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6 hours ago, Skezza said:

I am personally with Rich and mk2 in that the pedal boxes don't always go, plus many have already been welded or replaced. Nonetheless, respect for the fact you are maintaining it like a brand new car rather than some of the shitboxes you see knocking about second hand on eBay and Gumtree.

That’s the plan. 
Don’t get me wrong the car has had 3-4 times the price spent on it. But it means more to me than the money. 
I have a brand new car sat on the drive if I want driving pleasure etc. This is for commuting, a hobby, taking the dog out, going to the tip. But a useable car you know 

keeps me happy for now 

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7 hours ago, Sarahs Lupo said:

That’s the plan. 
Don’t get me wrong the car has had 3-4 times the price spent on it. But it means more to me than the money. 
I have a brand new car sat on the drive if I want driving pleasure etc. This is for commuting, a hobby, taking the dog out, going to the tip. But a useable car you know 

keeps me happy for now 

The Lupo will always be that to most people. Cracking little run arounds

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  • 2 weeks later...

Update Time

So car went into the garage. They inspected the pedal box and he said all looked good to him, he thinks it might have been replaced already, he said something along the lines of the bolts looks like they have been out already. So for him no point replacing the box just yet, so that's very honest of them. 

Secondly, i had the clutch cable checked over and adjusted, they got rid of the slack for me and so the car feels better when operating the clutch,

Thirdly, they did a mini inspection and found a few niggles which i had already identified, the tracking is out causing some inner wear on my nearly bald tyres, and the front, rear bushings for the front triangle bit (forget the name) need looking at in the near future. So i will get them ordered and swapped out before the MOT. Theres a slight blow in the exhaust coming from the mid section which has had a dodgey weld repair before, so could get it welded or might treat the old girl to a full system, that way i can be sure of no leaks in the years to come.

Lastly, the best news of all... After all the time i tried to diagnose the engine light and changing the sensor, all it needed was 15mins of the right pair of hands, to figure out it was a crappy wire, so fixed that up, connected back into the plug and bam engine light gone... but best of all.. the insane amount of power is back haha! Pulls so well in all gears now!! 

Im so happy and only cost £100.  

Looking forward to ordering a few new parts, Exciting times! Long live my Lupo

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Excellent news! That garage is certainly one I'd go back to, and tell the world about them. Very impressed. All the stories I hear are mostly negative.

The rear rubber bushes for the lower track arm/wishbone are a fiver a piece. Get Meyle or Febi brand only. Easy enough job, but you need a press to push them in. While at it, maybe worth checking the lower ball joints, as they need to be unbolted at the same time. £8 each. And since they'll be removing them too, may as well change the anti roll bar bushes. £8 a pair.... the car will handle like new again.

Bung a new exhaust on, especially if you're keeping the car. I bought mine for my SDIs from Germany, delivered for £108. Ernst brand, the same as VW (Alternatively Walker are good too). But it has to be the one specifically for the SDI, as it has a different size pipe to other Lupos.

Sounds like a full restoration is happening? 👍🏻

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10 hours ago, mk2 said:

Excellent news! That garage is certainly one I'd go back to, and tell the world about them. Very impressed. All the stories I hear are mostly negative.

The rear rubber bushes for the lower track arm/wishbone are a fiver a piece. Get Meyle or Febi brand only. Easy enough job, but you need a press to push them in. While at it, maybe worth checking the lower ball joints, as they need to be unbolted at the same time. £8 each. And since they'll be removing them too, may as well change the anti roll bar bushes. £8 a pair.... the car will handle like new again.

Bung a new exhaust on, especially if you're keeping the car. I bought mine for my SDIs from Germany, delivered for £108. Ernst brand, the same as VW (Alternatively Walker are good too). But it has to be the one specifically for the SDI, as it has a different size pipe to other Lupos.

Sounds like a full restoration is happening? 👍🏻

Yeah its called MCM Garage in Radstock. VW/Audi etc specialist. I trust them and labor rates are very good! 

i have opted to buy complete front arms complete with bushes and the ball joint thing on the end. Very cheap i might add! 

The garage did advise they normal fit new bushes for me,  but for £40 all in i can just unbolt and rebolt back in.. i hope i dont live to regret this! 

I have just ordered some new tyres too 

 

ill have a look at the anti roll bars. The previous owner has already a few items already so ill just check when i got the wheels off again. 

