The Croctavia, Outofthi5world's Octy track car

[Outofthi5world]

So, last night a nice man came and dropped a car off at my house. Today I started ripping it to pieces.

Here's the last ever pictures of the car as it was standard.

Photo of the car from the back:

 

As you can see the tow bar is bent into the bumper because of an accident but it should bend out alright. Might take it off anyway as it probably will never be used.

 

Side shot showing the creased wing and door:

 

Not too good, but new panels were included in the sale so it'll be fine.

 

Front shot:

 

Nout wrong with that.

 

Bit of a bad photo to say the least but it's the only photo of the car with an interior in the back.

Edited 24 December, 2016 by Outofthi5world

[TrevorB33]

Is it a tdi?

[Outofthi5world]

Is it a tdi?

Yes. 1.9 TDI 110 BHP Elegance with all electric windows, alloy wheels, electric sunroof, 6 CD auto-changer, center arm-rest and climatronic. All for the princely sum of £171

[TrevorB33]

I had a 110 years ago, had a cheapo tuning box on it with decat exhaust and induction kit and made just over 140bhp , should be a cheap toy, what's your plans?

[Outofthi5world]

Started stripping the read of the car out, got the seat bases out and cut the boot floor out, removed the parcel shelf and a couple of other trim pieced including C pillar trim, stripped the roof liner down to the back of the sun-roof and cut it off, took that lot to the tip. Then I bought a Haynes manual because you know, there's a couple of little issues and it will come in handy at some point. Then I pulled the under seat carpet back and found this:

 

£1! Woohoo!

Had a look in the boot and there's the trailer light wires that have been joined into the rear lights but then the other socket just has this thick cable running into the boot doing nothing:

 

Started to remove the door-cards but couldn't hold the door open enough to get a screwdriver in because of the hedge, so I had an idea:

 

Once that was taken off I cut out what I didn't need and chucked it in the boot for tomorrows tip run. Rinse and repeat for the other side:

 

 

Everything now works as it should, windows, handle and door closing handle. All firm but without the excess fat.

 

Quick picture of the roof:

 

And that was pretty much everything I could fit in today before it got dark apart from removing the rear ashtray.

I also had a quick look in the back of the front seats as there was a bit of a bulge. If you are selling a car I can't stress this enough, check all your little cubby holes and pockets ect before you let go because I found a 3rd generation iPod touch and a Samsung phone behind the drivers seat. I have phoned the guy up and told his wife I will send them back to him in the post. But I could have made most of my money back on the car right there if I was dis-honest enough to do that.

So the total found in the car now is £1.55 an iPod and a phone. Thanks for reading.

More will be done tomorrow.

Edited 1 February, 2016 by Outofthi5world

[samuir1974]

Interesting purchase David.... as above ^^^^

 

What are your plans... performance wise, and more?

[ColinD]

Super! 

 

Having stripped out an old BMW, Be wary with wires!  

 

Also we cut out a few too many bits inside, left the odd sharpie that whilst out of the way, somehow snagged or caught.

 

A stripped out 110 with mild perf on good tyres will be a hoot, given most speed isn't in the straights. What I meant, what I should say of course is, most learning is in going quick in a straight line

 

Enjoy it!

[TrevorB33]

You can plate up the sunroof they weigh a ton, I removed all the rear door mechanism and bolted and bonded the window up on my Fabia, same thing you can do with this, then I made a thin ally door sheet, hope you don't mind me posting a picture

Give you an idea

[Outofthi5world]

Interesting purchase David.... as above ^^^^

 

What are your plans... performance wise, and more?

