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ChrisGT's Black 5 door GT TDI 170
ChrisGT:
After I changed my inlet manifold for the alloy one with no swirl flaps then the vacuum actuator has been made redundant. Until now I'd just folded the rubber pipe over on itself and cable tied it together to prevent leaks, however I was never happy with this solution and have since managed to source a little silicone cap for it which is much neater and will proved a proper seal.
Here it is since I did the manifold change:
Pipe removed:
Silicone cap:
Here is the company I got it from (as a free sample :happy2:) They have loads of sizes and colours etc. I would have liked mine to be black but they didn't do it in that size so just got what they had:
Cheers,
Chris
Golfmk5GTD:
Your car's looking brilliant Chris, loving the attention to detail with cleaning etc :happy2:
ChrisGT:
--- Quote from: Golfmk5GTD on June 05, 2017, 07:33:54 pm ---Your car's looking brilliant Chris, loving the attention to detail with cleaning etc :happy2:
--- End quote ---
Thanks @Golfmk5GTD much appreciated :drinking:
Chris
ChrisGT:
While the car was in at a local garage getting it's clutch and flywheel replaced then I also supplied and asked them to change the end cap for the gearbox as it was leaking gearbox fluid.
While I had the car up on the lift doing the brakes then I noticed that it hadn't been changed so got the garage to order up a new cap for me as they'd lost the last one I'd supplied and just fitted it myself. Once again I have to thank my friend Murray for his help and the use of his lift.
Before, still leaking:
Old cap removed and cleaned up around the area:
New cap all fitted:
Once the new cap was fitted then we checked the fluid level and it took quite a bit so was definitely needing it sorted! Glad to finally have this little job done as it's been on my mind since I found it.
Another little thing is I removed the GT badge from the front grille and I'm quite pleased without it, looks a bit neater at the front end. Can easily be refitted anytime though.
Chris
ChrisGT:
Well... thank you photobucket for not letting me share my images anymore... :slap: I guess I'll need to upload them all somewhere else and then go all the way through the thread and upload them again... joy.
Chris
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