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May 24, 2014 21:28:18 GMT
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I've just bought a 1997 Seat toledo, and no matter what button you press, the windows all go down. Luckily you can trick them into going back up by getting out of the car and locking the drivers door, but it's stopped being funny after about a hour.
Anyway I have my suspicions but my copy of ELSA has packed up, I don't suppose anyone could sort me out a diagram? THANKS!!
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Last Edit: May 2, 2014 21:49:07 GMT by cobblers
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Weller had a spell where they were flogging rims off on eBay. Might be worth getting them on the blower.
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RIGHTO Back story. T25 van, golf GTi engine. Brand new clutch 7k miles ago. The clutch is a little undersized for the engine really, but people manage fine and it was OK really.
Last week the gearbox lost 1st and 2nd. I drove about a mile setting off in third - got the clutch a little hot but no real smoke or anything (just a smell) and it was slipping a bit, like you would expect really. Only actually set off from a standstill twice, so it's not like I majorly abused it.
Put a new gearbox on it, noticed the clutch and flywheel were a bit glazed but the clutch plate is like new so I took a gamble.
When I first drove the van a couple of miles, it seemed OK, but 5 miles later and it's almost undrivable.
Now I'm in two minds - I've used much worse "glazed" stuff and got away with it fine.
The van has been stood for a while though so I have a suspicion the clutch arm is a bit seized, preventing it from disengaging properly but it's hard to really be definitive.
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Mar 22, 2014 16:49:55 GMT
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Had a couple of steady hours on the van today after driving it down to my mates in third gear last night to use his flat driveway. Got the linkage off and manually selected gears on the box to confirm 1st and 2nd had disappeared. They select fine, but no drive. I dropped the oil which has done about 80k miles and there's only the slightest hint of swarf on the plug. Seems strange that it just goes without any noises or warning, so I reckon I will quite likely have the box in pieces and see if a selector rod has gone or something - I've got a spare box to nick bits off. Anyway, I took the box off to compare it to my new one to see exactly how much longer it is: about 40mm is the answer. Basically my engine is sat 40mm too far forward because I used the mounts off a very early diesel engine, so that with a 4 speed box I can use a normal late 5 speed mounting bracket and it all fitted, but I had to cut and shut 40mm out of the linkage. When I put the 5 speed in I need to move the engine back (cut and shut the bars probably) but this means my expensive exhaust will probably foul the crank pulley. Oh well. Gave up early because we were having to work in total silence since my mates bird was asleep in the house after working nights. and it started raining and I'm too old for that curse word. Left the van like this, unsure whether to look for another 4 speed box or just bit the bullet and start cutting things about tomorrow.
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Mar 20, 2014 19:08:22 GMT
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I bet that's a weight off the mind, just having it sat bolted up in there. I've got all that swearing and arsing about to do again this weekend, only without a crane (Trolley jack and swearing for the win)
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Mar 16, 2014 21:20:33 GMT
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Well, so obviously the gearbox spat the dummy out, so this weekend I decided to finally go out and get some carpet and glue and put the interior back in to a van with only 1.5 working forward gears. Mainly as a mojo boost really. So at about lunchtime on Saturday, this was the state of affairs: I'd been down to BIG BOBS DISCOUNT CARPET AND DOGFOOD SHOP for some cheap carpet, and ended up with twice what I needed, for a tenner. Rather than fit a wood subfloor then carpet over like usual, I just used the OE VW caravelle sound deadening and some of the rubber insulation to fill the gaps where seats would slide in - It's soft underfoot and will hopefully be nice and quiet, plus I can cover the step edge with a VW step threshold rather than trying to fashion something out of aluminum angle. With the floor carpet in and threshold strip on I started covering the side panels with hessian. It's not something I'd normally do, but honestly it looks great in person, I wish I'd just done it this way months ago. Once I'd got all the sides done, I dig all the old interior out of the shed and just bolted it all back in. The plan is to eventually remake it all from a dark oak wood, but the silver is actually not at all offensive so it will do the trick just fine for this summer. I do need to see about covering the bed though. i.imgur.com/B3GEECkh.jpg[/IMGWith all that installed I called it a day because I'd run out of glue! This morning I got a late start after a big breakfast and stuff, then popped down the shop for many more tins of glue and redid the headliner, re-ran some wiring for the roof lights and fitted the locking motor for the tailgate and it's corresponding door card. It's such a lovely place to be in, especially compared to the cave that it was before. It's not exactly how I would have planned it, but I'm really happy overall. Just need to make some curtains now, and see if I can sweep enough bits out of the garage to make and fit a working gearbox.
