Sean_Jaymo

Ever since I have had the old girl, its been running on the warm side, fine when on the move but climbed quickly when making good progress or sitting in traffic! Then I had a hose come off when navigating a round-about. Steam everywhere and an angry biker emerging from the steam in my wake! I managed to bodge it back together but found a decidedly sorry-for-itself elbow on the top of the radiator! New one from VW £6.82+ vat pt# W535-121-647 Also fitted a new radiator as well as the old one was rather tired after 150k - Have also fitted a new thermo-switch and thermostat. Result? Runs a whole load cooler and spot on spec but still sits around 100c in traffic. There is another switch on the cooling manifold that I can replace as well so will do that and see where it takes me! New and old I also decided to change the indicator stalks as I managed to get hold of some face lifted ones to replace the old style ones. I then discovered that you also need the top steering column shroud from the face lift so that the new and improved big hazard button will fit. VW being VW, the parts under the skin are exactly the same so I just had to swap over some bits! SO I now have some posh new stalks (which are a damn site more ergonomic than the olds ones) with the old button fitted :) Laters tatters!

Well it worked! And I doubted you lot! Thanks again!

I've just got in from my night shift so will try this afternoon when I wake and the rain has hopefully subsided!

Why would that affect the operation?

I'll have to keep an eye out for you then!

COOOL!

They take 2 seconds to pull out fella! Worth it if you keep sneezing!! Did I see your car at E38 over the weekend? Was looking fantastic!! I'm in need of a new radiator, it refuses to stay cool in heavy traffic! Any ideas on what the best route to go down is?

I ordered some bits yesterday from VW and it seems that they struggle to get in most things next day!

I shall do! TAVR? I've only lived in the area since Easter so not to up on the ins and outs just yet! Will need to have a mini meet up or something and talk C!

I dof my cap fella, you have put some serious effort into this! You don't live too far from me! I'm in Wallingford and travel round some of the RR and A34 a few times a week to go to the good lady's! Will no doubt bump into you at some point!!

I know this is an old thread but may as well drag it up! My C has started doing this (or at least I have just noticed it happening!)

Thanks very much! :) I'm in desperate need of a tripod mind!

Well, another week, another dollar, another update! I've managed to sort out a fair whack on the old girl! Decided it would be an idea to finally get round to giving her a proper wash and a lick or 2 of polish and some wax! Noticed this halfway thro! No wonder the screen doesn't clear that well in the rain! I had simply put it down to crap wipers in the first place! I then decided to give the inside a good clean seeing as I had access to a VAX! Half and half on the drivers seat! :gag: Then I decided to try and clean some of the gumpf from the vents and all of the nooks and crannies! I got carried away and took them off to get in behind!! :gag: :shock: No wonder I kept sneezing in it! Cleaned windscreen vent holes Dirty vents with some sort of "limescale" on them??! Good wash and scrub Cleaner! But not perfect.... Nooks and crannies When I bought the car, I got this rubbish Sony HU which would randomly decide to loose all of its memory whenever it felt like it and only a hard reset would fix it. So the missus to the rescue with an old disused item! It sounds sooo much nicer but I need some decent speakers soon! Decided to get all arty on it's ass this evening so went and took some phots! Later allllll

Well I'm back from my hols! It feels awesome to be back in something a bit more pokey and involving than a 1.2 Panda!! Good as they are at what they do, it's no rado!!

Last 4 are 4917! Geek it up? As if!!

My mistake! It was registered 25th September! So unless VW changed the dash in the 5 days between our cars?!?! Any ideas on the numbers? I've searched and can't find any!?

It was registered on the 25 of October 1992, so that really makes it a 93 car? Does anyone have any figures on how many VR6 rado's there were imported to the uk and when the first one was? On a side note, I fitted the uprated main and dipped beam wiring looms yesterday. The difference is really and honestly night and day! I can see what is on the road at night now and help guide aircraft in! There is far too much rain at the moment to give the ol girl a proper clean!!!

