devon newbie, new wheels + update (pic heavy)

[loepan 11]

run a light from the pos and neg of the wires in the fan housing?

[loepan 11]

ran a light, light doesn't work 1-3 lights up on 4, I presume this is a switch problem?

[wbx6dan 10]

Certainly looks that way the switches do wear out and break you could bridge a live wire through the connector pins to see if the fan worked then you know for sure (remember to live the earth connected aswell)

Dan

[loepan 11]

hmm interesting, will have a mooch tomorrow. thanks for the tips

 

had a look at my sunroof today, which seems to work ok manually, ordered a new motor for cheap as im getting a live feed to it, didn't work at all firstly then had a fiddle with it and now it moves it slightly. so I took the motor out and it seems to be intermittent, will go back and forth o.k fully functioning some times and then nothing at all other times

ill try the new motor, im hoping its not intermittent power....if it is I may just close it and disconnect it:bonk:

[robrado974 1]

Proberbly will be the motor , mine is playing up too , nice to see you are getting on with sorting bits out .

Rob

[loepan 11]

well sorted the fan issue out. 1st I soldered a new resistor to the motor but mine still only worked on 4, took dans advice and hooked it up to a light here is the initial results

 

 

so at the end of the video the s(shape) bent metal was not making correct contact in the switch runner. I used this thread:

 

http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=47180

 

then got this as results

 

 

thought I would post up this info, maybe helpful....

 

right on to the sunroof!

[robrado974 1]

Well done that man , good luck with the sunroof !!, mine was fine until it came when the car was reprayed , Think the motor is on the blink now .

Rob

[loepan 11]

gave up with the sunroof, pulled it back to and fro trying to sort it and left with a few scuffs/scratches on the actual sunroof, thank god I did it before the respray!

anyway had it in the garage having the welding and painting done currently

 

changed the leather on the gear knob

 

prepping soon and new paint....same colour

Edited November 22, 2013 by loepan

[robrado974 1]

Always nice to see new paint , looking forward to seeing the pics

[loepan 11]

 

just a few updates.....smoked my rears with flys eye kit, welding now completed and base down, no more until the new year

 

merry christmas

[loepan 11]

ok so been a while no fault of anyones but heres a update, dado has been fully de-badged and now fully painted, just waiting for me to slowly put it all back together! purchased a cream pornstar leather interior from bobby on here, was in a bit of a state but nothing a good clean and repair wouldn't mend anyway.....pics![/url

[loepan 11]

pre clean

fixed

all cleaned up and in

 

needs a final polish and bits of trim, then work out why i have screws left haha!

[loepan 11]

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paint all done with deletes got the leather in too....what a biyatch haha any mot time now....

 

 

fingers crossed!!

[seanl82 23]

Looks ace that. :thumbleft: Can't wait for mine to be done too!!

[VR6 Gar 10]

That looks fantastic.

[loepan 11]

cheers...got to try and keep it that way now ha ha

[Jamie 1]

As above looks fantastic Craig. Seats look like they've come up really well too :)

[wbx6dan 10]

youd better pop over and do my seats !!!

top job

[Roger Chatfield 0]

Looks awesome, let me know if you are ever down Plymouth way and we'll have a little mini meet.

 

Rog.

[Stone0311 0]

Greetings to another Devon rado 😂

[loepan 11]

cheers all,

Jamie the seats came up better than I expected to be honest,they were badly cracked and scuffed, I used gliptone leather cleaner and conditioner for hours working it in with a toothbrush, this really exposed how bad they was, I thought I would give 'scuff masters' liquid leather repair ago before going down a retrim route and wow what a result, if anyone has cracked or worn leather I would suggest this first.

the site has all corrado spec based colours too so you know it will match and was super cheeeep like the budgie. I also found £1.25 down the drivers side seat base.....brucey bonus haha

 

hi to all my fellow devonians.....I expect to see you all at the tottaly vag show in September! ;-)

 

wbx6dan...you had yours out much in this lovely weather? seen a g60 parked in wooly the other day j207 mrg took a quick pic

[wbx6dan 10]

Cool i better look into that "Scuffmasters stuff" off tinternet?

Have you been to "totally vw show" before?

and not really a few times (god i love a sunroof) still having problems but were getting there :thumbleft:

[loepan 11]

yeah off the internet

 

http://www.liquidleather.com/scuffs.htm

 

haven't been to totally vag show before, have you? don't think I was ever aware if any previous ones, so a complete newby to the show

[g0ldf1ng3r 15]

yeah off the internet

 

http://www.liquidleather.com/scuffs.htm

 

haven't been to totally vag show before, have you? don't think I was ever aware if any previous ones, so a complete newby to the show

 

thanks leopan. I have been considering using gliptone products for some time as it was recommended

 

could I ask - did you use the GT12 liquid leather cleaner, then the GT11 conditioner & then the scuffmaster?

 

thanks

[loepan 11]

yeah that's right

I gave them a general soapy clean, then used the gt12 cleaner and aggravated it in with a soft brush, but for the state mine was in, I needed to do bit by bit with a toothbrush one bottle did my whole interior including door cards and I used it liberally, it is good stuff, you see it working a lot clearer by looking at the stitching colours.

I then conditioned the leather using the gt11 all over and left for a few days

before using the scuff master I used a safe alcohol based wipe quickly just over the deeper cracks to make sure they were clean and the scuff master would then adhere into the cracks and stay there (leave to dry)

then I used the scuff master (purchased 250ml) way more than enough to do scuffs all round applying it with one of the wife's new 'war paint' sponges coat by coat letting it dry inbetween and once finished left for a few days (out of the sun)

then re applied the conditioner after, because I had the interior out it was easy to take my time, but I cant stress enough how important the cleaning part is, I got a bit bored and could have cleaned my door cards a bit more and they would have turned out better..

 

I got the leather cleaner and conditioner from cleanyourcar.co.uk and only purchased the liquid leather (scuffmaster) on its own

 

when I first used it and it was covered I thought the product may re-crack in the same places as you apply pressure on the bolster....but its showing no sign of that and it looks almost new!

 

was really pleased with the results can recommend highly