Hi kenny, car looks in incredible condition. I really fancy getting into a Mk1 in the not too distant future.

 

Reason for my post is to see how you got on with the bodywork? Ive got a mk2 estate that also needs the back bumper seeing to and would be great to get a recommendation. 

 

On 04/03/2018 at 20:12, VRSmarty said:

Hi kenny, car looks in incredible condition. I really fancy getting into a Mk1 in the not too distant future.

 

Reason for my post is to see how you got on with the bodywork? Ive got a mk2 estate that also needs the back bumper seeing to and would be great to get a recommendation. 

 

I used Lothian Bodyshop  in Whitburn, they had my car for three days and repaired and painted my rear bumper, painted my passenger mirror cover and fixed a rust spot on my drivers side sill for £350.

11 minutes ago, Kenny130pd said:

I used Lothian Bodyshop  in Whitburn, they had my car for three days and repaired and painted my rear bumper, painted my passenger mirror cover and fixed a rust spot on my drivers side sill for £350.

 

Cheers Kenny. I've got a couple of little creases and a patch of poor paint that stands out I want sorting.

 

Once I've trained my Mrs to put stuff in the boot without dragging it over the bumper I'll pop in and see them. Seems every time I look at it it's got a new scratch. 

Seen this car on the Facebook groups.

 

That is one clean looking Octavia Kenny.

 

Davy

Thanks Davy, currently gathering together mk1 Audi TT parts for some upgrades. 

Audi TT subframe, cast lower arms, hub carriers and 23mm R32 anti roll bar. Just need powdercoated and polybushes fitted, not going for the quick steering rack as it apparently screws up the ESP.

 

Been a while since any updates, looks like gearbox failure has struck so the Octavia will be parked up for a couple of months. Did look into fitting a six speed gearbox but as per usual it looks quite involved (and expensive) so until I remove the five speed and see whats broken I'm not sure what's next.

 

 

That’s a real shame. Will be a bit of a challenge, but as the box has to come out. Could be a chance to upgrade

but 6 speed clutches are expensive!

14 hours ago, Dark_Hero said:

That’s a real shame. Will be a bit of a challenge, but as the box has to come out. Could be a chance to upgrade

but 6 speed clutches are expensive!

Ross had mentioned I would need to change the starter, clutch and flywheel, clutch hydraulics, mounts, driveshafts and propshaft. 

Sounds about right. Might need to change the plug on the starter as well as the connectors might be a little different 

Now that the weather's better I pulled the gearbox out of the car, drained the oil from the transfer box which was fine but the gearbox oil had debris in it including a differential rivet. Currently it's being rebuilt by a specialist, I'll take the opportunity to fit a G60 flywheel and VR6 clutch. 

 

 

Differential rivet. 

 

 

02C (fex) 5 speed 4WD gearbox, although it has 02J marked on it. 

 

 

 

 

KW V1's, fixed damping and stainless steel. 

 

 

Upgrading to 312mm front brakes. 

 

 

On ‎04‎/‎03‎/‎2018 at 16:16, Kenny130pd said:

Big improvement over standard H4.

 

ANY PICTURES please with lights on? 

7 hours ago, hussair5 said:

ANY PICTURES please with lights on? 

Sorry I haven't, the car's off the road at the moment. 

Decided to strip down the rear of the car, brake pipes need replaced and the fuel tank straps have seen better days. Much easier to service the Haldex when it's out the car. 

 

 

Been a while since I posted any updates, had the gearbox overhauled (£900) The differential rivets had broken and went through the gears making a fair mess, the differential now has bolts fitted and I have a higher ratio fifth gear so it now does 2500rpm at 70mph rather than 3000rpm.

Fitted a G60 flywheel (10kg) and VR6 clutch, supplied by darkside Developments. 

 

 

 

Edited 1 September, 20205 yr by Kenny130pd

Does it still pull ok in fifth with the new ratio? 

4 hours ago, sheb said:

Does it still pull ok in fifth with the new ratio? 

Yeah still pulls fine.

Wow, that was bad luck with the gearbox. 

 

We looked at one just like this with similar miles and in similar condition but the garage had a bloke travelling hundreds of miles to look at it, so there was little chance he wouldn't go home with it, which he did!

 

I'm looking forward to seeing it on the coilovers!

 

Kirkynut 

On 28/09/2019 at 20:37, Kenny130pd said:

Been a while since I posted any updates, had the gearbox overhauled (£900) The differential rivets had broken and went through the gears making a fair mess, the differential now has bolts fitted and I have a higher ratio fifth gear so it now does 2500rpm at 70mph rather than 3000rpm.

 

I run a G60 flywheel and VR6 clutch, been happily running 250bhp for about 50,000 miles now , and still feels ok... sadly my box is OE and car is on 197,000 miles, so I figure my box will eat itself at some point in the near future! (I never do "standing race starts" though! lol) 

On 06/10/2019 at 08:05, kirkynut said:

Wow, that was bad luck with the gearbox. 

 

We looked at one just like this with similar miles and in similar condition but the garage had a bloke travelling hundreds of miles to look at it, so there was little chance he wouldn't go home with it, which he did!

 

I'm looking forward to seeing it on the coilovers!

 

Kirkynut 

I bought mines from BR Car Sales in Glenrothes two years ago, only had 50k miles on it.