, tell me where to buy it! :D thanks :)

hi there, I cleaned battery tips and re-connected them and the car has run correctly... strange, isn't it?

hi. thanks. I will try it when I end my journey :) thanks!

Hi. Well I use my corrado as a daily, for about 3.000miles a month. It has always turned it's starter motor on the key, but yesterday something changed. The day before yesterday, I had been using the car for the whole day, I got my shocks & springs replaced and wheels alignment was done in the day as well. It worked great. I parked it at about 1.00 A.M. and went directly to bed. Yesterday, it was 17.00h when I went to start it and it turned only "half turn" of the starter motor. I mean, it usualy sounds like "ñaaac, ñaaaac, ñaaaac", but yesterday it sounded like "ñaa" and then nothing else happened. I checked the battery and it showed 10v which is the common value it shows (yes, maybe time for a new alternator). Then I decided to push the headlights switch to see if positioning bulbs turned on and all I got was the electric windows relays clicking :scratch: :scratch: . if I touch the headlights switch, e.w. relays click :scratch: :scratch: if I turn the key on the first position, the third relay from the top-right corner of the fusebox (my fusebox has only 2 lines of relays) starts clicking like CLIC CLICKCLCLCILCILILCILCILCILCLICILCIL..... (this relay IIRC was used for cutting some circuits at the time of cranking). I contacted a local garage and they pointed it might be due to a low level battery (2 year old battery, 74.000km since I bouhgt it, mostly of them done at night with lights on and 2000watt in audio components). So I will go today and borrow a new and charged battery from them and try to start my car with it. what do you guys/girls think? (yes, girls, I know you are hiding in here :norty:)? please help :(

us bumper lights are running lights 100% sure

well I recently replaced top mounts and my car has stopped creaking :clap: :clap: old top mounts were in a full destruction state. I will upload pics so you can see them :D

thanks :)

are these really needed to put late door cards into early interior? thanks!

back box can installed in corrado. I used one for my duplex exhaust :)

thanks for your help; but I have finally found a corrado top mount :D :D :D :D :D my local garage has found it for me, so this thread can be locked. thanks david :clap:

hi. the thing is.. I have put my trust in that VW would have sold them to me, but they have been able to "collect" (from other spanish vw-s) only one front top mount. I can get makes like Febi Bilstein or Monroe, but they wouldn't be available today :( I have found this topic viewtopic.php?f=23&t=50442&hilit=golf+top+mount it seems that golf mk2 g60 used early corrado front top mounts. so may it be that the other mk2's could have corrado top mounts fitted? if so, should I risk to buy one mk2 mount, or I'd better leave the one I have now (which I don't know if it is destroyed).??? thanks...

Hi. I am doing my suspesion on Monday so I will replace top mounts as well :) Well, a garage will do it for me (I would fail Spanish MOT if this job is not done by a professional garage :pukeright: :pukeright: .....). The thing is I only have one front top mount (357 412 329), so I need the other one! I haven't been able to manage to get a brand new one, so I have rung lots of vw parts shop and any of them is going to have it today :( One of them has told me that he has the top mount's bearing (823 412 249), and that it can be 'easily' replaced. I have been using CF's search and I have found that early-style top mounts are one-piece mounts; and late style ones are disassembleable. So, my 1 question is: can early style front top mounts' bearing be replaced? 2 question. can I use golf mk2 front top mounts??? pics: top mount: bearing: thanks :)

welcome to corrado ownership :nuts:

hi. this is just to tell you that something similar has been happening with the turning indicator light of my dash. I have traced it to a faulty/dodgy (still to know) clocks connector. If I move the connector, turning indicator light comes on and indicator relay clicks (really fast, like RTTRRTTRTRTTR) as well. I think it's worth a check, and see if it sorts your brake light problem.

im guessing the problem you have is that you haven't cut your hands yet. the corrado was designed with a mechanism that meant it would hold back all wiring in a difficult place to reach until you had cut your hands up a bit. as soon as it senses blood, the wire is released. HTH. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I know what you mean :grin:

No, we work on Celcius as well over here. Its the Yanks that use Farenheit. oh. sorry then :lol: :lol:

hi. I have another set of clocks, but unfortunately, they are UK ones (with fahrenheit I think?) :? I will try to isolate the sender (the external section) and to install an oil temp gauge. thanks

yes I have :( the problem is that oil temp shows (normally) 105 - 115ºC, and I have never seen water going further than 93ºC (aprox). but SOMETIMES (in summer only, I might say) water stays OK but oil jumps from 105 to 138, then 125, 132, 112 etc... :nuts:

Hi. I am needing to install a second temp gauge into my C due to mfa water temp being ok, but oil temp going up to 140ºC :nuts: :nuts: :nuts: so I need to buy a t-piece, but I just don't know what diameter, etc :| I have found some 3/8 ones, but... what is 3/8 :eek: :eek: ?? i.e. http://www.snakebite.com.au/gaugesvdoad ... =2&sort=2a which one should I buy? I am going to get this gauge http://cgi.ebay.es/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... K:MEWAX:IT (yes. too cheap. if only it lasts 1 month it will be ok :lol: :lol: :lol: )

why spending money on another C? I would keep this one and spend the money on it 8)

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

yes it is. and a full covering 'scuttle' cover was never made :( however you can pay loads of & and buy une in the site one has linked in this thread :nuts:

mate, there's both items in that pic, aux air valve is the one lower down, circled, overrun cut off is the one with the elec connector and the vacuum pipe sure? I had read that the one with vacc+electric connectors was supposed to "open" 5th injector just in case of cold engine and acc pedal pushed down "a lot"

hmmm I thought it was called something like "overrun cut off valve" :cry: