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Offline weazgti

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #110 on: 04 July 2013, 19:20 »
Looks like the power wires are connected in the upside down pic.  Just need to connect earth.And the switched live and permanent are twisted together so it should turn on and then you can work out speaker wires.

Offline VWchapman17

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #111 on: 05 July 2013, 10:24 »
got it all working eventually, the standard wires for the stereo are all tangled and wrong, and the sub and amp and speaker wires are everywhere, I blew 2 fuses getting this thing working, and when I did get it working it never turned off so I need to make my own wire going to the ignition switch. I need an adapter for the sub and the amp as I only have 2 ports on the stereo so not everything can be plugged in, and when it did work it just kept cutting out, then I put it in my mates car and worked fine and sounded great!!! so what im going to do is,

replace fuses in fuse box as most of them are shot
new sub+amp and speakers
new wiring, start from scratch as original wiring is sh!t
wire vdo gauges in when get sub and amp
just rewire most things in and around my dash board to make them a lot tidier and so they actually work..

makes sense to me

also had the steering wheel on yesterday and spent most of the day driving it about, pulls and goes very well for a 1.3
pulled away quicker than a 1.6 ztec fiesta.. geabox is good, no second gear crunch, clutch is good, brakes are rubbish though as one of my discs are warped an the other discs are rusty. new discs and pads on the list to buy also!

Offline Sgt_Lemon

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #112 on: 05 July 2013, 10:26 »
When I got my golf the front right disc was massively warped, felt like driving down a train track when you tried to brake haha

Offline VWchapman17

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #113 on: 05 July 2013, 10:53 »
I was just driving and when I braked I was bouncing haha, and even when I took my foot off the accelerator I was just bouncing about haha, more expensive for me to replace discs and pads because of the rear disc conversion

Offline gazareth

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #114 on: 05 July 2013, 21:32 »
maybe its not coilovers on your car but air suspension lol. have you given up on the vdo,s for now?

Offline VWchapman17

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #115 on: 06 July 2013, 12:43 »
maybe its not coilovers on your car but air suspension lol. have you given up on the vdo,s for now?
waiting for payday to come then buying all the kit to fit them, as I had a wedding to go to and I kinda spent my savings on a hotel room and drinks for me and my girlfriend haha, spent around 150 in a night........... shocking

Offline VWchapman17

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #116 on: 07 July 2013, 22:57 »
nothing new to tell anyone about the golf.. no progress over this weekend.

have a problem though, to sort out my brakes, I need the locking wheel nut.. but I don't have it haha how am I supposed to remove the nut to get my wheels off, I cannot find it anywhere online either

must be a cheats way of getting it off.

Offline Sgt_Lemon

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #117 on: 08 July 2013, 21:50 »
You could always use a massive grinder to chop away parts of your wheel surrounding the locking nut. Pull the wheel straight off, you just need to buy another wheel with a similar hole so you can bolt that on.

Offline gazareth

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #118 on: 08 July 2013, 22:59 »
what I usually do with them blighters is weld a big lump of weld to the locking nut. and while it is still red hot tap a socket over it. usually comes lose very easily. or try cracking it free with a hammer and chisel. once they start turning your good to go.

Offline VWchapman17

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Re: project mk2 410
« Reply #119 on: 08 July 2013, 23:35 »
what I usually do with them blighters is weld a big lump of weld to the locking nut. and while it is still red hot tap a socket over it. usually comes lose very easily. or try cracking it free with a hammer and chisel. once they start turning your good to go.
good idea, ive been thinking of ideas all day of how to get it off haha