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Offline LowlifeDubber

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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #620 on: 29 August 2012, 20:22 »
Hmmm and where the cocking hell am i gunna get one of them?lol :grin:
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Offline leigh_harty

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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #621 on: 29 August 2012, 20:25 »
Im under the impression VW might sell them  :undecided:

Like i said i got lucky... shame you dont live up here. Quite a few vw/audi specific garages up my way maybe try some down your end?...
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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #622 on: 31 August 2012, 07:06 »
Well no joy finding aa vr6 piston ring compressor. :angry:

However i got the bores all honed out and 1.5 sides of the engine cleaned up.What a long laborious job!

Anyway a few pics.

Rings have come!


The trusty hone came out.


Crap loads of oil everywhere and were away.Got a nice 30-45 deg cross hatch.



Then 5 hours passed while i sat and took off all the blue paint that Grant Motorsport had put on my engine block many moons ago.(Thanks for that!)

After



Ive just got the dipstick guide to do now but that will have to be after the weekend as i have a couple of services to do and then the 36 hours at work this weekend.

More next week :)
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Offline DanChave

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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #623 on: 31 August 2012, 08:25 »
Great work buddy! That block is looking sweet! What did you use to get all the paint off out of interest?
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Offline LowlifeDubber

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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #624 on: 31 August 2012, 08:29 »
Thanks mate.

I used 12 different shape brass brushes with drill attachments on them.Took me 5 hours to do one side but i thought i might as well do it myself as the nearest acid bath if 50 miles away so i just cracked on.
It would have been done in half the time if i hadnt of been so pedantic and required every single chip of paint to come off.Even ended up using a tooth pick in the bloody engine number. :grin:

Damn ocd! :laugh:
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Offline thai-wronghorse

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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #625 on: 31 August 2012, 08:39 »
Nice one, if you're gonna do a job then do it properly.  :smiley:
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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #626 on: 31 August 2012, 08:43 »
Too right! :cool:
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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #627 on: 31 August 2012, 16:59 »
Getting there, doesn't look like you will have left any stone unturned! :cool:
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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #628 on: 31 August 2012, 18:34 »
Quote from: VR6_Wherry on 31 August 2012, 16:59
Getting there, doesn't look like you will have left any stone unturned! :cool:

Im more intimate with the internals on this engine than i am with the missus. :grin:
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Re: 1993 MK3 Golf(Engine build time!!)
« Reply #629 on: 31 August 2012, 18:35 »
Quote from: LowlifeDubber on 31 August 2012, 18:34
Quote from: VR6_Wherry on 31 August 2012, 16:59
Getting there, doesn't look like you will have left any stone unturned! :cool:

Im more intimate with the internals on this engine than i am with the missus. :grin:

Haha, classic!
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