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I've also got a land rover disco 2
And a us spec 1969 1500cc beetle

I put a titanium knee slider of my leathers on the sump of my g60 golf years back stopped the rubbing and when it did hit loads of sparks looked good at night lol

Well in mate what a read! If I was buying a pd 130 I'd be on your build like a tramp on chips for all that info! Super car super bloke!

Looking good buddy!

Well been looking for some nylon tube for my boost gauge for a week and today it hit me lol in the face when I was cleaning my mig machine the liner for the ally wire is the perfect match and good for about 300c without melting fitted it a lunch and works a treet nice steady gauge needle now

Aup lad! Need to meet up soon not seen ya in yonks! Let me know when you want some pipes tiging up

I would stay away from long life stuff if it was me really doesn't do the engine good on the v6tdi long life helps kill the cams ask adams24 he will tell you about the engines he rebuilds and most of them are on long life plan.

well she went back together yesterday did a quick 100miles in her and shes running a dream! (for now). just need to get some small hose for my boost gauge as i moved it when i did the intercooler to the other side so to make the distance up i used some spare fuel line but its to big and the gauge is...

its ok bud you can keep it was ment to make a new one but never got round to it lol. took the hole front off as i thought it was going to be harder to get the alternator out also modded a few bits hear and there as well.

thanks mate but at least it wasn't raining today and fingers crossed tomorrow

well new alternator is in and working got a lucas one in the end. was an ok job to do just a pain having to take the full front end off so very time consuming and im now a proud owner of two 32mm spanners i had to go and get to get the viscus fan off 8-| also spent 20 mins figuring out how to get th...

thanks mate after posting this about 1 min later i came back down to earth and realised what i was doing lol all done now.

well got the car stripped down but cant figure out to loosen the aux belt to remove the alternator any ideas peeps ?

thanks mouse

yep not to much different

well will takle that one on monday thats for the help guys

woop woop well in budy!

well did a quick 700miles last night and the car ran a dream and seems to go a lot better with the new intercooler but............................ i pulled onto my street and the battery light came on and the alternator workshop sign popped up :(( so i to take a look at that now and its right at the...

Very nice mate!

Well my turbo tipped up today so going to marketing a few bits when I'm back at work had a quick look today and my exhaust won't bolt up to it as its a little to small so going to mod the cast to fit the exhaust only needs a little playing with.

Looks good mate!

Not sure what clutch my v6 runs but I'm assuming its bigger but I've not even had a hint of slip yet but I'm keeping my fingers crossed lol just waiting for that day.

Hmmm well I'd say lot more smoke than normal and maybe getting a black water patch on a clean floor when you rev it up and take the inlet off and see how much if any play is in the turbo.

Thanks Chris can't wait to start on this should be hear today/tomorrow so can start work on it.

Chris thank you mate for all that info you have just saved me so much work! I did send you a message about welding mate but looks like you have sorted that bit now. Looks really sweet and easy to go back to standed as well the way you have done it. I'm still waiting for my turbo to get hear but can'...

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