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Unless I’m being thick I still don’t understand how this stops water? The cover is only there to protect the internals. Even with the foam or plastic sheeting, water will still trickle over it and sit on the bottom door seals... The only way to stop it coming in at all is with new inner and outer rubber sills. This is why over never understood why people say about the door cars letting water in when it has to go past the rubber door seals first. 😕

Worth checking the fuel filter and piping around it to make sure there are no cracks/split pipes. It’s quite hard to see around so worth looking around as much as possible and get underneath.

Cheers! Indeed they do relate to the RHD after checking. And as bonus, these are the foam version as I believe they don’t do the original plastic sheeting and change over to these quite a few years go. 1U4 868 395 F nsf 1U4 868 396 F osf 1U4 868 399 nsr 1U4 868 400 osr Looks like I’ll be putting in an order for these next month.

Nothing coded on the fuel pump. Replace with an OEM version from TPS or Skoda and you can swap it out. Ideally do it with low fuel or it becomes a messy job. I changed mine, but only as I went for an uprated one in my VRS to handle more power.

Yup, in my project link above. Both my 54 and 55 plate have foam coverings.

Ideally I want the foam version for the front doors. I shall have to look into it!

Can we get factory oem plastic door card sheets?

Thank you! Depending on how far you want to go. I'd strip down the door loom and then retape it up, and then use oem tesa tape to wrap it all up. I went through this when doing my looms (in my other thread), see here: Well worth doing if you plan to keep the car for a while. It seems that the water may have been catching on the metal and dripping on the to wire maybe?

Glad you got it sorted. Thought it was the dash fuse (as said elsewhere).

Hello and welcome to the community!

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They signify the spring rating between models. Be that a basic model, or a sport or a VRS, or an Estate which requires a software or harder spring. The dots can come in any of nine different colours: Blue, Brown, Green, Grey, Orange, Red, Violet, White, Yellow This Skoda parts catalogue http://www.oemepc.com/skoda/part_single/catalog/sk/markt/CZ/modell/YET/year/2016/drive_standart/779/hg_ug/411/subcategory/411000/part_id/2561497/lang/e#sec_1 If a coil spring decided to snap (like mine did the other day), you can match them for a new set.

Welcome! I've got 3. Two MK1 VRS's (RS), and an L&K Estate 1.9TDi PD130. I obviously can't get enough of them. And, like you, I love the shape.

I'm glad you saw the errors of your ways and returned, welcome back!

Was it replaced? As it could still be causing issues. Also worth looking around the car and trying to find out what else could cause the battery draining.

Check your black earth cable for its condition and also look under the black fuse box. It's a known issue that it can build up resistance and melt the fusebox.

To go even further you could change some of the bushings, etc.

You could always try following this guide to tighten up an slack in the shifter.

No, as it's not hard to swap them over. The bases (the electrics) look exactly the same from the Superb model. Either way, they're not from an MK1 Octavia. They also could be from other models in the VAG range, MK4 and Bora for example as they're a direct fit. This is the same seat in a MK4 Golf

They look like they are from a superb.

@mac11irl You're a star! Thanks for that, I keep forgetting the Ambiente too!

I’m pretty sure our MK1s Octavia’s never had an option for electric seats, even more so in an Elegance which is the basic of basic trim levels. Are they retro fitted or did you mean the MK1 Skoda Superb?

None of the production models were remapped as they all come from the same factory. They simply got the machines to paint them white without too much interruption to the production line once offered to the Police. If all the forces got their orders in on time they would get a white one, but it was only a very short run as far as I'm aware. The Police will never have a car modified (remapped) due to insurance and safety to which they would be liable. Looking forward to the progress!

I got lucky with that and I was looking for months everyday. A MK1 Black VRS estate has just sold with them from factory. A guy put it up for sale yesterday and it’s already sold. If you can find an L&K in the breakers, see if you can get the Xenons. You will need all the other parts too and it’s quite involved.

You must’ve beaten me by hours, lucky sod. Let us know how you get on too, and if you haven’t done so yet. Create a thread in the project area so we can all keep up to date. I’ve actually just made a new thread about my Black VRS, there’s a picture in there which has the layout of wiring for the comfort indicators. If you get lost, watch Humble Mechanics video. Always best to contact me on here.