dylofpoke

6R0711046E does indeed fit and work. £90 from the Skoda dealers, because I couldn't find a local scrapyard that had one that they were willing to sell separately from the gearbox. I highly recommend measuring the exposed thread on the end of the cable before removing the old one. I did so with calipers, which meant no adjustment was necessary after installing the new one.

Just spoke to a Skoda dealer who says the part has been superseded by another part that will fit the same cars - 6R0711046 E. Apparently this is the equivalent part from Fabia 2007-2015, also some VWs, Seats, etc.

Neither of the hits is relevant, sadly (not even sure why they appear) but thanks for the link to the Czech site, I'll check that out if I can't get one from a scrapyard today.

Looks like I'm a few years too late to edit my solution, but thought I should correct myself - I actually didn't end up rotating the speakers because that's not possible. I just re-used the original rivet holes with bolts and that worked fine.

Thanks guys, I reckon it is a Q which will be helpful if I end up having to order one from a Skoda dealer. Fingers crossed for scrapyards, though, I'll start phoning in the morning...

Hi forum. Long time no see, because mostly, my car has been working. However... We are no longer able to put the car into gear and I think I've worked out why. This arm which sits on top of the gearbox and turns the knurled rod that changes the gears still turns, but it no longer turns the rod. It appears that the teeth on the arm have been stripped. I think the arm may have been loose which led to this. I've searched by part number, which appears to be 600 711051, but can only find whole gearboxes for sale, and my usual local scrapyard now no longer keeps cars this old, which is annoying, especially when there are so many mk1 Fabias still on the roads. What would you call this and where would you find one?

I included what I did because it seemed relevant, because with your Vox amplifier reference, I thought you might be interested in speakers and the like (obviously I am) and because people generally seem to find conversation to be a pleasant experience (obviously I do). I made the question a bit broader than "would one of these fit?" because someone might have had a better solution. Then I included the solution I found along with part numbers in case it was useful to someone else. Please forgive me for failing to anticipate the offense all of this has obviously caused.

For the record, the Beetle front speaker that seems to be the closest equivalent has the number 1C0 035 411 P printed on it, and the rear speaker (which I've fitted and tested) is a 1C0 035 411 M. Both have the same bolt holes, physical dimensions and electrical connector and all are 4 Ohm.

I visited the scrapyard this week and removed these from a beetle. On the left is the original from my Fabia with the torn foam, in the middle is one from the front of the beetle (one of these had already been taken so I couldn't get a matching pair) and on the right is the one from the rear of the beetle - I got a pair of these, one of which I've successfully fitted after removing the extra outer rubber seal bit (it's just glued on and peels off easily). Had to drill out rivets and replace with bolts, and ended up drilling new holes in the door card for the bolts next to the old ones as the rivet holes were too big for any bolts I had, so the speaker is rotated slightly relative to its original position. It appears to work fine

My left rear door has started having this problem intermittently - earlier today, it wouldn't unlock either using central locking or pulling the handle. Fortunately, a bit of violence persuaded it to unlock but I fear the motor is on its way out and I don't want to wait until I can't get the door open and then have a nightmare fixing it. Ideally, I only want to dismantle and reassemble the door once and don't want to leave it in bits all over my drive while I wait for parts. If I take the door apart, remove the motor and then put it back together without, will I have a door that locks and unlocks but just doesn't have central locking? I could live with that, at least for a while. Or should I buy a part before I even start taking it apart and if so, what should I order?

Brilliant, thanks, that's just the sort of thing I was after. I shall check whether my local scrapyards have any Fabia / Octavia 2s in, then.

Not reconed, that would be madness. Refoamed. It's pretty easy and much cheaper than replacing the drivers in medium to high end hifi speakers. A lot of 70s and 80s woofers used foam that was prone to perishing and many of the drivers aren't available nowadays, but replacement foams are. The speakers in the Fabia are built in to spacers with the proprietary sockets to connect the cables also built in, so it's not totally straightforward to replace them with drivers of the same diameter - I'd have to buy spacers to keep them off the rails that the windows move up and down on. If it was that simple, I'd have replaced them already with some spare drivers that I have. But I have a local scrapyard where I could get some from a Mk 2 Fabia, if I just know that they're compatible.

I have a bog standard Mk 1 Fabia 1.4 TDI from 2003. The foam surrounds of the woofers in the doors have rotted and they consequently distort - I guess it's because the voice coil is rubbing on the magnet. Does anyone know if a Mk 2 Fabia speaker will fit? I don't want to buy a used Mk 1 Fabia speaker from a scrapyard because I expect that being the same age, it's likely to have the same problem. Other options would be to re-foam or buy a new equivalent (which I expect would be too expensive to justify it).

Looks good. I didn't know that was possible. I guess you have to buy the fitting kit and a compatible roof rack - is the roof rack easily removable once fitted? Also, how much did all that cost? We do already have roof racks that we could use if we had the rails, which makes rails a bit more appealing.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Fabia Comfort estate 1.4 TDI to replace our dead SDI. Like our old SDI, it came without the rails on the roof that you need to attach roof bars. I got a quote a few months ago from a Skoda dealer and a new pair is something like £150, so I'd like to find a second hand pair but there were none on eBay when I looked. Am I searching for the right thing? Is there a better place to look (local scrapyards have none at the moment)? Will a pair from a MK2 Fabia fit? Does someone want to sell me a pair? Or any other ideas...