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Think the top mounts on a B4 are the same as a MK3 golf in that they are smaller but I think the metal cap that holds the spring to the strut are the same, they all use pig tailed springs. Ive got all four legs and I can use my top mounts I have on the coilies it that rest of the bits i need

Hi there I'm looking to put the standard suspension back on my B3 and need the following parts to be able to fit the front springs to the struts which are the metal seats / hats that hold the springs in place. Dont know technical name. If you also have the nuts that hold them in place that would be ...

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Thats right they are not handed on an estates and saloon are totally different, saloon units will not fit an estate and that also goes for the rear tub. What I was wondering is if B4 ones fit as then it might be worth going down to the local breakers to see whats about

Are they the same for the outer lights, I know the light units are slightly different, Mine are all corroded inside.

Hi all, need a pair of rear lights with the bulb holders if possible, anybody got any or know of any, standard units fine

Normally if its the heater matrex you get a rusty water smell in the cabin as you get up to temperature. Matrex cab be bypassed, relatively easy to change just time consuming

gerrygerbil wrote:rear windscreen washer arm plastic cover for the wiper washer .

Probably your best bet is to go down your local breakers and get one of 6n Polo, thats what I did, Golf is probably the same

Cheers that helps. I have a really annoying rattle which comes from the top of the strut, I think as I have eliminated everything else. Im also thinking of getting rid of the coilies and putting standard shocks back on The other thing is I need to sort the heater out as its poo. Went to change the m...

My wagon has an annoying rattle and In guessing its down to the top mount Anyone know if they are still available or the same as any other car?
Cheers in advance

Liking the heater control repair. Need to do something with mine as at the moment I just have the cables sticking of the dash so I can push and pull them to operate

Helping a friend buy a new car on a budget. Today we found a B5 1900tdi passat on O5 plate with a lowish millage which seem better than some of the newer cars with the 2000tdi engines. Am I right in thinking the 1900 tdi is the better stronger engine as the newer engines appear to have a lot of weak...

Hi Matt, I did try that but only one end unscrews the other just breaks. Anyway I ended up ordering some from my local GSF and they fitted fine so alls good

Think they are the ones with the bands, will look

I have some spare struts off a b3 that i broke and they are different to the ones on my car in that the end caps that press over the ball joint are bigger and therefore when you go to shut the tailgate just ping of again as there is no room for them to turn if that makes any sense. Was hoping I coul...

Seems there is two types that fit a B3 as the early ones I have don't fit a later B3. I was wondering if I could fit them from a B5 as I could get a pair from the breakers. Just saves me ordering them over the net and the wrong ones turn up as they only seem to list one type

I can have a lease car or use a pool car instead of using my B3 for work. If I get a job and and theres a risk to my car I take a boring pool car. Most staff do have lease cars as they claim their old cars cost to much to repair, when they say old cat their talking ten years old, Im sticking with th...

I do well over 500 miles a week in my B3 and i never see another, do see a couple of B4 now and then. I have a 61 Beetle as well, more likely to see another one of them, my B3 is rarer than a splittly

not me although I do have a spare set.

Like said just add a cap of low ash two strike oil to the fill up and that will lubricate and quieten the pump. My sisters partner dose it to both his blue motions and has been doing so for a while. I tend to run my TD on BP diesel mixed with veg oil

Central heating oil as well, might have been a state of thefts of the stuff

When I lived in Spain I believed there was some stupid law about washing your car in the street using water from your tap so I only ever washed mine when it rained, something I do now, saves water and rinsing plus all the craps softened up. Never jet wash my car, 25 years old and now lacquer peel

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16vlover wrote:care to post that tow bar to a forum member in the u.k.?

Sorry no postage on tow bar

speak to me about the Hella De's although might need postage :neutral: Rich. They work, theres couple of cracks in the covers but the lights are good, they have electric motors so you can adjust them if you wire them up, I adjusted them manually for MOT when they were on the daily, they are adjuste...