 

Restoration maybe, what id really like to do is take the pieces apart, sand blast, paint them up and refit all new.. but atm the car is being used every day for deliveries so i want to keep it on the road without too much disruption. If i can buy the parts cheap enough i can just unbolt and rebolt shiny new ones on. 

thanks for the Tip with the exhaust. ill have a look ! 

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I hope the bushes they put in the new arms/wishbones are good. When I did that they only lasted about 2 years. Then I bought just the bushes on their own (decent brand) and are still like new 3 years later. But we have rough country roads around here.

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On 6/3/2020 at 5:40 PM, mk2 said:

I hope the bushes they put in the new arms/wishbones are good. When I did that they only lasted about 2 years. Then I bought just the bushes on their own (decent brand) and are still like new 3 years later. But we have rough country roads around here.

Well I’m Wiltshire as you know. Yeah if i get 2 years that be awesome. Only paid £40. I can then get current OEM arms cleaned and powder coated with polyurethane bushes :)  Might look at the drop links and front arb while I’m in there. Cheap as chips. Just needs to stop raining 

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UPDATE:

So sorted out a rather annoying thing yday. I had some of those vent slats missing since day one, and manage to pick some up at a scrappy couple of months back. 

so went ahead with dismantling the dash, cleaning it all up and fitting these 2 slats.. 

most of the time was spent cleaning the caked on dirt! No need but thought since i am breathing this air i might as well make it fresh! 

Also a managed to foobar the radio few weeks back, tried to fix it by swapping out the fuse but having gone through each fuse in the fusebox since there are two for the radio stuff! 

 it was a simple fix! haha! Can never find the time for the simple jobs.. 

And Lastly me and my very patient wife spent the next 6 hours swapping over a boot lid! 

When i got the car, there was a nasty banged rusty patch near the bottom of the rear window.. i sourced a whole boot lid and wiring for £15 and has been sat in the garage for a long time! 

Little did we know it was missing some wiring! f##k... so needed to unwind all the electrics from both car and boot lid, find what was missing... Rethread it through the boot lid and inside the car (insert a lot of swear words and various hours! ) untill we finally got it all back together!! i wont be doing this again!

Ill add a pic later.

 

Its amazing , you never truly know what the car has been up to until you take off panels, and carpet etc.. and find screws missing, trim clips broken etc.. 

I have now added, Rear bulbs, rear trim clips, rear light screws and boot struts to my list of new tyres and exhaust. 

I also managed to order up some new subframe bolts for when i swap over the suspension arms.. i saw they were one time use only so thats a job for next week !!

... and breathe!! 

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9 minutes ago, mk2 said:

How did you remove that central bit without pulling out the entire dash?

Easy. Remove stereo. There is one hex on the left,  one hex on the right and one hex in the middle inside where you stick the stereo. Like the back of it. 
 

then it unclips. 
 

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  • 4 weeks later...

UPDATE:

a few parts turnt up a while back, just never took pictures. New boot struts were fitted, which are amazing.

Have set aside some time next week between shifts and before my MOT to get the suspension and brakes done. Hopefully then, no advisories which is reassuring.

Front Suspension arms and some new Pagid rear brake shoes and discs. Also got myself some brake cable clips to hold the fluid back while i sort it.. and as before got some 5L of fluid left over so will flush the system at some point. 

 

 

 

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UPDATE:

Almost forgot. After the piss poor communication that is blackcircles, i had to rebook my tyres for a different date. 

long story short, Larry the lupo is wearing some new Avon tyres.woop.

 

Another job ticked off the list.

 

MOT date booked for 13th July 

 

 

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One of my SDIs wears a set of Avons. Only because the spare was brand new, so just needed 2 more plus one i found on ebay for a tenner! They are not too bad and are wearing well. MOT on one of the other SDIs tomorrow afternoon. Not sure I'll have time to put the interior back together after intense deep cleaning and rebuilding. So long as it has a couple of seats and the seat belts are all good, we should be fine... Got a pair of Continentals arriving later/tomorrow for the other SDI! MOT season is here.

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14 hours ago, mk2 said:

One of my SDIs wears a set of Avons. Only because the spare was brand new, so just needed 2 more plus one i found on ebay for a tenner! They are not too bad and are wearing well. MOT on one of the other SDIs tomorrow afternoon. Not sure I'll have time to put the interior back together after intense deep cleaning and rebuilding. So long as it has a couple of seats and the seat belts are all good, we should be fine... Got a pair of Continentals arriving later/tomorrow for the other SDI! MOT season is here.

tbh when i payed less than £50 per tyre for what i would call a middle of the range tyre i was happy. Time will tell if they feel better than the ying yangs the car came with haha.! 

