Poor thing won't know what's hit it with all this kind treatment, mind you it'll miss the smooth north hampshire roads, ha ha.
Fuel filter leak is a weird one, not ever heard of them leaking before.
nick
Then finished getting the subframe off the Corrado, dropped the rack, prepped the replacement rack that came with the car..... then found that the supplied rack had fine splines, but the old rack and column are fine spline, so that's pretty much scrap.
Bet Nick misses the spoiler. :grin:
Oh and apparently the wife picked up the front number plate somewhere on the roads around where we're living at the moment. :huh:
Your rim idea via PM sounds good though. Even you can't drive round in a Corrado with Seat logos on the wheels :grin:
Your rim idea via PM sounds good though. Even you can't drive round in a Corrado with Seat logos on the wheels :grin:
I can assure you that I can drive round in a Corrado with Seat logos on the rims, for at least some time.
The 'rim idea via PM' Nick's alluding to is a suggestion of white Compomotive MOs in 16" dia.
I think they'd set the car off well.
(I'm going to have to have it apart later this month, when Nick sends the Alpine microphone, across so I can get the handfree hooked back up, no pressure, Nick :tongue:)
(I'm going to have to have it apart later this month, when Nick sends the Alpine microphone, across so I can get the handfree hooked back up, no pressure, Nick :tongue:)
Was posted early last week mate.
Sound slike your getting stuck in with it, still enjoying the looks and the drive?
Nick
(I'm going to have to have it apart later this month, when Nick sends the Alpine microphone, across so I can get the handfree hooked back up, no pressure, Nick :tongue:)
Was posted early last week mate.
Sound slike your getting stuck in with it, still enjoying the looks and the drive?
Nick
should be with you just in time for Christmas then DH :grin: :grin: :grin:
Looks to be something like that.
Something I forgot to add in the last post is that I've now done a brim-to-brim 'economy' check.
Driving normally, you understand, on a mix of driving: 25.44MPG over 51litres.
Not as bad as I thought it would be.
AS matter of interest mate what did the MFA read out give you compared to the proper brim-to-brim test?
well you werent kinder to them on the way home last night
well you werent kinder to them on the way home last night
I was being NICE to it!
Some awesome road layouts, but sadly they didn't get the surface quite right!
I want a massive shed :sad:
Dirty isn't the word!
are they speedline chronos?
To be fair I've always had most success manual bleeding systems, with a one-way valve on them....... usually my thumb, while Mrs Hell pumps the pedal!
I saw them wheels on a facebook update somewhere today, would look cool on the 'rado i reckon :cool:
Still got issues. Not happy with the running at the moment and I'm thinking fuel pressure.
you wouldn't have these problems with kjet :grin:
Stripped the front end off this tonight, unplugged the loom from the motor and 'box.
dh ur on a roll this week on workin on cars, you'll be busy through the winter monthsGuess it's cos this winter DH has got the workshop sorted with walls, doors, light, lift and some insulation.
Guess it's cos this winter DH has got the workshop sorted with walls, doors, light, lift and some insulation.
Sorting out a Corrado's very much like making love to a beautiful woman.
When it p*sses you off you leave it alone for a bloody long time in the hope it'll come back keener.
9a is 135 bhp, abf is 150 bhp. Fuelling is different too amongst other things. Dont know a great deal about either tbf so sorry to hijack!
Never seen this thread before, what's the difference between the abf and 9a engine??
Never seen this thread before, what's the difference between the abf and 9a engine??
Start with 15mm taller block.
A proper electronic injection system
None of that metering head shyte.
It's just better.
Just made a purchase to get this back on the road. :lipsrsealed:
My vehicular world is all on shuffle at the moment. :grin:
More info with pictures is needed :smiley:
Awesome. :cool:More info with pictures is needed :smiley:
Go back a few pages. :grin:
Awesome. :cool:More info with pictures is needed :smiley:
Go back a few pages. :grin:
Been through from page 1 :wink:
Was referring to the 'just made a new purchase' :smiley:
Just made a purchase to get this back on the road. :lipsrsealed:
My vehicular world is all on shuffle at the moment. :grin:
Just made a purchase to get this back on the road. :lipsrsealed:
My vehicular world is all on shuffle at the moment. :grin:
Just made a purchase to get this back on the road. :lipsrsealed:
My vehicular world is all on shuffle at the moment. :grin:
does that explain some random 4square check ins tonight ? :huh:
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Cunning tools.
