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Awesome present! I'm sure he will love it, can't wait to do stuff like this with my lad, although will have to wait a few years as he's only 1 Make sure you get him in the habit of wearing gloves, kids skin is much thinner than adults and old engine oil is nasty stuff.
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I do love it over your way, I often head out over there on my road bike and do a big loop taking in Gravesend, Higham via the canal towpath, Cliffe, Cooling, then Alhallows and back through Stoke and Hoo. If I'm on my mountain bike there is a great loop round Cliffe pools- there is a spot on the sea wall that I always have to stop at for a biscuit and to look at the ships going by on the Thames.
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Now,how do I get it off the truck without a forklift...... I think everyone here knows your answer is "build a forklift from a few lumps of scrap pulled out of the skip"
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If the master cylinder is old I wouldn't bleed the brakes using the pedal anyway as you're likely to push the piston in the cylinder past it's "normal" travel and damage the seals on the lip at the end of the bore. Gunson easy bleed or a vacuum system is the way to go. Only issue I've had with an easy bleed was it revealed a slightly perished hose (which wasn't expecting 20psi inside it) from the shared fluid reservoir to the clutch master cylinder in spectacular fashion, spraying brake fluid all over the engine bay. But I guess it needed doing anyway
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Yeah weirdly the rear beam on a B3 is narrower than the rear beam on a mk2 golf.... strange but true. My rears are spaced out to ET20 (spacer behind the stub axle so I don't wreck the wheel bearings) and they don't rub with a 205/45/16 tyre.
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Mar 21, 2016 10:14:03 GMT
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Good work. On the exhaust front, the best ones available for these at the moment are made by Imasaf, I got a whole system from a German Ebay seller. Welds and material are top notch, slightly dearer than some brands but not too bad. Depends how long you want to keep it- I've had <£50 exhausts fail after 18 months, the welds just rot through- and I make a point of not doing short journeys for that reason.
VW T4 exhausts hangers fit perfectly and are stronger than the original B3 design (which isn't available from VW any more, aftermarket ones are just rubbish).
I think a big issue on these is that VW didn't really support the heavy exhaust well enough so it puts a lot of strain on the joints and hangers, it's been a constant battle on the B3's I've owned to keep the exhaust attached to the bottom of the car properly. They changed it on the B4 and added 2 more hangers to the suitcase so they must have realised the design was a bit pants.
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Last Edit: Mar 21, 2016 10:14:49 GMT by lufbramatt
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The VW part number for that type of fuel line is N0201505, they did it on coils of 5 metres. I expect that VW would still sell it as they used the same sort of hose up until pretty recently, they can be surprisingly cheap for stuff like that. A quick google reveals a couple of places that sell an equivalent, such as: www.brickparts.co.uk/Workshop-Supplies/fuel-hose/polyamide-tube-6mm
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Mar 13, 2016 22:15:35 GMT
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Been following this build for ages and the attention to detail is stunning :-)
On the fuel injection front, I don't know if it's similar to the Monaro mentioned above, but my BMW e39 530i runs a fuel filter with a built in fuel pressure reg, so only one fuel pipe runs up to the engine. On the BMW the filter in under the passenger seat, but there's no reason it couldn't be mounted right next to the fuel tank to save running two pipes the length of the car.
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Last Edit: Mar 13, 2016 22:15:55 GMT by lufbramatt
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Look forward to seeing this brought back to life. My bargainous £13 FK lowering springs arrived yesterday, I half thought the order would be cancelled due to them putting the price up wrong or something! Even my wife was impressed how cheap they were (mainly because they came in a big heavy box rather than her knowing what they were hehe) So cheers for the heads up on them
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Feb 24, 2016 11:43:46 GMT
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Hi
Mine's lowered on 60/40 springs (can't remember what make tbh) and Koni yellow shocks. Been thinking of replacing the springs as the rears are a bit saggy now.
