VR6 Campaign

Looking ace mate great u got it going!! Does it sleep in a carpet? Lol

Looking good!

Had a go at fitting some of the bits tonight.

New and old:




I then started getting the old plugs out.  What a fiddly job!!  I bought the special tool a while ago so once i got the hang of it it wasn't too bad, but the plugs that came out ooked like this    I guess it was running too rich.  The Lambda isn't wired in so hopefully that might be some of the cause, the engine apparently had an erratic idle before i got it so once it's all setup i'll get it VAGcom'd and see whether there any sensor issues etc.

Cylinder numbers 2 - 4 - 6

This should be some great fun when finished, I bet she sounds orgasmic!

sinnysinsin said

This should be some great fun when finished, I bet she sounds orgasmic!

Hell yes! I used to have a MK3 VR6 and rarely turned the stereo on as just wanted to listen the engine. Lovely!  

Hairyarse said

Hell yes! I used to have a MK3 VR6 and rarely turned the stereo on as just wanted to listen the engine. Lovely!  

I used to have a Mk3 VR6 which i've regretted selling ever since!  The sound was so nice and so i started looking for one after i sold the last Mk1 project and came across this project which seemed to combine both a MK1 and a VR6  

Took the nearside driveshaft to a local engineering company this morning to get it shortened so will hopefully get it back soonish and then try and finally sort out the front running gear once and for all.  

Stumbled upon a new problem on Saturday.  The offside wishbone 19mm bolt that screws into the body just spins.  It seems the captive nut or whatever secures it is no longer!  But it gets better   because the oil sump on the VR6 sits nearer the bolt and so when trying to take it out (easy as it freely spins) the head end hits the sump not allowing me to take it out completely  

I guess i'm going to have to unbolt the engine and jack it up slightly on one side to remove the bolt and see if i can see why it won't tighten, any ideas how it secures?  Is there a captive nut inside the arm here:

(Photo of my old MK1 engine bay)

There is a nut within the mount, it and how the internal nut is held in are visable with the wishbone removed.

I have always heard that you need to take care with this bolt, and do not over tightenGreat work by the way on sorting this mk1 out!

Had another successful shopping day and had these after a 2 hour round trip.  Plan is to eventually sand them down a bit and then respray them silver, tires are in great condition with loads of tread left.




I then managed to get an hour on the car this afternoon between the little one's sleep and tried to sort the main wiring loom connector out.  Unfortunately where the engine is mounted means that this main connector will foul against the brake master cylinder and reservoir so i had to get a bit creative!  I unbolted the bracket that holds it and cut the lower bracket that the secondary water pump mounts to, then threaded the connector so that it now is orientated downwards instead of how it originally sat facing the passenger side.

Before on the far right of the picture:



But it will now sits pointing downwards, still need to finish it off and re-strengthen the bracket i cut and make sure it is secured safely:

Lucky boy getting those rims. Look sweet. Nice work too on the fabrication.

Good work fella keep it going !!

collo16v said

Good work fella keep it going !!

Cheers.

Waiting on the custom driveshaft to come back so that i can get it installed and then i can get the front running gear all bolted in properly, try and sort out the wishbone bolt mentioned a couple of posts back.  I can then drive it up onto the car ramps i have bought (hopefully, with no brakes   ) and start checking everything underneath.  I know the exhaust is rattling like crazy and seen cable ties so that'll need sorting!

Went and got a few more bits today.  I took a trip to the local scrap yard to get some MK4 rear calipers but both cars they had only had the nearside caliper  

Went and got some Mk2 discs, pads and bearing kits for both sides.



Then went about changing a set of rear discs for the 1st time!!  Had fun getting the bearings into the new discs but used the old bearing outer as a drift for the inner bearing and 30mm socket for the outer one, and it went quite well to be honest.

Few pictures of the job done.  I'll have to go down the scrappy next weekend for some Mk4 calipers.  I did try putting the Mk3 caliper on that came with the car, but the piston was not fully compressed and so wouldn't fit over the discs and pads.


As it started




Disc and bearing removed




New disc on and finished for the time being,

Just read this from the beginning, cracking work mate, it's going to be so worth it when she's back on the road! 

Got the MK2 stuff on the rear of my MK1 mate. Those bearings are fun to get in aren't they .

Spidermonkey84 said

Just read this from the beginning, cracking work mate, it's going to be so worth it when she's back on the road! 

Thanks I hope so! 

smudger1980 said

Got the MK2 stuff on the rear of my MK1 mate. Those bearings are fun to get in aren't they .

I was quite worried about doing it initially, but once I came across a thread on Clubgti about using the 30mm socket and the old bearing as a drift it didn't go too badly. 


In other news I got a phone call today to say the custom driveshaft is ready so I'm picking it up on Thursday. Not sure if I've got a brand new custom made one or the one I have them has been shortened, find out on Thursday I guess lol.  Now I've got to learn how to remove the Cv joints from my spare shaft and put them on the new custom one! 

Exciting stuff mate. Let us know how you get on

you know you have to wind the piston in and not just push it.

JonP said

you know you have to wind the piston in and not just push it.

Yeah I read that after trying the vice. Going to try and get some Mk4 calipers as I have some banjo conversion hoses. If not I'll get a tool to try and get the piston in on the mk3 ones. 

Today managed to pick up the shortened driveshaft from an engineering firm i do a bit of work for and collected this.  It has been cut then a spigot joint connects the two halves together, then the outer sleeve shrunk over the join, welded and then machined down.

Hopefully get the CV joints attached to it at the weekend and then fitted to the car to see how it all fits together  

I bought a set of 100mm driveshafts a while back (even before i had a Mk1 in preparation for an engine swap of some kind) but the Mk1 VR6 project car also came with a plain MK1 shaft which is the one i have pictured above after being shortened by 27mm.

Tonight i have had a go at taking the inner CV joint off the original 100mm passenger side driveshaft, what a horrible messy job.  Pictures, more for reference so i know how and which way the bits are orientated when they go back together!







Before cleaning





Especially hard when you don't have the correct tools, but i eventually got the circlip off the end and managed to then get the CV joint off the shaft very easily with a few small taps of the hammer.  I've cleaned it all up and it doesn't look too bad, no real marks within the joint to worry about (i think) so i'll get some CV joint grease from GSF tomorrow and then rebuild it but on the new shortened shaft.

A lot of newspaper, Gunk, plastic gloves and time later!!