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I will probably only use a two bits of these:
The VAG terminal tool
The flat-blade screwdriver
The damned thing I need to eject the wires from:
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Push thin tweezery things in either side of hole. This depth is easy:
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But you need to penetrate as deeply as possible - ALL the way:
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Getting that deep takes some pushing.
Once it's all the way in you just pull (quite hard) and the terminal comes out the back of the connector block.
Speedo drive, ready for application:
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I want one of those it would make my life so much easier!
Didnt know you had this DH!
Is this so you can ABF the corrado and use the whole loom?
Because the Corrado doesn't suck.
ummm retrofitting air con
Bang on - which is another reason to fit the air-con. :grin:
I think having a VW tech sharing the barn is going to be particularly helpful in the next few weeks. :grin:
Especially as he's just got an AGU that he wants to fit to his Golf Syncro and has asked for a hand and has already said my welding looks better than his. :cool:
run a dual alternator plate to take the fly wheel for the compressor?
Still there:
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Done for Christmas, is it?
After October 10th this is top of the list to be sorted.
I've been playing a different game: GFA5 - Grand Fix Auto 5 (the Corrado is the fifth car I have at the moment after the Passat, the two Golfs and the SJ).
I've been playing this game on and off for a couple of years now. This weekend I was playing in a multi-player mode, with Chuff who came online to play this weekend.
Whilst we were playing we did bump into a few other characters in the game. There was one who came into the gameplay for a while, but didn't seem to do very much or move around very much and seemed for repeat the same phrases again and again, so I think he might have been a computer game character - he was called Dave, after all. I think we both considered killing him and robbing him, but figured he wouldn't have any money and neither of us wanted to gain police-stars whilst trying to complete the missions we wanted to nail this weekend.
A couple more players did come in briefly - Jane and Sean in their Yaris, but it turned out they were playing a different game TCA1 - Tiny Camp Auto 1. It didn't look very exciting and the mission they were on had crashed and we had to help them out with some in-game resources.
In GFA5 you work through missions just like you do in GTA5.
This weekend we completed the 'fitting the engine' mission, which was fiendishly complex and had a massively difficult boss - the 'downpipe nuts' part that had to be completed before we could complete the mission.
There was a very short mission after that - the 'starting the engine' mission, but the 'radiator' was leaking, so we haven't successfully completed that mission yet and need more funds to complete it, so I'll have to come back to it later in the game.
Today we worked on another complex mission, which needed both our skillsets, as well as some help from 'the narrator' - a voiceover that comes in from time to time and dispatches abuse and good advice. This character's voice is performed by the well known voice-over artist DannyP
Similarly to the GTA series there are also additional side-missions that must be completed to get to 100% in GFA5. One of these missions yesterday involved a tractor and in today's side-mission I had to go and sort out someone's connection to 'the internet'.
Probably the best thing about GFA is that once I've completed the 'fixing' missions I can move on to the 'driving' missions, which are quite a lot more exciting.
So, if you were playing GTA5 this weekend, don't bother updating us on any of the missions you completed unless they were more interesting and realistic than the GFA missions I was working on...
yeah right, I have only seen him clean one of his Dubs in 3 years.
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yeah right, I have only seen him clean one of his Dubs in 3 years.(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/922981_334969739982395_335166656_n.jpg)
:grin:
getting there slowly, but still faster than ........................................ :whistle:
getting there slowly, but still faster than ........................................ :whistle:
Will be faster than a smoky old Vectrarse? :whistle:
getting there slowly, but still faster than ........................................ :whistle:
Will be faster than a smoky old Vectrarse? :whistle:
and will have cost twice as much including my repairs. :laugh:
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A little light servicing tonight. Oil and filter change and then swapped out these:
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For these
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Doesn't like being drowned - gets a right hump on and needs to sit for a couple of minutes after immersion, as it won't rev up, just gives what can only be described as an almighty lambda cycle.
Probably replace the crank sensor to try and sort that out and check the engine loom carefully.
it's nice to see one being looked after (if only he knew)
Today I got to check if the replacement crank angle sensor had sorted the water-induced mucking about.
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It had.
Dare I say it - Halfords with my trade card?
Crankshaft sensor for £18?
They just told me it was £45
I know I still need to pop over to you, I keep forgetting/busy/useless etc
Anyone want an ABFed Corrado? Mrs Hell is keen for us to thin out the fleet. :whistle: