Papez
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Felicia up to 1997 will fit. Felicia with airbag used steering wheel from MK3 Golf with an adaptor ring (6U0419514) but the steering wheel was deeper, so they had to modify steering column and switches, too - you'd have to do the same with any VW steering wheel.
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Do you have a picture? I'm not aware of any change in rear damper springs dimensions from early Favorits to the Felicia. But I think I read about early model dampers with separate cups - not sure if they were front, rear or which model year... VW VIN format has model year on 10th place. I never checked whether that works for Favorit, too, but you can give it a try. N - 92 P - 93 R - 94 Note, the model year starts in summer of the previous year, so MR94 was produced from summer 93 to summer 94.
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It is possible that reduced diameter is for the older model Favorit - there were changes on the front axle on 1993 model, although I'm not sure if there was a strut diameter change, too. Post 1993 models had the same knuckles as Felicia - and based on VW number, R_Blue's strut is the newer variant.
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The belt goes like this in the car, you need to move the pulley to the left (towards the coolant pump/crankshaft). You need a spanner to turn the shaft poking through tensioner spring assembly (yellow arrow)
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Yes, it's hidden under the alternator and routes the belt away from the crankshaft pulley and back to the coolant pump. Yep, these conversions usually used the pulley pictured on Joob's photo to wrap the belt around the extra pulley, but on the factory setup, it was used as additional support between the alternator and coolant pump, probably to reduce vibrations.
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Yes, under the alternator is a black cylinder with short shaft poking out of it. You need an open ended spanner to release the tensioner.
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No, it's how it should be, it's how it came out of factory. Grooves must not touch the pulley - but kits that added pump or compressor above the alternator often used non-standard solutions.
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That suggests that the green wire is fine and the new regulator does not work. Or there is high resistance on the cable and voltage drops once it's connected... Felicia should charge even with a blown bulb. There's a resistor paralel to bulb, which leads current to the regulator.
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On an LHD car, it's on the firewall, behind the instrument cluster. (Photo from the Internet). I'm not sure how much different it is on an RHD car.
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Design wise, side strips are absolutely necessary for any car that have large featureless side panels - like Ibiza 6L for example. Favorit has features that break large flat area, but the strips are definitely convenient on a parking lot. I'd go for 1st option.
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Check brake fluid level. ( ! ) symbol is brake system checklight. It might also hint an electrical issue, if the fluid level is good, as the light normally goes off during engine start.
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Check the connector that goes to the resistor pack ("controller" next to fan) and fan connector. They're not sealed, so water can get there and corrode the contacts and wires. Also, the resistor pack contains bimetal switch, which disconnects the fan in case of high current - caused, for example, by seized bearing in the fan motor.
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The factory strut braces were (supposedly) fitted to help control the front crumple zone - they were fitted on models with airbag(s), which have G-sensors on the center tunnel, so I guess it'll put more stress over that area on the Favorit in the event of crash (center tunnel and its connection to front chassis rails was one of the reinforced areas on Felicia). Not sure if it'll have similar effect during normal operation.
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You'll certainly need it, I just wasn't sure whether favorit needed them, as it has a slightly different springs compared to Felicia. Pushing the spring a bit more didn't help? Did you put the cups in the right order? They are slightly different.
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The old mounts are just deformed, this is how they should look like. Did you need a spring compressor to remove them?
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Unfortunately, Forman doesn't have mountings for ARBs. You'd need to fit front axle subframe (which has different mounting points) and arms and rear axle from Felicia.
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Favorit was a light car, Felicia is some 100-200kg heavier.. My estate was like a boat, ARB was definitely positive. I agree, that modern cars with to stiff ARB can be quite nervous, but that's not the case of the Felly. You are onto something with the cmaber - Felly has pretty low caster angle, so many people racing them are looking for various methods to increase it
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That might be possible, since caddy had a 1.6 engine, which I've never seen in the Pickup - with exception of the Fun. I didn't find any official info about which variant was used on which model...
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I also added an ARB on my Felicia (with otherwise stock suspension) - the handling improved, especially with R14 wheels, the car felt stiffer and rolled less - but it wasn't too stiff, like more modern cars tent to be. I later added a rear ARB to keep things balanced (my estate didn't have it from the factory)
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IIRC, 22mm is exclusive to Fun and it'll be hard to find. All other models had 20mm. It can be found on all 1.6/1.9 Felicias or 1.3 with ABS.
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All these engines had same head and deck shape. The difference happened when they switched from cast-iron (130) to aluminium head (135/6) - different bolt pattern and channel layout resulted in different shape of the head, but the block required only minimal changes in areas around the head bolts. Water/pushrod passages don't need as tight sealing and exact shape and cylinder liners and oil passages fit perfectly.
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There's another variant, although I've never seen it done: Felicia seats with side airbags have backrest frame from Octavia MK1. That means, you could swap foam and upholstery from Octavia (or other car using the same frame). Bottom part of the seat could be more problematic, but it might fit after minor modifications
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https://youtu.be/jbteh1MAgLI Here's video of fitting MK5 Golf seats - which should be similar to MK2 TT. They fit to mounts, but end up too high, which is why they had to mod the floor. MK1 TT had different mounting, with rails integrated in the floor. That's require somehow welding Felicia rails onto the TT seat.
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I think they mean storage box in the cargo area. I haven't found any info, but I found a picture of a removed box, which suggests it's glued