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Mar 13, 2014 22:07:59 GMT
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Well, things had totally stagnated with this for the last few months. I was waiting for upholsterers and to try and decide on what fabric to use and the rest - Embarrassed to say that I didn't even start it for months! I've not even tried to make a good pair of seats out of mine and the ones Rich very very kindly donated. Anyway lately I've got a kick up the to get it usable from all angles - I noticed it was sunny all of a sudden, and I've ended up with a girlfriend who is absolutely desperate to go out camping. All my months of choosing fabric went out the window and I just bought 10M of hessian for a tenner, to cover all the sde trims in the back. It actually looks pretty good, a lot better than I thought. I was going to retrim the bed, but I really don't care right now so I'll just sling a mexican blanket over it for now. Anyway, this morning I decided to take it to work (20 miles). It got there fine -was a lovely drive. Stopped off for a coffee at macds and two separate people commented on how nice it was, which was nice if slightly awkward. So. This morning: Sadly the drive home didn't go so well. I got 100 yards from work before my perfectly good gearbox decided that it didn't have a first or second gear anymore. No drama or noises, the gears select as normal, they just don't make the van move anymore. I reckon the layshaft bearings have collapsed, but I would have expected a bit more warning. I've a couple of spare gearboxes to fit, and TB I need to change the crank oil seal so it's a kick in the do so that job, I'm just surprised by the total no warning and no drama way that I've lost two gears, plus I'd got plans for camping in Edale next weekend rather than dry bumming a gearbox into a clutch plate for hours.
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Wow, The green fiesta used to belong to my old mate Patrick. I took him up to buy it off an old boy in Barnsley for about £300 probably around 2003 - Back then it was split mint, garaged all it's life. Pat was a clumsy sod, used it every day and crashed it into almost everything in his path hence the replacement front end panels!
Good to see the old bus is still around, I really liked that car.
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Last Edit: Mar 4, 2014 21:36:11 GMT by cobblers
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If you don't reinforce the OE handbrake mounts there's every chance it'll turn into a surprise "fly off" handbrake like on my 106!
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The back bit past the cat is the same fitting as a GTi system bar one backbox hanger, but the bore is different. Fairly easy to fit if you can weld something between the two systems.
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Possibly you might maybe find someone to get them signed off if you really look into things and try and make life hard for yourself.
But in reality I know companies who have converted thousands of panel vans and fitted RR beds with seat belts and have never once even considered finding someone to "sign it off". They just send photos and details to the DVLA when they get the logbook changed over to Motorhome. I've done the same as have thousands of other people.
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Should be tested on the ages of the engine, but you need to provide some kind of paperwork to date the engine (Copy of donor V5 for example)
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I sold my 2.1 for about £750, you're giving that away!
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Feb 26, 2014 17:50:47 GMT
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1: Don't buy one that needs, or has evidence of the sills being done. By the time they are rotten outside, the inner structure is LONG GONE and you'll be unable to jack it up. Repairing it is a job that would take weeks. 2: The mechanicals are bulletproof enough to not be an issue. 3: Don't buy a late 1.6, they are gutless. Early 1.6 ok, 1.8 OK. Neither very fast 4: Absolutely do not buy a rusty one.
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Feb 26, 2014 17:28:43 GMT
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Is the gearbox any good?
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I once heated a caliper up to free a stuck bleed nipple, and the fluid inside boiled causing the flexy hose to explode right in my face, covering me in boiling brake fluid. That was very unpleasant. It wouldn't put me off using heat (it's sometimes your only option) but I'm just more careful about it now.
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Feb 22, 2014 16:38:53 GMT
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I think you're doing the right thing taking off the wide body stuff. It'll probably drive a lot better with reasonable sized wheels too. Just one thing: See that flexy exhaust bend? it'll last about ten minutes like that - they are designed to be kept 100% straight and just take up a few degrees play in the engine mounts/exhaust rubbers. Bent at anything more than a few degrees will see them split in no time at all.
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You can buy starter kits from the kit car places which come with most of the stuff you need, plenty of wire and a decent fuse box and relays etc and a diagram on how to wire it all, and it would work out probably cheaper than buying all the stuff separately (wire is expensive especially when buying loads of different colours!)
If you'd rather do it all from scratchn My best advice would be to pick a simple car with similar features, and just copy that.
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Spray on hammerite is only good for painting over greasy rusty stuff you don't want to really clean up very well and aren't bothered if the finish is poor, and are happy to pile loads of coats on. Brush on stuff is better because it covers in less coats, if you are happy with it looking like a pensioners bathroom radiator.
Engine blocks and garden gates seem to keep them in business somehow, it's poor paint in every way apart from being OK about being lashed over any old greasy rusty mess. It will stand the heat fine, but so will celly or acrylic aerosols. They would give you a better finish, but you'd need to do much better prep.
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