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Thanks for the pics Tw@ :-bd Funnily enough I'm doing it as we speak, just come indoors for a cup of tea. I've yet to contend with that so called bitch clip. It has stayed on the pillar and I think it needs separating to locate back into the trim before refitting. I've run six cables up the pillar w...

It was a cold grey and windy day with rain threatening. Much coffee was guzzled and bacon sandwiches were scoffed. It didn't rain in the end but what did was my old clutch was swapped for a new one including the flywheel, engine rear crank oilseal. pilot bearing, pilot bearing tube and oil seal. Br...

Thanks for responding. I need to run six cables up there! Perm live Switched live Lighting live Earth and x2 signal cables So quite a bunch. I'm weary about just tucking them in, which would be easily do-able if it were not for the curtain airbag. I don't want those cables turning into very fast mov...

Long time no replies bat soup flu was just a dream. Tw@t, Casting your mind back.... Did / does your car have the side / curtain airbags? If so how did you run the cable(s) down the 'a' pillar? I need to run a few cables up and am concerned that they may get flung out into my face if the bag ever de...

Going back to basics;

The anti shudder (air shut off) valve (ASV) is working, its solenoid, vac tubing etc?

If all that is good, I'd suspect the tandem pump, especially as there are no codes and you are reading outputs for the engine. Note that this could cause both ASV and fuel supply problems.

MiniMental wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:15 pmA nice picture I think [emoji846] Stonehenge.

That is proper off roading

MiniMental wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:45 pm Hahahahaha oh dear

Gazwould wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:44 pm He's not bleached his fuzz ?

No, my mistake, more like...

Gazwould wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:06 pm Part time Elvis impersonator ?

This should help...

https://uk-mkivs.net/index.php?showtopic=13968&hl=

Mini Mental / Aiden dropped the box and a new clutch and duel mass flywheel plus bearings and oil seals went on today.

Brilliant work.

I saw this beast today...

It looks so 'ard it might beat you up if you looked at it wrong.

The secondary LED lighting is unbelievably bright!

It was a cold grey and windy day with rain threatening. Much coffee was guzzled and bacon sandwiches were scoffed. It didn't rain in the end but what did was my old clutch was swapped for a new one including the flywheel, engine rear crank oilseal. pilot bearing, pilot bearing tube and oil seal. Bri...

From what I recall, your car is a LHD drive and you don't live in the UK? If so, a slight and slow pull to the right would be normal and normally caused by the road camber. We get this in the UK but in reverse, on a cambered road ours will pull to the left. Another thing to consider is a slightly bi...

Above the pedals is the buzz-bar which is the main power distribution location.

The 75x terminal is ignition switched.

However, if you connect anything to it (via a ring connector) you MUST fit an inline fuse as close to it as possible to the 75x terminal. For that load I'd be fitting a 5amp fuse.

I also got confused with the names and recently fitted Pioneer speakers in all four doors because I couldn't work out the difference between Jolly Big Lollipops and Jangly Vibrating Cumquats. Top tip; a hot glue gun for the tweeters works well Top tip; the rear door tweeters (on a B5.5) have a felt ...

Been there a few times, getting an itch to change the Passat and then I refer back to my younger days when I spent a lot of money on cars. Looking back I'm always happiest in what is now known as a shed, but shed I know well. But then again, when that itch happens questions like, "I'm fast appr...

Chances are the disks are just gunked with surface rust.

I'd drive it a while and hopefully all will be well.

Remember Dallas when Bobby Ewing woke up from that daydream...

And nothing happened. ;)

It might be happening, the thing that would never happen.

EGR delete with possible added benefits.


Aiden........... I'm going to need that clutch sorting ASAP.

Once it is set and assuming the tensioner has not undone the only way the timing can alter is via the outer camshaft pulley. If done correctly a belt change would involve temporarily loosening the three bolts on the outer cam pulley so as to allow the belt to be tensioned whilst timing stays where i...

Things are moving slowly but a meaningful start has been made this evening. This evening is chud freezing as well for the record. I've just changed the oil level sensor obviously with an oil and filter change which will hopefully deal with the "Oil sensor workshop" warning that periodicall...

The V6 TDI's are lovely when in full working order. But to buy one now, as old as they are, you need to swallow a brave pill. The Bosch VP44 pump as fitted to them and many other cars, Ford, Vauxhall etc are renowned for failure. That failure can be either mechanical inside the pump or electrical in...

Thank you Bob, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you also.

I was going to give you a shout funnily enough about having a rummage through your box of MK4 bits...

Wheels off and work back to the master cylinder (via the ABS pump).

Most likely to be;

Split hose (can happen on all four wheels)
Knackered caliper (all 4 again)
Hose to caliper unions, crush washers (again all 4)
Corroded brake pipe(s).