[Enabling refuel quantity in the maxidot]

Hi, I’m trying to switch this on myself but I don’t have the tick box available so how do I do it? I have a 2015 Vrs petrol if that helps

[Advice on buying a mk3 vrs]

Thanks for the continued advice 👍🏻.

I had noticed the new one pop up on Auto trader this morning, I think my budget will have to be north of £13,500 to get what I want really as there’s nothing about for less

[Advice on buying a mk3 vrs]

Hi, I’m looking most days, Auto trader, exchange & mart, eBay, a motors website also & piston heads but nothing is popping up at the mo, where did you see that car for sale? 
Also can anybody else recommend any other places to look?

[Advice on buying a mk3 vrs]

Thanks for getting back to me, I'm in no major rush to change it so I won’t be rushing into buying the first 1 I see, the 1 on the trader I’ve seen but as it’s just over 100 mile from where I live so it’s a bit far just to go & look. I have a trader looking for me as-well so hopefully I will find something a bit closer to home, if anybody heard of one for sale let me know please 👍🏻

[Advice on buying a mk3 vrs]

Hi all,

 

I'm actively looking to replace my mk1 octavia vrs with a mk3 vrs estate petrol manual & im asking what’s the best spec to go for I'm looking to spend around the £12k mark.

Ideally I want a car with DAB, Nav & heated seats but the cars I’ve seen for sale don’t have heated seats so has anybody retro fitted heated seat pads & if so what kit was used?

Also is there anything I should look at apart from the normal things to look for when viewing vehicles?

Any help or info would be greatly appreciated 

Cheers

Phil

[Xenon headlamp self leveling]

Ok thanks for that, I have vag com lite, is it possible to check it using that

[Xenon headlamp self leveling]

Hi

My n/s xenon headlamp has stopped self leveling, I removed the headlamp & checked to see if the motor had popped off but was OK, so took motor apart & found it had broken, so I have now replaced it with a 2nd hand motor but still doesn't work, o/s is ok, I was going to swap the motors from side to side to see if if I have bought a failed motor or it's a fault somewhere else, before I do this just wondered if anybody else has come across this issue if so what is the fix. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Phil

[17" Spiders]

I've just bought a set with tyres that needed a slight refurb for £80, the lad wanted £100

[Interior vrs stickers]

Hi

Looking to add a vrs sticker to the cluster anybody know where I can get one from? Looked around & im unable to find one

[Gearbox replacement]

It is probably going to be a needle roller race collapsed on the mainshaft, some of these require a puller to gain access to them on the shaft. Post back when you have it stripped, or if you checkout the post in this section about down changes, I've posted a link in there to the workshop manual, so you can see for yourself.

Ok thanks for that, doesn't sound too bad to change then, will post pics & findings

[Gearbox replacement]

Hi

Collecting another box later on today, plan is to fit that to keep the car on the road, then strip my original box & find out what the noise is & repair so I no I have a good spare gearbox

[Gearbox replacement]

Hi

Just wanted to know roughly how long it has takes to R & I vrs gearbox, 2 hours sound about right, I don't think they look that hard to do, also do the driveshafts have to be removed from the car or just at the box end?

I'm also planning to refurb the box I'm taking out, anyone tackled this before? Do I need any special tools to do it & is there anything I really need to pay particular attention to?

Cheers

Phil

[Gearbox replacement]

Hi

I have a noise on 4th gear which is getting worse & starting to grind also, so I'm on the look out for a new box, anything I need to look out for or can I fit any box from the 1.8 t range

Cheers

Phil

[Can you help solve problem? Ford forum cannot!]

Hi

Take the fuel tank out & check the fuel pump sender for crap in the tank or sender unit itself, also change the fuel filter, when the filter is removed give it a quick shake & then drain fuel out, think it will come out brown in colour. Over the years I have worked in a ford dealer I have come across this problem on a few occasions on the mk 1 focus especially the st170

Cheers

Phil

[TT Strut Brace Fittings]

Does anybody no what size the bolts and captive nuts are for the lower brace as I have access to nuts at work for free?

[TT Strut Brace Fittings]

hi

its the upper brace, I just want to no if the captive nut setup will be strong enough to take the load & not pull out of the strut tops

 

[TT Strut Brace Fittings]

hi all

 

has anybody used a bolt & captive nut setup to fit the brace or is the nut & bolt setup the best to go for, I want to use the captive nut setup for easy removal if needed,  I have got 13mm m8 bolts & the captive nuts to fit, would these be suitable to use or would m10 bolts & nuts be the better option? any advice would be great as I cant seem to find any topics on here where this setup is used

cheers

[Sidemounts]

I run one on my vrs, no issue with fitting, just bolt on & away you go

[Noise on 4th gear]

Hi

I've noticed I'm starting to get a whining noise on 4th gear at low rpm when off the throttle, no noise when accelerating & no noise in any other gear no issues with gear selection & the gearbox oil has been changed recently, there was no metal in the old oil drained. Has anybody come across this before? Also I want to change the rear wiper to a flat blade setup like the mk 2, has anybody done this? & has the part numbers for the bits I need

Cheers

Phil

[Gearbox oil change]

Pic won't load, it's 75w90 oil

[Gearbox oil change]

Hi

I want to change the box oil in my vrs & as I work in a ford dealer I have spare ford spec oil, is it worth putting this stuff in it or get the gen vag oil???

[Sticky Knob Problems]

Hi

I had the same thing & I put a tiny bit of oil around the plastic ball, which worked well that was a couple of months ago still good now

[Radio reception]

Cheers, will get one & try it, thanks for the advice

[Radio reception]

Hi

My radio reception was very poor on mw unable to get any stations, either with standard stereo & a pioneer unit, as the aerial was looking a bit worse for wear I decided to change it, I've fitted a gen aerial but reception still isn't great, I can now get national stations but unable to get local mw stations, am I missing anything????? Pioneer unit fitted at the moment

Cheers

Phil

[Poor radio reception]

No not anymore using a pioneer unit, exactly the same with either unit, no am reception, & sometimes poor reception on local stations on fm