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LC5F's Graphite Blue GTI - Pilgrimage to Caffeine & Machine
LC5F:
--- Quote from: JoshB on June 07, 2022, 06:05:53 am ---When you said you looked on eBay for bolts, was it that VagBolts seller or whatever the name is?
I nearly bought some from him a few years back and thought they seemed a tad expensive, wanted new caliper bolts all round, so rung my local dealer and they were a lot cheaper!
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Yes - it was Vagbolts at £6 a pop, but the other ones arrived today...if it stops raining tomorrow I may venture out.
--- Quote from: terrier on June 07, 2022, 06:18:00 am --- These 353911791312 :happy2:
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Thanks fella - but its the M14 front ones I needed -but I currently have used ones of those supporting the calipers
--- Quote from: SANDEGTI on June 08, 2022, 01:20:20 pm ---Absolutely incredible work, makes me want to go hands on with our GTI after being afraid of messing with it with little experience. Thoroughly enjoyed the read so far.
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Thanks - decades ago after really bad experiences with mechanics overcharging and/or poor work, I started on this mechanical quest, just started doing more and more stuff, building up skills and also the tools.
Get a haines and dive in!
pudding:
Good work!
I don't remember needing an alignment after fitting the Passat hubs, but probably worth getting it checked.
Yes, VAG-Bolts are definitely more expensive than the dealer for bolts! I suppose it suits the folk who can't be bothered to drive to a dealer, and then go through the usual blank looks when explaining what parts you want, and then being told it'll be 3 days, or is on back order :grin:
I can now agree with you about the 18mm bolts holding the turbo heatshield on, plus the additional 3 Torx. What the actual??! :grin: I can see a strange kind of irony there about how over engineered the MK5's heatshield and airbox are, but on the MK8, it's what the under engineered engine cover falls off onto, and catches fire :grin:
LC5F:
Perfect 2 car driveway?
Front lip scraped on the way in and on the way out of the driveway.
Well it stopped raining... after work finished it only took 40 minutes to installed the new bolts and adjusted tie rods
--- Quote from: Pudding on June 09, 2022, 12:32:08 pm ---I don't remember needing an alignment after fitting the Passat hubs, but probably worth getting it checked.
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I suspect you may have changed tie rod ends to the longer passat ones - this is how mine was sitting:
11 turns of the rusty moog tie rod on each side and its now toe in a bit:
--- Quote from: Pudding on June 09, 2022, 12:32:08 pm ---Yes, VAG-Bolts are definitely more expensive than the dealer for bolts! I suppose it suits the folk who can't be bothered to drive to a dealer, and then go through the usual blank looks when explaining what parts you want, and then being told it'll be 3 days, or is on back order :grin:
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I like my TPS and luckily they like me, but they can be a bit awkward to get some parts such as nuts & bolts - so if I can find non-genuine ones I tend to go there - plus sometimes other solutions show up during the search
Interestingly, I did order the H brake guide tubes this week, latvian ebayer who lists a lot of genuine stuff listed the tubes at £20 a side free postage...TPS £8 each.
--- Quote from: Pudding on June 09, 2022, 12:32:08 pm ---I can now agree with you about the 18mm bolts holding the turbo heatshield on, plus the additional 3 Torx. What the actual??! :grin: I can see a strange kind of irony there about how over engineered the MK5's heatshield and airbox are, but on the MK8, it's what the under engineered engine cover falls off onto, and catches fire :grin:
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At least you were for-warned! - it was bloody confusing - did I read new turbo didn't solve the sluggishness in your ED30?
Booby prize:
More expense!
pudding:
Can't see the pics at work but with the Passat hubs, it was literally just a case of swapping them over. No other changes. It drove just as straight afterwards as it did prior :smiley: Not saying that was right though as I might have overlooked something, but it's been fine for 5 odd years like that now.
The turbo did actually solve a few things in the end. I was a bit premature with my judgement :grin:
Can't believe it was fitted 1000 miles ago already but the oil burning smells in traffic and the little puffs of blue have gone away. Bottom end power/response is back to how it should be. That was another clue the turbo was tired actually. My GFB DV+ stopped doing it's little mouse squeak thing when lifting off the gas at part throttle, but now its back to full squeak mode. The original may not have been ultra dead, but it wasn't far off, so it was worth doing :happy2:
RBS:
Still looking good :happy2: crap for the tyre and rim but nothing that can’t be fixed :wink:
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