FD3S Rebuild: Take 1

[moakesr]

Superb ! Well done Paul.

An inspiration to all of us who might be tempted to have a go if the worst happens.

Richard

[Wav]

Originally posted by moakesr
Superb ! Well done Paul.

An inspiration to all of us who might be tempted to have a go if the worst happens.

Richard

Aii m8 I hope so:D Just been for a cruise, it idles just sooo soo smoooooth:cool  I\'m now officially "Suckin\' Diesel"

Cheers, Paul:bandit

[Donato]

Well done guys!

Hopefully mine will start first time when it goes back in! (im leaving the rebuild to Pip) and then putting it back in the car myself, not looking forward to the rats nest!!

Congrats again on a job well done!

Regards

Donato

[BlitzBoy]

Nice one Paul
best Thread I have read on here
Glad it started first time

[TheJackal]

Nice thread, you make it look easy, I bet the hardest part is putting all the 500,000 vacuum pipes back in the correct place.

[spanerhed7]

ah, that takes me back to my re-build last christmas. Dont know why you removed the stationery gears though. I never do.

[yonner]

dude thanks a million my dad wants to rebuild our engin and i thot it was never gona get done but uve gave me hope that it can be done cheers

edit: Donato thats 3 poped in scotland lol WHEN WILL IT END WHEN!!!!!!

[Andyp]

what an achievement well done!

so when do you start offering rebuilds for £1000 then

[Wav]

Thanks for the thumbs up guys:D

After this I thought I was going to have a well earned break from fixing cars for a little while. However the mk1 golf I did up for my girlfriend knackered a gearbox:(, so I had to put in a new box at the weekend. Me being me decided against putting another 4 speeder in and went for a 5 speed box from a polo coupe:rolleyes: After alot of messing about it all went in and I managed to drive it up to chester on Saturday evening no problems:). Just have to fabricate a left front engine mount for it to be perfect:bandit

Cheers, Paul:)

[Wav]

Here\'s a vid of the first start up for anyone interested, right click and save target as:

It Lives

Regards,

Paul

:cool

[scientist1968]

Top article...just hope i never need it !!!!

I know this topic has been dicussed b4.....but what oil did you use

[fdman]

Dear Wav,
Thank you for this remarkable post. An inspiration, and an
education.

Best wishes,

fdman

[Glenn Butcher]

Paul,

Good on ya!  really well done, great pics. etc.

I\'ll make this a sticky thread for a while!

[Wav]

Cheers all and thanks for all the kind comments:) The car is now fully run in at 1200miles and we\'re just waiting on a few things so that it will be able to pass the SVA.

Thanks again and I\'m really glad you\'ve enjoyed it, am now finding it difficult to find an excuse to go back into the garage:rolleyes: lol

Regards,

Paul:)

[the lemster]

texanz hey!!!!

rooting tootin high felooting sons of guns!!

anyway bets of luck with the rebuild...

in the words of the great philosopher...

god speed gentlemen

oooh maybe you could fill in the gouges with some baco-foil...

worth a try at least!!