cheesys 16v,Windscreen area rust treatment & new paint

[cheesy 0]

hello all

 

The 4th Installment

 

I'm back in corrado ownership with a 2.0L 16v this time

Moonlight Blue Pearl

Lots of History & money spent

Stainless cat back exhaust fitted

Came with an Alpine cd player

Needs some tweaking on the cold start/idleing

Windscreen needs replacing, gonna have a tiny bit of rust treated on top of a pillar when the damaged one comes out

 

Been 5 years since i last owned a G60, looking forward to having some fun in this one

 

anyhow here we are

 

Edited October 25, 2011 by cheesy

[v8rumbler 0]

Welcome back---Good looking Car bud

[Abdul 0]

Very nice mate, I do like the standard cars alot I must say!

[cheesy 0]

thanks for the comments

 

hopefully gonna look into the cold start running later today

[Wompa 0]

Love the color mate!

[cheesy 0]

Cheers wompa

 

Looked at the cold start issue & looks like its the isv after a quick clean

gonna have another go at cleaning it or replace it

 

Had a nosey at the sunroof as was told it was faulty,

That looks like the typical fault so needs a repair kit

 

Heater panel lights weren't working, wiring wasnt plugged in so easy fix

 

Cars been sat for couple of weeks doing nothing, passenger carpet is wet so gonna look into that,

 

Having a 9A engine delivered today that i'm gonna give a refresh to, and do a few bits & bobs then get it fitted

[Diesel Junior 0]

Welcome back cheesy, thats a really nice straight original Corrado you have there. What sort of economy do you get according to the MFA, will be in UK this summer with a 16v on the shopping list and would be interested to know! Just done 1000km to Madrid and back and got 33 mpg with the cruise control set at 130kmh.....good luck with the car!

[cheesy 0]

Diesel Junior

 

I havent got it on the road at the minute as theres a few bits & pieces i want to sort out first

[cheesy 0]

havent had much time recently to get anything done

but

 

picked up a complete b4 moonroof assembly today

so thats the job for tomorrow

 

Had an uprated headlight loom delivered

[cheesy 0]

today was just to spend a few hours doing a few bits and pieces

 

So Old sunroof cassette out & the B4 Passat moonroof in

Really easy job to do, airlined out the drain holes

My o.e motor is dead so bolted the passat one up for the time being till a replacement is bought

 

I've been trying to get the tumblers to retumbler a couple of locks but vw wanted £50

Stripped down the glove box and went old skoll on the barrel. smoothed down worked at treat

 

Boot lock, well stripped it down gave it all a damm good clean and was fine just got that much crud in it,

it wasn;t operating off the key

 

does now so good couple cheap fixes

 

Replaced the seal round the heater ventilation in scuttle bay, old one had seen its day

 

Tracked down the ABS to a blown bulb, put my test light onto it and stays on all time so need to get the abs ecu read & new bulb unit

 

thats about all for today, few more bits to look at next week on me days off

[cheesy 0]

Nearly got the colst start idleing sorted, which is down to the isv

 

Also fitted some all red rears

[cheesy 0]

Not updated this for a little while

Not been to well for a few weeks myself then my grandad passed away,

 

So,

 

Purchased some spax adjustables with 40 or 60mm drop

Front strutbrace

Been purchasing lots of bits & pieces for my spare engine

 

Painted my spare engine black, rocker cover red & inlet manifold satin black

Fitted new flanges, cambelt tension etc, water pump, fitted kr cam, new timing chain

spent the weekend swapping over the engines

 

got some bits and pieces still to connect bolt up

 

first off need to sort out a manifold as my o.e was has a crack in it

[cheesy 0]

Not done alot else due to time really

 

But refitted airbox

Installed new donut seals onto injectors that have been all cleaned out

ht leads fitted

rad refitted & assiociated pipes & wiring

MK4 header bottle & wiring done

 

Still got thermostat & lower hose to fit

Exhaust manifold when it arrives

fill with fluids

 

then should be good to prime everything up then fire into life

[cheesy 0]

Well after another few hours working on the car

 

got the manifold fitted & dowpipe

refitted the inlet manifold & TB & hose to air box

Fitted alt belt & alternator

PS Belt & tensioner set up

Thermostat & housing

Lower hose for rad

Lower hose for water pump to water hard pipe

 

Filled with fluids, everything primed

And after a little while sparked into life

no apparant leaks so spot on

 

Also changed the abs light for a new one and works a treat, comes on and off as it should

[cheesy 0]

Picked the car up from having it lowered

Sits well & ride is alot better than i thought it would be

 

Spax shocks & 60mm springs, Damping adjustable

[cheesy 0]

Not done anything with this for a while,

work & health getting the way

 

But have fitted g60 brakes, mk4 rear calipers

new solid brake pipe from abs

 

Had the broken windscreen removed to see the extent of rust damage underneath that needed attention

 

Then had the bodyshop work there magic ready for the new windscreen going in

[VW_OwneR_85 1]

looks like you got that rust in time, mine needed welding! and extended further up towards the trim, how much did it cost you to have the screen removed if you dont mind me asking? it took me an a m8 3 hours to cut mine out, was roight a pita , mainly because trim peices were glued in by a screen fitter and my wire kept on getting snagged on em :(

[cheesy 0]

looks like you got that rust in time, mine needed welding! and extended further up towards the trim, how much did it cost you to have the screen removed if you dont mind me asking? it took me an a m8 3 hours to cut mine out, was roight a pita , mainly because trim peices were glued in by a screen fitter and my wire kept on getting snagged on em :(

 

The metal was still solid, bodyshop said there were 2 very small holes appearing at bottom of pass a pillar which they have sorted

windscreen was removed by auto windscreens on insurance, they were happy to come out, take the cracked one out then come back few days later after the work had been done just for the cost of the glass cover on my policy

 

the screen that was in had been overly added with sealant & may the fitter swear a couple of times on removal, took him about an hour to remove

[VW_OwneR_85 1]

ah right ok, so your screen needed replaceing anyway? so at the same time you got the rust sorted! 2 birds 1 stone ;)

take a look at my thread,http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?56705-my-vr6-Shed-on-Wheels-../page4 on page three you can see the bubbles which were prety nasty!! and holes where you described aswell! think because its on a curve and the metals thinner maybe?

[Danno 10]

Colour looks awesome!

[Supercharged 2]

Great pics Cheesy!

[robrado974 1]

Nice work done there . Had my pillars replaced when she had a full respray as they were rotten as a pear .

[CazzaVR 0]

Good work! Always a worry on older cars- you never know what you're gonna find under there.

[cheesy 0]

picked the car up today and paint work & new windscreen fitment looks spot on

 

Cars now gone for ignition timing setup, mot, full pressure brake bleed & new battery

 

Had a quick play on vag.com

 

Erased a couple of fault codes on the abs & found the tb postion sensor as a fault

ran out of time looking into other things but a great program, first time i ever used it