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Aug 31, 2015 22:30:52 GMT
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if its a CE1 car and you need help with some wires, I can look at my car to see where they go for you =)
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Look forward to seeing that unfold. I bet it looks tiny next to the golf +  |
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if its a CE1 car and you need help with some wires, I can look at my car to see where they go for you =) Cheers mate, have no idea at the minute. It has a qpeng ecu and wiring but it looks a right mess lol. Need to figure out whats what with the factory wiring as well. |
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Look forward to seeing that unfold. I bet it looks tiny next to the golf + Cheers, yeah it does! I tried to get the plus in the garage to test size but it didnt want to go in lol. |
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Sept 1, 2015 16:39:39 GMT
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Small bumper 1.8t mk2...abosolutly spot on  when the creams gone anyways... Thanks mate, yeah the creams horid lol. I used to love bug bumpers but have to agree the small bumpers look much beter. Have a vision in my head of how I want it to look. Will have to see how close I get. First thing will be get wiring to a point where I'm happy to connect a live battery, then check oil presure and compresion. Then see how it runs. If engine is ok,then tidy the conversion up and get it ready for a MOT. Also, the CRV is going up for sale tomorrow. So if anyone wants a very nice 2004 CRV with 27k on the clock, its going on ebay for £5999 but will take offers lol. |
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Last Edit: Sept 1, 2015 19:04:10 GMT by joem83
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Ian
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Mk2 looks like a great base, as you say when the cream is gone. Always wanted a jade green small bumper, still got all my old performance vw magazine from the early 2000's!
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Sept 2, 2015 10:06:43 GMT
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Yeah, it needs to go ASAP lol. Always liked jade green, my best mate had a Stratos Blue driver, so I always fancied the green to go with it lol. Mates old one:  |
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Last Edit: Sept 2, 2015 10:09:00 GMT by joem83
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Sept 2, 2015 11:17:34 GMT
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That headlight polishing kit really delivered.
New project......? You have time then?
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Sept 2, 2015 11:27:11 GMT
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Last Edit: Sept 2, 2015 11:30:11 GMT by joem83
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Sept 13, 2015 19:30:46 GMT
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Last Monday I had a free hour, so I hoovered the engine bay out - filled the Dyson twice with leaves, dead spiders & cobwebs. Gave the engine bay a visual inspection & concluded that the wiring and plumbing is a complete mess.
Managed to get a couple of hours on the Golf on Saturday, luckliy a mate popped around to help (he did most of the work lol)
So we have oil presure, good.
Compresion test was good, 3 cylinders 170psi and one 160-165ish.
Starter was turning slowly, that was removed by my mate and stripped down/cleaned. Put it back in (sounds easy right lol)
Took an hour to get it back in, didnt realise that the starter bolts are engine mount bolts, so as you can guess the engine moved.
After figuring out how to disarm the imobiliser we tried firing it..... it started! and I was about to give it a rev when we realised petrol was leaking everywhere lol.
Still happy with that result.
Now I know the actual engine isnt dead I can get on with replacing fuel lines, new battery and then try and figure out why it wasnt running right when it parked up and forgot about.
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Ian
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Sept 14, 2015 7:35:45 GMT
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Good update, it's makes it easier now that you can improve on a running car an make the install right.
My mate had a well known VW specialist carry out a 1.8t swap into his mk3 in the early 2000's it was the first mk3 converted at a cost if 10k at the time.
It caught fire on the way home and burnt out, gone in 60 miles was it's new name!
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Sept 14, 2015 8:01:50 GMT
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Sept 27, 2015 19:41:22 GMT
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So another modern update... Sold the CRV yesterday & I bought this today.  Yeah I also broke it 10 minutes later lol, exhuast now blowing near the front after some enthusiastic driving. Other than that, very impressed with it - first Alfa I have ever driven. It was cheap though & I know it's been looked after. I think the 4 new Goodyears probably cost what I paid for it. |
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Oct 15, 2015 21:02:29 GMT
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So the flex pipe is now fixed, lots of warning lights randomly flash up though, but it's an Alfa so it's probably as it was when it left the factory lol.
Have a feeling the Golf is going to be on hold for a while as we have sold our house, so need to find another & renovate that first, although next the house will have a bigger garage and no shared drive so it should mean more tickering time in the long run.
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goldnrust
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Oct 15, 2015 21:42:27 GMT
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The random pile of warning lights is not un-common on 147s. First check the battery voltage is good, if the battery is past its best it will drag the voltage down far enough when cranking to confuse all the self diagnosis systems! If that doesn't work, check engine/ECU earth points, check theres no corrosion on multi-plugs to and from the fuse boxes (under bonnet + under steering wheel) and check earth points/connectors in the boot also. Was ECU earth that was corroded on mine causing all the crazy lights |
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Oct 15, 2015 23:32:13 GMT
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Thanks mate, will have a look at those.
It's ASR, ABS & EBD(EDB?) that seem to randomly flash on sometime, restart sorts it out.
Came on after going over a speed bump, now randomly come on it seems when full lock applied. Wondering if it's a loose abs sensor plug on one of front struts.
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goldnrust
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Oct 16, 2015 22:39:02 GMT
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It could be an ABS sensor thing yes, make it sound more likely that it started doing it after a bump.
Mine was showing all those, plus air bag light coming on and off and sometimes the aircon controls would adjust themselves when I pressed the brake pedal.... Probably worth a search on some of the Alfa owners forums , there's loads of warning light threads, haha.
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Oct 17, 2015 10:54:15 GMT
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Anyone want a Alfa 147 for £350? MOT until Feb 10th, seen something else lol.
*edit, the Alfa is getting p/x'd against something else later this month lol
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Last Edit: Oct 17, 2015 17:57:58 GMT by joem83
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wowsers, there's a lot to "sort" on the golf, I'm amazed at the re-routing of that non-return vac pipe back to the pipe it came from. It'll come good =D I don't envy the wiring loom, that looks like a right spiders nest, the first time you drive it you'll love it though! Wish mine had powersteering some times. I should really look into what pump/pipes are needed to connect to mk2 rack.
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So far the mk2 is proving to be pain from the get go, I finally got the V5 through the post this morning!
The worrying thing is the fact this was MOT'd and on the road at some point! How it didnt end with mucho fire I have no idea. It had the battery in the boot, with unfused (possitive) cable running through drilled bulkhead with no gromets!e
I'm hoping my next daily will help with sorting the mess out that is the plumbing - both air and water lol.
Once I get the folder of recipts from the previous owner I will let you know whats needed for power steering, I think it has a pump from a Corrado.
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when the creams gone anyways...
