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  1. thegolfman
    I thought this may happen!Never mind, ill be in on the next one anyway! Gives me a little time to do a few more bits anyway
  2. thegolfman
    Join in then? Where are the rest of the people who said they will come? Shame i didnt see this earlier, i would have pushed this!!
  3. thegolfman
    Well, either way if he comes or not, we still need how many - 8 people in the space of 3 days??
  4. thegolfman
    He has a Tidy Vectra 2.6 V6! No gash mods, just pretty much standard. Not so much as brother in law, more sisters long term boyfriend, but you get the drift. Can he come to make numbers up? V6 shootout?
  5. thegolfman
    Can i bring my brother in law? Or VAG only? Thanks
  6. thegolfman
    Non VAG aswell?? My Brother in law would like to come if allowed - Problem is 2.6 v6 vectra? Makes the numbers up!
  7. thegolfman
    Come on people??
  8. thegolfman
    Just have, need to get numbers up! Dont wanna miss this, next weekend is perfect!
  9. thegolfman
    Allowed to mention it on edition 38? Or trying to keep this as Vr6oc only? Have you started a thread on mk2vr6 - although not many on there any more. Thanks
  10. thegolfman
    Call him Grant Mk4 - Although he's not registered on here, Ive just paid for him, so add his name to the list please. How many more spaces to fill? Come on people... Can i post this on Edition 38??
  11. thegolfman
    Right Just confirmed it with my friend... He will be there no problem. Add Thegolfman's friend to the list, ill pay for him now Cheers, Tony.
  12. thegolfman
    Its not super low, It gets on and off four post mot ramps, so i guess should be fine. Will just double check with my mate now, and if so will swing another 5er over. Thanks
  13. thegolfman
    Right, ive just paid! Ive told a friend, and he's really interested in coming, however he drives a Mk4 Tdi thats been remapped, is he allowed to join to make numbers up? Can swing the money by paypal straight away if so? Also would like to know how high the car has to be - Can i just remove my front splitter? Also, got PCV vented to atmosphere - running the hose down and out the front on the floor, will this be ok? Many thanks, im looking foward to this!
  14. thegolfman
    Can i come please? Mk2 vr6 though?? Can send the £5 deposit through paypal asap!!!
  15. thegolfman
    Anything like this coming up?
  16. thegolfman
    I run the mk3 bottle just dangling there for a while, but in the end just switched back to the mk2 bottle on the mk2 mount. However, I have found a corrado bottle works a treat and looks the tidiest, it sits in between the battery and the washer bottle.
  17. thegolfman
    Thanks for the help all! :x For those of you interested, the top timing tensioner had cracked, and i whipped everything off, and replaced the lot. Its running spot on now.
  18. thegolfman
    Yep 17.30 from TPS. And dont buy any O-rings like i was instructed over the phone... They come with it. And yes it needs quite a lot of persuasion to fit in the block. I had to use a wire brush on a drill to get the old crap and corrosion out, and then plenty of lith grease.
  19. thegolfman
    Now a new problem. I swapped the tappets from the old engine to the new. Set bottom end to tdc using mark on clutch cover and gearbox, Made a cam locking tool out of plate and fitted it. Removed cam sprockets after marking them to be twice as sure. Removed cams and replaced tappets and reinstalled it all no problem, and was 100% it is all lined up correctly. Started it and it just turned and turned on starter motor before a nice backfire from the exhuast. Whipped the valve cover off again, and put a plastic tube down spark plug hole number one to double double check and it all lines up again?!
  20. thegolfman
    Going to whip the valve cover off tomorrow, check the cams are clean and complete, check the chains and guide/tensioner, and then whip the tappets out and clean and prime them with fresh oil. Will report back after. Seems it may even be tapping louder when the oil reaches 90'c, although that may just be me worrying?!? We will see.
  21. thegolfman
    Could The Tensioner Bolt be Putting to much pressure on the pad? I removed the Bolt, and it looked like the plunger was fully extended. Ive done nearly 40 miles since fitting the engine now, Im sure the tappets would have filled up by now if they where going to.
  22. thegolfman
    Here's the story... Big ends started rattling on my mk2 VR OBD2. I Managed to find and fit a lump that was rebuilt 'a year' ago, with 71k originally. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380252504197#ht_500wt_1154 Come to start it up and its tapping like a good un, sounds just like tappets need filling up, seeing as it has been sitting a while with no oil, and we also brought it back sitting upside down (boot of a renault clio 1.2!) The engine pulls stronger and harder than the old one ever did, and sounds smoother and quieter but just bloody tapping like an old cvh engine!
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