niwid
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Apr 28, 2020 13:36:38 GMT
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The Phase 1 106 steels really suit it, even more so with a 1" band. I bought Capri wheels for mine, but can't find anyone local(ish) who wants the job of opening up the centre bore.  I really like them too. The wheels themselves were on a variety of Pugs. Some base model 205s had a slightly narrower 13x4.5 version, with small black centre caps that now cost about £100 a set! These centre caps are from a phase 1 106 XND, which I believe was the only car to use them. The XN came with cute little 13s, but the diesel version had 4 stud hubs, so they made these centre caps to look a little like the XN wheels. |
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niwid
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Apr 28, 2020 13:42:40 GMT
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The Phase 1 106 steels really suit it, even more so with a 1" band. I bought Capri wheels for mine, but can't find anyone local(ish) who wants the job of opening up the centre bore. Also, if you are midlands based, give MrSpeedy on here a message. He will be doing the centres on the pepperpots, or banding the 106 steels, depending on which route I follow. |
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niwid
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My girlfriend bought me this custom made felted wool version of my car haha! Its super cute, and its really rather good considering the material used!   No other news as of yet, haven't got round to having a look at anything as I've been been busy with other work. Hoping to get the gearbox off this coming week and run the engine to try and isolate the sound. I've also bought one of these for the front valance. It was super cheap and I'm thinking if I can get it looking neat it will be just enough to give the standard front valance a slightly more purposeful look. I will update |
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Last Edit: May 9, 2020 14:36:34 GMT by niwid
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Will watch with interest, since I have the same car with the same issue!
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danny81
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Did the front bumper stay? From what it's worth I like it 👍 Very period
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niwid
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Did the front bumper stay? From what it's worth I like it 👍 Very period It's still on the car but only as I haven't got round drop swapping it back. Keeping the standard one. I like it too, but I'd rather keep it a little less fuasy |
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May 10, 2020 11:02:14 GMT
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After seeing your post on the pre 2000 Facebook group (I commented on your wheels), thought I'd have a look through you RR thread. Good work with this car.
I have a mystery noise too, comes from acceleration on turning, not been able to track it down yet.
Have to agree that I'm not a fan of the valance either.
Glad to hear the engine swap was ok. I have a 1400 xs engine for mine, but no carb or intake manifold. That's on the back burner for now.
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niwid
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May 10, 2020 11:50:45 GMT
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After seeing your post on the pre 2000 Facebook group (I commented on your wheels), thought I'd have a look through you RR thread. Good work with this car. I have a mystery noise too, comes from acceleration on turning, not been able to track it down yet. Have to agree that I'm not a fan of the valance either. Glad to hear the engine swap was ok. I have a 1400 xs engine for mine, but no carb or intake manifold. That's on the back burner for now. Hmmmm, mystery noise, CV? Either that or diff at a guess. We'll see if the engine swap is a success when I chase this noise haha. Hopefully its all good and I will be able to enjoy driving it. Oooooo TU3S would be the perfect engine for me. I hear they are hard to find though? |
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ChasR
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May 10, 2020 13:42:47 GMT
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Phase 1 Steelies would look spot on with this thing  . The only thing is the GTi front springs may induce understeer when pushing on due to the spring rates differing. This happened on my 205 GTi . |
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niwid
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May 11, 2020 11:18:11 GMT
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The only thing is the GTi front springs may induce understeer when pushing on due to the spring rates differing. This happened on my 205 GTi . Tbh the cheapy crappy tyres induce enough understeer as it is, I haven't noticed any difference haha. Looking forward to getting some new ones at some point. I know what you mean though, especially as I plan on running GTi B4s when I can afford them. I'd like to stiffen up the back a little to compensate, but good GTi beams are a bit spendy tbh. Tbh it rarely gets driven particularly hard. It spends most of its time pootling about the city, back seats down and filled with musical instruments |
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May 11, 2020 14:12:58 GMT
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After seeing your post on the pre 2000 Facebook group (I commented on your wheels), thought I'd have a look through you RR thread. Good work with this car. I have a mystery noise too, comes from acceleration on turning, not been able to track it down yet. Have to agree that I'm not a fan of the valance either. Glad to hear the engine swap was ok. I have a 1400 xs engine for mine, but no carb or intake manifold. That's on the back burner for now. Hmmmm, mystery noise, CV? Either that or diff at a guess. We'll see if the engine swap is a success when I chase this noise haha. Hopefully its all good and I will be able to enjoy driving it. Oooooo TU3S would be the perfect engine for me. I hear they are hard to find though? Thanks Tim, had a drive shaft last year but didn't cure it. The trouble is, I just don't drive it that much. Only did 1k last year. Tu3s are fairly hard to find...my ideal engine too. Jumped at the chance to put it in the shed! Not sure if it's any good or I will get round to it ever, but it's nice to have the option. |
