Dad's retirement project - TT flavoured
Discussion
miniman said:
Did you get any room for haggle? Ben wouldn’t negotiate with me and wouldn’t allow a test drive without buying the car. Beautifully presented but couldn’t understand not allowing someone to drive the car before deciding whether they wanted to buy it.
Whilst I am not going to discuss what we paid, we got it at a traders value as we bought it sold as seen, no warranty, no MOT and no other work done than Ben had already done to present the car for sale prior to us arriving to view.His approach was very professional and understood our requirements, he accepted various issues without argument and we agreed on a very satisfactory price which left him enough to make a profit and ourselves enough of a buffer to sort the niggles out...
In between the showers small jobs have been ticked off....
On getting home yesterday the Airbag light came on, quick scan with VCDS showed the drivers side airbag to be high resistance.
Whipped the seat out first thing to clean up the electrical contacts as the first port of call
The carpets under the seats were filthy, quick hoover job done.... really need to buy a wet vac to deep clean the carpets to bring them up like new...
and after bolting it all back in.....
Time will tell if the fault stays away but so far all's good.....
Whilst the computer was plugged in, changed a few codings...
Alarm now beeps on locking
Boot now unlocks on the keyfob
And everything locks at 15mph
Also changed the illumination of the needles and dials to remain active all the time....
The front lower grills fell off and onto the make shift parts holder V3, quick rub down and wash and then a quick prime
With the best Countdown impression in my head (but sadly Rachel Riley wasn't present) whilst waiting for the primer to dry and then a couple of top coats in satin black
Whilst the other half was out the floor mats went into the washing machine, of course she came back before the cycle had finished... busted!!!
But at least they are clean
drivers side will want replacing at some point but good enough for now
On getting home yesterday the Airbag light came on, quick scan with VCDS showed the drivers side airbag to be high resistance.
Whipped the seat out first thing to clean up the electrical contacts as the first port of call
The carpets under the seats were filthy, quick hoover job done.... really need to buy a wet vac to deep clean the carpets to bring them up like new...
and after bolting it all back in.....
Time will tell if the fault stays away but so far all's good.....
Whilst the computer was plugged in, changed a few codings...
Alarm now beeps on locking
Boot now unlocks on the keyfob
And everything locks at 15mph
Also changed the illumination of the needles and dials to remain active all the time....
The front lower grills fell off and onto the make shift parts holder V3, quick rub down and wash and then a quick prime
With the best Countdown impression in my head (but sadly Rachel Riley wasn't present) whilst waiting for the primer to dry and then a couple of top coats in satin black
Whilst the other half was out the floor mats went into the washing machine, of course she came back before the cycle had finished... busted!!!
But at least they are clean
drivers side will want replacing at some point but good enough for now
Make sure you do the water pump when you do the cam belt. My car was on its 3rd pump when it failed around 90,000 miles and took the belt with it (belt and pump were changed at 74k). Bent all my valves.
Lots of parts available on the tt owners on Fb.
Great cars, I love mine. I have fitted a haldex controller and pre-recall spec bushes.
Lots of parts available on the tt owners on Fb.
Great cars, I love mine. I have fitted a haldex controller and pre-recall spec bushes.
would do it as a matter of course, that with the tensioners and pulleys and the lower cast crankshaft pulley....
The sump is coming off to have the oil pick up replaced.
Whilst looking over it today the cam cover is coming off as there is a slight weep...
Recirc valve looks original so that'll be replaced...
Then will just replace hoses vacuum hoses as they have that almost pudgy feeling about them.....
The sump is coming off to have the oil pick up replaced.
Whilst looking over it today the cam cover is coming off as there is a slight weep...
Recirc valve looks original so that'll be replaced...
Then will just replace hoses vacuum hoses as they have that almost pudgy feeling about them.....
With an evening of nice weather it would be rude to not start work on the TT... the immediate plan is to do all service items and improve bits we touch to prolong the life of her....
So today what have we ordered
Cambelt kit (inc tensioners and pulleys)
Water pump
Coolant
Spark plugs
Oil filter, air filter, pollen filter
Aux belt
New G12 sensor as a fault is showing and dash doesn't reach temperature
Haldex filter and oil
Hel braided brake lines
Caliper piston and seal kit to rebuild the calipers
Hard lines from the flexi's to the calipers
The world's first hover TT?
The underside is as I expected, dirty, crusty and unloved
all brake parts and back shields have been removed, going to bead blast them tomorrow so I can repaint and make new, all bolts and nuts associated will go to the platers to have a new passivate finish.
Looks a little empty in here now...
In time I will go deeper and do suspension parts but for now I want to ensure the TT has all the service bits done so Dad can drive it for summer and enjoy....
The under arches are going to have the liners removed and then deep cleaned.....
Watch this space
So today what have we ordered
Cambelt kit (inc tensioners and pulleys)
Water pump
Coolant
Spark plugs
Oil filter, air filter, pollen filter
Aux belt
New G12 sensor as a fault is showing and dash doesn't reach temperature
Haldex filter and oil
Hel braided brake lines
Caliper piston and seal kit to rebuild the calipers
Hard lines from the flexi's to the calipers
The world's first hover TT?
The underside is as I expected, dirty, crusty and unloved
all brake parts and back shields have been removed, going to bead blast them tomorrow so I can repaint and make new, all bolts and nuts associated will go to the platers to have a new passivate finish.
