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  2. Leslie green

    Barn Find Laser Green 1.9 Gti.

    Leslie green replied to Leslie green's topic in Projects & Works Starters

  3. Leslie green

    Barn Find Laser Green 1.9 Gti.

    Leslie green replied to Leslie green's topic in Projects & Works Starters

    Up early this morn to take the 205 to get the headlights set and wheels aligned , put it on a transporter trailer and one wheel on it was stuck on as its sat in a field with the handbrake on, dragged it 50m and tried shoving it back but no good so ended up jacking the wheel up to batter it with a hammer which worked. The light alignment went fine but the young guy doing the wheel alignment was chewing the locknut on the trackrod by using the wrong spanner and chewing the trackrod tube with vicegrips and taking far too long , should have brought the right spanner lol. It was quite far out and with the hex part of it to grip in at the rack book they couldn't reach it which is why they used vicegrips but it looked like you could get some movement through the subrame I dunno and they were twisting the boot but its done now . He wanted the engine running which wasn't needed and I was worried it would overheat up on the lift but the fan cut in and out. After that it leaked a little water at the oil cooler pipes so all hoses were re tightened as they often shrink after the first few runs. I then got the tank heat shield I bought scotchbrited up, it was covered in underseal which did a great job of stopping any pitting. and polished and fitted the boot spoiler I dyed last week. Pic should new coil on left which tapers to fit in the inlet manifold on a phase 2 , no ideal what the other one is off ut it didn't fit. Wet the drivers doorcard down wit water on the back to see if I can get the bad warping out and clamped it between 2 pieces of wood , worth a try , too much bother to take the passenger one back of just yet as most clips will snap . Retightened the shock bolts with the wheels down ,the brake pipe bracket on the lower shock kept moving and squeezing out so had to put a washer either side so keep a good hold on it while I was undeneath.
  4. jord294
    Shame you are so far away, otherwise I'd offer to sort it for you
  5. Tom Fenton
    Sounds to me like something is broken inside. Having broken a couple of diffs in my time(usually planet wheels) it sounds the same thing to me. Drain the oil and look for chunks of metal. Don't drive it any further.
  6. petert
    Step 1. Drain the oil and see what comes out.
  7. Yesterday
  8. pugdamo
    Yeah I know the type you mean but this isn't like that. It's a normal push into the box type shaft. I had the car on the ramp and visually everything looks ok, no play in CV joints on any sort of lock, with and without weight on the wheels, held one wheel and tried to turn the other and by hand I can't get any slipping but I'm not as strong as a Clio 197 lol. It's definitely got drive from both wheels, if I have it in neutral and slowly roll down a hill on any lock it will stop, soon as I try to drive through it the wheel will hop and skip pretty violently and make hellish noises. I'll report back with a video. Thanks again
  9. pugdamo
    Thankyou to everyone that's taken the time to reply, I'll get a video posted and hopefully that helps.
  10. pugdamo
    It definitely isn't right, the car is at my work not being driven at the minute. To me the diff is locked solid and can't do any kind of turns. What I'll do when I get time is take a video and post it. I know it's difficult to diagnose something when you've never seen the car and I know nothing about these types of diff.
  11. SRDT
    It seems that they can make some noise, in particular the ones with the "Sport" 70% ratio. I think they also have a plate type for Lada.
  12. ATK started following Wanted - 5 pin heater resistor
  13. ATK
    Any about? Tried repairing my existing one but its crackling a bit so wanted to try a good used one
  14. Thijs_Rallye
    VAL racing differentials are ATB differentials and should be silent. I'd be investigating before driving further because loud banging doesn't sound too appealing.
  15. petert
    Time to send you arms to Bridgecraft for an upgrade. They will re-bore the hubs to the camber & caster of your choosing , along with fitting longer & bigger OD axles.
  16. Gohn
    there's the outer end, which you wind the hub nut onto and there's the inner end, which seats into the trailing arm, it faces in and has the allen key hole you can basically see it in the pic above where justin has the stub axle splines showing as its just come out of the trailing arm
  17. ArthurH
    Apologies if I am missing the obvious, but I can't find where an Allen key should go.
  18. Last week
  19. welshpug
    Ok, i just recalled an instance where a friend had one of these that lost drive, they have a stub shaft on the right side of the diff with an intermediate splined sleeve, worth checking this. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375658719623
  20. 1905 adam
    Thanks Phil. My French is fine, but I don’t understand the diagram. Don’t suppose there’s a key/legend available?
  21. SRDT

    Swapping out clocks in instrument cluster

    SRDT replied to Gavin Waddell's topic in Body, Interior & ICE

    While you're at it you can lubricate the trip odometer reset mechanism with some dry PTFE spray. With time it jams and eventually breaks when you mash the button too many times.
  22. Ozymandis

    Swapping out clocks in instrument cluster

    Ozymandis replied to Gavin Waddell's topic in Body, Interior & ICE

    No it was straightforward. Once I had a bad connection on the cluster,(left?) upper edge connector when re-fitting, and the fuel gauge stopped working, that was just a re-assembly error in poor light, on my part. Steady away on a well lit bench and whilst Your at it, clean up the copper tracks on the flexible PCB where all the bayonet fit bulb holders go as they dull over time and can cause poor bulb illumination.
  23. pugdamo
    I have asked him to find out any details on the diff, he's said it's a VAL racing diff if that helps at all, and that's about all he knows about it. I did say before he bought it, it's a waste of time on a road car too be driving locally, no track days or anything, but he's young and doesn't listen.
  24. Gavin Waddell

    Swapping out clocks in instrument cluster

    Gavin Waddell replied to Gavin Waddell's topic in Body, Interior & ICE

    Thanks. Are there any things i should watch out for ?
  25. Ozymandis

    Swapping out clocks in instrument cluster

    Ozymandis replied to Gavin Waddell's topic in Body, Interior & ICE

    Yes. I have pulled a few speedos to bits, usually to adjust the mileage when swapping from one car to another, its simple enough to swap the speedo, whether You do it inside or outside is immaterial.
  26. pugdamo
    He's had the diff for quite some time, and it's always been ok for normal driving, he said he "just pulled out of a junction" and it went bang and now it's doing it whenever he turns, knowing my cousin he's done something he shouldn't have but I'll never get told what he's done. The only noise I've ever heard like it is and failed/locking CV joint but this is so much more fierce. Thanks
  27. Gavin Waddell
    Ive got some euro instrument clusters and wanted to fit them in my car (so that i can have the numbers on the different gauges), the thing is the speedo clock is in KMH and i wanted to fit my one which is in MPH ( i live in europe and imported my car when i moved over here so its RHD,want to keep its identity. Is it possible to swap out just the speedo.clock frommone cluster to another. Gavin. Ps i have a spare euro clock if someone is after one.
  28. welshpug
    stick an allen key in the back and get a big impact gun on it, relieve the staking on the nut too.
  29. welshpug
    that sounds quite normal for a plate diff.
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