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Thanks Rob, Its only about £12 including the bushes from VW. Get one bought! :thumbleft:

Picked up the couple of small bits from VW today. New crack pipe plug with seal, and rear bias Vv spring and bushes. As mentioned previously, I'm accumulating parts in preparation for the underside next winter (been saying I'll do it for about 2 years now!), and the bias valve spring are one of those obscure parts that are likely to become obsolete before long, so thought it prudent to get it whilst I still can and its pretty cheap as well. I also received the van lining fabric and glue today for my parcel shelf. Et voila! Colour is obviously pretty off, but it was only £15.99 delivered including the glue so I thought I'd give it a try and I'm glad I did. If you have been searching for what to use to re-cover the parcel shelf, read on. Being beige, they're very hard to come by second hand and they have been discontinued from VW. The only real option I had was to buy a second hand shelf in grey (as they're the cheapest), and re-cover it. The van lining fabric is absolutely perfect for anyone thinking of doing this. Its 4 way stretch stuff so flexible enough to mould into the corners without bunching up and causing lumps. The pile is a little more fluffy, but thats likely to do with the fact the original is 21 years old now. If you can find a supplier relatively local, I'd suggest either going into a supplier with your shelf, or cutting off a bit from the rear bit closest the seats where it overlaps, and seeing if you can get as close a match as possible. Another option is to send the cut-off to various places by post to see if they have something close enough you'd be happy with. This is what I'll be doing next as the experiment was successful. You'll need 1.1 x 0.7 metres of fabric, but most come off a roll that is usually 2M wide and you buy by the metre, so one is more than enough. Anyway, thats one thing temporarily out of the way, tomorrow will see me fit the new coolant drain plug, and one which seems to be very common at the moment in that my windows and mirrors have decided to stop working. They are linked, as the passenger side window sw isn't working either, all the connectors behind the door card are in place (I had the door card off the other day and it definitely worked before), and changing the window control unit for a spare I have didn't make any difference. I suspect it may be to do with the loom either at the door jam, or the connector at the fuse box if both the windows and mirrors are on the same loom, but I'll check the Bentley wiring diagrams later. Will report back with what I find! :salute:

Upload the pics to an image hosting site like photobucket or Flickr, then copy the link url onto the forum page mate. Oh and welcome by the way! Look forward to seeing the pictures. :thumbleft:

That was quick! :thumbleft:

Have a look on the link mate, you'll be able to cross reference the part numbers to see if they're the same for a VR & 16v. Alternatively, just give your local dealership a bell and they'll be able to tell you based on your reg. http://www.partsbase.org/vw/corrado-cor-eu/

Go for genuine fronts which are still available from the dealer, and Lemforder for the rear as these are obsolete. Don't bother with "uprated" ones, they'll be a complete waste of time and money.

Is the passenger side switch not working either when neither of them work? Just to rule out the mechanisms at least. There is a guide in the wiki iirc of how to disassemble the switch and clean the contacts which may help if its that mate. Other options are a break in the cable at the door jam. When its not working, open the door and try again. Worth a go at least!

Yeah use a 6 sided deep socket if you can.

Looks bob on that mate! :thumbleft:

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Daren, I was going to say relive our Youth by pretending to be Gary Lineker. Then thought of you and thought more like Bobby Moore.......... :silent: :lol:

Really looking forward to this, should be an absolutely cracking weekend! Hopefully the weather is good all weekend, and I can picture BBQ, beers, and the kids all running round playing games whilst us oldies try to get involved and pretend to relive our youth! :lol:

Thats Ok mate, just wondered if we needed to officially book. It'll be me, the missus and 2 kids camping on the Saturday night. I'll be Glamping at a B&B on the Friday I think! lol.

Thanks Sean! Had a few more hours on the car today and I've concluded it's definitely the expansion tank causing the low level light to flash. I ran the car up to temp with a spare set of clocks, which produced exactly the same problem. Wish my mileage was this low really! Anyway, as with the original clocks, if you turn off the ignition then restart the car, the warning won't come back. I had to let the engine cool a fair bit for each process, as it only happens when the water is at 90, and oil is mid 80s. If the light is flashing, it won't reset itself even when the plug is bridged. If I run it up from cool with it bridged though, it doesn't come on. When the bridge is removed it takes about 20 seconds or so before the light starts flashing again. I'll have a bit more time on it next week so I'll check the continuity and resistance of the sender pins inside to see if they differ from the original, and see if it's possible to get some sort of proper fix. I've ordered some beige van lining carpet to re-cover the parcel shelf too. Hopefully the colour is OK, or I'll have to try and re-colour it too. Getting there slowly!

