seanl82

Great minds and all that.

Auxiliary belt or tensioner would be my guess. Kind of below the Throttle Body I suppose.......... but the tensioner is often past its best. Easy to change the bearing though and dirt cheap which is good. Put your finger on the tensioner with the engine running, or do the extension bar test for a better idea. Both will give you a pretty good indication if the bearing is screwed. Mine started getting noisy and got progressively worse over literally a couple of weeks where I replaced it, and when I got it off it was really stiff and the pulley barely turned by hand!

Hmmmm, if I can drag her indoors back up to her in-laws two weeks after National Day (dropping the kids off in Bristol for the w.end), I may well attend this. Never been before, shockingly considering I grew up there!, and I've always heard its one of the best on the whole VW calender. Definitely a Maybe from me.

Dan, thanks very much for the offer mate. I've become a bit of an OE freak though, and the pattern is a bit different than original which will just bug me as I'll keep looking at them, even if others don't even notice! Thanks again though mate. :thumbleft:

Stonejag - Thanks very much Nick, strut caps sent out very quickly via RM 1st Class and very well packaged. Only a small and cheap item, but still good to see it was treated by the seller in the same way a more expensive item would be. Top bloke! :thumbleft:

Second dibs if late type and good order please Ian!

Pretty sure all of the above have been replaced. Not good Rob. Hope you get it sorted once and for all mate.

These are the ones I bought. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-CORRADO-88-95-JEWEL-CLEAR-SIDE-REPEATERS-/370987885671?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item566099e467 I didn't really like the all clear ones as they look a bit cheapy imo. I've had a set of those in the spares box for a while although they're a little yellowed now. I put them on for a very short time, then took them off cos I didn't like em. These are much better. I went for the jewelled ones after seeing them on the 'cough' Saab and thought they looked much better. Don't have any close ups of them, and these are the only two pictures I've got where you can see them since I've fitted them, but you should get an idea of how they look. Hope it helps. :thumbleft:

I've gone clear jewelled effect on the side repeaters. Looks much cleaner imo and a little more modern but still discreet at the same time.

Excellent, can you let me know how much with postage and your details and I'll get funds across buddy. Cheers Stone!

I was gonna get them from TPS Sean. I've got quite a large list of nuts, bolts, gaskets and seals etc and have most of the part numbers, so I'll be heading down there in the next couple of weeks mate.

I'll take the strut caps posted please! - assuming they're for a VR? Cheers!

Thanks Rob, I really can't wait for this stage to be complete. I feel like I will have a respectable car for the first time since buying it. There are quite a few more things I want to do, but I'll feel like I'm just improving things at that stage rather than remedying problems. It's the interior I'm most excited about. I'll put the pics up of it up side by side from when I first got the car as a before and after. It was diabolical then! Vwowner - I should have know that really, it what I've always done before but I saw ChrisL's and jumped on the bandwagon a bit. No great dramas though, it's only a couple of studs. I think your right about the chain covers too. I always suspected them, and when I first got the car, the visible bolts were very loose. I've got some of the dirko melting gasket sealant so it'll be done properly this time round!

I think I may just chuck this one back in for now actually Sean. I'll then do the head on the replacement and swap them over in situ later this year. Its only got 80k aparently, but stem seals, guides and lapping the vaves back in wont hurt and wont cost too much with a little skim either. My chains and tensioners are spot on so apart from the possibility of a little bit of chemical metal to the block, there shouldnt be any surprises. I'll then refurb the original head and sell the lot on I think. Only reason I'm not putting the new block in is because its a 2.8. I know its not much displacement, but I'm just a little of an OE freek in that respect!

Just ordered Vibratechnics mounts all round. Competition front, and fast road right rear and GB. Should have come to £320 odd plus delivery but C&R enterprises sold them to me for £300 delivered with forum discount which was nice. Should be here middle of next week. Booked a little Pug Bipper van to collect the replacement lump from somersetdub next weekend too.

5. In the place of the VR6 badge, and give the VR6 badge to Sean. :thumbleft: Or if you insist on keeping it, 2. Right looks best to me mate.

I'm so jealous of you right now...................

Sounds good, thanks Theo! I'll be interested to hear you opinion on them, and it'll be the first time I'd be out in someone elses!

I'm out on the lash in a minute, but give me a couple of days and I should have one. Things are progressing slower than I hoped. One step forward, two back as more parts now required.

The vibratechnics mounts are around the £85 ea for GB and rear, so even tps is half the price of them. Hmmmm, decisions.............

Congrats mate! :thumbleft: Fingers crossed mine will be back before too long!

Ignition switch connects to the bottom of the barrel so no new key or barrel are required. Sounds like you radio is connected to the permanent live feed rather than the switched. Have a look in the ice and secure section for wiring info.

Disregard, found it.

Number 10 on below diagram, can anyone confirm its available on its own, or does it come as part of a kit? Is it likely to be another obsolete part??? Thanks guys.

Thanks mate! I still need to put in an order at tps anyway so I can add these to the list if they're a decent price.