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  1. Posted

    very helpful jim thanks for posting, iv found the spring clamps to be a right PITA to size correctly , i recently renewed my fuel hose's in the bay with 12mm O.D hose , so i brought spring clamps for 12mm OD , {it did say 12mm clamps for 12mm OD hose } did they fit? absolutely no chance! same with your normal 11mm-13mm fuel hose clamps , its like if you need to size them down but then you run the risk of not fitting at all, probably wont be much of an issue on the bigger stuff..

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    i think so, im judging this by euro car parts specifications for 2003 golf 2.8 {which is the 24v v6 4motion} PAS pump @ 90bar and the pas pump on there site for the rado vr6 is the same one @ 90bar , i pulled my rado pump apart to see what it looks like and its not what i expected at all! very mechanical!, i was expecting it to look like a water pump lol, not much in the way of rubber seals either

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    cheers, haha this feels gash but i just painted over them , you can see in the pic the outlines are still there so it doesnt look bad in that respect, i guess i could scratch off the paint carefully but in all honesty im not to bothered, just looking inside with the headliner and everything mostly fitted is a huge improvement, and im not sure how long that paint will hold up tbh + i dont think theres a much better way of doing them, i used an adhesion promoter for painting plastics over a keyed clean surface other then that thats as good as i can go, maybe wrapping them would of been a better option ? well see :)

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    So interiors really close to being complete headliner and these bits below are fitted just not got the pics yet, sprayed all the grey plastics black - keyed everything with green scotch pad -plastic primer/adhesion promoter - satin black , nothing special but looks a hell of alot better!

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    Noticed that my clutch slave cylinder hose finally gave up and seeing as i ordered the parts for it some time last year or year before its a bit rude not to fit it! also swapped over my PAS pump from the 12v vr6 to the 24v one that came with the engine,

     

    iv always used a syringe to remove fluids from the reservoirs but the seals on them always seem to swell up after a awhile, so after abit of thinking i came up with this! as i have plenty of half used silicone tubes at hand!

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    works amazing and hasnt swollen up yet! even if it does its easy to replace!

     

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    now the fittings on this are female M12X1 then into the slave its Male M12x1

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    or just go straight from the master cylinder to the slave cylinder both male M12X1 , think it was AN-3 size tube i used? ptfe lined 1m length,

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    ever since the conversion my PAS has been terrible , it originally had red fluid in it until i filled it with green at the time of the conversion , tried using lucas leak stop, seem to help abit , so now iv drained it and fitted the 24v pump and re filled with vw green again,

    iv also noticed a small kink in the pas connection on the banjo to the pump! so maybe that is causing my pas problems?, we shall see

    24v on the right , also on euro car parts site- 2003 2.8 golf has the same P/N as the rado vr6 pas pump!

     

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    all comes down to personal choice at the end of the day, Im not keen on seats like that ^, so my vote goes for TT seats for there oem looks and price tag and they fit real good too, but its your car ;)

  12. Posted · Edited by VW_OwneR_85

    yea i thought about pressure differences but surely cant be much in it as its still a pump driven by RPM? but then again its all about the internal design of it, iv done abit more digging and quite a few people have fitted mk4 pumps with there mk2 1.8t swaps with no ill effects

     

    looking on euro car parts at vr6 corrado pump and the pump from 2002 golf 2.8 4motion they have the same part number and pump pressure {90bar}

     

    rado =http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Volkswagen_Corrado_2.9_1993/p/car-parts/suspension-and-steering/steering/power-steering-pump/?619440181&1&89eacc0c2caa85823c39a9ce70fc091b3412c586&000608

     

    mk4 http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Volkswagen_Golf_2.8_2003/p/car-parts/suspension-and-steering/steering/power-steering-pump/?619440181&1&a3d2ae607a39162d46bba349e90131a6e7d5aace&000608

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    lol when you say "youre using one" you are infact using the vehicle and its not just sat in the shed with that pump fitted, iv got the choice of two pumps to fit, one that came with my 24v 2.8 and one from a mk3 vr6 , kinda like the idea of fitting the 24v one as i recon it will be more robust!

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    Thanks, how hard would it be to do a turbo swap like a 1.8t or something best fit for boost?

     

    with these engine swaps its not about how hard/easy it is , its about how much your wiling to put in to it or to pay someone else to do it for you, i suggest you spend an evening looking through other peoples build threads and seeing whats involved, 1.8t swaps and 24v swaps have been done quite alot into mk2 golfs and rados so theres plenty of info about and theres all ways more then one way to do the swap,

    with the VR6 02a tranny only the 6 cylinder vr6

    {2.8 3.2 3.6 }engines will bolt up to it, if you wanted to do a 1.8t swap then you would need the 4 cylinder 02a tranny

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    I put some black gloss on it so I can see any imperfections, there are a couple :(

     

    you got the right idea but i recommend not using spray paint as a guide coat , instead when sanding filler or primer use a powder guide coat, 3M and indasa do them which you just rub/wipe on and then sand off until its all flat to appropriate grit, dont have to wait for it to dry , doesnt gum up sand paper and you dont get over spray on other areas , once its flat and all the guide coats gone you then get a panel wipe cloth saturated in panel wipe and give the area a wet down to simulate a glossy clear coat and look at the angles checking for minor lows and highs that might need working, are you going to give it to a bodyshop to finish off or you going to try and diy it?

     

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DRY-GUIDE-COAT-POWDER-BLACK-100G-INDASA-BODYSHOP-NOT-BLACKJACK-3M-OR-MIRKA-/171560154781?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27f1c8369d

  21. Posted

    Haha im with wayne - it doesnt end!! but seriously idd say tackle these things 1 at a time and they will soon get done, everything you mentioned apart from the head gasket can easily be done DIY by someone with little to no mechanical experience , theres so many diy guides on the internet now aswell which makes it easy, just read up, you could even print the pages off,these jobs just require basic tools which if you need to buy them buy them as they will pay for themselves, can even think of them as "freebies" once the job is done :)

     

    just some examples , theres tons out there

     

     

  23. Posted

    cheers, yea that box section just slides in the rado runners until it hits the notch cut outs {you can see them in the pic}, its the two front bolts that hold it in place to stop the whole seat from moving , the seat itself can still slide back and forth on the tt runners as it should once its all bolted down.

    iv seen a pic of a different setup, i think it was in a mk1 golf? where it uses the TT floor mounts i guess there just nuts welded into the floor itself but to do that on the rado that cross member would have to go and i dont think thats something you can just chop out

  24. Posted

    had oil cooler failure on my old audi 1.8t and tested the cooler exactly the same way, it was only a pin hole so small that coolant couldnt pass into the engine but oil under pressure could only go one way and thats into the cooling system ,the symptoms were {wait for it !! lol} coolant tank full of oil!

     

    your need some of this stuff either way http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/forte-cooling-system-bio-degreaser-treatment-new-/171746562186?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27fce4908a

  25. Posted

    i installed "right click" remote kit, all i had to do was tap into the wires behind rear drivers side door card they are all there, i used a diy guide i found vw vortex site to locate the wires, FYI iv only wired it in to lock and unlock and it was a case of connecting it to live,earth and i belive two more wires one that locks and one that unlocks, cant remember exactly but you dont need to remove any door actuators or vacuum system with this kit, have a search on vortex site and you should see the page ,

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