Me too, have a look in suppliers forum as they do forum discount. Only thing I've found it that the battery neg cable is about 2" too short, but that's solely due to where I've routed it. It's all soldered joints too, and as an weapons engineer I can't fault the quality. I'd definitely recommend them!

The plug is under the back seat, and passes through a grommet. The sensor may be a bit of a pig to get out. I'd suggest removing the disk so you'll need a new split pin. You should be able to bang the old one out, the clean up the seat in the stub axle before popping the new one in. Pretty easy, just a little time consuming.

Do we have any details on camping yet Phil?

Had a quick hour on the car earlier. I'd wanted to swap my VT Gearbox mount back to standard for a while. Thought it was transmitting a bit of noise through to the cabin, but after looking at it, I'm not sure. The rubber has come away from the central metal shaft. Makes sense really, as when it was on the RR at Stealth last year I thought the engine was moving more than expected, and it was also an advisory on the MOT last year in being loose but secure. Wasn't an advisory this year though........ Oh well, just means I can't flog it on. Oh, and ordered a replacement crack pipe plug with seal, and rear brake bias valve spring from VW. Collecting them Wednesday.

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Is it this one you need? https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/corrado/533941141/headlight-adjusting-screw-mk2-scirocco-genuine-vw/?crumbStartPage=1&crumbStartRow=1

Yeah someone else bought one at around the same time and that was faulty too Jon. Problem is, they're obsolete now! I've still got the old one so I may be able to try that, but shorting the plug that attaches to the back of the expansion tank made no difference so not 100% it is that.

Thanks Daren. I'm gonna phone VW tomorrow as I want a couple of other bits anyway but if I get no luck, I'll give you a bell. Thanks for the offer mate, much appreciated! :thumbleft:

Had a small water leak for the last few weeks, and couldn't see where it was coming from with everything in place. I suspected it was coming from the rad fan switch, but all I could see were small drips coming from the bottom rad hose. Had to tear the front end down to be able to see it properly though. True enough, it was coming from the switch and it was actually pretty loose. A good half turn was all I could manage but its sealed nicely now. I found another leak as well coming from the drain plug on the crack pipe. I managed to get about half a turn on that too, but its still weeping very slightly so I'll see if I can get another plug and seal for that, as I don't fancy replacing the whole thing if I can help it! My water level light keeps flashing when the car gets up to temp too, even though the level is good. I originally thought it was the new expansion tank that was faulty, but I shorted the sender plug and its still the same. I saw a thread on Vortex that suggests its most likely a dry solder joint on the binnicle, and I've got a spare one so I'll try that tomorrow so if it cures it I'll re-solder it all. The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed the bonnet foam too. I finally go around to fitting it the other day. Closer pic. Bonnet catch is removed as its very sticky, but I have another with a set of pins which I'm gonna ask Ian (GloucesterOx) if he can re-plate them next week. I swapped out the boot popper too as the original was scuffed, and it didn't work with the key. New one in and lock re-tumbled and all is good. Noticed that the central locking isn't working when opening from the passenger side though, so I'll have to have a look at that next week. I bought a grey parcel shelf from ebay for £16 delivered which I thought was a bit of a bargain which arrived today. I wasn't sure whether to dye it or re-cover it originally, but there are some fag burns in it which has obviously meant I'll have to opt for re-covering. Gonna go on the hunt for a bit of carpet/fabric for that next week too, although I do have some acoustic fabric in very light grey in the shed so I may attempt to fit that first and see how it turns out. From this. To the uncut version. Still having to use the car for work which I'm really not happy about, as I've noticed a very slight crease on my drivers quarter where someone has obviously opened their door onto it. :mad2: You can only see it with the sun reflecting off of it from a certain angle, but I know its there and its p i s s e d me off no end! Got a couple of stone chips on the front end too but I suppose thats inevitable. Hey ho, hopefully it won't be for much longer.

I'm sure it used to....... You've got me wondering now! :scratch:

Washed the car then finally got round to fitting the bonnet foam I've also had for about 18 months! I also fitted the replacement boot popper (again that I've had for about 18 months) which doesn't have a scuff to the paint on the edge, and original didn't work with the key anyway, so re-tumbled the lock and works perfectly now. Also realised that when opening with the key from the passenger side, it doesn't activate the central locking. 2 steps forward..........