On 21/09/2021 at 14:41, Wino said:

Not a bad plan. Position 15, bottom right on the relay plate.

 

I've quoted you in this Wino to see if you have any thoughts? I've had the lower dash out just now to get the relay out of the car, from position 15 on the relay plate.

 

On closer inspection the relay in position 15 is a "53" relay, with part number 141 951 253 B on it, not a "109" relay.

 

Looking on ETKA, it actually differentiates the relays in position 15, on cars up to 2005 it's suggesting a "109" relay, and for cars 2006-2008 (which mine is being a dec 2006 build car) it's saying it should indeed be a "53" relay with the number of 8D0 951 253 A.

 

I assume that the relay in position 15, regardless of number, controls the same functions on the car? Namely comms to the ECU/Fuel Pump?

 

I'll get TPS to get one of these "53" relays in anyway.

 

Cheers

 

Matt

Just a case of one part number superseding another I think mate. Checking here, both of those part numbers appear under the Skoda part number heading near the top of this page: Relay 645 Germany 4H0951253A (skoda-parts.com)

I think any of the part numbers in that line will do the job. 

Edited 23 November, 20214 yr by Wino

Matt, anymore updates?

On 11/06/2022 at 21:26, mdk1 said:

Matt, anymore updates?

 

Erm, nope. I've been conscripted into substantial DIY renovations at home, structural work, new Kitchen etc so the Fabia is languishing in the garage under the cover still.

 

I'm being nagged at now by everyone to get it finished and on the road soon, so hopefully it'll be mobile this year. Hopefully. Fingers crossed....

 

In other news I sold my 1969 Mini and replaced it with a 1991 Mercedes-Benz 260e W124, so with that being nearer the garage door is being used for local shows and classic meets etc, further pushing the Fabia into retirement.

 

Covers are off!

 

Kitchen is almost done, bit of decorating to complete then this thing WILL be getting finished.

 

I have replaced the fuel pump relay under the dash, got all of the dash plastics back in and it did start and run just fine. I only ran it for a few mins so I will at some point get it run up to temperature and see if it dies again after 20 mins...

 

Before that though I've got the intercooler off as I was unhappy with the fitment of it so that's next to be worked on then I can get the front end built back up, bumper on and finally get it off the stands.

 

It will need MOT'ing obviously, last MOT was almost 7 years ago......

Edited 16 September, 20223 yr by Lofty

Looks good so far, Matt.

Just now, AnnoyingPentium said:

Looks good so far, Matt.

Cheers Ryan, even though it's been under a fitted cover it's covered in dust, but main focus will be to get it finally running ok then start cleaning it again.

 

I have a custom tailpipe for the car but to get it on the road quickly I'm in need of a Milltek rear silencer, as this will mate up to the hybrid Milltek system - if you come across any for sale on the "socials" pages that is!

30 minutes ago, Lofty said:

if you come across any for sale on the "socials" pages that is!

 

I'm on the Fabia Owners Club on Faceache so I'll keep my virtual ear to the ground for you.

Gird your loins chaps, I have progress to report.

 

I'd had a great idea many, many months (if not years now) about mounting the Darkside "SEAT Sport" intercooler in the same way that the Forge coolers mount, hanging off the front panel. Whilst it worked in theory, due to the deeper height of the intercooler, it then fouled on the bumper as it stuck down lower than the rad pack, so I've had to revert to the standard wonky way the coolers align using the SEAT brackets.

 

This does mean that there would now be a chew on getting the silicone hoses to fit but I think I have got a way round that. I have ordered a set of two boost hoses with a 30 degree bend in them, which will hopefully give the right angle of deflection for them to fit without much swearing. They are due to arrive today.

 

In the meantime, I have now fitted the intercooler, refitted the slam panel, fitted the new Xenon headlights and got all of the bulbs in, ballasts working and the gaps in the best position possible.

 

 

There is much cleaning to do in the engine bay still as despite the bonnet being closed and the car under its cover, dust from the DIY has found it's way everywhere so when it's back outside i'll be giving everything a good snowfoaming down and thorough washing off before getting it brought back up to standard.

Once the boost hoses are here, trimmed and fitted I'll test fit the bumper back on and try and get a step closer to getting it off the stands and moving under its own power.

 

Still need a Milltek back box though......

The way that intercooler mounts will be a bad OCD trigger for many! I know I couldn't have that on my car.😂

34 minutes ago, HeavyMetalRich said:

The way that intercooler mounts will be a bad OCD trigger for many! I know I couldn't have that on my car.😂

You know what, I think you're correct. It looked ok initially to me last night but now I'm sat here studying the pictures the more it's bugging me.

I'm now looking at getting the right hand SEAT Sport intercooler bracket modified to bring the cooler out flush with the left had side. Sent some images to a fabrication buddy of mine who can work his magic.

3 hours ago, Lofty said:

Still need a Milltek back box though......

 

Haven't seen one yet on Facebook, still keeping an eye out.

 

Good work going on here... you're a braver man than I am.

2 hours ago, Lofty said:

You know what, I think you're correct. It looked ok initially to me last night but now I'm sat here studying the pictures the more it's bugging me.

