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by Jay4424
Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:40 pm
Forum: Running Gear
Topic: front antiroll bar
Replies: 11
Views: 3015

Re: front antiroll bar

Youve got the bar the right way up right?
by Jay4424
Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:37 pm
Forum: Projects and Restoration
Topic: old school California look GTX
Replies: 50
Views: 15203

Re: old school California look GTX

hey up, I fitted your front brake mod to my GT. after it all i fount my wheels wouldnt fit on! (2mm off the hub!)

..what ET are your wheels?!? / can you post a picture of the back of your wheels?



cheers, Jay.
by Jay4424
Thu May 26, 2011 3:49 pm
Forum: Electrical
Topic: carb engine onto injection loom... Help please!
Replies: 2
Views: 1057

Re: carb engine onto injection loom... Help please!

...but if anyone else has any smart comments that may help us (when either, or both of us get stucked) please say!
by Jay4424
Thu May 26, 2011 8:37 am
Forum: Electrical
Topic: carb engine onto injection loom... Help please!
Replies: 2
Views: 1057

Re: carb engine onto injection loom... Help please!

i bet the repeater is one of them wires which are the same (white and blue, 2 off. yellow and black, 2 off... theres a few int there!) ... chocolate block all the way till every thign works right :yup: plug things in where you thing they go, then see whats left. if nothing brillant, if somethign the...
by Jay4424
Wed May 25, 2011 3:39 pm
Forum: Running Gear
Topic: Poly Steering Rack Bush
Replies: 2
Views: 1015

Re: Poly Steering Rack Bush

tba, replacing with stock ones you will feel difference... as they wont be 25 years old!!!
by Jay4424
Sat May 07, 2011 3:02 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: Help wanted - Engine rebuild!
Replies: 9
Views: 2757

Re: Help wanted - Engine rebuild!

well, id love to help but im not nr you. I'd suggest bring them up here and id give it/them a full over haul in my workshop (if i had the time)... but dont know if thatd help much, and id end up spending money on new compolents... more than youd want to! ..you could just try replacign the big end be...
by Jay4424
Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:00 am
Forum: Running Gear
Topic: Scirocco owner in need
Replies: 9
Views: 2132

Re: Scirocco owner in need

when they've been fully sezied on my roccos if got a wafer thin angle grinding (CUTTING) disk and carefully cut up from underneith either side of the lower mounting for the strut, inside of the holding part of the axil... if that makes sence! ...then the only trouble is getting the bolt out of the s...
by Jay4424
Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:50 am
Forum: Engines
Topic: Hesitancy
Replies: 4
Views: 1242

Re: Hesitancy

did the car get set up right with the new rotor/dizzy? (did you change the settings while changing over?) (timing strob) also, on rapid accelration there should be a spurt of fuel added to the mix, is this tube/supply blocked? (carb cleaner applied libraly) exhaust should give an issue on just quick...
by Jay4424
Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:46 am
Forum: Mk2 Scirocco
Topic: Don't do it!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 1461

Re: Don't do it!!!

i can give you a rear beam ... wont be for a couple of weeks.

its off my GT so no ARB, dont know if thats an issue to you?

cheers, Jay.
by Jay4424
Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:51 pm
Forum: Engines
Topic: A chucka-chucka sound and spits of oil...
Replies: 7
Views: 2122

Re: A chucka-chucka sound and spits of oil...

its not something silly like a cap popped off, or a breather pipe?

Jay.
by Jay4424
Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:40 am
Forum: Engines
Topic: engine size
Replies: 2
Views: 951

engine size

while working on rebuilding the GT's engine i noticed at the back of the block it said 1.8 ...i thought my car was a 1.6?



was it the same block jsut machined differently, or do i infact have a 1.8 block in my 1985 GT?


cheers, Jay.
by Jay4424
Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:59 pm
Forum: Running Gear
Topic: Gear shift cup and ball joint
Replies: 7
Views: 1729

Re: Gear shift cup and ball joint

yes but if your buying lots of stuff from them they do put it all together in one packet for you!
by Jay4424
Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:55 am
Forum: Fueling and Exhaust
Topic: Peirburg carb question
Replies: 9
Views: 2946

Re: Peirburg carb question

I'm attually running a webber jetted for a 1.8 on a 1.6 engine.. works fine!
by Jay4424
Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:52 am
Forum: Running Gear
Topic: Gear shift cup and ball joint
Replies: 7
Views: 1729

Re: Gear shift cup and ball joint

quazy quiffs - gear bush kit
by Jay4424
Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:06 pm
Forum: Running Gear
Topic: Lowering springs...
Replies: 4
Views: 1294

Re: Lowering springs...

or you can machine a set of dampers to suit your new lowered springs ..i just happen to have my set of -60mm and shocks about to coem off my car if your interested?!? ..the springs came from MarkH? from a car he scraped, and the shocks i brought new and machined my self, the ride isn't as good a coi...