Trog's Mk3 8v - Parts from America!

[Wayne]

Excellent work

[LowlifeDubber]

Looking good dude,keep up the good work!
Like the pinstripe btw 

[trog_nfs]

Hey guys

Well I have succeeded where rclick failed before.
I managed to get total closure to work with the keyless entry kit.

I pulled the car apart again to see how the total closure works, so got to the back of the lock in the drivers door.

Locking the car:
Turning the key sends a +12v pulse down the grey wire to lock the car, and holding the key to close the windows maintains a +12v pulse for as long as the key is held.

Unlocking the car is the same, but operates down the green wire.

The rclick module only sends a +12v pulse to lock and unlock the car, and doesn't hold no matter what you do with the fob.
It does have a windows rising output, which becomes an earth when activated for around 30s.

Heres how you sort it.

Get a standard automotive relay


This is how you need to connect it up

connect 30 to 12v permanent live
connect 87 to the lock wire on harness (connected to grey)
connect 85 to 12v live
connect 86 to the green wire on harness



bobs your uncle, fanny's your aunt, this should work for you.


Now thats working, took the cam cover off, gave it a good scrub with a wire brush, and coated it in enamel heat proof paint. I'l post a pic of it when its dry and fitted to the car.

Pressed plates arrived today.

Cheers

[stow1985]

Great work!

[dom]

Nice one

[trog_nfs]

Did the steering rack protective boot today....

Possibly the worst job I have ever had to do!!!!!!

So fiddly and dirty, its ridiculus!

And to top that, the paint I used on the cam cover reacted, so had to strip it back again, and tried again with hammerite.

[trog_nfs]

Just a quick pic update

Freshly painted rocker cover:


New Steering Rack Boot.


Got to get a new rubber gasket for the pressure valve on top of the cover, had gone brittle and snapped when I tried to take it off.
New ones on order from VW, and instant gasket is holding the cover together untill then. Not ideal, but because of the bank hols, couldn't get one sooner.

[trog_nfs]

Gave her a good clean today, and well-deserved polish.


Reflection shot ftw


Cheers

[trog_nfs]

Fitted my wind deflectors, pretty pleases with them overall.



Also got round to fitting my pressed plates and number plate surrounds



Starting to look much more tidy.

Started saving for some lows, so hopefully won't be too long before I can afford them, although it is the girlfriends birthday next month 

[trog_nfs]

Just got the car back from having the cambelt changed. My eyes are still watering, and I can't sit down yet 

Had the tracking sorted as well, so the steering wheel is straight again after I had the column out to change the boot.

Only cosmetic bit today was my door card clips came, so I could clip the door cards back on properly. Scraped all the $hit out of the bottom of the doors too, broken clips etc.

At some point in the cars life, the owner has had kids, cos there was loads of marbles and plastic toys underneath the carpet. Might explain the rattle!