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Mic, Daren, thanks Gents. Daren, I thought there may be one or two who would be entering so not on the stand, I think I'll ive this a go then. Will give a a good variety of shows I'm hoping to attend this year then. Are you travelling up that morning or staying overnight the night before to give yourself plenty of time to prep the car?

Anyone going? There seems to be very few registrations for all events on CCGB, so not sure who's attending on either the clubstand or just going anyway. I'd like to go to either this or Elsecar at the races (can't do both), but can't decide which. I think that Elsecar is more for the modified crowd, and this is more centered around the Concours? Recommendations from those who have been to both in the past welcome!

It's quite common Stuart, but it depends how far the rot goes. What you see isn't always the full extent as it travels under the underseal so it'll have to be ground off to get a true reflection. If you can remove your wheel arch, carpet, and any trim surrounding the affected areas it'll be easier (cheaper) for a welder to do. I'd imagine it would be a couple of hundred for both sides to be cut out and new metal welded in.

I'm down yours on the 25th for wheel alignment etc, so hopefully see you and the car then if its at the workshop?

Some incredible engineering skills there John, I'm just as excited about the independent rear suspension as the diff! Some fantastic upgrades on the horizon should you decide to produce more and sell these in the future!

To be fair I've had them over a year and still not fitted them Rob! Want them on before I go and see John at JMR in a few weeks though. Still have the rest of the underside to do and then it'll just be the odd niggly thing from time to time which would be a nice place to be.

Getting there mate. Still a fair bit to do yet though, and the brakes are still pants. Suspension next weekend hopefully!

Bit of a bummer that mate. Your box looks cracking though! So many innuendos there! :rofl:

It is mate, engine was removed about 18 months ago and completely freshened up, all earth points were torqued and greased up when putting back together so was pretty confident it wasn't anything to do with that. See above for fix though!

Ok scrub the above. Here is what I tried: Ignition switch - Meyle from VW Heritage Starter Motor - Remanufactured Golf V5 unit ECU relay - Used but in working condition Battery pos cable bypass using jump leads directly to the starter motor live. Battery neg cable bypass using jump leads directly to the starter motor earth. Get up out of the car whilst key in position 3 and no cranking - fires into life! A few more tests when nothing happens by lifting the key in the ignition slightly, and starts every time. Removed drivers undertrays and steering cowl to be sure all connectors were seated correctly, and all was fine. Note to self/all, don't trust aftermarket parts even when new!

Found the culprit, here is what I tried. Ignition switch - Meyle from VW Heritage Starter Motor - Remanufactured Golf V5 unit ECU relay - Used but in working condition Battery pos cable bypass using jump leads directly to the starter motor live. Battery neg cable bypass using jump leads directly to the starter motor earth. Get up out of the car whilst key in position 3 and no cranking - fires into life! A few more tests when nothing happens by lifting the key in the ignition slightly, and starts every time. Dropped the dash undertrays to make sure connections were all seated correctly just to be sure, but nothing wrong there. Note to self/all, don't trust aftermarket parts even when new! Also fitted a replacement sunroof motor from a mk3 Golf, and my sunroof now slides fully closed after opening. Job done for now!

Looks a cracker, and not in need of much at all judging by the photos! Good effort and welcome to the forum!

Morning Gents, having a bit of a snag where occasionally when I turn the key nothing happens. I've changed the ignition switch, and just swapped the starter motor over for a Golf V5 one and symptoms remain the same. Only other thing I can think is ECU relay or the ECU itself? I've scanned it with VCDS, and there are no apparent fault codes - would the ECU relay being faulty show up on VCDS? Has anyone encountered similar/same problems before and can suggest anything? Is there something obvious I may be missing? I can't think of anything else it might be aside from what I've said above? Any help much appreciated as always!!! :thumbleft:

That's what I went for. Just dropped it in and it sounds much smoother when starting, but unfortunately hasn't cured occasional dead key turn problem. :scratch:

It's a remanufactured (refurbished) Bosch one Chris, I got it on eBay mate.

The price though..........Ouch!!!! I'm sure you could get one refurbished for about a fifth of that!

I'll give that a go, thanks Dox. :thumbleft:

Well Rob you've right. Just paid £48 for the garage to do it, and it feels no different. Passed the MOT with it though so I'll see how the bed in and give em a good stomp on when I get a quiet moment. Onto the starter motor at the weekend weather permitting! Oh, and I'm booked in at JMR for geometry on 24th Feb so a nice little run down there to perve at his G60 if it's on site!

Yeah the motor is fine, its the mechanism thats not a 100% fit. The mk3 one won't tilt up the inner trim as it doesn't have the hooks the Corrado mechanism has.

Get yourself an angle bit screwdriver adapter Rob. Perfect for those pesky dash screws and it's helped my out quite a few times in those sort of confined areas!

You bring up a very good point (PCD) and one which I had overlooked! :lol:

Swap em onto the corrado and see what you think. I think 10-15mm will be the limit though without scrubbing on standard et43 wheel, with 10mm spacers bringing it to effectively et33. My RXs are et35 and are perfect imo, so 10mm should be good.

Tried with handbrake cables disconnected, put back on and one cable was slightly loose with the mechanism at the stops so frightened it a bit. If I apply the handbrake then push the brake pedal, the handbrake will come up about another 2 notches.

Will do mate. It failed on service brake efficiency (rear) and parking brake so points toward rear calipers. I changed them for the mk4 Golf ones and the pistons move freely, the slider pins have been removed again and copper greased even though they were functioning perfectly before, so I'm just praying it's not something more sinister. Brakes feel spongy and on short test drives the braking is just really ineffective. I have to stamp as hard as I can and the abs eventually kicks in, but it shouldn't take that much effort. It's been a fair while since I really used the car, but I'd always been quite impressed with the brakes beforehand (288mm fronts and braided lines all round too). As I said, everything points to air in the system but I'm just worried it'll be something more sinister and cost me a bloody fortune in parts and labour now I'm handing it over.

Not sure if I introduced air into the braking system when using the eezibleed, so roped the missus in again to do it manually. A further 2 litres through the entire system, and still no dice. Dropping it off to the garage tomorrow morning for them to do. Hopefully they can do it before Monday, but if not it's tough I suppose. Never had a problem with this car after doing the whole system from dry, then replacing all hoses but this time it's got me. First time I've had to let the "professionals" do any work on this car, but they have a vacuum bleeder and I don't!