Pantheraleo
Club Member
This is my MkIII that I've owned for almost a decade now. I'm planning on restoring her as she's been neglected for a while and is in need of some TLC.
She flew through her MOT last month needing only a rear number plate bulb, though from the pictures I'm sure you can see, she has a few advisories, namely the rust and rot that's setting in on the sills and wheel arches, brake pipes will need to be replaced soon as well.
Until recently she was mechanically sound, though just recently she doesn't want to start cold. I'm no mechanic so any advice/assistance would be great. Once she does get started she runs beautifully, though again recently there is a distinct lack of power in 2nd gear, it feels like the engine really struggles, it's like that for between 3-5 seconds then it passes and the car is back to full power. I'm not sure if the two are related but something that needs to be looked at for sure.
The rest of the work is body work. The paint has lots of scratches that I hope to sort when the weather gets nicer. There is also a nasty dent in the drivers side rear door that some considerate person gave me. I've reached out to a few dent removal places and they've told me its a body shop job.
So I'm not entirely sure what my plan of action is for that, I guess its either get it sorted in a body shop, or get a replacement door and paint it the same colour.
I also want to fit a remote central locking system, and I'm fairly certain my central locking will need looking at too as my car no longer deadlocks.
Essentially I want to bring her back to as close to showroom condition as is practical. Though those sills and arches worry me as I've never welded in my life and have been told a bunch of horror stories of people slicing their cars up terribly.
Panth
She flew through her MOT last month needing only a rear number plate bulb, though from the pictures I'm sure you can see, she has a few advisories, namely the rust and rot that's setting in on the sills and wheel arches, brake pipes will need to be replaced soon as well.
Until recently she was mechanically sound, though just recently she doesn't want to start cold. I'm no mechanic so any advice/assistance would be great. Once she does get started she runs beautifully, though again recently there is a distinct lack of power in 2nd gear, it feels like the engine really struggles, it's like that for between 3-5 seconds then it passes and the car is back to full power. I'm not sure if the two are related but something that needs to be looked at for sure.
The rest of the work is body work. The paint has lots of scratches that I hope to sort when the weather gets nicer. There is also a nasty dent in the drivers side rear door that some considerate person gave me. I've reached out to a few dent removal places and they've told me its a body shop job.
So I'm not entirely sure what my plan of action is for that, I guess its either get it sorted in a body shop, or get a replacement door and paint it the same colour.
I also want to fit a remote central locking system, and I'm fairly certain my central locking will need looking at too as my car no longer deadlocks.
Essentially I want to bring her back to as close to showroom condition as is practical. Though those sills and arches worry me as I've never welded in my life and have been told a bunch of horror stories of people slicing their cars up terribly.
Panth
She defo needs some TLC but sounds like your plans will take care of that. For the poor starting and lack of power there are a few common things to try, one of which being the coolant temperature sensor, when they fail they can make the ECU think the engine is very cold all the time which makes it run very rich. Another thing to try would be a good service, new plugs and HT leads especially if they're old.
