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Title: Hi all! Had to do it!!!
Post by: Tuffymk3 on 07 December 2009, 19:19

Hi all
Just thought i'd say hello, I'm mark from Suffolk and i just had to do it!! after many years of several mk3 gti ownership and a couple of mk4 Gti turbos i strayed away to Bmw but always fancied another mk3 just for some fun!  :smiley: so i took the plunge and found an R plate 16v on ebay for £500!! few little problems with it, glovebox wont open, small piece of laquer coming off and a running fault, Guy i bought it from has changed cap, leads, relay, but still has cutting out fault every now and then when car is warm, starts straight away after cut out! Air mass metre maybe??or timing belt?  :rolleyes: or you guys any ideas? Looking forward to getting it back to tip top standard  spec and having some fun. Thanks for a great site

Mark

Title: Re: Hi all! Had to do it!!!
Post by: madgti on 07 December 2009, 19:22

hello

Title: Re: Hi all! Had to do it!!!
Post by: mumbles on 07 December 2009, 19:28

hey, welcome to the forum  :cool:

have a look/search in the mk3 section, lots of info in there to help you out.  :smiley:

check this out for opening the glovebox http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn_LmCZcMUM

you may need to buy a new handle and then swap the lock over to the new handle. fairly easy job if not a bit fiddly!  :smiley:

Title: Re: Hi all! Had to do it!!!
Post by: Andy-H on 07 December 2009, 20:08

Welcome along  :smiley:

Title: Re: Hi all! Had to do it!!!
Post by: Len on 08 December 2009, 09:17

Welcome.

There are several cutting out issues so as mumbles says go check out those in Mk3 section.

Title: Re: Hi all! Had to do it!!!
Post by: Tuffymk3 on 08 December 2009, 20:00

Quote from: mumbles on 07 December 2009, 19:28

hey, welcome to the forum  :cool:

have a look/search in the mk3 section, lots of info in there to help you out.  :smiley:

check this out for opening the glovebox http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn_LmCZcMUM

you may need to buy a new handle and then swap the lock over to the new handle. fairly easy job if not a bit fiddly!  :smiley:

Thanks for that very helpful

Title: Re: Hi all! Had to do it!!!
Post by: mumbles on 08 December 2009, 20:04

no worries mate  :cool:

glad i could help.

Title: Re: Hi all! Had to do it!!!
Post by: Dinky on 09 December 2009, 20:18

Welcome to the forum hun :smiley:

Dinx :kiss:

Title: Re: Hi all! Had to do it!!!
Post by: GOLF_STU on 09 December 2009, 23:04

welcome  :smiley: