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I had checked the lights. Typically it developed a fault with the holder during the mot and blew the fuse, as well as the led side light bulb. Thanks for the replies, I'll try and get one tomorrow to get it sorted asap :) that old chestnut... :hyst no, it honestly did blow during the mot. i was wat...

I had checked the lights. Typically it developed a fault with the holder during the mot and blew the fuse, as well as the led side light bulb.

Thanks for the replies, I'll try and get one tomorrow to get it sorted asap

my passat (1998 1.8turbo) failed the mot this morning, not on anything too bad i dont think. side light bulb, brake flexi hose, track rod ball joint, and front lower (rear arm) ball joint question i have is, the front lower (rear arm), can you replace just the ball joint, or is it all one piece avai...

right, sorted the lock now. it works with the key, and locks and unlocks fine (with the key, but drivers front doesnt do anything with the button still), and also unlocks and locks the two rears fine. it doesnt do anything for the passenger side though (key or with button) I know I have some wiring ...

cool, i will save your link for when i go back to try it again for the third time. its not springing back for some reason, and i now have it fitted with the new spring, but it feels notchy, almost as if the spring ends are rubbing slightly on the casing? I did the torx up all the way (is that right?...

I used all new parts except the spring.
I'll take it back out and try just replacing the parts that are broken. The first castle type is missing a lug piece and the bigger castle piece is split so expands when put together.

Anybody?

so i bought one of the 5 piece repair kits from ebay, as before the door lock was unlocking drivers front and both rear (nothing on passenger front), and locking both rear but neither fronts. passenger side will lock and unlock passenger front and both rears fine. just had the pleasure (read that as...

my passat is a b5, which i think is slightly different from the b5.5? mine was the smaller battery of the two that will fit in there (not as long) and just unbolted and slid right out (175mm high battery) and the new one I bought just slotted right back in too (190mm tall)

cheers for the reply, got one now from a localish motor factors. not quite as good cold cranking spec as one for similar price on there but missed out on the next day delivery for today so just went and picked one up as need it for tomorrow.

it doesnt mention anything about fitting any bmw minis so i would say you would need a different cable for the mini.

this is the cable i bought for my 98 passat. works well with vcds lite
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... AQ:GB:1123

What battery spec do they have as standard? I think mine's dropped a cell and going to get a replacement but can't seem to find any specs on here or in the owners manual

haha yeah i hate tailgaters too!
i have thought about raising the back as it is too low, the tyre has tucked in the arch a little, so may just raise the front half inch to save things a little

looks well made, might look into it sometime. find that the pan scrapes in the centre of the car too so would have to see about sorting that too.

can you buy toughened/armoured ones? or do they need to be made up? it is pretty low, have to go two wheels up on speed ramps, even though its sitting on 18s. lol.

I thought maybe ARB but it seems pretty thin/easy to bend :-? and with the side not being attached to anything I doubted my initial thought. SHOULD it be bolted up to anything on the outer edge or should it just 'float' there? edit: so its an engine tray, so just unbolt it and remove it for good then?

we have a lowered b5 estate and we keep getting this bar catching on deep pot holes and some speed ramps. what is it for? only one end seems to be connected to anything and the outer end just keeps catching and bending/twisting lower to the ground :( looking from under front bumper (so the bent piec...

ok cool, i'll have to give it a clean and a good looking over. cheers

JA1987 wrote:

sblight wrote:I used a stanley blade on mine very gently, just used a clean dry cloth to wipe off the last little bits of sticky stuff and it looks so much better

You are a brave person using a stanley blade to get them off

made no scratches

I used a stanley blade on mine very gently, just used a clean dry cloth to wipe off the last little bits of sticky stuff and it looks so much better

I think its just a standard one in there from memory (the sort with yellow filter and orange edge)

someone else mentioned the maf to me too yesterday, is there no way of cleaning it up? before automatically changing it

its the blue one I need, thats what VW said, and my current one is blue with the 4 pins, so going to order a blue one from that ebay person you gave the link to. Much cheaper than VW cheers

Anyone? Need to get it sorted asap as it's the wife's daily for work

been doing a lot of reading on here, after finding a fault with my cheapy ebay code read lead. it found code 16500 (implausable signal - p0116 35-10 intermittent) and it does sometimes (twice in a few months) have trouble starting when cold, first time it took 30 seconds to get it to start, 2nd time...