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General => The garage => Topic started by: danhock on 22 September 2003, 15:08
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I cant seem to find the right cap for my Mk1, it has a mk2 1.8 16v in it.
The cap is almost against the resvoir for the brake fluid.
It has the connectors at righ angles to the cap but the one from VW / Halfords in inline!!
Please help, i need a new one!!
Dan
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you will need to know what year car the m2 engine is out of.
i went to get a rotor arm and cap today and was told i needed to get the engine no cos mine is an e reg and this when a change came in.
there are two types of rotor arm and cap that may fit your car.
if you can find out what car the m2 engine came out of you will find it a lot easier to get the correct cap.
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Thanks...
Funnily enough i went to halford and got the Rotor arm which was exactly the same as i had. It was listed under Mk2 16V Gti. 86-92. The corresponding Cap was wrong though!! I checked all the caps for golfs and couldnt dind the right one..
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Surely its the leads that are at right angels? Maybe its had different leads fitted due to a lack of clearance? I'm sure one of our cars has the right angle type leads fitted, but its raining at the moment and I'm not sure which one, might well be my Audi.
I cant seem to find the right cap for my Mk1, it has a mk2 1.8 16v in it.
The cap is almost against the resvoir for the brake fluid.
It has the connectors at righ angles to the cap but the one from VW / Halfords in inline!!
Please help, i need a new one!!
Dan
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No the leads come straight off the Cap.
The connectors on the cap are at right angles to the body of the cap... Seen this before on Jap cars. The thing is that the rotor arm fits it correctly and the fillting to the main body of the distributor.
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Quote: The connectors on the cap are at right angles to the body of the cap.
I know what you mean, I looked all through the dist cap listings at our local motor factors and could not find it either. I need one for my MK1 16 valve also, what I have done is removed the fluid resovoir and fitted a remote tank out of a Fiat ::) (I know, but its all I could do at the time).
If you find a cap please let me know the part no, Steve.
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Is there not enough room to fit a normal cap with right angle leads or will a normal cap not even go in? I suspect not as that would have been the easier route to go when doing the transplant.
Bare with me a mo, I think I may know someone that will know the answer to this question.
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I can see the problem now:-
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jimyhunt/engine1.jpg)
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Can I have that cap ;D?. Thats the one!!!!
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Hey that looks nice :o
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yes thats what i need too!!
Nice engine bay. looks like mine (not).
Where did you get the ignition leads from?
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That was a pic I found on clubgti whilst looking for info about your cap, I have met a couple of people there who have done the conversion. I thought someone over there might have been able to answer your question, unfortunately, so far no luck. Here is the thread:-
http://www.clubgti.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30988
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A lot of renaults have the same style of cap but i'm unsure if it would fit on the golf 16V distributor.
I remember reading somewhere of the 16V into MK1 conversion and the leads coming out of the side of the cap is needed to clear the master cylinder, fitting the 22mm one from the 16V gives you enough clearance with the standard cap I understand.
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can i have that whole engine :D
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Quote from GolfVR6 "Hey that looks nice ;)"
And its in a MK1 :D ;D :)
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Thats cos its a 16v - kicks arse :o
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tried a Renault 5 cap yesterday. Did'nt fit.......
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i was under the bonnet of a renault clio williams 2 2ltr 16v the other day and i tell you the cap on that looked pretty damn close to what you guys are looking for although i couldnt say for sure if somebody can give me the diameter and depth of the golf 16v one maybe i can find out
cheers kev ???
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Do the Renaults use the same lead ends as the VW? . Mine has a "pin" in the dist cap that goes into the centre of the lead, what about a Audi 80 16 valve (engine mounted n/s) they may come out at 90 deg. May be worth a look, Steve.
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I've found the right one!!!
Its a Lucas part , i'll get the part number....
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Its
DDB481
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Nice one ;D, Steve.
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Checked out that cap today, does not have the "pins" for the plug leads :-\. Is this the cap people are useing?. Help, the 9a turbo project is close to running and the cap will be a better option than my remote resovoir solution. Steve.