SpideyMack

Hi all - is anyone able to explain how to get the back window glass out on a mk3 estate please? I have done the front door before - easy. I have the back door regulator out and the glass released but I can't figure out how to get it out. Help please!

Hi - I bought my Scout as an ex South West Ambulance Service rapid response training vehicle. It's great - drives spot on and I have 25 pages of service history. Most of the kit had been ripped out and I have fixed almost all the mess that the decommissioning had left. I have left the leisure battery and split charge system in the boot until now. Can anyone look at the photo and tell me what some of the items are? I would like to remove anything that was for lights/sirens/comms, but would like to keep whatever is needed to keep the split charge working and run some lights, a usb or two, and a 12v for a fridge all off the leisure battery.

Have been gradually picking up the bits I need. Got the right angle tool, tweezers, wheel wrench, jack, jack handle, tyre repair goo, and towing eye. Have the handle for the screwdriver but not the reversible screwdriver bit lol. And looking for a compressor if anyone has one kicking around?

Ended up getting unused secondhand Menabo Brio 120cm bars for £25. Think Lidl were selling them a while back. They fit reasonably well and are quite simple to use. Not quite as heavyweight aluminium as an OE bar but will do fine.

I wanted the raised boot floor so I did my own. It's not quite as complex as the OE Mk3 version - more like the Mk2 - but i'm very happy and now can have a level floor with seats folded down for long loads or a mattress. All measurements available for anyone that wants to do it too. Octavia Mk2 Estate Variable Floor - £20 from U-Pull-It (back edge cut slightly shorter and different shape to fit mk3 124mm Wide Strips of 18mm Chipboard - £0 from B&Q Offcuts Bin 100mm Wide Strips of 18mm MDF - £0 from B&Q Offcuts Bin Anthracite Acoustic Lining Carpet & Glue - £9.45 from ebay

Not that strange Dave - you used different bases 🤣 I had OE A4 Avant bars (secondhand) on my Exeo and the shape of the feet didn't wrap very nicely around the Octavia bars. Am looking for secondhand OE Octavia estate bars but wondering if I can expand the search to Golf, Leon at least? I guess I will be sneaking around supermarket car parks looking at the shape of roof rails lol.

My Exeo/Audi A4 Avant roof bars didn't really fit the Octy Estate so I sold them with the car. Has anyone found OE bars from other models that fit well? Do Mk2 Octy bars fit? Assume Golf estate and Leon estate fit too? Any other manufacturers?

I got it from someone in the same position as you - cluttering the loft and was going to landfill - I paid the postage and she was kind enough to wrap it all and take it to the post office. Maybe someone on here needs one though?

Cheers i'd love a photo if you could Occy - mainly to see how the jack sits.

Update - it's this type of insert. I have managed to get the wheel wrench and the scissor jack along with the jack handle. I can see where the jack handle sits but unclear on where the jack goes - it's probably obvious and i'm being a bit thick lol

I don't have anything, so looking for wheel wrench, jack, and all above items.

Thanks Paulski

Thanks - mine is the big insert for where there is no spare of any kind. Assume there is a compressor and some tools and a can of tyreweld? Would love a photo. Also interested in any of the bits if anyone has replaced with a proper spare.

I recently bought the foam insert for the spare wheel well in the boot. I now need to try and get all the bits that should be in it. Has someone got a photo and/or a list of what goes where please?

Thanks varaderoguy - everything seems to work with no errors or warnings. Might add puddle lights sometime.

On my 2015 Scout the door wiring harness is 5E2971121M. I am swapping over a door from a scrap car because of accident damage. The harness on the donor door is 5E2971121N - seems identical apart from an extra pair of wires going to a clip around the bottom middle. Is this for door puddle light?

Hi all. Trying to remove the passenger door handle. Have checked out YouTube and made a little pick to insert, twist and pull. Question is how hard do you need to pull? Have pulled really hard - it has moved about 2mm - just doesn't seem to want to move any more than that as hard as I try. EDIT - Turns out I had pulled it enough - the handle just needed a bit of persuasion to come off.

Thanks mac11irl - mine is 2015 so has the sticker in the boot thankfully.

Thanks Lee. Can anyone confirm for certain? I need to tell my wife where to look for it - better if I know for certain where to tell her rather than might be here or there lol!

Can someone please tell me where to look for the paint code if I don't have the service book on a Mk3 Octavia estate. TIA.

Hi all. Has anyone seen or done graphics on a Mk3? Thinking bonnet stripes either side of raised centre or maybe side stripe/wording too. Interested in all ideas.

Thanks so much 👍

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Hi pab567. Please can you provide the latest software update available for my device? Part no. is 5E0035874A. The Installed SW Train Version is MSTD_EU_SK_P3420. The Installed SW MU Version is 0435. Many thanks, Stuart