Looks a little empty in here now...
In time I will go deeper and do suspension parts but for now I want to ensure the TT has all the service bits done so Dad can drive it for summer and enjoy....
The under arches are going to have the liners removed and then deep cleaned.....
Watch this space
Edited by 89forever on Monday 17th June 19:44
Vw nut said:
Great read mate loving the tt really into my vw/audi also loving the colour I am currently modifying a mk4 golf maybe get myself a tt soon here's the mk4
Thank you.... I hope our journey encourages others... The rebuild isn't going to be groundbreaking, and nothing which hasn't been done before.... Not after huge power, the stock 225 is more than plenty powerful enough for Dad.... But it's our journey...What's the spec of the mk4? Have you a project thread to read? Looks well in the image
Ilovejapcrap said:
Why wash dash replaced s it a common issue ?
Nice TT my mate has one with ABT alloys which I keep telling him are rare.
I must admit I think it’s a great car for the money, I always hit my head getting in it lol
The dash failing is a common issue, it wasn't replaced, just repaired... The centre display pixelates and the stepper motors on the temp and fuel gauge fail....Nice TT my mate has one with ABT alloys which I keep telling him are rare.
I must admit I think it’s a great car for the money, I always hit my head getting in it lol
If you get in them without thinking then banging your head on the A pillar is a trait....
I still do and I've had them for years lol
89forever said:
Ilovejapcrap said:
Why wash dash replaced s it a common issue ?
Nice TT my mate has one with ABT alloys which I keep telling him are rare.
I must admit I think it’s a great car for the money, I always hit my head getting in it lol
The dash failing is a common issue, it wasn't replaced, just repaired... The centre display pixelates and the stepper motors on the temp and fuel gauge fail....Nice TT my mate has one with ABT alloys which I keep telling him are rare.
I must admit I think it’s a great car for the money, I always hit my head getting in it lol
If you get in them without thinking then banging your head on the A pillar is a trait....
I still do and I've had them for years lol
So as the end of the weekend fast approaches, the project moves ever forward... parcels and boxes have been arriving daily...
The climate control switches were missing so we found a cheap climate head unit on Ebay with perfect switches for less than the price of 1 switch knob...
New Hel brake lines arrived
The box of service items landed, this contains all the cambelt and major service items
We also ordered new rear brake hard lines so all Flexi lines were new, the Hel kit only has 4 lines, the rear most 2 flexi's being crimped to the hardline…
To remind what the calipers looked like is depressing....
All 4 corners were in a similar state, rubbers had perished.... these were stripped and sent for blasting
Bare metal, and all masked up ready for priming and paint tomorrow.... The front dust shields are being powder coated, the rears will have to wait until the suspension is stripped down as you cannot remove them due to the hubs....
The climate control switches were missing so we found a cheap climate head unit on Ebay with perfect switches for less than the price of 1 switch knob...
New Hel brake lines arrived
The box of service items landed, this contains all the cambelt and major service items
We also ordered new rear brake hard lines so all Flexi lines were new, the Hel kit only has 4 lines, the rear most 2 flexi's being crimped to the hardline…
To remind what the calipers looked like is depressing....
All 4 corners were in a similar state, rubbers had perished.... these were stripped and sent for blasting
Bare metal, and all masked up ready for priming and paint tomorrow.... The front dust shields are being powder coated, the rears will have to wait until the suspension is stripped down as you cannot remove them due to the hubs....
With today giving me a dry day, once home from work it was a case of setting up the spray booth, thankfully i'd got this set up just before SWMBO arrived home to be informed that she'd planned to put the washing out.... [smiley=gossip.gif]
that's me in the doghouse again...!!!
I use a zinc rich primer for brakes, it gives good adhesion and lasts well.....
Whilst the primer is drying.
Earlier in the day i'd collected the fixings and brackets which i'd had plated, next door to where I work we have a very good platers, who are A) Good and B) very cheap
and on the way home I called in the BiggRed to collect the new seal kits and pistons, always a pleasure to deal with these guys. Friendly and very helpful for all things brake related....
more to follow soon....!!!
that's me in the doghouse again...!!!
I use a zinc rich primer for brakes, it gives good adhesion and lasts well.....
Whilst the primer is drying.
Earlier in the day i'd collected the fixings and brackets which i'd had plated, next door to where I work we have a very good platers, who are A) Good and B) very cheap
and on the way home I called in the BiggRed to collect the new seal kits and pistons, always a pleasure to deal with these guys. Friendly and very helpful for all things brake related....
more to follow soon....!!!
89forever said:
In between the showers small jobs have been ticked off....
Time will tell if the fault stays away but so far all's good.....
Whilst the computer was plugged in, changed a few codings...
Alarm now beeps on locking
Boot now unlocks on the keyfob
And everything locks at 15mph
Also changed the illumination of the needles and dials to remain active all the time....
Is the coding quite easy t do with the right bits? Would be ideal to do a few of the above on mine.Time will tell if the fault stays away but so far all's good.....
Whilst the computer was plugged in, changed a few codings...
Alarm now beeps on locking
Boot now unlocks on the keyfob
And everything locks at 15mph
Also changed the illumination of the needles and dials to remain active all the time....
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