hardmonkeys - mk3.5 Cabrio 2.0 8v auto to 2.0 16v manual conversion

[th3_f15t]

Just caught up on this project as I've not had a chance to sit down and read it of late. Good, inspirational work there mate, glad to see it's not road worthy! You should be proud. Also, pictures please!

[hardmonkeys]

Just caught up on this project as I've not had a chance to sit down and read it of late. Good, inspirational work there mate, glad to see its not road worthy! You should be proud. Also, pictures please!

Lol...cheers mate...I think..

Will get some pics soon, I hate photobucket...it's seems such a faff to get pictures up...I'm using an iPad too, so it takes bloody ages

Thanks for reading, it's nice to know that people are interested and I like to thing I'm helping others become inspired to take on something like this.

[lemski]

Imgur.com thats what I use. New photobucket is wank.

[hardmonkeys]

Excellent. Thank mate. Will give that a go

[hardmonkeys]

hey hey

I had a small problem with the speedometer not working and fuel gauge not reading correctly, enquired on here and had a quick scout around the internet, and found it to be the Vehicle Speed Sensor in the gearbox,



I removed the sensor and tested it by connecting it to the chuck of the drill, set my phone up to record the clocks in the car, fired the drill up, NOTHING!!

experience should of told me to stop there, get a new sensor and be done with it...but no no NOO!!

I decided, once I was there, I might as well changed the pinion too, seeing as it been there 19yrs!! surely new is better...right?? wrong!!!!!!!

so I take out the pinion and pinion guide, separate them, to see whats what



clean it up, decide that it is actually ok, put it back in the guide, place into the gearbox and!!

..drop..... out the guide into the box..!!

i spent the best part of 2 hrs trying to fish it out, replaced it with the new pinion and finally sorted it...

nightmare few days, but at least the speedometer is now working, and the fuel gauge is reading correctly.

isn't it amazing how one sensor can affect so many different things

[hardmonkeys]

quick picture from this morning in the yard before i came home from work

[hardmonkeys]

Took the Cabrio for tracking in Wednesday, into County Tyres in Weymouth, used these guys a,to over the last few years, so know they are genuine.

Anyway, they got it up in the air, and began to set up the tools, he looked a bit confused, so he got the manager over to look at it, came over to me and asked if the car had been in an accident....

I thought I'd made a cock up with something, so I told him what I had done with changing the engine,gearbox, suspension etc etc...he told me the wishbone on the N/S/F was an inch shorter than the O/S/F..which was the correct length....good old euro car parts!! I had noticed the wheel looked different, but thought it was because the tracking was miles out..

Can't take the wishbone back as its been on a year, so looking to get a new one, trying to avoid ECP now...any ideas on where to buy?

[lemski]

Gsf or if you were a little closer id say apd. Gave you a non gti wishbone then

[hardmonkeys]

Not sure, The original wishbones had a different balljoints.

Looked online, vw parts international have genuine ones for £48...

[lemski]

Thats not a bad price to be honest