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10 hours ago, Rich said:
I still use my campaign poster circa the Obama years.
So that's where it was from.... I get it now.
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... or use a huge desktop PC that needs a power station fully charged with tons of coal; start an ancient operating system, load some programs, plug in a thing called a mouse, then you can make a crazy animated spiral .GIF image to mezmerise everyone... (or annoy everyone -especially @mscherryviolet & @Rich)
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Hey you know those lapel pin things on here... i wonder what one of them would look like set into the top of an 'S' spec gear knob. Polish off the shift pattern, then with a die grinder, carve out a shallow recess then inlay it with a bit of epoxy. I reckon it'd look cool. I have a spare 'S' spec gear knob, so I'll try it as soon as...
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Cluster fault.
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Yeah, I might do. Bung jenny in the back along with angle grinder. And see what else is there. £50 for a wheel seems a bit steep though. 3h round trip for me. I might be able to do it in passing on my way down to kent again in about two weeks if still there. What d'ya need?
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How's it drive? Been reading that the power to weight isn't the best. 113hp and over a ton! Heavy little thing. There must be a mini black hole stored on board somewhere to get the weight. Not as punchy as the Lupo Gti though. I'm interested in your personal comparison having now owned both.
looks fab though...
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Don't get me wrong, it is a curiosity to know which car has been used in the media as press cars, but beyond that personally I can't really see much use for the info. Only my 2p worth so please don't flame me
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Hey Dan get this...
someone bumped my SDI while it was parked in supermarket car park about a week ago- i was standing next to it, so they couldn't drive away.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, their insurance company siad that they'll have to write my car off for the tiny two inch long scratch, as the respray will cost about £380. So I'm now trying to get the people to settle privately and have a mate spray it for me (i'll probably do it myslef TBH).
Apparently the insurance value of SDI Lupos, even in superb condition is only about £472! Is this what your system also tells you? So in a nutshell, any scuff or ding will now write off a Lupo. Is this mad or what? Even a Gti insurance value is only £620. Damage costing more than half the book value will write it off. Is there a scam going on the car insurance business?
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1 hour ago, Blue Loop said:
All LHD GTi's came with ESP.
If true, should be a piece of p!$$. Never owned a gti, but if they come with abs and an ecu (tick and tick), it's most likely that all you need to do is run some cable from the abs pump controller to the ecu. Then activate the ESP subroutine in the ECU. It's a very simple piece of software- i once wrote a launch controller using the ABS sensors.
I can't think of a single reason why our cars didn't come with ESP. Do jap imports come with it?
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Has anyone ever fitted ESP to a loop? Use ABS to control the traction? Trying to think which vdubs of same era have ESP.... R32? RS4?
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6 hours ago, Rich said:
Lupo key codes to the transponder box like a MK3 golf.
So I'm guessing he must have meant desoldering the chip in the transponder box? I personally don't like messing with stuff like that without lots of info... if it goes wrong, it ends up costing more than just having a dealer sort it before I've broken everything!
interesting thing though, is that i know you can access the cluster AND the transponder box via the diagnostics port, with the Vdub VAS system. It is possible to recalibrate the fuel gauge, set tacho zero position, adjust the 90 degrees C point on the temp gauge using the vdub system- i watched it being done. Only thing I've not seen is a key being copied, or to be more correct- assigning keys to the car. I get the impression you need to put the metal cut key into the ign lock, have the sensor pick up the RF key ID transponder serial number, then assign that key to the car by storing the key Serial number in a memory location somewhere. So it's a 3 step process from having spoken to a lot of people. Learn. Read. Save. You can have up to 3 keys assigned to a car, which implies that there must be 3 memory locations- probably 4 bytes of data per key....? I need more info.
@MORE , Tacho always going low suggests a faulty power bus in the cluster. From my experiments a few years back, I think it runs at -5v 0 +5v or something like that. The needle pointer gauges are all differential drive to isolate them from any main 12v feed fluctuations. Each gauge is driven through a chip, not direct from sensor.
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Nice
which wheels are they?
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dobrodošli u klub lupo
Show pics....
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We need about another 15....
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54 minutes ago, Rich said:
Or so I heard.
Yeah, I know a few people who can unsolder the cluster memory chip then muck about with it. But, 90% of the time it ends up trashed and the other 10% of the time something else gets messed up. If someone ever cracks how to change dash settings or copy keys via the diagnostic socket they'll make some money... One guy I know told me he could copy a lupo key for £75, but couldn't guarantee me that he wouldn't break the cluster as he had to unsolder and resolder the memory chip to read the data. Which then turns it into a £350 main dealer problem. Mmmm.
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Yeah, but how to correct for the odometer...? one of my SDI's cluster has a duff buzzer/gong thing, and it isn't the speaker. I have a spare working cluster, but the milage is 186k. My loop's only done 101k. I know absolutely no-one in the entire vdub universe that knows how to correct the odometer (or copy a key for that matter...). @MORE will have the some problem and in Italy they take milage changes very seriously. @Rich knows no-one either and he knows a lot of vdub geezers.
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There is an adjuster next to the main light switch- next to the headlight position adjuster. Maybe it is loose? Try wiggling it....
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Benvenuto in club lupo
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It had the rear speaker option? I want...
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Diagnostics would pick up dodgy temp sensor... when cold all sensors should be about the same. When hot, water around 90 and air around 25 in this weather. Yeah check the temp sensor.
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I was gonna put one on my first SDI... glad i didn't in the end. There are (were) some nice looking kits around a few years back. I wonder what happened to the moulds.
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1 hour ago, Sausage said:
Naw, pre Y plate is £155 and after is £195 (more if an auto).
But it's a little 1.4... !
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2 hours ago, Rich said:
Cam sensor or something related to the vvt is buggered.
I've been here before.
Yeah i thought the same, but wouldn't ecu flag timing fault if more than 3/4 of a tooth out?
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Could be that the cat is blocked like @Sausage suggested. Or fuel pump? Try running it briefly without exhaust connected if you're in a workshop.
if you're 100% sure all the mechanical stuff is ok, and not the above, it can only be ECU controlled output. The ecu thinks the car is simply heavily loaded and just can't go "uphill" any faster. This is all being done on a rolling road I'm guessing?
the lambda output figures/plot always tell you everything you need to know.
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That did make me laugh...
Is there any money in doing conversions these days? When I worked out the hourly rate, it works out better to be on income support! Like £3 an hour... hobby maybe, but as a living?