I'm now onto my 3rd order for a clutch cable, late chassis mk 2 DX so the best I can do is the 1660mm one - went for Borg and Beck BKC1193.

Only snag is 2 of them that have arrived are not Scirocco clutch cables - about 2 meters long, wrong end fittings, no bulkhead fitting or kink.

Looks like ...

I see your car has suffered from the squashed rear rubber suspension mount, that should level up the car a bit.

Great work so far and keep the updates coming.... My money is they are the original mounts - still have a VW part number hiding under the crud and the car is on 62k miles. I know the ...

Bit of a hiatus as had to replace the garage roof whilst the weather was decent, small person supervision etc.

Finally got back onto it yesterday, not very exciting, changed the washer hose as it was split and leaking so an MOT fail - had to warm up the new stuff to get it to fit but it's on now ...

Well I can't upload anymore images this month according to Tapatalk and have run out of time to resize them so the forum will accept them as an attachment!

Cleaned up both rear inner arches today so I can see if there are any other issues after dropping the rear suspension out - nothing more on top ...

Good news bad news day, got her bum in the air to drop the rear beam and replace bushes etc.

Decided last night to replace the brake flexis front and rear as they were still OE rubber ones, which is good as they are seized on at the beam end.

Managed to get the axle pivot bracket nuts off and the ...

More crap to keep this topic in the duller side of life.

Present arrived from classic parts Germany as Heritage couldn't be arsed ordering an item or they can't work out the colour code part of a part number. Anyway new drivers wing mirror as the existing one has taken a whack and cracked on the ...

Finally got the rear number plate lights back on, decided to remove the rear spoiler and get the new Dreadnaught Customs seals fitted.

Previous owner has attacked it with black mastic at some point but luckily not too badly - never a fan of the stuff as its makes life harder when you want to get ...

Some good info there, I have a new clutch cable to go in just waiting on the gearbox end fitting kit and re-aligning it all was on the list. New accelerator cable too as that looks way past it's best but again still waiting on the remains of a Heritage order from back in January.

Fuel won't ...

More randomish jobs completed today and I have a couple of weeks of work so hopefully get most of it done!

Oil and filter changed alongside spark plugs and fuel filter - K&N panel filter in the airbox so that doesn't need doing. For some reason whoever last changed the fuel filter used the sealing ...

Also got the passenger door card back in complete with partial replacement of the the door membrane - top part was still good so didn't want to break into it.

Everything has been cleaned in terms of plastics and treated with Aerospace protection plastic spray - 30 years of accumulated gunk from the ...

More suspension painting, the rear spring top caps are frankly terrible compared to original items, as the pics show they can't even be bothered to paint all of it.

Restocked my paint stuff and sticking a coat of Zinga on first - it's a very good primer as it performs to nearly the same level as ...

Same colour as my GT2, brilliant colour. For the door membrane I used a visqueen type of plastic, cut it to suit.

You can buy the butyl seal on a roll from eBay . Looks like a roll/ wheel of liquorice. Using this allows you to remove the membrane again without renewing the seal. Just warm it with ...

None of that is any good and with the mixed information between each it's very difficult to work out was has an hasn't been done.

On the tappet front there is an American product called Seafoam, they seem to shove it into anything and it appears to work nicely at reducing tappet noise. Have a look ...

It's got to be MOTd by mid April as I need it off the drive for a few days.

Luckily got a couple of weeks off coming up so as long as the weather behaves it won't take long..

..said anyone whoever did any car work. [emoji16]

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Suspension bits finally arrived so prepped for a few extra coats of paint by masking off, light sand and clean with panel wipes prior to some Frost Chassis black going on.

Removed the passenger window and rear window runner, cleaned it all up and refitted prior to a new outer from Dreadnaught ...