cocodemer75 Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Hi. I've inherited my second Lupo, a 1litre MOT fail, which is needing a few repairs, notably a new sub frame and wishbones. I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to what's what underneath the car, so am looking for a good source of help before I get started on the work. In the past I've used Haynes and other workshop manuals for other cars ive worked on. I'm struggling to find similar for the Lupo. Can anyone point me in the direction of any resources that will help guide me? Sorry for the total noobie question, there may well be stuff on the forum here, but also struggling to find it. Thanks in advance. Col Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Wishbones are readily available from motor factors, buy a front subframe from a breakers, or try ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR5V Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 I use Haynes manual 4150 for a Polo 2000 to 2002 - close enough for most stuff on a Lupo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObjectiveAway Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Azmk1 recently shared a lot of free ELSA files. They are mostly in russian, but a lot of usefull infromation there. If you can convert from pdf to text, might be able to auto-translate and understand them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocodemer75 Posted January 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 This is great, thanks very much. Those ESLA files look like cover a lot of the stuff I need. And a Haynes on the way, so thanks for the help 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decvalts Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Second the recommendation for the Haynes Polo Mk3/6N(x) manuals. Mechanically a lot is very similar and the parts were shared across the two cars. 4150 (Blue cover) or 3500 (Red cover) depending on your engine. There's a German equivalent of Haynes specific to the Lupo called "So wird's gemacht" (~="That's how it's done") which has great diagrams similar to what you get in ELSA, also good for torque settings. No English translation though. EKTA catalogue online also really had for parts No.s and diagrams: https://volkswagen.7zap.com/en/rdw/ Then there's ELSAwin which you can still get online for fairly cheap but finding I use that less and less. And of course, the How To section on this site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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