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What did you and your MKV do today?
skkane:
I checked the cam follower and ended up with Niagara Falls :signLOL:
smilespergallon:
While the exhaust was off I thought I'd get started with changing the rear anti roll bar bushes and drop links.
The first drop link came off without too much trouble. There are only two screws holding them in, but they're the kind where you have to get a spanner around the nut, and then hold the center of the screw to keep it from turning with a 5mm hex bit or triple square bit (might have been 4mm triple square, the bolts were actually different on both sides for me). They were also rusted up to the nines for good measure.
The top screw was trickiest because there was less space due to the caliper being in the way, and I had to hammer it out with a punch because it was sat in very tightly, but I got there in the end.
The second drop link is currently proving to be a nightmare as I can't get the nut off the lower screw. So I've just taken the entire anti-roll bar off for now as I'm going to be replacing the bushes anyway.
I'm currently in the process of rounding off the last nut on the remaining drop link, but hopefully an overnight WD-40 bath will give it some encouragement. If not, angle grinder it is.
GreigC:
My GTI front grill was faded as was the lower grill… the red strip lacquer was pealing and turning pink, the GTI Badge chrome had seen better days. So I decided to change the lot.
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Birchy:
:happy2:Such a massive difference from something fairly minor
--- Quote from: GreigC on February 16, 2023, 03:00:09 pm ---My GTI front grill was faded as was the lower grill… the red strip lacquer was pealing and turning pink, the GTI Badge chrome had seen better days. So I decided to change the lot.
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ROH ECHT:
--- Quote from: skkane on February 12, 2023, 06:12:49 pm ---I checked the cam follower and ended up with Niagara Falls
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Did you fix it? Looks like the fuel outlet fitting was loose or the sealing washer, once between the pump and fitting, is missing.
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