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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: yellowgti on 08 February 2009, 18:54
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As some of you know, trudy was officially dying and she had given up hope but......
After a gruesome 48hour race against time to give her a heart transplant she is now recovering, the work started on mcdonalds uttoxeter anyway while waiting for the rac who refused to take us to derby so had to build her back up again but after a few hours friday and saturday she is now running absolutly amazing, shes alot quicker, more responsive, doesnt over heat, everything works except the heaters which i will do in the week, shes had new oil, cambelt, waterpump, headgasket and been skimmed....
i must say how impressed i am as jenna aka TheRaven getting her hands dirty and helping to do alot of the work
heres the pics ;)
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Good stuff, glad to see another one rescued! :smiley:
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Congrats man, almost gives me hope for mine haha
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cool work
well done :)
could have painted the rocker cover though :grin: :grin:
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Doing it in a Maccy D car park :shocked: :evil:
Jenna, you clearly need to get some Silver bulbs that flash orange for your rear intimidators , I got some from the bay cheap enough for my M3 Crystal's and now you can't see the orange from the bulb, unless it flashes and they flash brighter than the standard orange bulbs too so are more noticeable.
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or some supercharged rangerover ones
look blue till they flash
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p18/rsturbophil/my%20cars/17012009527.jpg)
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or some supercharged rangerover ones
look blue till they flash
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p18/rsturbophil/my%20cars/17012009527.jpg)
where do you get them from looked all over but couldnt find them :cry:
Dan
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landrover garages (i work for a dutch one)
but they aint cheap
and you have to file one of the little pins off it as they are offset pin type
but mine are perfect front and rear :)
i'll try get a part number for you tommorrow :wink: :wink:
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landrover garages (i work for a dutch one)
but they aint cheap
and you have to file one of the little pins off it as they are offset pin type
but mine are perfect front and rear :)
i'll try get a part number for you tommorrow :wink: :wink:
thank you :smiley:
Dan
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yeh we were going to paint the rocker cover but on a very tight budget we had to leave it, shes still running like a dream now, doesnt go over half temperature before the fan comes on, usually runs about a quarter now so all is good ;) need a big sign now,headgaskets undertaken £250 including parts... lol
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landrover garages (i work for a dutch one)
but they aint cheap
and you have to file one of the little pins off it as they are offset pin type
but mine are perfect front and rear :)
i'll try get a part number for you tommorrow :wink: :wink:
thank you :smiley:
Dan
part number from landrover is XZQ500090 and the cost is €14.34 (please note that is euros ) :grin:
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Cant say how thankful I am to Yellow gti for helping me to do this! I learnt a lot along the way and rescued my beloved car! She may only be a 13 but I love her!!!!!!! :laugh:
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landrover garages (i work for a dutch one)
but they aint cheap
and you have to file one of the little pins off it as they are offset pin type
but mine are perfect front and rear :)
i'll try get a part number for you tommorrow :wink: :wink:
thank you :smiley:
Dan
part number from landrover is XZQ500090 and the cost is €14.34 (please note that is euros ) :grin:
cheers mate will look into that :smiley:
Dan
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are 1.3 headgaskets hard to change as mine is leaking oil above the alternator and will need to be done eventually
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are 1.3 headgaskets hard to change as mine is leaking oil above the alternator and will need to be done eventually
It actually wasnt that hard! It only took us 2 days because we ran out of daylight + it had to be skimmed 5 times!
Taking it apart + putting it back together again was pretty ok! Its a simple engine!
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Quote from: daniel-1986 on Today at 09:34
are 1.3 headgaskets hard to change as mine is leaking oil above the alternator and will need to be done eventually.
i did the head gasket on my 1.3. was not hard at all, easier then ravens as mine did not need skimming. i had the same problem as u have described. i think you should buy a genuine VW rocker cover gasket as i found other ones to be rubbish. that solved the oil leaking from the corners.