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james butler

ike wise i will probably buy a spare just in case
ive noticed over the last fear years a good many spares are now being discontinued
time to stock up

james butler

https://www.partsinmotion.co.uk/car-par ... MfAWhKholH

james butler

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267253049365

james butler

i remember fitting a shorter cable or at least trying to fit one to my rocco and it was a no go
the golf has a shorter cable
when i fitted the south african clutch conversion kit, the link bar for the bulkhead bracket to the pedal was too short and had to make some lomger ones for that reason
i ...

james butler

get yourself a cheap oil pressure kit and remove the sender in the head to test the oil pressure, no point guessing your actual oil presure as your current sender might be telling the truth

james butler

nows a good time to be doing it as its much hotter, the plastic wont be as brittle but yes you do have to split the casings in order to fit through the scuttle.
removing the wiper mech is a good idea and as above a good chance to refurb the wiper mech.
take your time and it will be a fairly straight ...

james butler

https://www.classic-vw.co.uk/ignition-b ... 4705-p.asp
ide buy one of these then get an original key cut to suit so it looks genuine

james butler

lovely looking motor

james butler

is this the door seal that goes around the entire frame? or just the metre long bit that goes from the the top down the A pillar?
if its the latter i used https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275814562078?_skw=d+seal+9x11&itmmeta=01JVC4YCQ00XTR656PRN7QEH6K&hash=item4037d4391e%3Ag%3AOHMAAOSwLclkRKPN&itmprp=enc ...

james butler

Thank you!! I've ordered those.

I took the old ones out to measure up to see if I could find an off the shelf flanged bush. For others' reference, it is roughly 8mm ID (well, I measured 8.2 but they're worn), 12mm OD, 18.2mm flange diameter. Couldn't find anything close.

if your struggling i ...

james butler

its a real pain but inside there are rubber moulding you have to force out part at a time
it will come out and if i can find the trim i removed from crusty i can put a photo of the clips
this add you can see the profile i mean, its easy to push in but a pain to remove
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm ...

james butler

some people still around

james butler

@mark1gls any more info on this?

james butler

mark1gls wrote: Mon Mar 06, 2023 8:31 pm Check the idle screw 1st as AAV don’t usually go wrong, you can unscrew the two Allen key screws and remove the AAV, if you can see through it when cold and if powered up for a couple of minutes it should close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38DCMiGnaZw

james butler

GT_II wrote: Sat Mar 01, 2025 11:09 pm Are you on a classic car policy with limited mileage? Works out massively cheaper than on standard policy for me

allways

but prices still go bananas year in year out

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