Mk3 2dr Project Car (1.8t swap)

[Weeman]

Update: 23/01/2025

Starts, goes, stops. Had to redo my gearbox linkage stuff as everytime I was putting it into 1st it kept going into reverse lol, almost took out the rear windscreen on the bench vice... haha.

Everything seemed good when driving, other than I lost both speedo and rev on the dash so that'll need some backtracking done.

Tyres I got were some Pirelli P-Zeros, too bad the tyre shop couldn't even wash their hands before putting the tyres on, absolutely disgusting after giving them freshly painted rims.

Rant over, very happy

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[Weeman]

Update: 02/02/2025

Steering wheel wasn't flicking off my indicators automatically. Pulling off the aftermarket steering wheel I quickly noticed this white tab, which needs to be pushed either up or down (depending on which way you have indicated), to release the indicator stalk.


So looking at the OG steering wheel, it has a nice fat plastic tab which hits it when the wheel is turned. My aftermarket steering does not...


So a drill and tap later, I put these M3 studs in and now works a dream.

In other news, my dash is working very intermittently, so that'll be coming out for some inspecting... I never lose the coolant temp but the rev and speedo occassionally dies and the needles just sit there bouncing at 0 RPM/kmhr.

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