cbmotorsport 0 Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 regards to your last post, yes that sounds like a logical thing to do bud, other than that. very very nice build up thread. i likey Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 its been a while since my last update... but rest assured, I've kept working on the OBD2 stuff...Got my ECU back with a raised limiter too! (Thanks Vince @ Stealth) fitted it all in, and it fired first flick of the key! Here's a complimentary video ]mF4k_KqHB6k First impressions.... so much smooother, almost worth all the pain of the conversion..... It wasn't without its problems though, and soon noticed the temp gauge wasn't working, and the aux water pump wasn't running and fans were not kicking in as they should...After looking at various wiring diagrams (thanks Dave and Vince @ Stealth) soon identified where the problem came from... we had forgot to connect the 2 wires to the aux pump, and there were a few issues in the fuse box which was the cause of the fans not running... We verified that all stages were working, only strange thing was that birding the 2 pins on the yellow sensor didn't kick in the fans in as it used to do... but as all 3 fan speeds were kicking in when they should, i was happy with this...The only problem was the temp gauge in the cluster was not reading! managed get hold of some golf GTI mk3 clocks as the temp gauge is on the same circuit as the corrado and quickly identified the fault was with my cluster, so I currently have a new temp gauge in the post with a view of replacing the respective gauge in my cluster...Happy days....I also fitted a new drivers side hub as the one on the car was "mashed" and was difficult to get a wheel on that side of the car... such a simple job turned into an hour as the bolts for the brake disk shield sheered off my new hub.... some jiggery later we got it all hooked together and called it a night.....Next mission was to find a place to swap my tyres over onto my new speed lines easer said than done around these parts and without going to a national tyre place on a Sunday! so, after several cheese oatcakes managed to find somewhere to swap them over... was slightly worried as none of the guys actually spoke any english, but they had all the various snap on machines so took the risk! all swapped over, noticed the rear wheels didn't have any weights on them! LOL They tried to say you don't need to balance rear wheels.... I just told them to do it!!! muppets! fitted the new wheels to my Corrado! I think they look pretty good!fired it up again and the bloody ABS light was on arrrrggggh! turned out the ABS sensor in the new hub was chuffed! Tried to extract the old sensor from my knackered hub as it looked new, unfortunately it snapped.... ordered a new one.... just need to fit it now!Also had a sneaky peak at new VR6OC banners that came that weekend too!Tided up all the loose wires and re-routed my alarm cables, wrapped into my newly created loom for neatness... ran out of loom tape so just need to finish wrapping I got more from Audi... 2 rolls for 6 quids I t bought was reasonable...Ordered a few bits of the VW classic parts thread.... glovebox strip and rear VR6 badge soooo only jobs that remain:1) find the wires to my glove box bulb holder! will need remove glove box for this!2) fit ABS sensor3) fit rear VR6 badge4) Finish wrapping last bit of engine loom5) Shotblast / respray my new slam panel6) replace temp gauge in cluster7) buy petrol and MOT!Happy days.... so glad its nearly there.... already got plans for phase 2.... more power and bodywork!As always. big thanks to the man of the weekend.... TONYVRT your da man!Thoughts / comments welcome! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Ok. managed to fit the ABS sensor and wrap some more loom in the engine bay Thursday night.... clocks are now back in.... so just need to see if it all works now !! still got more loom to wrap. quickly used up 1 role, but Ive replaced a lot of tape from the original loom left in the corrado...might have found out why my low coolant light was flashing too.... I found another plug that was on the 'old' corrado loom, so i suspect that now its plugged in it will work, if so i can cut the un-needed plug off the loom... fingers crossed! Pete Link to post Share on other sites
spadam 7 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Looking good pete cant wait to see this lots of attention to detail there. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Cheers matey! It's so close to being finished... Had it running at the weekend, all seems be heading in the right direction, ABS now works, temp guage now working, noticed aux pump wasn't working but was simple enough job to replace the fuse in the fan control module unit, also no flashing coolant light! Glad it was just as silly as the wrong plug plugged in lol... Light as the end of the tunnel now though whoop Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 did a little spraying today... just the Corrado Badge as it came pre-primered... used genuine VW L041 Paint and lacquer... turned out OK! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 It failed the MOT... