Sarahs Lupo
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id be buying a lupo with them mate. off the top of my head your gonna need the wiring loom , switches, and the units themselves. ebay is a good start but not sure how easy it will be
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I fixed my dead leccy windows!
Sarahs Lupo replied to Lupo-dreams's topic in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical
vince - swapped my switches over when this happend to some oem ones from another car.. sorted it for a bit then went dead. ordered some new ones off ebay and success been working ever since. -
Bit of both. Yes and no.
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@mk2I remember you said the same thing about my SDI ECU he he he.
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The definitive Gearbox thread
Sarahs Lupo replied to VWR Lupo's topic in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical
Thanks I’ll have a google. -
I had a faulty ECU. cost me £30 from eBay for another unit that was tested! don’t write it off
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Yeah used Lemforder on my Beemer. So yeah next time I’ll use better parts but even still £40 and to get a year use is amazing in my book. These cars are mega cheap though
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No doubt my friend. If you read through my previous pages. I have already replaced the whole arms once haha! the ball joints on the end are a piece of piss. But I don’t have time to mess about right now.
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Yeah I had the left side fixed while at the Garage I use as I can’t have the car out of action anymore since I use it to commute on. let’s hope the right is fine for a bit
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The definitive Gearbox thread
Sarahs Lupo replied to VWR Lupo's topic in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical
Not me mate I’m afraid. im Wiltshire -
Haha. These were from eBay! what brands are you buying ?
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UPDATE TIME: Another year , another MOT In the end we got a PASS! Wahoo... It first failed on a front NS ball joint. This perplexed me , since i replaced both front arms including ball joints around 1 year ago.. as documented in this thread!! To hear one has failed pissed me off.. but he said it could be i hit a kurb... not likely.. or that the lowered suspension has put extra strain on them ? Now im wondering if i need to adjust the cars ride height or was it just a **** cheapo part.. i know the " buy cheap buy twice" Will have to see how low this car is.. as im no low rider.. and use the car as a commuter as you know.. hmmmm i know its all fixed and stuff just makes me wonder..
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The definitive Gearbox thread
Sarahs Lupo replied to VWR Lupo's topic in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical
thanks i dont have time for that. im down to one car now - so a drive in drive out service is preferred. if its £300 then im happy to pay the money to sort the gearbox out make it new again.. just i have no clue who would do such a thing my clutch is pretty new.. around 20-30k on it so not needed -
AFTER the hoover after these pics.. i got the cleaner out for all the plastic, door shuts, rubbers etc. Seats i need a wet n dry cleaner... and then i will do the carpets too. BEAUTIFUL
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UPDATE TIME: nothing really to report which is good! MOT time next week , 2nd in my ownership so should fly through got a couple of tyres going on it tomorrow. also did a nice deep clean ready for its duties again a lot of it was superficial - looks manky in my book - also wiped down all the plastics and stuff , and coated in autofinesse. Nice and satisfying BEFORE
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The definitive Gearbox thread
Sarahs Lupo replied to VWR Lupo's topic in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical
are there any companies offering a rebuild service or drive in drive out ??? it be good to hear -
Please let me know how ?
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Did some digging into Cruise control and apparently cant be done. so that's annoying - perhaps i could wedge a broom or mop on the pedal lol. nothing else to report.
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UPDATE: Went to shropshire at easter to visit the parents, and decided to take the LUPO. Call it a test to see if i could actually take it to germany. Long story short did 375miles on a tank before the petrol light came on. Cruised on the mway between 60-70 , so defo different to taking the beemer haha. Did 67mpg calculated from fill up to fill up so im happy that the little car seems perfect! Now this gives me ideas to retrofit cruise control.. hmmmm
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UPDATE TIME: As you know, i had bought complete rear drum set including piston things, shoes and drums. They rang me a couple of hours later to ask why i wanted to replace them as they are fine? So since i had never actually removed the wheel to check, its reassuring to know they are in fact ok - obviously the MOT pointed to that aswell.. The one thing they did do though was to clean up the whole assembly and since i had all the parts, replace the cylinders as they were hard to undo or something to complete a brake fluid change. Adjusted and alls well! Onto the Temp sensor - pretty sure i diagnosed this last year using my own VCDC lite , just didnt know which one to buy or where to shove it.. and life got in the way - so finally they have replaced that, checked on the computer and alls good! - IT could be placebo but i think the car feels slightly better? Temp guage is bang on now! The door lock scenario - they managed to get some time to fix that too which was just an adjustment aha! so we are back with two functioning doors! yay! And lastly , as the car needed a road test after completing the work - i needed two new tyres since my old ones got chewed since the alignment was foobar! - i think i mentioned it chewed through them in no time.. just hadnt realised i was now illegal so two of the avons again.. even tho im not too fond of them but better than budgets! So a large bill later and the car is supreme! The wife even agreed we can take Larry to the Nurburgring next year instead of my beemer haha! so that would be amazing! Lets enjoy the weather now!
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did you get a quote from gloucester road gearboxes.. i was thinking about getting my SDI reconditioned or serviced at least. im local to bristol
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Help me pick between Lupo or same era Yaris or Mini?
Sarahs Lupo replied to NotAParrot's topic in Volkswagen Lupo
a mini cooper or mini one with the blufin box on it would be my first choice - plenty of spares - plenty of guides - plenty of groups, mini runs etc - i have had 7 minis so far so maybe i am biased? I currently have a 2012 cooper S clubman i obviously own a lupo too but the mini will be more fun, handle better and the community is larger - young and old. my lupo is my daily hack,tip run, reliable soldier personally i wouldnt touch a yaris or pug but i have only ever had german cars. i think the lupo looks older than a similar age mini - but thats it. servicing i would say are they same. plenty of specialists for both - lupo parts i would say are cheaper for sure. cant go wrong wth either i think -
UPDATE: Got the car booked into the local specialist again - having those rear brakes sat in the garage has started to annoy me and the weather has been so **** - they can take care of it. so all new rear brakes and fluid to be done. They will also take a look at the thermostat/coolant sensor to make sure its as it should - im sure its slightly faulty but hasnt presented any problems to me so far, same as the brakes really, they passed the MOT fine , but i like new shiney stuff! The door rebuild kit was a dud - looks like i need a new mechanism - i beleive the passenger side has been done as some point as the lock is silky smooth!! onto ebay i go