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Wishbone
baron silas greenback replied to baron silas greenback's topic in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical
Right oh! Well the two wishbones + ball-joints arrived today so with tomorrow free I will attempt lashing up! (Weather and personal laziness permitting ?) -
Wishbone
baron silas greenback replied to baron silas greenback's topic in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical
Nice James, seems do-able. I bought the pair with ball-joints (the difference in price was €4) and was wondering if replacing them at the same time was a good thing/not too tricky? -
So unfortunately the Arosa failed it's NCT this weekend and there are a few fixes to get through. Biggest job is I guess the worn bushes. In the past I had a nightmare trying to replace these on a Citroën AX so I figure this time I'm going to swap the whole Wishbone\TCA. Anyway before I start I thought I'd see if anyone has done this job and has any ideas or tips as I haven't done this before. While I was ordering the wishbone I figured the other wishbone may as well be changed as its probably in similar order and the price difference between buying one and buying a pair is quite small.
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Really want these, no chance you'd post to Ireland, I could send you the SAE...
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Oh yeah good call!
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Nice one rich! I didn't want to find myself lashing it to the roof with bailstring
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Will it fit? I'm picking up a replacement tailgate tomorrow from the scrappy to swap onto my series 1 Arosa. My plan was to swap it over in the yard but in case I can't do that on site I was hoping someone might know if I can fit the tailgate in the back of the Arosa (enough) to drive in home and do all the swap and strip down at home. Before anyone 'helps out' with measuring it really I want to know if it fits in practise rather than in theory. Thanks, danny
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Yeah the oil pressure light should be cool, I changed the oil and filter over the weekend, dropped off the sump and cleaned the pickup. I also replaced the oil pressure switch, but I think it was basically the wiring to the spade connecter to the sensor which had become frayed, so that got some heat shrink wrap. May have gone over the top but it was good to service anyway. As for the airbag I replaced the clockspring, which seemed a bit worn visually but I'll just have to see if it worked, thats the one I need cleared to pass the NCT. That link is good for clearing lights Skezza?
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I would think as the OBDII port has been used with VCDS in the last week by me the port is okay. The elm327 mini is being recognised as a bluetooth unit by phone/tablet/laptop and pairing successfully - I think this could be just a duff unit, came off ebay from a UK seller but when I contacted them to raise an issue over this the replies have been suspiciously 'google tranlate-ish' so I think it may be a lost cause to get it replaced. Generic OBDII won't clear these lights? You are breaking my heart
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Hi I'm trying to clear two lights on the dashboard for the Oil Pressure and Airbag Warning. With the help of someone on another forum (and their VCDS or Vagcom) I've been troubleshooting and think they are ready to clear. Rather than be on the blag constantly and to get to know the car more I bought one of the bluetooth ELM327 minis available on ebay. It arrived today and despite a few hours work and using several different programs from the google playstore (including Torque Pro) I cannot connect to the Lupo. I can 'see' the device on my phone and there seems to be power to the unit, but the device doesn't 'seem' to talk to the car. Any help if you have had this problem is greatly appreciated.
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Also pondering this myself, the universal one is cheaper (much cheaper) but I think it might one of those things where you forget having spent 8 times more on the real thing, whereas the cheapo one would remind you constantly that you took a shortcut. All the same I'll probably wait on it till other stuff is out of the way, over here its working out that the cupholder is the same price as a pair of pop-out windows and all the fixings!
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Still stuck with this rev counter not moving off zero. Has anyone (not skezza) had this problem on their car?
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What wire?
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bump Still no action from the rev counter, have tried a different set of working clocks but still no life from the rev counter, Reallly would like to get this working, anyone know what it might be?
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Random plug on the dashboard loom
baron silas greenback replied to baron silas greenback's topic in Volkswagen Lupo
Hmm yeah I will put a multimeter to it (not sure how it works but hey!) Its a fairly small plug so CD illumination sounds favourite, maybe too small for a switch perhaps? Looks like a good candidate for a powering a USB twin socket though! -
I was fixing up the pretty shonky remote central locking on my Lupo and I found a stray plug that branches off from the loom along with the wiring for the Hazard Light switch and Heated Rear Screen. I assume its for another switch or something but does anyone know for sure? I can't find any good handbook pictures so I'm not sure. I'm thinking maybe it could be adapted to wire in a USB socket. So really I'm wondering what it was intended for and whether chopping off the plug would be a disaster. Thanks, danny
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Still having problems with my instrument binnacle. My fuel warning light stays on despite the fuel gauge working normally and tank fuel of petrol. This might be linked to the ongoing issue with the rev-counter which still isn't working - it stays stuck on zero and never moves. I have tried another instrument cluster to see if it is a problem with the unit but unfortunately (aggravatingly) no! fuel warning light still comes on while gauge reads max and rev-counter still sound asleep. Also checked fuses which are all 100%. Anyone have any ideas? ps I found a post on another forum which mentioned the same issue for a 96 Audi A4 and wondered if it was an alternator issue??? What???
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I already did this before I started the topic and it wasn't the plug??
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UPDATE: Still no action from the rev counter, stays totally still, but temp gauge and fuel gauge ARE working. Wondering if there is a sensor that might be broken or loose on the engine?
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Looks good I'd like to stumble onto a set of cup-holders for my one
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Man that is a high-brow stereo, looks ace!
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Hey man! Well this one came from the wexford (back in 99 anyway) and it has a bit of low-skill tinkering to be done so its good fun so far! Don't know anyone who can cut off the lock-nut on the wheels around town Benny?
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Thanks Myles, actually just finished fitting a new interior and draining the lake under the carpet and its great now
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Hi I just wanted to introduce myself, got it the wrong way round with a question before intro but anyway.. I'm Danny and I've just got my first Lupo having hada couple of Polo Breadvans and a MK2F Fox coupe but I blew the engine on the coupe, went away from VW went round the houses and just recently got back to VW ownership with a 99 Lupo in fantasia green - lmao. I know the 1.0 is slow but believe it or not I've always fancied one of these in this colour too since they were launched! Somewhere or other I have an ancient Playstation 1 memory card with my maxed-out world-beater Lupo from Gran Turismo 2 on it - and of course its in fantasia green Since the last Polo I've been rattling about in an old Kia Rio for which I lost the enthusiasm rapidly, most recently when the passenger-side front wheel overtook me on the way back from the shops on Boxing Day... So its good to be be back in a VW - but it may be a bit before I get it properly back onto the road as it needs some fettling. First off was a trip to Belfast to get a replacement interior because the one it had was rank having been stood awhile! Next up on the list is to fix a dead rev-counter, find a way of getting the wheels off without the key to the lock-nuts, change the brakes and I'll be golden