Well I don't plan on keeping it standard that's for sure

As far as plans go it's really down to cost. It's got an MOT at the minute but no insurance, it has a puncture on the back right so is running on a spare, that's first job. Then the ABS light is coming on which he says is a frayed wire near the front left wheel, so I'll cut that and re-join it if I can locate it then the right hand headlight has something wrong with it, it seams to be delayed and a bit dim so I'll have to look at that and see if I can do anything with it. then there's the wing and door, but I'll only do that when I have the paint to paint the whole car. I want to re-spray the whole car a decent colour and not cack like it is now, that's why I wasn't bothered about the paint when using the jack as a door prop and sliding the door over the roof to get it round to the garden  I will look at re-maps ect a bit later on and if components fail I will try to up-grade where possible but not until they start failing if I can help it.

The car will basically sit on the drive with a Sorn notice until just before main track-day season where it will go in for an MOT and get taxed for 6 months, then I'll get it on Temp-cover for a day when I want to take it on track, just to get me there and back.

I plan to do as much servicing and maintenance ect as possible (hence the manual I bought)

Edited 1 February, 2016 by Outofthi5world

[TrevorB33]

1.8t induction kits fit too

[Outofthi5world]

Super! 

 

Having stripped out an old BMW, Be wary with wires!  

 

Also we cut out a few too many bits inside, left the odd sharpie that whilst out of the way, somehow snagged or caught.

 

A stripped out 110 with mild perf on good tyres will be a hoot, given most speed isn't in the straights. What I meant, what I should say of course is, most learning is in going quick in a straight line

 

Enjoy it!

I learned about the power with my old 60 BHP Fabia at Rockingham, that was great, and it will have weighed about the same as this stripped out. I am trying to be as careful as possible with wires ect  but thanks anyway.

 

You can plate up the sunroof they weigh a ton, I removed all the rear door mechanism and bolted and bonded the window up on my Fabia, same thing you can do with this, then I made a thin ally door sheet, hope you don't mind me posting a picture

Give you an idea

Absolutely not, post away. All in the aid of inspiration and that is something I always try to welcome. Thanks for the idea with the sun-roof. I might just take the mechanics away and glue the glass in, see what that does. Can't be bothered making anything out of metal yet. Although I could get a bit of metal welded in place, smoothed over and then it wouldn't look like it ever had one when it gets sprayed. Now there's a possibility. As for the doors, I like then as they are for now, I'll see what happens and might do something else with them.

 

Edit. Not glue, not using glue to hold the big but of glass on the roof. I'll use something else.

Edited 1 February, 2016 by Outofthi5world

[Outofthi5world]

1.8t induction kits fit too

Is that what it looks like under the bonnet? Believe it or not I haven't even looked there yet! Need to look at some point I didn't notice the handle for opening it either come to think of it.

[TrevorB33]

Is that what it looks like under the bonnet? Believe it or not I haven't even looked there yet! Need to look at some point I didn't notice the handle for opening it either come to think of it.

Yep that was a 110 beast

I've had the wheel well removed and plate welded in too

[sdenny]

Although I could get a bit of metal welded in place, smoothed over and then it wouldn't look like it ever had one when it gets sprayed.

 

Or you could just spray over the sunroof......

 

[Outofthi5world]

Right, so first thing today I took the front seatbelts off, removed the trim from the B-pillars and re-installed the belts. the carpet has now been removed from the back up to the back of the front seats, seat runner covers have been removed as well as the rear section of the center console and cigarette lighter. I'll cut out a piece of trip with the lighter in so it can be re-mounted somewhere on the center console area. Remember,I will still need it for a sat-nav to get to the tracks.

I've put the cover back on the door mirror and taped it up as it looked quite bad but in reality apart from being badly cracked there isn't much of it missing:

 

There was a problem with the off side headlight which I narrowed down to a loose, corroded spade connector so I got a bit of fine sand-paper and removed the rust then got a pair of pliers and crushed the connector a bit so it fits firmer which has solved the issue. Then I've fund that when you pull the washer lever back to operate the front wash wipe the front wipers work but the water goes to the back, but the pipe isn't connected so it fills the boot with water. I've kinked the hose so it doesn't spray water everywhere and I'll have to swap a pipe or a wire over at some point I'm sure.

