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Thanks Chris! Certainly different from P1!!!

Thanks all, really pleased with it. Shame about the jubilee clips, but I'm buggered if I can find any ear clamps of the right size without buying another set of new boots. Just building up the drive shafts so hopefully fare a little better this time round. Hope to have it on the road in May, but need to sort brake lines as the seller from the group buy hasn't responded in a while to my emails.

Santa came early! (Or late!!) Pretty pleased with the powder coating, for £120 it seems like a bargain! There is some pitting on the rear axle & tank straps but that obviously couldn't be helped, they're not new after all. The subframe and smaller bits look brand new though, really pleased with how they've come out. Most of the bolts have been picked up from VW (the ones that were available) or delivered from Heritage or further afield - had to get some from Germany which is as mental as the delivery cost! Still a couple to come but almost all there now. Brand new genuine grille as well so I now have all parts to de-Storm it. Don't think I will now though, just because I don't want to damage the paint removing badges! New sump as well cos mines looking a little rough. Hopefully finish the underseal/painting this weekend so I'll get some pics before reassembly begins!

Yeah they've been obsolete for around 5 years now I think. Those are the correct ones but pretty expensive if you consider shipping, import duty and tax too. I got replacement leather for mine and did a pretty reasonable job of replacing it and tucking in by the badge (the second time round after having the same issue with the foil coming off the numbers like you). I managed to get a NOS badge luckily but must admit, I'd prefer a proper one. Wish I'd got in on the steering wheel group buy a few years ago too!

I don't begrudge you getting them (or any other bargains) Martin, just jealous as hell! 😁

Well I managed to get the last two in stock of the rack bolts, and I actually had a set of the pulley bolts in my watch list on ebay! lol. Got everything else including the carrier bolts from heritage, but I'm still after the ear clamps and pipe clips.

Ooh B12, very nice! You'll need the correct front spring plate, as they are different in size on some (early/late). New top mounts and bearings are well worth it too. The correct spring part number should end in 2002HA. 👍

Haha, I know that feeling of nervous anticipation! I'm sure it'll look great! Are they sending you any pics of the process, or are you planning on 'just popping in as you were in the area'? lol

Welcome back! looks a very nice standard example. 👍

Nope, full set. One certain member seems to bag all the bargains, and that is an absolute steal!

Yeah but for such a small order, they'll be even more expensive than buying from the dealer!! lol. Its the 10.9 tensile load bearing ones with non standard thread pitch I'm worried about. The others with standard thread pitch I'm happy to replace with stainless. I think I've sorted all the bolts now, its just the clips & clamps I need now. 👍

20% buyer premium!

Thanks Keyo, thats an option certainly. I've found the carrier bolts too. Thought, wait a minute. They're the same as the mk3 288 carriers so checked them. Sure enough, the part number is N90708502 and they're available through heritage. 👍

Evening all, I've picked up a load of bolts today from VW, but there were quite a few that are NLA so they've issued me a refund on most of them. I've managed to find a lot through VW Heritage so will be making an order there shortly, but there are a few I'm still unable to locate. If anyone has an alternative part number or knows where else to get them, I'm all ears! N90184501 - Steering rack mount bolt (through subframe) - M8x75x33 - (x4) N90144203 - Water pump pulley bolt - M8 x 11 rounded hex head (got 2, so 1x required) N90708501 - Front caliper carrier bolts - M12x1.5x35 - (x4 (both sides)) Not bolts; 192422941 - PAS pipe clip - I would consider second hand as mine broke when removing the pipes 357422839 - outer steering rack boot clamp 357422837 - inner steering rack boot clamp - I made a mess of the inner and outer ear clamps whilst trying to crimp them, so if anyone knows the size and where best to get replacements I'd appreciate it. My current steering rack and pulley bolts aren't in bad nick, but I'd like to replace with new if possible. The carrier bolts are looking a bit ropey however, so these are priority. Thanks in advance. :-)

How does the rotating arm/contact look? The bearing could also be worn, meaning the contact is impacting the cap contacts very slightly and wearing them or incorrect spark gap

Ahhhh, £150!!!!!!!! Always you first to the punch!

Ah makes sense mate. Was it single skin before? There are quite a few 70s built bungalows surrounding our house of non standard construction and single skin, which suffer awfully with damp. Ours isn't the best but with foot thick stone walls and no cavity so poor insulation, no air bricks and the only window/door vents from the French doors we put in, it's understandable. No mains gas to our village either so costs a fortune in heating oil bills in the winter months as we have to open the windows for a couple of hours every day to get some air flow!

Well done mate, looks a huge amount of work! I'm sure you had reason, but it surely would have been easier to level of and start a build from scratch!?

I'll post some pics Chris. I only got it as it was the only option from the place I got the paint and cavity wax, and only worked out a couple of quid really as it pushed my order over the free postage threshold!

There are a couple on the previous page mate. I've been over it again since, but you get the picture. There are before pics a few pages back too, it was minging under there originally! Probably spent 24+ hours in total cleaning it (not all in one go or I'd have been overcome by the fumes!) Hard work, upper body aching like mad every time, thinners and gunk in my eyes countless times (yes I should have learned and worn goggles), and hands in bits from catching on studs and rashes from the thinners all over my forearms. Not a job for the faint hearted, unless you have the car on a spit which would have made it soooo much easier from the get go!

Stripped any underseal back to clean metal/primer and wire wheeled bits that needed it around the studs and hangers etc. Thankfully there were no nasty surprises and its all solid with no rot, just a bit of surface rust within a few mm of where it was covered. I've treated those areas with rust converter and primed it all ready for new underseal. After investigating over the past week or so, the old VW D003 500 is obsolete and NLA anywhere. The Dinitrol 447 is apparently close to factory finish, but it would need painting anyway so I've ordered some Gravitex in white and a couple of aerosols of classic green as well as some cavity wax. Have to make the best of a bad situation and short of completely stripping all the underseal off and re-applying, the best option seems to be to attempt to feather it in, and go over as best as possible with the paint so it doesn't stand out quite as much. There is some overspray under there anyway from when it was factory painted, so fingers crossed it doesn't look too out of place. I could re-coat the whole underside with the underseal, but I don't have a compressor and for such a large area, I'm reluctant to paint it all on by hand and do a poor job which just looks like its hiding a multitude of sins. I've also spent a huge amount of time cleaning it so I don't want to just cover over it either! lol

Full on rebuild there Chris, coming on leaps and bounds!

Me too! Tell him I said hello, it's been a while! Looking good Martin, you're picking up some momentum now. 👍

There are early and late types. The late types are 5 pin if I remember correctly, and the also have a red 9 pin (I think) plug which goes below