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Which brings things back up to date Unfortunately a change of plans means that the car is now going up for sale, I'll be sorry to see it go as I had every intention of keeping it for good but I simply don't have the free space to keep it and couldn't bear to see it sat outside on my drive rusting away.

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The car is all back together and has been in use for a few months now, flew through the mot even without the cat fitted :) ;)

It's been a while since I last posted on here so here's an update to where the car is now. A change of plans with the interior, I have decided to go back to the factory look and reinstall the rear seats and carpet. The battery has been moved to the nearside rear corner on a custom made battery tray. [ATTACH=CONFIG]95185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]95186[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]95187[/ATTACH]

https://clubgti.com/forums/index.php?threads/oem-mk4-management-wiring-mk1-2-3-harness-install-faq-now-with-added-dieselness.267196/ Here you go Foster9099

I'm laid on the beach in Spain at the moment, I'll post the link when I get home next Monday.

Steelworker, 25yrs in the industry. Looks like there are some very well educated chaps on here looking at what some of you do for a living.

I can recomend Wicked Paint And Panel in Pargate mate, they're not the cheapest but check out their work on FB. https://www.facebook.com/Wickedpaintandpanel/?hc_ref=ARSuojk8137l94jYyizYgMOj3pdXXtpNu_F-_eT7Oyhv8HuBoxNWbSuT4vsQTPLEi0M&fref=nf

My mate took these photo's, nice car btw.

A bit of an update, I've managed to get the intercooler pipe welded up and fitted, I'm just pondering sending it off for powder coating now. [ATTACH=CONFIG]91978[/ATTACH] Also fitted my carbon air intake, it's a Simota one off my old BMW 328 Msport. I made a little bracket for it and secured it to the intercooler pipe. [ATTACH=CONFIG]91981[/ATTACH] I'm just waiting on a silicone hose arriving now for the recirc valve. [ATTACH=CONFIG]91984[/ATTACH] I've also been a little bit busy in the back of the car. I made a strut brace with the mountings welded to the strut towers. [ATTACH=CONFIG]91987[/ATTACH] And boarded the rear bench seat area out around my battery after reloacting it to the back of the car. I need to source some carpet now and carpet over it all. I'm trying to make the back of the car look something like the Audi TT Sport Quattro. [ATTACH=CONFIG]91990[/ATTACH]

I'll get a new pipe made up at my local hose company during the week.

Not a good start to the weekend, as I went into the garage I could smeel petrol. A quick glance under the car revealed a nice pool of petrol. [ATTACH=CONFIG]91855[/ATTACH] The leak was coming from the accumulator pipe that was quite rotten, so no option for it I had to take the pump assembly down to investigate further. Seems that wasn't the only problem. The plastic pump housing was also cracked, admitedly made slightly worse as I was wrestling to remove it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]91858[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]91861[/ATTACH] So a bit of clever plastic welding with the soldering iron ensued, follwed up with a coat of epoxy resin. [ATTACH=CONFIG]91864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]91867[/ATTACH]

Oh bugger that's not good. I've been there myself, it made me almost sell the whole project and just walk away. New motor and start a fresh is the way.:thumbleft:

Oh **** man! has it damaged the head? Hopefully you will get away with just a new valve, but secondhand heads are plentyful on ebay.