seanl82

Good stuff, I had a mare trying to get the brakes to some sort of reasonable operation and good enough to at least pass the MOT. I put about 5 litres of brake fluid through it too! I can't believe it was a simple fix after all that! :bonk:

Have a look what is on there at the moment Ron, but generally the later cars had rubber with earlier cars having the fibre gaskets. The rubber type use longer bolts so you don't want to get it wrong unless you want to buy new bolts too.

Perhaps just take the battery back home to charge occasionally, SORN the car, and come back to it in 3 or 4 months Jim. Take a bit of time away then reacquaint yourself with it after that time. They're old cars and can't be compared to new stuff, but they do become a little tiresome if you drive them too often. Just a thought though I imagine you've considered it at some point.

Balls, 20 minutes late! :(

Hmmm, both reasonable brands, maybe worth exchanging them though, and opening the new box whilst you're there (if its a local branch rather than delivered), to test them quickly.

The race should need to be pressed in. Somethings not right there mate. The outer bearing itself only remains in place with the aid of the slotted washer and castlated nut, but the races should need to be pressed in. What disks and bearings are they, and where did you get them from? Might be worth giving whoever supplied them a bell.

If it weren't Christmas I may have too!

The Pins could probably be done without the thread then tapped afterward. Shouldn't be too difficult and prospective buyers could do it? It's an option I suppose. The surrounds just have little nubs at the bottom to hold them in under the wood of the card I think. One of mine is OK but the other always comes up when I unlock the car.

Door lock pins and surrounds Jim! My surrounds are missing a tab or 2 to keep them down on the door card. I'm sure I can think of more though...... Also, do they just do black?

Just had a look at the new ad. Notice on the pic of the clocks, the water temp is over 100 degrees and the ABS light is on as well. Someone may have been interested at that price for a one owner car if it just needed a small amount of paint, but there are far too many flaws imo.

Its not too difficult, worth reading the timing chain replacement guide just so it gives you an idea with chain related item (tensioner bolt mainly), but its relatively straight forward to remove/replace the head. Just bear in mind that the valve chamber is pretty shallow if you get it skimmed so you don't want to be doing it too often.

Any other symptoms, oil in water, water in oil? Remove spark plugs shine a light down to see if you can see any evidence of water in the cylinders.

If you find out exactly what they need, they may be able to point you in the right direction or enable you to do a bit of research, as I'm sure there are local valuers not too far away from you. I had my agreed value by sending in multiple photographs and explanations as to what had been done recently.

Where are you based? They usually ask for a committee member of a car club to do the valuation if they don't send their own or are unwilling to do it based on multiple photographs and a good explanation.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAG-X2-to-OBDII-OBD2-16Pin-Car-Diagnostic-KKL-Adaptor-Lead-for-Audi-VW-UK-Ship-/141535693826?hash=item20f42f4c02:g:k9EAAOSw5dNWjNli

Its an OBD1 connector, all prior to about 94 year onwards had them. Cheap as chips for an adaptor cable on ebay mate.

I got a couple of sets a while back from ARZ tuning. Quite cheap iirc, however I had to spend a small fortune to justify the postage cost from Germany.

Coolant temp should sit at constant 90 on the gauge if all is well. These older cars do tend to rise and fall a little though if sat in traffic or on the move. Just keep a eye on the mfa oil temp if you can. It'll give you a better idea of how hot the engine is running. If it starts creeping past 116 regularly I'd say something was amiss, especially at this time of year.

Always good to hear of yours Rob. It's a shame you're loosing the enthusiasm though, I guess this time of year always does that. Dark when you leave for work, and dark when you leave from work! Funding it around this time of year doesn't help either! It's finding the time as well. All those combined is why I know mine will be off the road longer than anticipated. It's disheartening looking at the state of some of it after seeing what some on here have done too, and how mint they look, but knowing mine will never be quite that good despite an awful lot of my hard work. Hey ho, it's the only active hobby I have so just need to remember that!

Had the odd half day over the past few weeks stripping the Underside. Rear axle, fuel tank, exhaust and all the other bits and pieces are off. Got loads of pics but can't seem to upload them with photobucket since I had to reinstall it on my phone. Had a few bits that were a bit of a mare. Mainly bolts from down pipe to cat, and brake Bias valve but all done now. Found a small 5p sized rust hole in the top corner where the filler neck is too. I'll cut it out and get a mobile welder to put some new metal in there. Exhaust heat Shields have been cleaned but I might get a few of em soda or vapour blasted as they're quite pitted with salt crystals by the look of it. I'll be ordering some epoxy paint after Xmas so I can start stripping the metal and get it painted. Although I think I'll just get it blasted cos I'm feeling lazy! Progress is slow tbh, and I'll be away with work quite a bit over the next year so not sure the car will make it out for quite some time.

Should be a bush under looking at this. http://www.realoem.me/Volkswagen/RDW/COR/1995/76/R/4/407/97010

Thats true, but prices have certainly increased over the last 18 months. The traders hiking prices have had an impact on the private seller too. Prices have increased across the market.

Think there are additional fuses above the fusebox that attach via black holders. These iirc can cause these issues if blown.

93 was a bit of a parts bin job on the interior. Some were old type some new.

Dubmeister have a good reputation and are Road legal mate.