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO well at least I know what needs to be done to get it finally on the road!It failed on:2 x front to rear brake lines1x passenger front brake line1 x drop linkAdvisories on the following:1x head light alignment Play on passenger wishboneexcessive pressure build up in fuel tankBefore the MOT I managed to replace these old things:with my lovely stainless ones:I've now replaced the 3 brakelines, all made out of genuine VW green steel, was a nice job to do as it goes which makes a change Fuel tank pressue issue was a trapped breather pipe, so just dropped the tank and re-routed the pipe, no pressure build up anymore. The headlight alignment was an easy one, I just needed to swap a headlight lense as it was off a left hooker.... while I was at it, i replaced the reflector as the old one was in a bad state:Before:After:After discovering the captive nut on my current sub-frame had snapped, I now needed to replace the front subframe :@ which means big work! so being a man that does things properly, I've had a new sub-frame blasted and powder coated;Freshly powder coated wishbones with genuine uprated R32 bushes:Now need to get all the bolts, fasteners, clamps and remaining bushes to do it properly.... I also want to fit a new oil cooler as the oil was running a little hotter than I would like... and need a couple of exhaust hangers for the mid section as they have stretched a little.Bit the bullet and fitted the roof rubbers at a bargain price of £145... but they do look good!New gearbox plate too as mine went missing in action... I've also bought some toys for it Had a 3.68 fitted to a refurrbed gearbox at Stealth Racing, new bearing, seals etc... and some schimmel 263 cams my injectors are also off being restored at Mr Injector http://mrinjectoruk.co.uk/ to make sure I have a good spray pattern... This is how it stands at the moment, after wrapping the OBD2 loom fully, and have also fitted a battery jacket to finish off the engine bay;Unfortunatly by the time I get the sub-frame done, gearbox fitted and cams winter will be almost upon us again so looking like I'll get it MOT'ed this year and insure it May next year! oh well... better make sure things are right ! hopefully will be worth the wait.... Getting there now... honestly so excited now! Link to post Share on other sites
Nex 17 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 nice work dude, shes looking good! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 We are getting there now. Just takes time to do it all properly I suppose Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Real nice ive read this right from the beginning. But why mot it then not insure it? You'd just be wasting your valid mot time. Better just to get the mot just before insuring no? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted August 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Real nice ive read this right from the beginning. But why mot it then not insure it? You'd just be wasting your valid mot time. Better just to get the mot just before insuring no?Hi mate. I'm doing it primarily as its only going be on the road during summer months and would like some overlap between insuring / tax / mot so it's not hitting wallet all in one hit at the start of the show season Link to post Share on other sites
ashmk3 0 Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 At least if it has 12 months mot, it shouldn't fail the next time it goes in as it hasn't moved. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Picking up the gearbox on Wednesday and bought a set of blue samcos too, will neaten up the engine bay! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Well I picked up the gearbox, but unfortunatly ive had mice nesting and caused some damange to the wiring loom by the ECU. will hopefully be repairing over the next few days! Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Bleeding mice eh, when I had my focus ST I had mice chew through the rubber crankcase breather return pipe on the front of the engine and it spat oil all over the bay, buggers! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 The mice have now been evicted so all good. Been mouse free for 3 years then pure destruction! Link to post Share on other sites
VIW28 29 Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Wonder why they find wiring so tasty?? That's damned unlucky Pete! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted January 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Might have something to do with all the new cloth loom tape the loom was wrapped in Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted March 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Been a busy couple of weeks here!First of all my injectors went off to Mr Injector for a full service, they are in much better shape now. I've also been building up my list of parts to be fitted in next couple of weeks, these are:Refurbed Starter MotorRebuilt 3.68 gearboxMountain of powdercoated brackets / gearbox end plate etc...Samco Hoses263 camsRefurbed injectorsFreshly powder coated sub-frameFreshly powder coated wishbones with R32 bushesNew gas boot strutsARB drop links / mountsValeo Clutch with new release armNew freshly sprayed slam panelExhaust rubbers New Oil cooler Genuine grill / vr6 badgeI think that's about it... Phase one tomorrow, fitting cams and injectors, fixing up wiring loom after the mouse attack lol. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Front end is off now! Link to post Share on other sites
VIW28 29 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Looking good Pete! She'll be like a new one! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Good day yesterday! managed to get it all stripped down, will be attempting to replace sub-frame and rebuild it back up again on Friday! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Been a good day today. Old sub frame flew out. Not a single snapped bolt!New gearbox, clutch and cams have gone in and engine is back in the bay Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Ordered new slave cylinder and cam pickup today, aiming get it MOT on Monday, ultimate dubs has given me the boost to finish it off Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Bits have come Fitting it all Saturday. Can't wait. Will post some photos sooon. My birthday Friday so be a good birthday present if it passes... Looking at insurance options next. Link to post Share on other sites
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