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Offline JC

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Re: The Blue Wagon - sad times ..................
« Reply #790 on: 27 August 2010, 22:16 »
how hard were they to shift on the passat?

nearly pushed and or pulled off the axle stands kinda hard to shift  :shocked: :lipsrsealed:

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Re: The Blue Wagon - sad times ..................
« Reply #791 on: 27 August 2010, 22:25 »
health and safety young man! :grin:


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Re: The Blue Wagon - sad times ..................
« Reply #792 on: 30 August 2010, 11:53 »
health and safety young man! :grin:



i aint healthy

i aint safe

and i aint young

 :smiley:


but


a small update - she is back on 4 wheels  :cool:

with no whine from the rear end  :smug:



quick re- arrange of the garage and a tent to put away and she shall be back in the other way round for the next stage of the repairs.. . . . . . . . . .  :undecided:

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Re: The Blue Wagon - sad times ..................
« Reply #793 on: 30 August 2010, 17:24 »
well we all like a shiney bitz shot - so



then it was a quick road test and the whining noise has gone :afro:

then is was time to make a decision , and a few quid as needs must at the moment so



and back to standard lights



then the balancing act commenced



but she is up, and SOLID on the ramps

next up, oil loss  and battery light illumination investigation  :undecided: :huh:

and is officially SORN now too - Roll on 2011  :lipsrsealed:




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Re: Wagon's Roll.
« Reply #794 on: 30 August 2010, 17:30 »
Schweeeeeet. Already has the clear indicators to.

Slammed on some RS's with body coloured centres would look awesome.

Nick

just been trawling this thread - you must have seen the furture Mr H.  a year later and i did go body coloured rimms  :grin:

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Re: The Blue Wagon - SORN :-o
« Reply #795 on: 30 August 2010, 18:16 »
I prefer the standard ones actually...

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Re: The Blue Wagon - SORN :-o
« Reply #796 on: 30 August 2010, 20:33 »
Looks ok on the standard lights.

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Re: The Blue Wagon - SORN :-o
« Reply #797 on: 17 September 2010, 14:44 »
oil leak sorted  :lipsrsealed:

alternator issue sorted - connections cleaned  :laugh:

and re taxed  :wink:

So - what to do with it  :undecided: :huh: got 2 weeks to decide once i have got the Turbo wagon home and checked over.  :smiley:

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Re: The Blue Wagon - SORN :-o
« Reply #798 on: 17 September 2010, 15:42 »
Nice shiney bit shot.  :cool:

I'm liking those standards to be honest.

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Re: The Blue Wagon - SORN :-o
« Reply #799 on: 17 September 2010, 16:00 »
I'd say keep it since it's such a tidy example of a well modded B3. Even if you must sell then sell it complete and original rather than breaking.
Not low enough mk5
Not on the road enough mk3