seanl82

Yeah I'm registered Daren. I'll be starting work somewhere New in May though and don't have the programme yet, so fingers crossed nothing conflicts.

I'd imagine this is advertised on most VW forums, so it's surprising more haven't registered, unless they're on other club stands?

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your purchase Simon! It's a very reasonable price even if it does need a little work. Like Jim I too love the 993, and is a car I aspire to own, even if it is way out of my reach currently! Where in Sussex are you? Seem to be quite a few down here on the South coast between Dorset - Hampshire - Sussex, so it's an ideal time (when the weather gets a bit better) for a meet. Always good to meet new owners and new cars! :thumbleft:

They're not off yet I'm afraid mate. Not sure when I'll have time to swap them over to the Bilsteins either to be honest, sorry!

Managed to get the first 5 drive shaft bolts off with the impact gun, last one rounded off though. Grinder with a cutting disk saw to that and I had a couple of spare spacers and bolts so all was well. All sorted and back on the ground now, so I'll phone the MOT station Monday and get it booked in. No other obvious problems but I'll see if they find anything as they usually do. (Slight play in rear wheel bearings almost guaranteed!).

No it's not connected to anything on UK cars. It is for the US market iirc but forget what it's for specifically.

There are a few possiblities unfortunately and its hard to diagnose without seeing it. Does it judder when light throttle is applied in neutral? If so, unplug the maf and try again. If you can, I know its an early car but see if someone local to you has vcds and a 2+2 adaptor to plug into yours, and try to read the codes.

How sure are you its getting fuel? Worth checking the basics if haven't already done so. Fuses, fuel pump & ecu relays are a good starting point. You should hear a slight hum from the fuel pump when ignition is in position 2 if its good.

Worth adding a few other bits that they sell too to justify the shipping cost Ron, as they come from Germany. Thats what I did anyway as shipping isn't cheap! They do have some extremely hard to get hold of parts though that simply aren't available in the UK anymore.

B&B components sell new aftermarket ones on ebay. About £35 iirc mate. Theyre made by topran which is a decent aftermarket manufacturer, the sellers ebay name is tierod69 and theyre £36.99 with free delivery. Excellent seller from past experience too so you should get ot quickly.

Your clocks wouldnt reset if it was ignition switch. You generally just get no sort of cranking. My bet is still with the battery or charging system. If the battery was completely dead which your symptoms suggest it is, jumping it will not matter. You need to rwmove the battery and charge, or remove battery and hook the jump leads you were using directly to the pos & neg cables on your car mate. If it starts no problem, the battery is dead.

AVS mate.

Aux water pump was replaced for new with no change. I have a spare sensor so will try that first, as sods law would have it I sold a fuel rail with fpr from a low mileage vr Las week!

Mine is similar. Never fails to start, but cranks for 5-6 seconds when warm before firing as opposed to 1-2 when cold. Its fine for about 15 minutes the there is a sort of window between 15-45 minutes where its a bit more difficult. Where in the fuel system would the non return valve be fitted, directly in front of the pump on the feed line?

ECU is a bit of a faff but do-able, the trim can be removed but does have retaining grommets along it and clips you should be able to see on the lip at the front. That is unless a previous windscreen fitter hasn't bonded it back on when replacing the screen as often happens. Just be gentle when prying it off so as not to snap it.

If you remove the battery, you'll see the neg lead is bolted to a stud on the chassis leg. That's the one.

Its the dim dip resistor with the yellow plugs. It needs to be disconnected when fitting an uprated loom. Best thing you can do is try to wrap them up and hide them away so as not to corrode the connections, but doubt you'll be able to incorporate it into the loom you're making Sean. Prices will just start going up and up if you start adding waterproof boxes to fit these into, so its better that prospective buyers do as they see fit with them. I've wrapped mine and hid them up inside the battery blanket so they're not exposed to the elements.

Throttle Position Sensor. Bonnet earth cable won't cause any problems at all, but check the battery earth that bolts directly to the chassis leg next to it. There are also earth points around the starter motor, and on the right hand side of the block as you look at it. If you can remove them all, wire brush the terminals and studs/bolts and reassemble, checking the cabling is intact etc.

Tried that, just bent the screwdriver! Lol Inner drive shaft bolts have been off last year so shouldn't present too much of a problem with a bit of torque hopefully.

The outer CV is out thankfully. Came out pretty easily once the wheel was on, car was back on the ground and I could get the hub nut off. The problem was that the CV and shaft separated whilst I was moving it around. I've removed the outer CV, but the shaft is obviously loose and free to rotate. I know if I try to remove the inner bolts the shaft will just turn (just thought, I suppose I could put it in gear to stop this), but I've ordered an Impact wrench to get them off without having to keep it from rotating. It was easy on the 4 post lift where I could get under it whilst it was on the platform, loosen a couple of the bolts, lift it up and rotate the drive shaft, drop it down and loosen the rest. The impact wrench is a good investment for when I finally get round to the suspension anyway, as I had a bit of a mare trying to remove the top nut last time although I *******ised an old long socket so I could rotate it with an adjustable whilst using an allen key down the centre to keep the shock from rotating. Either way, the impact wrench makes life a whole lot easier!

Ah fair enough, wasn't aware of that. :thumbleft:

Thanks Daren! I did think of you for the impact wrench, but thought you'd probably need it for work anyway and its a very handy tool to have regardless. Once this is done it should be ready for MOT again. Got a million jobs I want to do but its finding the time to take if off the road this year unfortunately, which is counter productive I realise as its underside work I want to do! I literally have a couple of dust covers to get for the suspension to go on that I've had for a year, or wait until late summer and change it when I want to do the rest of the underside and do it all in one go................

Apologies mate, I thought I remembered it being painted outside the booth, didn't mean to scare you! I'd go with Darens suggestion then, or try to get it into dry storage for a little while to give any moisture time to evaporate. Hope you get it sorted mate!

Get it checked out by a proper paint shop Matt. Hate to say it, but it looks like moisture under the paint which may only be showing now there is a lot of moisture in the air especially under a cover which may be causing additional humidity.

You may be there for a while if you read the whole thread! Lots done though tbh, and I've tried to do things properly but on a reasonable budget rather than at all costs. How it looks now is from page 72 onwards, although I've managed to scuff off a 5p size of paint on the rear bumper parking it it the garage which I rented to ironically keep it preserved for the last year. Slight update in that I managed to get the N/S track rod end off nice and easy with the help of a blow torch for a minute or so, but I'm waiting on the arrival of an electric impact wrench to undo the inner drive shaft bolts as I trashed the outer CV (retaining circlips) whilst changing the balljoints. In my infinite wisdom, I thought replacing the entire shaft with inner and outer CVs would be easier. In hindsight, not such a great idea. The joys of driveway mechanics aren't all they're cracked up to be, I don't think I appreciated just how good I had it with the ramp!!! lol. Oh, and I just watched the Wheeler Dealer episode of the Corrado again to help me along! lol