Hi chaps, can I join you at Lymm? I will be coming from rochdale.

Nice red Mk2 on Bridge Street, Ewood Bridge on my way home from work. J723 ***

Don't think I've ever seen another Mk2 around home!

Yeah changed the timing belt and tensioner about 3 months back.... Come to think of it I can't say I noticed this problem before that. At the time it was making a skitting noise as though the belt was too tight so slackened it off a bit (not too much!) and the noise went away

I've been using a wooden mountney wheel which is 330mm, any smaller and It would be near impossible to park, but it's a good workout!

Plus what would be damage if it was out? any? or just run like a bag of shit?

Depends how far out it is. Anything from running bad to destroyed valves/pistons etc.

Ben.

aren't the valves and pistons in 8v engines of this era safe if the timing belt breaks? (provided the engine isn't running ...

When my engines warmed up, if you stop the engine and try to start it again within a couple of minutes it won't start - the starter chugs very slowly like the battery is flat. After 5 mins it will start fine. Starts every time when cold. I was thinking the starter motor was on it's way out but found ...

My Storm has had a repair plate in the past, and the clutch pedal has always been very stiff. Could be the alignment of said plate?

The MFA clock screen wasn't displaying anything this morning, so started up and everything else on the dash seems to be functioning (temp, fuel, warning lights, speedo, rev counter).

Quick check of fuses and none are blown. Dash ground to rocker cover has been a problem in the past but it's good ...

Okay, so the sticker in the boot says that I should have a 4Y gearbox. Strange, the switch is the right one and it tests okay but doesn't work when fitted....

Thanks, my gearbox code is 4Y02044

the gearbox has 020 stamped on the back near the passenger side drive shaft, can't really see any other markings on it, nothing on the top that I can spot

p.s. the part numbers of the two switches ive got

the old one: 171 919 823 A
the new one: 191 919 823

a quick search would suggest the old one is off a 4 speed box. The new switch is the Mk2 storm 5 speed one with upshift light, the same part number Ian posted...

thanks for the replies. Ian, my new switch is the same part number. Got it off ebay too, it is a VW one.

I'll have a look at the box later on.... whereabouts should I be looking for the code?

A MK2 Storm should have the switch that is linked in with the gear-shift indicator.

yes it links in with the gear shift indicator, which also doesn't work! It seems like there is more than one type of this gearbox/MFA switch as I now have two with different pin configurations.

I think the switch ...

Mk2 Storm... my reversing lights haven't worked since I got the car. Jumping the connector makes the reversing lights come on, so I think nothing is wrong with the wiring. I got a new switch but it still doesn't work!

Old switch has 4 pins on it and only 1 of them lines up in the connector, it has ...