The big experiment - amateur 3B shenanigans

[Nj]

cheers John, that's excellent. being underneath certainly explains why no amount of staring at the top of the turbo was ringing any bells.

[Nj]

still struggling to find time at the car - same theme of the whole project. I did get the clutch bled last weekend though. nice and easy to access the bleed nipple in there. aye right. so just have to do the 4 brakes and see if that all works

question - on the 3b there are 2 threaded metal pipes hanging under the battery tray. are these for the air con? hope so cos I haven't connected them to anything.
Also I was confused my a mystery 3 pin plug hanging around above the radiator resistor but i'm thinking now that it must be for the condenser thing that I don't have. this would explain a few small differences between the 2 cars when i've been moving bits over.

[s2driveruk]

yes, there is all manner of aircon pipework under the battery try on a 3b.

[Nj]

cheers. I'll just ignore it then. I was 99% sure it was but on the off chance... hey I don't want to be legendary for all the wrong reasons. bursting into flames on the maiden journey, something like that.

[Acidburn]

question - on the 3b there are 2 threaded metal pipes hanging under the battery tray. are these for the air con? hope so cos I haven't connected them to anything.
Also I was confused my a mystery 3 pin plug hanging around above the radiator resistor but i'm thinking now that it must be for the condenser thing that I don't have. this would explain a few small differences between the 2 cars when i've been moving bits over.

3 pin plug - could that be for the aux pump that pumps water around if the engine is hot?

[Nj]

oh-oh. cheers Peter. where does that live then? this is quite a fat plug that's not got a lot of cable to play with, coming off the same bit of loom that the radiator resistor is on. i'll get a pic tomorrow morning when i'm down at the car

[Acidburn]

the pump lives just behind the fan for the radiator if you look straight down you would see it looks like a slightly bigger version of the idle valve and connects in between the pipe work. If you switch on the ignition with the bonnet open you should hear a small buzzing noise from by the radiator. I'm trying to find a picture of it (vagparts might have one on there) and don't have etka on this machine atm.

[Nj]

that sounds familiar actually. it would be somewhere under the battery tray but close to the fan then yes? i'll investigate. thanks for pointing that out.

I think i'll be asking a few of these questions, mostly about the wiring round the lights though.

[Acidburn]

Its infront of the battery tray and below the abs unit.

I'm not sure what the two pipes under the battery tray, i'd probably say depending how thick they are they could be from the following:

air con
power steering/rack

I will try see if I can see on mine tommorow any.

[Nj]

gassyass amigo. I'm pretty sure the pipes aren't P/S cos I connected the hoses up and filled the system.

[Knight Rider S4]

that sounds familiar actually. it would be somewhere under the battery tray but close to the fan then yes? i'll investigate. thanks for pointing that out.

I think i'll be asking a few of these questions, mostly about the wiring round the lights though.

Hey Noel

Might be free on Sunday Afternoon dependant on weather could pop across if you about and sort your wiring out for the front lights and foggys wont take that long..need to pick up brake bleeder to as i am changing over calipers next week


Cheers


Steve

[Nj]

woohoo! someone who knows what he's doing! aye that'd be great mate. finished bleeding the brakes this morning but I think I was supposed to take the air supply off sooner cos the brake fluid tank is now full to the brim. i'll need to take a wheel off again and bleed out the excess. doh! this is what happens when you panic and do things quickly cos your missus wants to go into town and leave the baby with the doofus.

[Nj]

firstly - my name's noel and i'm an idiot. the 3 pin plug was for... the fan! haha. Don't know how I missed it when I was putting the radiator in but I didn't see it from above because of the ABS unit.

secondly - i drove my friggin s2 today! ahahahahahahaha. ok, i just drove it out of the garage and let it run for a bit and then parked it back in again but man i'm stoked. steve knicghtriders4 was again on hand to give me some pointers with the various plugs and cables for the lights. cheers matey.

right - i'm off again to keep putting bits back where they belong.

[Fat Audi 80]

Great news Noel, sounds like there is light at the end of the tunnel! (excuse the pun )

Good luck getting it finished soon.

Cheers,

Steve.

[Acidburn]

Lol surprised it was that plug that you had spare, still at least your getting there, any piccy's