Nazza27 35 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Thanks man. You are a great help as always. Appriciated as always as well. That is one new sump/sump gasket and and sump plug ordered. hoping i'tll be here by the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Right... Been a while but im still here! The vr has now got a fully rebuilt front end, and the oil leak appears to have been fixed happy days. Booked in it for its MOT on monday...Will see how badly she fails. With a bit of luck wont be too bad... haha. Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted October 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Im back. And ive got bad news on the ol girl. Took it too be MOTed the other day just too see how much work ive got to do on her. Lets say the list is long. Some bits are easy too do like new lights and tyres. Other bits are hard like fixing the holes in the floor and the sills. Other bits are stupid like the previous owner had cut the front springs to lower it. So ive now got to spend more fixing it than i intended. In other news, found out why the battery kept dying on me, and had too remove the whole front end to sort it now. I also saw you guys at GTI festival. whoever owns the black corrdy with blue ht leads and some blue piping, I really did like it, was a lovely example!I was on the IOC stand with my mk2 ibiza. Hope you all had a good day considering the shit weather. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted November 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 Well thats the dying battery fixed. Next issue is too get the standard lights on. Although I think i need new bulbs as the ones out of the projectors do not in the new light holders. Joy of Joys. In other news, going to the welders on monday to get the holes covered hopefully. Shall keep it all updated. Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted November 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Car has now got no holes in the floor! Bonus. Getting a Mk3 Golf Haynes manual shortly so i can start to take apart the brakes and suspension to clean/replace. This is now getting somewhere... Any tips on how to take apart and clean the brakes would be much appreciated. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Ickyketseddie 89 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Glad to see good progress being made! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted November 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Thanks man (Y) Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 If you're after a manual see if you can get hold of the Bentley workshop manual for golf vr6. Best manual ever. Link to post Share on other sites
Ickyketseddie 89 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 I have a PDF copy somewhere, I could a email it if you like. As they can be hard to find. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 I have a PDF copy somewhere, I could a email it if you like. As they can be hard to find.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I got myself a manual on the vr6 engine but its for all the engines. Ill see which one it is first and ill let you if i would like that mate. Thanks for the offer. Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 So, looked at cleaning the brakes up today to try and see if they worked. Decided not to bother as the front discs look as if they have no miles left of life and the pads are nearly gone. So im going to get some new brakes for it. Question over it though, As stupid as it sounds, but is there any difference between front and rear discs/pads? The other question i got is about grooved and drilled discs? Im guessing drilled discs are for weight saving? But is there any other benefits or negatives about them or should i just stuck with normal discs? Thanks all. Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Drilled discs are for heat dissipation and grooves are for clearing the pads. Sure yet look cool but I don't think they're particularly necessary and they up the price a lot. Drilled discs can crack and groove discs can squeal too. My philosophy is pretty much a disc is a disc, buy some cheap gsf ones and concentrate on the pads. But other people's views may differ from mine. The fronts and rears are different yea, also the fronts are different from OBD1 (280mm) to OBD2 (288mm) Nazza27 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Drilled discs are for heat dissipation and grooves are for clearing the pads. Sure yet look cool but I don't think they're particularly necessary and they up the price a lot. Drilled discs can crack and groove discs can squeal too. My philosophy is pretty much a disc is a disc, buy some cheap gsf ones and concentrate on the pads. But other people's views may differ from mine.The fronts and rears are different yea, also the fronts are different from OBD1 (280mm) to OBD2 (288mm) "Disc is a disc" That works for me And anything too keep the cost as low as possible while still getting good parts. Ok, thanks. I know now that mine is OBD2. I am hoping that i should be able too keep the rear discs but if i find a deal ill probably get the full set. Thanks again. Link to post Share on other sites
Lozi 22 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 I also agree on the disc is a disc statement it's the pads which make the difference Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Do you guys have any recommendations of pads? Good ones but ones that wont empty my pockets. I have heard Green Stuff? are meant to be pretty good? Link to post Share on other sites
Ickyketseddie 89 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Yeah unless you are upping the power considerably then the discs should be fine. Vw seemed to think so anyway. Gsf sell decent brembos at reasonable money. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Nazza27 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 I'm just using ebc black pads and haven't crashed so far lol Ickyketseddie and Nazza27 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Ickyketseddie 89 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 I'm just using ebc black pads and haven't crashed so far lol lolSent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Nazza27 35 Posted December 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 I would like to possibly supercharge it...but by the time i get round to doing that i would need new brakes anyway so normal brakes will do then Using this info I need to buy myself some Christmas presents!! Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 You're obd2 aren't you? If so why don't you just get the 312mm carriers and 312mm discs? Link to post Share on other sites
wardycatt 7 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 @Ickyketseddie: I have a PDF copy somewhere, I could a email it if you like. As they can be hard to find. Any chance I could have a copy of this? Pretty pleeeeeaasse? I've got both the Haynes manual (for Mk3 Golf generally) and an engine manual by "Peter Russek" (specifically for VR6 engines) - the latter is highly recommended. An ideal stocking filler for any self-respecting VR6 owner :-) However, judging by previous posts the Bentley manual is the daddy. So if I could scrounge it that would be great...I'm not doing anything to dispel the tight-fisted Scotsman stereotype. Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Even at £30 its worth every pennyEdit - whoa just looked on amazon, more than they used to be. Edited December 3, 2013 by Lukey. Link to post Share on other sites
Ickyketseddie 89 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Pm me your email address mate. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I bought a bentley on ebay last year or so, £45 or so which i wasnt impressed with, but has more then made up for it in time saving and info Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
palmer 17 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I got my bentley free off a m8 :-) Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
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