Thanks mr deviant! I should bear him in mind incase something decided to get out of my control! I've heard plenty things about people sorting out the barrels so will invest some time in that at some point once I have my busy summer out of the way! I will also look into the vents once I have got back from my Hols! I spent the weekend up at billing and all I can say is that i'm loving the rado more and more! The sound is amazing and truly addictive! I can also add my first spotted too! M Reg VR6 coming out of Silverstone onto the A43 this afternoon heading towards Oxford. I would have played and stayed a bit more with you but I was in convoy with the good lady and would have got myself into the schtum if I had gone off and gone rado spotting! I changed all of the coolant for something less brown and then it decided to dump all of it on Friday evening. Turned out I hadn't quite tightened down a jubilee clip enough! Schoolboy really! I was running perfect on the temperatures as well! Typical!

Looking forward to the stilt pics then Scarlet! To be honest, I started the claying process today and it feels a million times better! I started on a second sweep of claying and then promptly ran out of the quick detailer! Carried on with water instead but the clay is still coming up dirty after each section! I then put a bit of that cleaner wax that comes with the clay kit and that is still picking up loads of grime!! It's looking better but still horrible up close! I'm off to the uk-mkivs megameet at billing over the weekend with her so will endeavour to give her another going over tomorrow! I've also got myself a headlight loom upgrade sat here on my desk so will be fitting that tomorrow and trying to clean up some of the dirty brown coolant!!! The list is steadily growing!!

Ahhh.... So that is what RX's look like on a standard suspension! I have some anthracite coloured ones waiting to go on when I have sorted out the tyres!!

Cheers for all of the replies guys! Was8V, I shall look into all of those things you have suggested. I'm hoping that most of the things are easy fixes. I need to have a look at the radiator, It may be old and gunked up and not operating too efficiently. Water temps in town tend to climb high enough to warrant the fans coming on. I'm sure I own 1 of the less than a few hundred made in the early spec! I like the retro to be fair but did wonder earlier whether or not you could change the older bit for newer bits without changing the entire dash? I'm thinking the fault with the fans and the alarm is the correct one. The immobiliser still comes on but i'm sure the voltage drop is kicking the alarm out of the system! Scarlet, I've got the RX's on the Golf at the moment, but need to get some different tyres to fit and i'm thinking that putting them on will accentuate the stilts looks and seeing as i've just paid for my holiday and this, i'm going to be a bit low on funds to pay for the right (read expensive) suspension! On a side note, I changed the ball joints earlier and found that the clunking and a bit of the wobble has gone. I found out as well that the Audi alloys I have on don't fit over the standard brakes without spacers. So someone in the past has put on non hubcentric spacers and that is certainly not going to help!! I now need shorter bolts to fit my RX's and i'm laughing! Tomorrow, I am going to start the whole claying thing as the paintwork is a bit pants to feel so new pictures will be up of a clean Rado when that is done :)

I too live in the Oxford area and I used Pristine Alloys over near Milton Keynes for my RX refurb. Dunno if you have spoken to them or if it now too late as you have booked the others in? They did a fantastic job on mine!

Cheers Phil The wheels, as far as I can work out, are off an early A3. I have some RX's to go on when I have decided on the right suspension to fit and lowered it!

Hi all! Some of you may recognise me from over on UK-MKivs.net where I have been for many moons with my GT TDi Mk4. I have recently moved location and no longer do the miles I did before so I can now justify moving into something a touch more thirsty! I've been looking for a while for the right one to pitch up and I knew I had a few months of dual car ownership so I could fix any faults the Rado came up with before selling the Golf on. I found this. A 1992 VR6 with a 147k on the clock. Everything is standard on it except for the wheels and it is a straight and honest car. It has a few small faults as any 16 year old car would have but over all, I'm happy with my choice! The sound is simply fantastic compared to the tractor and the grin hasn't left my face since I bought her! There are of course a few things wrong with her! The fan doesn't work on no 1 setting and the direction control seems to not work in the slightest unless you want to aim at the windscreen! There is a small clunk when you first pull away, coming from under the car There is a very noticeable wobble in the steering wheel under decleration or cruising at an intermediate speed which sometimes clunks. Ball Joints? The sound system is a complete waste of time! Water temperatures are ok but then oil reaches around 126c when cruising at 80ish. Cobra alarm won't activate with the radiator fans on Key only fits ignition barrel and not the door/boot locks! One of the headlight lenses has a big stone chip in it! Apart from those few niggles, I'm chuffed to bits considering the mileage, age and nature of the type of car! Oh and for anyone who cares, This is the Golf