 

Then I decided that I'd look at the ABS wire that is causing the warning light to come on, so jacked the front left up and got the impact gun out again, took all the normal bolts out of the wheel then came the lock nut, got the key, put it in, but it was too tight for the impact gun. Add to that that it slipped out and part wounded the bolt off so the key wouldn't fit I thought I was never getting it off. So I went and got a hammer. Came back and just bashed the key into the nut re-making the holes and then got it off by hand using great force. Those lock-nuts are made of butter. So I thought that since I was changing the wheels on the Raging Mouse I'd put the new lock nuts on that and put the old lock nuts on the Octy. The front right wheel only had 4 bolts in, now it has 5. The ABS wire is hanging and the connector isn't plugged into anything, I shall have to consult Mr Haynes at a later date.

 

I then took the drivers side sun visor off and removed the right hand side of the remaining roof liner and re-installed the sun visor. Radio is gone, so is the cubby hole that was under it, the fascia and the climate control module is loose to, next to come out will be the glove box, as much of the dash as possible and the rest of the roof liner.

Then I'll have the window washer so sort out, ABS sensor, rear wiper to remove and rear bumper and tow-bar to sort out.

[sebring]

I have a hybrid turbo for sale, with various asv maps if you are interested

[Outofthi5world]

I have a hybrid turbo for sale, with various asv maps if you are interested

I'd love to but I can't afford that at the minute I'm afraid. I've bought all your glass things, most of which are to help it get through its MOT and fix bits.

I'd quadruple the value of the car, which would be interesting

Edited 3 February, 2016 by Outofthi5world

[Outofthi5world]

So, First of two days off today I thought I'd get to work again.

 

Started with the center console, I found a couple of screws that were hiding in various places that the Haynes manual decided to not have pictures of. Including one under the instrument cluster surround. Then after I'd removed the console assembly I had to take the handbrake off to slide the console out of the car. But it's done now and I'm pleased.

 

 

If anyone wants to buy the center console make me an offer, collection from Catterick preferred. I will list it in the for sale forum at some point, but not now. I also have removed the front ashtray, glove-box, radio cubby hole and fascia, all intact. So all for sale.

 

Took this out as well:

 

I don't need it so it's for sale, all works I needed the surround for the next bit.

 

Took the vent out nearest the passenger door and inserted it into the hole in the center vent at the drivers side and put a screw in the passenger side of the vent surround so it is nice and sturdy:

 

 

At some point I aim to block off the other two vents somehow.

I just cut the gear-stick gator off instead of faffing about:

 

 

The drivers side under dash panel was removed and the switches and OBD2 port taken out of it, then it was taken to the spare bedroom to be cut up with the Dremmel. So now there is a bit of trim that holds the light switches and fuse box firmly in place and a bit to hold the OBD2 port. Nothing else.

Sorry about the photo quality on this one but there it is:

 

 

Picture of the passenger side stripped down:

 

 

The wiring you can just about see on top of the dash there is from where I took the A pillar trim off (again, if anyone wants them they can make me an offer) There was a hands free kit and an after-market alarm that were linked together some how, there was a mic on the interior light, a big speaker near the passengers left foot, a big box up in the dash and a whole lot of bundled up cable. A few cuts, a bit of pulling and some un-screwing has removed all but the starting wires and the thing stuck to the windscreen.

 

Then I thought I'd start it up and see how the air flowed and where it blew, although the car had other ideas. So I got the jump boxes out, one was completely dead and wouldn't even start to charge, the other one would make the car turn over quicker but not start it. I wondered then if I would be able to bump start it in reverse by rolling it down the drive. The answer to that one is no, I can't do that But it also meant that I now had a car where my dad parks that I now have to get going again. I had an idea involving 2 lengths of mains extension real and some clips but thought I'd just go and buy a set of leads:

Very hard to jump a 1.9 TDI it seams, but The Raging Mouse got it going, had to keep it at around 2000 RPM for a few minutes to build up charge but it did it.

