So a few other odds and jobs sorted, I was looking for something else the other day and I found an old samco powersteering hose which was a brilliant shape to make a turbo oil return and flurolined. The hose that came with the turbo kit was starting to swell, so I fitted this. much better! The shape is literally perfect around the turbo support bracket!
Next up, I was laying under the car and decided the fact that I didn't paint the gearbox and just refitted it was pretty poor, I only didn't do it cause when the engine was finished I got excited and fitted it all, but the paint was flaking off etc. So I ripped the box out, got the flakey paint off, rubbed it back with some emmery cloth, degreased and sprayed and refitted!
Next up, and I hope people appreciate this one! It always annoyed me that the coolant bottle on a mk3 never sits level cause of the stupid self tapping nuts which never go tight
So when I paint the engine bay, I welded a stud where the wiring grommit is. But the top mount stud wasn't so east because of the top mount mounts under there. In the end, I decided drill it out, grind the strut brace out and tap the brand new ally top mount. A bit scary, but worked nicely. With alot of measuring, I didn't even have to drill all the way through, just drilled and tapped!
Glad my original measurement were spot on!
Close! lol
With the gearbox back in, I looked at the gear linkage which was previously hammerited.
Deffo needed a lick of paint, and all the rubber bushes had gone REALLY soft from years of oil covering etc!
So I decided to make my own poly bushes for it, as well as repack the rubber gearbox connection which although there was rubber still in there, was barely even attached or even rubber anymore!
Packed with poly bushes and tiger seal, that should do the job! Really looking forward to feeling the difference with this mod. I forgot to take a photo, but the linkage is usually held to the gearbox selector with a pin and is a loose fit, it is now nut and bolted tight. Ill get some pictures tomorrow if I remember.
Next up, I was laying under the car and decided the fact that I didn't paint the gearbox and just refitted it was pretty poor, I only didn't do it cause when the engine was finished I got excited and fitted it all, but the paint was flaking off etc. So I ripped the box out, got the flakey paint off, rubbed it back with some emmery cloth, degreased and sprayed and refitted!
Next up, and I hope people appreciate this one! It always annoyed me that the coolant bottle on a mk3 never sits level cause of the stupid self tapping nuts which never go tight
So when I paint the engine bay, I welded a stud where the wiring grommit is. But the top mount stud wasn't so east because of the top mount mounts under there. In the end, I decided drill it out, grind the strut brace out and tap the brand new ally top mount. A bit scary, but worked nicely. With alot of measuring, I didn't even have to drill all the way through, just drilled and tapped!
Glad my original measurement were spot on!
Close! lol
With the gearbox back in, I looked at the gear linkage which was previously hammerited.
Deffo needed a lick of paint, and all the rubber bushes had gone REALLY soft from years of oil covering etc!
So I decided to make my own poly bushes for it, as well as repack the rubber gearbox connection which although there was rubber still in there, was barely even attached or even rubber anymore!
Packed with poly bushes and tiger seal, that should do the job! Really looking forward to feeling the difference with this mod. I forgot to take a photo, but the linkage is usually held to the gearbox selector with a pin and is a loose fit, it is now nut and bolted tight. Ill get some pictures tomorrow if I remember.
would love to run stand alone and simplify, how easy was it to find new oem connectors for sensors, lights etc?
Loom is an absolute work of art!
