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

Postby cherniy_chack » Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:53 pm

Patience and hard work make success.
Installing a rear axle with a gear ratio of 3.31 was my mistake - it became more difficult to ride, there was no pleasure from acceleration and fuel consumption increased a lot.
I will return the old axle.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby davetheshrew » Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:00 pm

van passed MOT :D
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby gotgcoalman » Mon Aug 01, 2022 3:02 pm

Was given some van "treasure" yesterday and discovered a spare rim with a legal tyre ad also been put in the back of the van
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby gotgcoalman » Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:49 pm

Today I saw the gentleman who gave me the "treasure"
More free stuff to follow.

He also has a working mt75 gearbox.
I'm unsure as yet if it's mechanical or electric driven.
And........
1/2 an engine for a mk5.
Which half and what ancillaries are still on is a mystery as I didn't ask.

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

Postby cherniy_chack » Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:41 pm

Today, at the car market, I handed over to the seller the rear shock absorbers for the MK7, which I bought more than six months ago and received about $ 55 for them.
I also traded in a MK3 handbrake cable for an MK7 cable.
I will make a handbrake on my rear axle from MK7.
While I refrain from returning the old axis, I'm getting used to the new one.
On July 28, the Russians made a big blow to Ukraine, the subway was not working in Kyiv. I went to the garage to get my Transit and found that the rear window behind the sliding door was broken.
The car was parked near the garage.
I went to work on Transit, and on July 29 a neighbor called and said that he had accidentally broken a window, that he had already ordered glass for disassembly.
Yesterday I came to the garage to install the resulting glass, but it turned out to be on the left side.
I cut the glass out of plexiglass and pasted it into the body.
I asked my neighbor to order another glass, I will pay for it.
While the car was without glass, the thief got into the car and stole a rolling hydraulic jack, yesterday I bought a new one.
One adventure.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby cherniy_chack » Thu Aug 04, 2022 4:37 pm

Yesterday I received two cables for the handbrake, today I decided to put it at work.
I have such a job that if there is something to do, then you need to do it quickly, or be on duty in anticipation of urgent work.
Therefore, sometimes you can take care of the car.
New cables came up in length, approached the axle without problems.
I made a traverse for connecting with a rod from a lever, but when I began to unwind the adjusting lanyard, a piece with a left-hand thread broke off.
It was not possible to remove the part of the left thread connecting to the handbrake lever - everything was very rusty.
I bought a portable gas burner, tomorrow I will heat it up and knock out the remaining draft, and then I will weld it into one.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby cherniy_chack » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:08 am

Today I red-hot rusted parts with a torch, poured water on them and managed to separate the parts. After I welded the broken threads with semi-automatic welding - I keep my semi-automatic welding and manual arc welding at work. Then he quickly set the traction and adjusted the handbrake. Now I can safely drive - my car has working brakes!
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Toureck » Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:48 pm

Hi. Today I use a ozon generator in my 1991 kamper to refresh the cab. Smells good.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Noctule » Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:32 pm

Made it a canopy from a pop-up marquee wall

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

Postby cherniy_chack » Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:23 pm

Noctule wrote:Made it a canopy from a pop-up marquee wall

About 10 years ago, the owner of Transit from the unrecognized Transnistria, Sergey, came to "transitomania" in the then free Crimea.
He brought a lot of wine and he had a tent like yours attached to the back of the car.
She gave shade and calmed the wind.
I'm already used to driving on my Transit after installing the high-speed axle.
Instead of a high pressure fuel pump with a turbocorrector, I installed a conventional one with a hydraulic corrector.
I began to tighten the screw of the hydraulic corrector a little - the car began to drive better, became more playful.
In addition to the Transit, I also have a diesel 109 hp Mercedes A class 2010 and a diesel 114 hp Nissan X-Trail 2001. Good cars, but the Transit is my favorite.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby cherniy_chack » Sun Sep 25, 2022 6:00 pm

The turbine began to give low pressure, I have a boost gauge.
The motor began to smoke.
It was clear to look for the cause of the low boost pressure.
The left engine mount has sagged and needs to be replaced.
It's time to change the oil and oil and air filters.
Yesterday at the dacha I changed the oil and both filters, and with the air filter housing removed, I examined the turbine and pillow mounts.
One of the three studs holding the turbo to the manifold is broken.
It is necessary to remove the manifold together with the turbine and change those studs that may be broken during dismantling.
With the turbine removed, it will be possible to remove the paw, which is attached to the engine and rests on the pillow.
But I put it off for a week.
I will not go to the country, but I will go to the garage for repairs.
On the way home, the turbine began to give out working pressure and there was less smoke, the motor began to pull the "heavy" axle faster.
I'm already used to it.
Probably, the air filter was defective and did not allow the turbocharger to develop normal pressure.
After I installed a turbocharger on the car, I change the air filter after 5 thousand kilometers.
The boost problem started shortly after the filter was changed.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby Chug » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:54 pm

Removed the rear shock absorber top mounting bracket so I could drill out and retap the broken shocker mounting bolt, managed to find a bolt in my bolt stash that was an exact match save for head size 8) next job is to change front bearings, discs and wishbone bottom ball joints :roll: vroom vroom, toot toot.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby cherniy_chack » Sun Oct 02, 2022 2:15 pm

Yesterday I repaired the turbine and changed the sagging left motor mount.
When I changed the air filter a week ago, I noticed one broken stud holding the turbo to the exhaust manifold.
They turned out to be two.
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I drilled out the broken studs, restored the M8 thread, installed heat-resistant studs and heat-resistant nuts.
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I noticed that the gasket between the manifold and the head of the block was backwards and covered about 15 ... 20% of the area of ​​the exhaust windows.
Unfolded the gasket.
I installed the pressure head of the compressor, started the engine and gave it gas.
A black wedge of soot remained on the path.
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Without two turbine mounting studs, the compressor gave a pressure of no more than 0.5 atmospheres / bar under load. After repair, 0.7 atmospheres / bar at idle.
The gasket was destroyed by exhaust gases.
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I tried to unscrew the pillow from the paw with a rope loop and a stick - it didn’t work.
I tried to unscrew it with a chain wrench to remove the oil filters - it did not work.
I took off the paw and tried to unscrew it, holding the pillow in a vise, it did not work.
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Then I heated the thread twice with a torch and cooled it twice in water - the pillow began to unscrew, and then it began to turn, but the thread stood still.
I cut the thread, welded a nut to its remnants and unscrewed the remnants of the thread from the paw.
Twisted a new pillow and set the paw with the pillow in place. in place.
I put all the air ducts in place, started the motor-vibrations became less.
Boost pressure increased to 0.7 atm at idle.
Today I was driving home from the dacha and did not even feel that there was a high-speed axle with a gear ratio of 1: 3.31, the car accelerated easily and walked easily.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby cherniy_chack » Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:38 pm

Yesterday I changed wheels with summer tires to wheels with winter tires.
The summer tires had low air pressure - 2 bar instead of 3 bar.
Therefore, there was a high fuel consumption.
In winter, since summer, normal pressure has been preserved - about 3 bar.
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Re: What did you do to your mk 3/4/5 today.

Postby gotgcoalman » Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:20 pm

Replaced the vroom cable.
Old one had 2 modes.
Tick over and maximum velocity.


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