 

 

The passenger seat came out to. Didn't disconnect the battery or un-plug, but I needed to take it out to get to that one screw at the back of the center console   Although I took advantage of it and removed the carpet from that side and the rear feet air duct (found 20p in there,must have been dropped in the vents, I'm another 46p up today) while I was at it. The rest of the roof lining was removed and the sunroof switch panel put back before I lose it.

Edited 6 February, 2016 by Outofthi5world

[Outofthi5world]

So, back to work today. When I got the car the radio didn't work, it was in SAFE mode and I entered the code that was written on a small label on the top of the radio which I presume is the code for it but it didn't work at all, so I assumed it wasn't the code, un-plugged it and left it in the back with all the other things for the tip. So today I got back to the car to do a few more bits and I started out by stripping the remaining wiring for the hands free kit, and the thing on the windscreen that I originally thought was an aftermarket alarm or something was an aerial for the kit. Basically everything included other than the phone holder its self which I threw out already I pulled out this bunch of wires and bits:

 

 

Which included the loom that was originally plugged into the back of the radio. So I thought i'd better check that I hadn't got rid of anything I still needed so I plugged the radio in and everything was there. I turned it on to make sure there was still power ect and low and behold, the radio worked, not in SAFE mode but straight to the radio playing like nothing was wrong. There is a mechanical fault with the tape deck but the radio will be replaced anyway so that doesn't matter. Now it is a test rig.

 

Then I got rid of a slither of plastic at the top of the dash which allowed me to mount the Climatronic unit just below the vents, I screwed it in from behind which was difficult to say the least. Good job I have a good flexi screwdriver extension!
 

 

Then the door cards came off and were trimmed down to minimum requirements. Passenger door card is still in one piece other than the screw on trim if anyone wants it. And the rest of the carpet was taken out from under the passenger seat followed by a good hoover out, because lets face it, it's the best time to hoover out and dust is weight. Then the seat was bolted back in place, then the drivers seat removed, foot rest taken off, last bit of carpet removed, hoovered out and everything put back together.

 

 

 

 

Then there was a tow-ball.

 

 

But there was an angle-grinder to.

 

 

I'd cut the nuts off the two bolts that hold the ball bar piece on a couple of days ago and managed to remove the back bolt but not the front one, that was split in half so the head half stayed in. Today I cut the head off and hit the whole thing with a hammer to move it sideways out of the hole and it came off with a little persuasion, then the white cable just pulled out as it wasn't connected to anything and I cut the black cable and taped all the wires up until I can be bothered with a permanent solution.

 

Things that are left to do now:

 

Fix the dodgy windscreen washer.

Fix ABS sensor problem.

Remove rear wiper.

Fix/replace back bumper.

Replace headlights, indicators and mirror cover.

Change oil, oil filter, air filter and diesel filter. 

Fix puncture on alloy and replace spare wheel on back right.

Get it through its MOT.

Buy paint, paint new panels and fit them to the car.

Block off unused air vents.

[Outofthi5world]

Outofthi5worlds dodgy radio installations.

Do you want your radio installed wrong? Then you've come to the right place! This is the right place because the left place will do it right, and that's just wrong!

 

So I went out and got me a little radio. One without the heavy electrical stuff inside. Basically a thing that recieves radio signals and can accept USB sticks.

 

I test fitted it in a place that I found:

 

 

The pen that is in the back is stuck through a little rectangular bracket screwed to the back of the radio and there is a flat plastic bracket for something that has a hole in it, that's what the pen is stuck into, then the radio surround for support at the front.

 

Radio now mounted "properly" onto that plastic bracket thingy using a bit of rear center console cut to shape, shoved up from underneath and a screw in the top to stop it from sliding back out again.

