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What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby angusp » Sun May 12, 2019 9:35 pm

Replaced the drivers wheelarch - previous one fell to dust as I removed it?
2000 mk5 100 swb, going.
2005 mk6 350 lwb, not going.
2005 mk6 280 lwb, gone bang.
1996 mk5 190 lwb, gone.
1998 mk5 80 swb, gone.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Noctule » Mon May 13, 2019 5:58 pm

angusp wrote:Replaced the drivers wheelarch - previous one fell to dust as I removed it?


I'll be doing the passenger side wheelarch tomorrow. Maybe.

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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Wed May 22, 2019 10:15 pm

managed to get me plastic bits fitted back onto the seats tonite.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Fri May 24, 2019 7:39 pm

got me new diff in :mrgreen:
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby MITCHELL » Sat May 25, 2019 12:22 pm

Most of the underside of mine takes after your photo yet the fail was certifiably not an immediate consequence of rust. Brake anomaly on the backs which has had each and every new drum, shoes, and chambers under a half year earlier
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby davetheshrew » Sat May 25, 2019 9:21 pm

found oil leak, got pissed off, decided to refer to it later.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Sat May 25, 2019 10:33 pm

had a runout in the van today after putting the axle back together, all good :D
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Andrewn7 » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:16 pm

Took the old rds 6000 CD stereo out to troubleshoot speaker wiring. After a good ferret round and some checks with multimeter determined it was the speaker itself. Swapped out with spare and all OK :) Now considering a replacement head unit, but will see how MOT goes on Tuesday first. Gave van a good clean and off to Cosford airshow tomorrow.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Noctule » Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:04 pm

Packed it for a trip to Norfolk. Turned the key to hear rup... rup.... rup..... clickclickclickclickclick.....

Swapped the starter motor... no joy.

Wouldn't start using the leisure battery as a booster either.

Put the battery on charge, was going after a 5 minute boost. Left it charging until the charger said full, then gave it a 300a load test for a few seconds.

Rup... rup....... clickclickclickclick.

Ordered new battery, this time an Exide EA722 Premium (096TE, 72A/hr, 720CCA). The Bosch S4008 that's in it only lasted 28 months, and the Varta E44 before about the same, so trying something different.

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- 2.5tdi 4EA with EPIC-to-Bosch conversion
- DRW with 16" rims
- Mondeo instrument cluster
- Lunar Meteorite interior

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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Noctule » Thu Jun 13, 2019 5:38 pm

New battery fitted.

Say click-brum-yay as fast as you can. That's how fast it started.

Yay!

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- 2.5tdi 4EA with EPIC-to-Bosch conversion
- DRW with 16" rims
- Mondeo instrument cluster
- Lunar Meteorite interior

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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby angusp » Sun Jun 16, 2019 1:54 pm

Usual story!
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2000 mk5 100 swb, going.
2005 mk6 350 lwb, not going.
2005 mk6 280 lwb, gone bang.
1996 mk5 190 lwb, gone.
1998 mk5 80 swb, gone.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby BROWNYS V6 » Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:49 pm

Went to take the van for a run to work Saturday, first off wouldn't start :evil: after dumping fuel in the carb, started up and pissed fuel out the carb all over the inlet manifold :twisted:
Fooking motors :(

All fixed now :roll:
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Kjeles » Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:38 pm

Replaced the fan and fan motor in the heater of a 1987 van without removing the heater unit.
Haynes only describes replacing the fan motor with the heater unit removed (as far as I could gather).
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Kjeles » Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:55 pm

Removed the front bumper to find out why it was loose. And what did I see?

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Not a pretty sight! A new beam was instantly ordered from Transit Center.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Noctule » Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:31 pm

Made it a new rear crossmember

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- 2.5tdi 4EA with EPIC-to-Bosch conversion
- DRW with 16" rims
- Mondeo instrument cluster
- Lunar Meteorite interior

2006 Mk7 115t350 van (cheap tax tramp)

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