Thanks. That’s very helpful. I had a little bit of trouble with the link and had to copy and paste it into my browser. This is a direct link to the same picture. https://vwts.ru/images/repair/5687_02.jpg I also then found these pictures online showing the throttle linkage connected. I now know what ...

I bought some a couple of years ago to replace the hoses near the engine. The OEM part number is N0203571 and the original has an ID of 7.6mm which means some standard sizes are not a good fit. I got mine on eBay from JustKampers and it seemed reasonable quality. It still seems to be available on th...

I am attempting to resurrect a Pierburg 2E2 to fit to my 1.8 GT2 Auto which is currently sporting a Weber fitted for a previous owner. Irrespective of the pros and cons of these rival carburettors my aim is to restore the car to stock. I have got two units. One the, I believe, correct 027 129 015Q a...

I did blow through both the feed and return parts of the sender unit while I had it out and it didn’t feel blocked at all. Had I found a split in the plastic pipe as I had been expecting my plan was to replace it with some suitable submersible fuel hose so I’m tempted to remove the filter end at som...

There has been no hint of the fuel starvation problem for months while I used the car for daily commuting (as a keyworker) during lockdown. However, earlier this week the problem returned when I let the tank get to about half full. I have been keeping it fairly full. Refilling the tank resolved the ...

I think a variety of radios were fitted, mostly Blaupunkt or Panasonic. I tried for a while to get a suitable vintage Blaupunkt and what I found was that anything known to be fully working commanded a very high price on eBay in a market dominated by a small number of commercial sellers. I tried a ch...

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To conclude this thread I thought I’d share my experience of finding replacement speakers that fit the stock housing since this was much more difficult than I expected. Most of the 4x6 speakers sold by car audio dealers nowadays sport coaxial tweeters which stick out proud of the surround thereby pr...

Mine is December 1991. GT2 Auto with 86k on the clock. It’s been a bit of a project to undo all the bodges and mods by its 16 previous owners. Just about there now, I think, after nearly three years.

Having dabbled previously with a couple of cheap secondhand units from eBay (a vintage SQR 39 and a VW Beta) to replace the silver Sony CD stereo that was installed, and I use that term loosely, in my Scirocco when I bought it in 2017 I decided to bite the bullet and invest some lockdown savings in ...

The secondhand wiring loom arrived and enabled me to make a start. It yielded two plugs for the rear speakers. B5590B52-3DCC-4A1E-BD0C-DD45A85AA042.jpeg The presence of an ISO connector wired in VW colours also gave an opportunity to come up with a much better solution for the head unit connections ...

The original OEM speakers, if fitted, would have been 4x6 oval units in those metal side shelves. The attached picture is of the underside of mine. (I’m in the process of trying to reconnect the wire) As far as I can tell there is no precise standard for car speaker sizes and it’s best to think of t...

I’m hoping they look like these. Apologies for the poor quality picture. It’s from the eBay ad for a speaker wiring loom (from a different VW of similar vintage) that is now on its way to me. I managed to ascertain that they are an ISO standard 2-pin connector used on VWs, Vauxhalls and Renaults of ...

My car has the original Nokia speakers (535035411B) fitted in the rear metal shelves and also has the original wiring. However, a previous owner has removed the black plug from the wiring for both rear speakers, presumably to fit upgrades which have subsequently been removed. Is it possible to get h...