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Sure way to ruin the bearings. They are idiots. Even the front driveshaft nuts are only 50 Nm + 45°.

Stage 1: 70Nm Stage 2: Angle tighten further 30 degrees

........Ah, just thought - maybe air horns?

Good work 👍 What's the aftermarket looking relay for that's mounted on the (right in pic) strut tower?

Yeah, it's a metal cam with a thin coating of plastic which gets shredded by the microswitch button. I stripped the plastic off my cam, so my replacement microswitch just runs on the metal of the cam, but I grease it with silicone grease every now and then through the door latch hole. Still working ten years later. Relacement switch I used was a Burgess V4NSUL.

Yes, entirely normal. https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/370297-how-does-your-engine-sit/

Had no bother with Pagid on mine.

Yes, the hatchback ones are different. The first number you gave is the right one for your Combi if it has central locking.

Hope you're soon well

Can't see that little pipe listed either but any vacuum pipe that will fit would be fine.

Wait, is he talking about that little vacuum pipe? Doh!

After further checking, the pipe is definitely a moulded part of the engine cover.

The function of the pipe is cold/warm air intake. I can't see the pipe listed separately on the parts diagrams which makes me think it might be integral with the cover. Slava Ukraine!

Yes, quite delicious 😁

I had a MK2 Fiesta that had no dust shields from the factory.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185828789161?

It's the same with aluminium exhaust heat shields. They often use steel fixings to hold the thin aluminium plates and the plates just rot away around the steel fixings and the plates start rattling or drop down.

Yeah, dust shields.

They are not heatshields.

You'd think they could make them out of plastic.

3rd post down in the thread Pete linked to.

Oh right. I don't remember the thread in question.

For which part of the car?

You won't find any sources spelling it like that