I was advised before, that my MOT would be extended for 6 months due to COVID, however i rather get it sorted now and at least have someone check it for peace of mind!

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I can just see insurance companies trying to renege on any claims if you were in an accident and your car didn't have a recent MOT. So the car needs an MOT anyway. And mine are all this month, spaced apart by a few days, deliberately; as at this time of year I have the most daylight to work on a car and the weather is usually good! Working on a car in Jan/Feb is no fun.

You're 100% right about the awful rubber coming out of China. Really. The quality control is shocking. Any time I see non-european engineering, I avoid... They don't grip. They tramline. They go out of balance. They perish fast. They're noisy. "Just don't" is what I suggest to anyone. For a just a few quid more, it might save people from sitting in a wheelchair for the rest of their life. A car's tyres are the only thing that is in contact with the road. It's worth going a bit better.

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On 7/3/2020 at 10:09 AM, mk2 said:

I can just see insurance companies trying to renege on any claims if you were in an accident and your car didn't have a recent MOT. So the car needs an MOT anyway. And mine are all this month, spaced apart by a few days, deliberately; as at this time of year I have the most daylight to work on a car and the weather is usually good! Working on a car in Jan/Feb is no fun.

You're 100% right about the awful rubber coming out of China. Really. The quality control is shocking. Any time I see non-european engineering, I avoid... They don't grip. They tramline. They go out of balance. They perish fast. They're noisy. "Just don't" is what I suggest to anyone. For a just a few quid more, it might save people from sitting in a wheelchair for the rest of their life. A car's tyres are the only thing that is in contact with the road. It's worth going a bit better.

Not sure, if the government are saying you can extend the MOT then don’t see a problem for insurance companies. for me it’s peace of mind so I’ll have mine done on time. 
 Looks like most people selling their cars are using it as as advantage and just letting it slide. For £30 that gives me more confidence that your car is roadworthy. 
 

 

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Mine was extended and it shouldn't have been.

Granted I have done the work without the mot motivation but there was a couple of things.

Back tyres are still baldy bald but I have two nice unused spare wheel tyres to go on.

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Yeah, the spares are so often unused... Breaker's yards surprise gifts for a tenner. I have 3 brand new continental eco whatevers from the backs of polos. Just had to buy another from gumtree for £20 delivered. Full set of brand new continental tyres for £50. As specified and supplied by VW!

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1 hour ago, mk2 said:

Yeah, the spares are so often unused... Breaker's yards surprise gifts for a tenner. I have 3 brand new continental eco whatevers from the backs of polos. Just had to buy another from gumtree for £20 delivered. Full set of brand new continental tyres for £50. As specified and supplied by VW!

Only thing I would check is the date stamps if that concerns you. Mostly likely out of date. 
I replace mine regardless after 5 years which I’m sure is written somewhere as good practise. 

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Ditto. Look for the DOT xxx then 4 digits and some other xxxx. I think it's year code 2 digits like 20 now and week like 25, displayed as 2045. Presently running around on some 0122s. Never had a problem running old tyres, so long as they've been stored in the dark, just like @Rich says. Vulcanising "cross links" the polymer I believe, which I think means lasts forever unless radiation degraded. Where's a chemist when you need one!?

old good brand tyres (new) last me about 4-5 years= 30k. Pretty much normal i think.

i think you can get done in europe for having tyre codes older than 5 years? Anyone? Like you must wear winter rubber in winter time or something also. Stupid rule as SMMT have shown they hardly make any difference. Studded tyres are another matter.

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UPDATE TIME: 

Managed to fit in swapping out the lower suspension arms both sides. 
pretty easy job tbh. 
 

the bushes didn’t look too bad but hay ho love a bit a fresh metal. 
 

only thing I need to order now is the arb bushes but I knew that anyway. 
 

MOT time tomorrow!! Wish me luck. 
didn’t get around to fitting my rear brakes and fluid but can always do it after unless it fails off course haha. 
fingers crossed! 

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One of my SDI's scraped through only because rear brake efficiency was just above the 16% limit. So that needs investigating... I bet it's stuck adjusters or maybe the compensator. Shoes/cylinders unlikely, as they're new within the last 2 years.

Has anyone ever failed on brake fluid since it came in a couple of years back???

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