 

Then there was connections. The adapter I bought worked well, main loom straight into the back of the radio, but the aerial didn't fit. So I cut the end off, then I was left with a useless bit of wire that fell apart when I tried to cut it. Sticking a screwdriver into the aerial socket worked but only if I lifted it above the dash. So I thought of this:

 

 

A long length of extension real. I threaded this up from the top of the left hand A pillar to the back of the roof, back out of the pillar and over to the other side and back down the other side roof to the top of the other A pillar. Then I wrapped the end of this wire up and round a screw which I stuck into the back of the radio. Which worked well, for a bit, then it would only find Heart, then nothing. Then I ran out of battery in the car so now I don't know if the aerial works any more and I can't test it either.
 

I also cut the rest of the rear part of the center console up so I have a cigarette lighter in the car again. Good for sat-navs.

[Toxicvrs]

Try hot water / hot air gun on back bumper first

[sharkrider]

loving it

[Outofthi5world]

Try hot water / hot air gun on back bumper first

Ive got bigger issues to sort out first. More to come on that later though when I get to the laptop.

[Outofthi5world]

Outofthi5worlds dodgy wiper removals.

Do you want your wiper removed wrong? Then you've come to the right place! This is the right place because the left place will do it right, and that's just wrong!

 

Overused gag? Maybe, but so what?

 

Well today was supposed to be productive, but it turned out to be counter-productive in quite a big way. First thing I did was go out to the car with a socket set and un-bolt the rear wiper motor from the boot lid, then I got a spanner set and removed the retaining nut from the wiper arm on the outside. I pulled the wiper a bit and it wouldn't budge, so I got a big spanner out and put the open end under the wiper blade and on the glass, pushed a little and the wiper moved up, so I pushed some more but this time the glass went down.  :peek:

So out came the hammer and shovel and I cleaned up as much of the glass as I could. then I got the hoover out, started to hoover the glass out of the boot whilst taking stuff out and because it was cold the hoover pipe was becoming brittle and all of a sudden I lost all vacuum due to the hose splitting in half. As if this wasn't already bad enough.Now with all the glass in the bin and the stuff from the Octavia re-located I went out in search of something clear to put in the hole. No scrap yards were open as they seam to all like the idea of Monday to Saturday and the only place that had a piece of plastic big enough was B&Q. So I picked that up and a couple of tubes of Evo-Grip and went home. Then had to cut the original sealer off the car along with the glass. Eventually after a long time with a pen-knife, a screwdriver and a hammer I got to this:

 

 

Nice and clean, although now the center break light isn't connected because apparently the wires for that are in the sealant for the back window. 

Then with the Dremmel I cut the plastic to shape, nice enough job and wasn't that hard to do to be fair. But the next part was impossible, the mastic gun wouldn't start the tubes off, which was later found to be a tube of sealant where you first have to puncture the end with a nail or something after cutting the end off. Never seen that before. So I ended up cutting the tubes up and using a bit of waste plastic as a spatula to spread the glue. Then came the plastic, I stood on the boot with 1 foot on the bottom left corner, 1 hand on the top left corner, a foot and a hand in the middle and my dad with his hands on the right hand corners. We were there fore a while but it wasn't holding so eventually I said f*** it and decided that it wasn't going to stick so tried pulling it off only for it to have stuck along the top and cracked it when I pulled so I put it down again and got some duct tape, taped the sides to the boot lid, closed it and left it. I'll be back to it in a week when I get my next day off and see what it's like.

The bit of tape at the top going down is where the crack is.

 

Also I do realize it says for interior use only and that it is a mess but at the minute I don't   care. I should have just bought a car cover and got another boot-lid at some point because both of those things are now going to have to be bought anyway and that bit of plastic was stupidly expensive.

 

If anyone wants to buy a build-it-yourself window kit then this one is for sale:

 

 

However I have very successfully removed the rear wiper assembly which was my initial aim.

Edited 14 February, 2016 by Outofthi5world

[TrevorB33]

Good excuse for a Perspex back window