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niwid
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May 11, 2020 22:03:30 GMT
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Hmmmm, mystery noise, CV? Either that or diff at a guess. We'll see if the engine swap is a success when I chase this noise haha. Hopefully its all good and I will be able to enjoy driving it. Oooooo TU3S would be the perfect engine for me. I hear they are hard to find though? Thanks Tim, had a drive shaft last year but didn't cure it. The trouble is, I just don't drive it that much. Only did 1k last year. Tu3s are fairly hard to find...my ideal engine too. Jumped at the chance to put it in the shed! Not sure if it's any good or I will get round to it ever, but it's nice to have the option. Might be worth getting a cheap box then. I fitted a 206 one on mine as they are cheap and plentiful. You need to swap the clutch arm and the Speedo drive over and mod the hear linkages (I cut and welded them, you could also make them adjustable by cutting a thread and using a threaded bar) Give it a once over and service and give it a go once you source carb and stuff. Bike carbs are an option! It's a day's work to swap the engine over, so trial it, see how it is and if it's no good just swap the old one back in. |
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niwid
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May 15, 2020 12:02:13 GMT
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Got a bit of time on the car yesterday. I took the gearbox off and I'm not entirely sure, but I'm wondering if the thrust bearing wasn't seated correctly on the clutch fork. There is wear marks to the right of where it should sit on the fork. This may be the cause of the mysterious sound, although I doubt it as using the clutch didn't cause the sound to change much at all. The clutch to flywheel bolts aren't loose. There is a bit of what looks like engine oil inside the bell-housing. Should I be worried about this? I'll be back on the car on Monday, so will pull the clutch off and check for anything else that may be cause for concern. Any further things I should look at? I also trail fitted my cheapy front lip. I think it looks pretty smart! I thought about doing it all the way around the bumper but settled on doing just the front bit as it looks a little more 'retro'. I like it anyway.    This weekend I'm going to pull apart an old MA gearbox, partly to get the input shaft out to use as a clutch alignment tool, but mainly because I've never taken a gearbox apart and I want to. Also gonna use the innards for some garden decorations at some point. |
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May 15, 2020 13:35:24 GMT
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The oil may be from the rear crank oil seal. It's behind the flywheel usually. You will never be nearer to fixing it than you are now. Might be worth popping the flywheel off.
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niwid
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May 15, 2020 15:01:41 GMT
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The oil may be from the rear crank oil seal. It's behind the flywheel usually. You will never be nearer to fixing it than you are now. Might be worth popping the flywheel off. Is it much of a job? Or is it just a pull the old one out and pop a new one in? |
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May 15, 2020 18:51:34 GMT
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I think if you take the flywheel off its will reveal itself. I haven't done one on them but have on other engines and it just hooked out and the new one tapped in. Best to check the Haynes or pop a question in the technical bit on here and one of the chaps that knows more than me will no doubt help.
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niwid
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I've not been as active as I could I'd like to be on the car. I've had a lot of personal stuff going on of late and have struggled to find the enthusiasm. I have put another gearbox on (got one cheap locally), refitted everything and started the engine. Guess what. The sound is still there, meaning its definitely engine. Not sure what it is, but I'm pretty certain its got worse over the past few hundred miles.
I've taken a video of it and used a bit of EQ to highlight the sound in question. You'll hear it come in and out, much louder at around 1200-1500 rpm than anywhere else. Its a grumbly rotating sound and I don't like it. I'm worried its bottom end but until I can be bothered to throw some brakes on it and drive it to someone for an opinion, mobile videos are the best solution.
Not a nice noise is it? Any ideas.
I'm feeling a little defeated by it to be honest and its tempting to start looking for another car if the prognosis is bad. But that would be very boring.
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have you checked the alternator bearings, also when did it last have a timing belt?
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jonomisfit
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can you use a short length of hose pipe to you ear and hold it near various components in the engine bay to see if you can pinpoint where its coming from?
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niwid
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have you checked the alternator bearings, also when did it last have a timing belt? Not checked alternator bearings. I popped a timing belt and water pump on it 200 miles ago. |
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