The wheels are 16x7 all round, ET65. I'm running 25mm adaptors on the front and 35mm on the back with a 10mm stub axle spacer between the beam and the stub axle which gives an effective offset of ET20. Had to roll the rear arches a bit to fold the lip over on the inside of the arch. Tyres are 205/45/16.
The wheels will be up for sale very shortly, as will the adaptors, but they are 5x100 to 5x130 as I converted it all to VR6 5-stud running gear.
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Feb 23, 2016 13:48:58 GMT
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When was the last time I saw one of those? This morning when I drove one to work Mine has a 2.0 16v in it. Might have some of those bits, will have a look in the loft/shed/garage when I get a chance. Think I saw your post on FB this morning on the B3 group?
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Did you buy this from a guy in Chatham? Used to be one in the next road to me very similar to this...
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Looks really smart, that. I've found the same with my B3 Passat (just a fat Golf) with new parts lasting a matter of months. I've given up on Febi Bilstein parts, lots of forums reckon they're good but they're utter garbage in my experience.
You can get Meyle HD top mounts that fit these, just have to swap the spring top plate over to a mk3 golf one of the right diameter to match your springs. The top mounts are meant for Ford Galaxy/VW Sharan, but fit in the shock towers perfectly on these.
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Jan 28, 2016 10:48:26 GMT
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Are you lubricating the end of the pipe before you make the flare? I just dip them in brake fluid as you don't want to contaminate the pipe with oil based lubricant.
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Last Edit: Jan 28, 2016 10:49:42 GMT by lufbramatt
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Jan 26, 2016 12:34:32 GMT
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Great progress on the chassis! looks top notch in black. Brake lines are easy just remember to put the fitting on the line before you make the flare Go for cunifer brake line rather than copper, I know copper is banned in some countries as it can work harden and split under pressure. Cunifer is about £30 for a 10m roll on ebay, but worth it IMO. I remade the lines on my old VW about 2 years ago and they all look brand new still. I have a very reliable sealey PFT-08 flaring tool sat doing nothing which you are welcome to borrow, I'm just up by Rochester airport.
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Nov 24, 2015 21:55:42 GMT
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Fantastic write up of an amazing trip, thanks for sharing I'm so glad that Aaron is as cool in real life as on screen, you hear so many stories of movie stars and celebrities being stuck up prima donnas in real life and it ruins the mental image you have of them. We did highway 1 down the west coast last year, really got the bug for great big American road trips, hope to do more in the future once the kid(s) are older, ah well it's good to have things to look forward to!
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Last Edit: Nov 24, 2015 21:57:44 GMT by lufbramatt
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Nice little project - bit fugly looks wise but I'm interested so I'm In Don't forget the boot/engine cover is missing from the pics above so it looks really stumpy, proportions wise they're not far off a Lotus Elan when "all there"
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wow seeing that has brought back memories- my dad had one virtually the same as that, 1993 "Mambo" run out edition with colour coded bumpers and funky upholstery that looked like the lorry going to a deck chair factory had got lost and ended up at Fiat instead. He had it from new and used to take me to school in it, thankfully he used to drop me off round the corner as it was about the least cool car ever when you're 15 and all your mates dads have got Saab 9000 turbos and BMW 5ers!
I remember my dad never really liked it that much, the wiper motor burnt out on a particularly wet night on the A2 then the clutch went in the middle of town bringing half of Strood to a standstill one morning as the 13 year old me valiantly tried to push it out the way....
L692AKM where are you now? probably tin cans by now...
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May 24, 2015 14:54:55 GMT
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My nan had one of these identical spec and colour, I think it was on a G plate, with equally silly low miles. Sadly it was a scrappage scheme victim as I didn't have anywhere to put it
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Jan 16, 2015 15:32:52 GMT
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Long time lurker here.... I love reading your updates George- so well written and great sense of humour about the place a real insight in to how life works if parts of the world so different to here, things you never see as a tourist. Great work on the Rangie too!
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Last Edit: Jan 16, 2015 15:34:17 GMT by lufbramatt
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