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cabrioman

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  1. thanks for that pete when i do my head ill putt a thicker gasket on and hope fully have some new toys aswell so look in ur mirros for the cabrio it wont be to far behind lol
  2. well when i started this mine was 126,00 and its now 136,500 ... not bad for about 5 months lol
  3. looks good mate. the engine ur puttin in is a low compression 2.9 aint it ???? is it worh puttin a thicker head gasket on when i change my head so i got low compression as i would liek to chager it some day ..... how does it run on low compression ?? run ok or lack of power or wot ??
  4. cant wait for this now but got so much to do b4 i go lol
  5. nice kept droppin but thats cos i have a raceland main as well and the joint is rubbish had to put and extra bracket in to hold it level and stop it from droppin .... but im sure any exhaust place shoudl be able to sort it or take it back to where u had it fitted and get them to do it
  6. so whos goin then ??? and are we meetin at the petrol station b4 hand ???
  7. go for the 4 pin one brett .... quite common on dubs ..... new one mite be a green colour mine was
  8. it went for £1500 not bad for a engine, box, loom ecu, keys nos and a few speakers the rest is scrap lol
  9. prob the same fault i had didnt have the diag wires conected to the plug should be green and yellow from memory but mite not be ??? i put a 16 pin plug on mine instead of the two black and whites plugs
  10. as im goin around in a cabrio is it worth me gettin a bash hat or not ??? been thinkin about if for a few weeks now as someone sugested it to me ???
  11. im in juat give me a time and place and ill be there .... it normal kicks off about 6 - 6.30 i think could all meet at the fuel station at the bottom of the a20 at gasoline alley ???
  12. like the idea of two massive bottles of nos thou ..... wonder where i can fit them in ????
  13. ill be there as usual and with no dents this time mite try and get up by the front this time
  14. think we are takin over the who ferry aint we lol ... mite as well call it the vr6oc ferry
  15. well im in ... either inside if ur think its good enough or outside if tha suits mine better ... not fussed either way
  16. the only thing tha put me off was all the police all over the place couldnt really open the cars up and choppers flyin around our heads lol
  17. check the small hose goin to the expasion bottle when its runni if water is comin out of it the water pump should be ok if not ur pumps gone .... only way to test the stat is to remove it so if ur removin it u mite se well replace it mate hope this helps .... as the hoses are gettin very hard u mite hav a head gasket problem ... try and get a sniff test done
  18. u sure the system aint pressurising... do the hoses get hard ???
  19. whos the othere vw mechnic then or is it only me lol .... i wont bother puttin any tools in my car then if jake is takin a van load .....
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