what have you done to your car today ?

[iammooks]

So, you guys know I like my experiments with random car parts so strap yourselves in for the latest installment.

Let's start with a hole

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Here's what should go there (right) with the same thing from a 2009 Scirocco.

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Pretty similar, but will it fit?

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Oh come on, they must have changed something

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Nope, it lines up perfectly, like millimetre perfect. Did some measuring and the back end is pretty much the same dimensions wise (was by eye with a tape measure so not super accurate).

The only thing now is the fluid level sensor wiring

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Those cheap ba... I mean, great people who knew not to mess with a good thing.

Btw, yes I tested out the vacuum line and it fits as well. So far it looks like only the steel lines would need modification to fit. I don't know if the ESP sensor is compatible for those who run such things.

I love these posts. I'm not knowledgeable enough on different parts and sizes (nor brave enough) to try things like these, but I'm more than happy to ride your coat-tails if it all works...

Any particular reason for the test or just seeing if you can chop and change certain parts? If it might help my brakes, I'm in.

 

[BadBoy03]

I’m sure my car is cursed when I goes on the ramp at work I fix something and then later something else goes now the power steering pump is making the noise that is saying replace me before I stop working grr

I've had three MK1 Leon's and they all played that game. Still love them though.

 

[MoToJoJo]

I love these posts. I'm not knowledgeable enough on different parts and sizes (nor brave enough) to try things like these, but I'm more than happy to ride your coat-tails if it all works...

Any particular reason for the test or just seeing if you can chop and change certain parts? If it might help my brakes, I'm in.

I'm just lucky enough to be curious and know people willing to indulge me (this was all done at a local specialist who was breaking a Leon and a Scirocco).

As for why, part of it is the age of the Mk1 Leon, getting a decent booster and/or master cylinder is becoming expensive, the newer ones may be the better option (newer than the original equipment, cheaper than the new stuff)

Other reasons are a bit more specific.

It reroutes the lines which hopefully gives room to reroute turbo hoses (looking at running a different radpack).

Also, the one I used was from an auto which means the reservoir is capped off for the clutch line. That makes it an easy way to separate the clutch line, useful if you want to run race brake fluid etc

 

[Nam-uk]

 

[Alexis27]

Bushes are knackered on the gearbox cables. Does anyone know whether I need version B or C?

 

[Thai-wronghorse]

Pretty sure they're 8mm as when I swapped my shift arm over to a quick shift one I didn't have the right spigot so ended up drilled mine out to suit.

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[Thai-wronghorse]

I'll dig a spare out when I go to the workshop later on and post the part number on here.

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[Alexis27]

Thanks, figured out it should be 10mm side to side and 8mm front back. Might as well upgrade to metal bushings

Solid Aluminium Bushes for VW 02M & 02Q Linkage Ends

These Solid Bushings are a direct replacement / upgrade for the stock rubber bushings found in the linkage ends on the 02M & 02Q Gearboxes

www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk

 

[Thai-wronghorse]

Thanks, figured out it should be 10mm side to side and 8mm front back. Might as well upgrade to metal bushings

Solid Aluminium Bushes for VW 02M & 02Q Linkage Ends

These Solid Bushings are a direct replacement / upgrade for the stock rubber bushings found in the linkage ends on the 02M & 02Q Gearboxes

www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk

I've got some of those....God knows where

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[Nathan penney]

Got some cool photos on Monday morning before we left Le Mans.
The public road part of the track was opened again so we had to have an early morning drive round them. Be rude not to.
Also they hadn’t yet put the barriers back so I managed to get a shot on the track at Porsche curves next to our campsite.

We did a total of 1127 miles and the whole weekend only saw one other mk1 Leon which was on the M6 near Birmingham on the way down.
Car was faultless and I had no aches and pains after 14 hours. Even my 11 year old son didn’t complain once.
It also got as many looks as the hundreds of Porsche’s and many Ferrari’s and the like we saw over the weekend.
A testament to the design of the mk1 it still turns heads.

 

[Nam-uk]

Thanks, figured out it should be 10mm side to side and 8mm front back. Might as well upgrade to metal bushings

Solid Aluminium Bushes for VW 02M & 02Q Linkage Ends

These Solid Bushings are a direct replacement / upgrade for the stock rubber bushings found in the linkage ends on the 02M & 02Q Gearboxes

www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk

I've seen on vids ect were they updated the standard linkage not sure if it was that one your getting as it was a while ago , it made the gear change more tight than the sloppy change well on the fr pd150, that's my only issue with the Leon, cheap upgrade is that's the case i would change mine

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[Alexis27]

I've seen on vids ect were they updated the standard linkage not sure if it was that one your getting as it was a while ago , it made the gear change more tight than the sloppy change well on the fr pd150, that's my only issue with the Leon, cheap upgrade is that's the case i would change mine

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Yeah I drove my old LC I sold to a relative the other day and the gear change was silky smooth, whereas mine is pretty notchy. Gave the linkage on top of the gearbox a pull and it moves all over the place because the rubber bushing has perished.
So was just going to get new ones but then someone on Facebook suggested just changing the bushings to the metal ones.

 

[Thai-wronghorse]

A simple linkage reset can make a huge difference and costs nothing.

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[Nam-uk]

A simple linkage reset can make a huge difference and costs nothing.

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yea? how you do that?

 

[Nam-uk]

don't do paving work and diamond cutting and forget to shut garage door grrr

 

[Thai-wronghorse]

I was about to type up an explanation but then it dawned on me it's easier to watch this. It's for a TT but it's essentially the same anyway.

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[Nam-uk]

I was about to type up an explanation but then it dawned on me it's easier to watch this. It's for a TT but it's essentially the same anyway.

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Nice one, going off vid thick mines ok but will have a look even so nice to know

 

[Alexis27]

A simple linkage reset can make a huge difference and costs nothing.

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Yeah, I was actually going to do that when I discovered the perished bushing. It'll need resetting when replaced anyway.

 

[iammooks]

Thought the forum had been really quiet, but it turns out I'm not getting any notifications at all from Tapatalk - sorry to anyone who sent me a message. I thought it might have been because I got a new phone, but it's happened on both my phone and my iPad.

Anyway...

Was going to take my bonnet off to finish the paint as I got a replacement can the other day. Didn't bother in the end with the weather being so changeable, so put the replacement battery tray in instead. I've been putting it off for ages, and even though it passed its MoT without the retaining bracket, I just wanted it to be right. 10-15 minute job and it's done.

Set the time on the car and the radio and back indoors for a can of cider.

Car has been fine recently. Drove to stay with my parents a couple of days because my housemate had Covid and I really didn't want to be coming down with that again, and was getting at least mid-fifties on the MPG. Will be picking up the girlfriend's son's stuff from uni next weekend, so another bit of a run.

The car does feel a bit sluggish low down, but that's probably for the best with the price of fuel being what it is.


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[Alexis27]

Thought the forum had been really quiet, but it turns out I'm not getting any notifications at all from Tapatalk - sorry to anyone who sent me a message. I thought it might have been because I got a new phone, but it's happened on both my phone and my iPad.

Anyway...

Yeah it's always quieter on here anyway because everyone is doing Facebook now. But you don't tend to get the arrogant tw*ts here that you get there ?