I'm now looking at getting the right hand SEAT Sport intercooler bracket modified to bring the cooler out flush with the left had side. Sent some images to a fabrication buddy of mine who can work his magic.

 

That might well help a little with the pipe issue you described before too.

Glad I've seen this so I know that the intercooler on my vrs is mounted "properly" (wonky)

14 hours ago, DieselMonte said:

Glad I've seen this so I know that the intercooler on my vrs is mounted "properly" (wonky)

It's a bug bear for sure, to pull the passenger side forward would mean hacking off that bumper mount as well so I'm leaning towards leaving it where it is having looked at it in depth.

 

Good news is the 30 degree bend boost pipes fit nice and easy, that removes at least that struggle.

 

I dug the front bumper out of storage last night, found the fixings for the external air temp sensor and the air temp sensor so i'll be cleaning that up next and trial fitting that.

Test fit of the front bumper was a success. I even found the fixings after all these years.

 

 

 

Bumper is back off now as I’m painting the inside edges, be back on tomorrow along with the fig light surrounds. Once it’s finally on I’ll give it a good clay barring then machine polish it.

 

The 30degree boost hoses were an inspired choice, they take all the struggle out of trying to manipulate a short straight hose and fit almost perfectly.

 

 

More pics when it’s all buttoned up at the front.

 

 

 

 

This looks fab... pardon the pun...

Sunday update. Car looks the same as yesterday apart from the bumpers now painted inside and the carbon dipped fog light surrounds are fitted. 
 

Had both front wheels off to give all the arches a blow out with the Tornador which has a weak mixture of Bilt Hamber Surfex HD in it, this cleans off the collected dust and after a wipe with a microfibre they’re as good as new. Polished the wheels in and out as they were caked in dust from sitting.

 

 

So that’s the front end done. I’ve started deep cleaning the back now with the Tornador with a view to finalising the exhaust set up. I have been messaged by a Fabia fella on the “socials” saying he’s got a Milltek back box so I’ll wait and see if it comes good. 

Exhaust located - couldn't get any sense out of the lad with a supposed Milltek back box so based on the research I've done, a Piper 2.5" rear box will mount to the Milltek 2.5" mid-section.

 

With this information I spent some time on the Piper website and they list a 2.5" rear section, without a silencer and with a 5"x3" oval tailpipe. This is only intended to be a temporary measure until I can get it into the custom exhaust place for my 3" downswept tailpipe section in due course.

 

It should be here within the week so I can get it on and the car ran up to see how it sounds. I'm expecting it to be similar to my Black vRS which had the unsilenced Ulta Tip exhaust on it and that was acceptable.

10 minutes ago, Lofty said:

couldn't get any sense out of the lad with a supposed Milltek back box

 

Yeah I couldn't either. The joys of Facebook.

So while I’m waiting for the exhaust bits to arrive I decided to put some rivnut fixings in the tailgate so that it’s easy to swap the road number plate for the showroom vRS plates when at shows etc. The road plate was held on with double sided foam strips so no easy way of swapping them over and over.

 

Pretty uneventful, not really photo worthy but I drilled the factory punched square holes out to 9mm then fitted two m6 rivnuts into the bootlid. Carefully measured the hole centres onto the show plate then drilled two 8mm holes for the black plastic m6 screws to go through. 
 

I’ll keep yellow screws in the car for the road plate obviously.

 

 

looks quite smart with the small Detailing World sticker as well..

 

 

Speaking of stickers, I’ve put this underneath the bumper purely for the MOT man’s (and other nosey folks) amusement 😂

 

 

more soon when the exhaust gets here.

 

 

Haha reaction for the Greta sticker...

 

By way of holding plates on, Arnold Clark had these snazzy clips that held the show plates for photos ovsd the top of the car's reg. I don't know what they're called, though.

5 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Haha reaction for the Greta sticker...

 

By way of holding plates on, Arnold Clark had these snazzy clips that held the show plates for photos ovsd the top of the car's reg. I don't know what they're called, though.

Glorified Bread Clips

26 minutes ago, DieselMonte said:

Glorified Bread Clips

 

Not quite. Our ones were two slots a side held together by elastic, you slid them onto the original plates and then dropped the show plates on the slot at the front. I'll see if I can get one of the lads to get a photo, I can't as I'm not working there anymore.

Attention ! Actual update time !

 

The Piper rear exhaust section arrived, kindly dumped in the black wheelie bin by whatever knuckle dragging courier that was sent with it, so first job was to hose off the various food debris and tinned Mackrel splatters off the package before I could get round to the unwrapping.

 

Once unwrapped I fitted it. Then unfitted it to adjust the hangers, then fitted, then unfitted etc etc - repeat to early painful death, then it was finally fitted. For now. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taipipe is a slide on type fitting, with a very discreet clamp, and I went for the 5" x 3" option as I didnt want too big a drain pipe out the back. Good news is the Piper 2.5" system mates up to the Miltek 2.5" system just fine so anyone wanting to delete the Miltek rear silencer and go "straight through" can do so with the Piper hardware knowing now it mates up well.

 

All of this of course is temporary as I still plan to get a custom rear silencer made up with my 3" brushed stainless downswept tail pipe, at least this will get the car moving and ready for an MOT.