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Outside air temp sensor. Pushes in from behind to a hole on the right side lower bumper grille, to the side of the tow eye cover mate.

May be worth asking this on vr6oc Hasan. Mostly Golf's on there so more likely to get a response from those with experience. If you fix it, let us know on this thread though!

Should be fine Rob, they're obsolete from the dealer so can't get oe now anyway. Make sure you get the right one though, there's a thicker rubber one for later cars, and i believe it's a paper gasket for early VR6s. Sump bolts are longer for the rubber one mate.

I spoke to you about this change of direction at VW fest the other week Troy, didn't realise you'd already started progressing with it though! Looks amazing and after seeing the standard of John's, I've no doubt you'll make this an absolute machine of the highest order! Best of luck with the build, and I'll look out for this one here and the JMR website for updates. :thumbleft:

Connector for the locking actuator? I can't remember either which I should, I've had the door card off enough times!

VEGE do reconditioned standard ABV engines Ron, and also both bottom end and Head seperately. Have a look on their website as it depends what they have in, but they also sometimes have them on special offer. I know a couple of years ago they had reconditioned heads for about £135 delivered! Gutted I didn't get one now, but the missus vetoed it as it was in December and I wasn't allowed to spend on the car over the Christmas period! The AAA code 2.8 VR6 is also a possibility if you haven't thought of that. The bottom end obviously has less displacement, but the heads are exactly the same as the ones on the ABV, but just rememeber there are both distributor and coilpack varients which differ slightly, but you can easily change the parts over with what you have on your existing head.

Now this is dedication! Was the blue one not in better nick than the red one then? Either way, with what you paid for it and the amount of rust and other issues, i think on this occasion, no one would have had any objections to you breaking it. Top man for sticking with it Martin!

PM me so I don't forget, and I'll have a look amongst the spare looms tomorrow mate. Should have one iirc which I don't mind cutting up, and yours for the price of postage mate.

The green glow is just from a green filter strip along the top of the dials. The actual bulbs are white. I'd imagine the light output of LED's would dilute the filter though.

Cheap as chips on ebay for those ones. T509 bulbs.

Give it a good stomp on the brakes every now and then, gives the valves a good work out to stop the sticking which usually causes the issues with the pump. In theory the self test sequence at start up should cycle the valves, but not sure how much movement is involved in it. Just regurgitating what others have said in the past as it seems to work apparently.

I've just received my replacement springs direct from Eibach. The Bilstein customer service was atrocious at best, they just repeated themselves in quite an aggressive manner. I would have screamed at the guy if I thought it would help, but it was just denial throughout. I got onto Demon Tweeks who supplied me them, and bear in mind I only fitted mine around March I think, some 14 months after buying them. Demon tweeks customer service was exceptional and they really put the effort in to get this resolved for me. The reason for some being incorrect is apparently to do with the changeover ride height/springs and plate type on the VR6, so "some may not be correct". Initially though someone had a reply stating that it was an incorrect spring that was supplied by Eibach to them - which I'm more inclined to believe even though Bilstein have backtracked since then. I won't be changing the springs over for a couple of months at least, but I'll update on ride height and quality if someone else hasn't already done it by then. Just to reiterate, go through whoever supplied the kit (the groupbuy was from a company the guy organising it used to work for), as they'll just fob off individuals.

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Yep, both correct mate.

Quick pic of the daily, as mentioned it's a 2003 1.1L slow as sin lump, and it's done 144k. That said, in the last 18 months it's had a new clutch, cambelt, entire exhaust including lambda, battery, steering rack, track rod ends, wishbones including bushes, and 2 new tyres. Also had new shocks all round a couple of years ago. It has auto wipers and lights, and A/C, but does have a few battle scars. It drives surprisingly well for such high mileage car though. For £220, as mentioned if it lasts til MOT (end of May not april), I'll be happy and can still flog it on for close if not more than I paid for it.

Holy frig! She's a hole!!!

Haha, moving away from the "dysfunctional" conversation! Lol, new daily is just an old Pug 206 1.1L runaround. Utter bargain price and had loads of relatively recent work that cost a bit so if it lasts me until it's next due MOT (April) then I'll still be happy. Dox - not sure the pic is good enough, although I'll try to get some more decent ones over the next few weeks in preparation for a possible first entry for next year's calendar.:thumbleft:

Always another job uncovered when you start delving into it eh Rob! Good work mate and interior looks ace!

Well the promise of a garage hasn't materialised at the new house, but luckily I've got one after arguing the toss. Just have to wait for them to fit a new lock as the previous owner took the keys when he left. Should be in in a week or so though hopefully. Picking up a crappy daily tomorrow though so no more using it daily! These also arrive Wednesday. They're the replacement Eibach springs, so all should now be well when they're fitted. Will replace them over the winter when I do the rest of the Underside.

Looks great, I love Bordeaux pearl! That's a great tip on the rack too. Not sure anyone has ever tried a different one before so this opens up some great possibilities as Corrado ones are so hard to find and mega expensive! Be interesting to know more details - turns to lock, how heavy compared to original etc etc...... Good work so far mate, sounds like you'll have it in top shape before long! :thumbleft:

I didn't have to pay any import tax........

Not heard of ESC, but I've bought stuff from ARZ before and yes shipping was very expensive (€30 for q shoebox sized package), it arrived in 3 days!

Haha, I'm not surprised Mic! You and Chris hitting the beer on a lunchtime is a recipe for disaster!

You cam get pens to re-draw the elements on the rear screen too. I'd also recommend tar and glue remover, as it's specifically for this application. God know you don't want to come out the following morning to find some concoction you've used has reacted with your paint!

Why? Long since obsol unfortunately, so therefore command a hefty price on the second hand market, and absolutely crazy money for nos. VW Heritage may be looking at getting a run reproduced iirc, or alternatively look at Karmanskki.com as he does reproduction glass.