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My Polestar 2 goes today, to be replaced by a long awaited BMW i4, so figured it was time to do a write up. I was offered this as an interim company car back in December, taking delivery on January 5th with 60,011miles on the clock. It belonged to someone who had recently left the company which...

Much progress made. I applied the paint as if it was a coach enamel. Manufacturers data sheets say 2:1 paint to hardener, I dropped this down to 3:1 hoping to lengthen the drying time a little. Honestly, I wish I went to 4:1 as I feel like it could have done with longer in order to 'self level'...

I'm just so glad they ditched the stupid haptics/touch buttons. It was the thing I hated most about my Cupra Born (basically a VW ID.3). Cars shouldn't have touch buttons or screens for basic and essential controls.

Progress has been slow. I always forget that wind exists. We've had a very dry month, but we've also had a windy month. I used some Norton Blaze discs to remove all signs of bright orange, loose and flaky corrosion around the windscreen arpeture. I also managed to find some full-van bags...

Shocked I've not seen this thread before! The Jetta was called the Bora over here. Up until a few years ago, manual Golfs & Boras with PD engines were EVERYWHERE. They've dwindled off though, like everything from pre-2010. I'm still convinced that cars released from the mid 90's to mid 00's...

May have bitten off a little more than I can chew removing the windscreen. People on YouTube certainly made it look far easier than it was! I used this tool that looks like a giant form of birth control to push the stainless wire through the existing bonding material. And then added a handle...

So little change of plan. I was hoping to service the back end (ooo errr) this weekend with new bushes, shocks and fluids. However, vans had other plans. It's a common issue on the T5, that a small amount of rust builds under the windscreen and causes it to 'de-bond' in the top corners...

Im currently waiting for a brand new i4 40 to be delivered next month. I want to like the new i3, but that 4 spoke steering wheel is gash.

We had a family holiday booked for this week, nowhere too exciting, but a seaside tourist town called Blackpool in the north of England. Blackpool is around ~250miles from the town where we live in South Wales. This trip is one of the reasons I got my head down and got the van finished quickly...

Officially, GM asked for a 75w90 oil that meets API GL-4 in that gearbox. Make sure you're using an actual MTF though and not an oil designed solely for differentials etc.

Back in my post from the 5th November I mentioned that there was an issue regarding a clean earth from the cluster which is used for various sensors that feed back into the cluster itself. We are going to be doing ~500miles this week so felt it was probably prudent to have a working fuel gauge...

Out at lunchtime, pulled the N/S caliper, clamped the hose and opened the bleed nipple before retracting the piston. The initial fluid drain actually looked okay, although did have some rusty lumps in it. Again, much corrosion going on, but things looked okay after a through wire brush and...

O/S all reassembled and ready to go. And I even managed to get a wheel back on! Hopefully, I'll be taking it for a drive tomorrow!

@meep got it in one! I was hoping they'd be a nice compromise between dry/wet handling, and being able to deal with light snow and mud. When I've got some miles on them, I should be able to advise how good they are! :ROFLMAO: Really are getting there now. I had another two hours today. I...

Then the gearbox oil was drained. Weirdly, no magnet on the drain plug. Set up my funnel and hose. And the gearbox got Millers Oils MTF 75w80.

After 5 months of non-stop rain, I can't explain how nice it is to have a dry spell. It's been consistently 10° and upwards now for the last few weeks and other than a few showers, it's been pretty decent weather wise. It also means progress continues! I was having trouble getting both struts...

Saturday was dry again, so spent around 5 hours on the van. I didn't take any during pictures as I wanted to just get on with reassembly. - Rear engine mount back and bevel gear supports reinstalled. - New ARB bushes installed. - Subframe reinstalled and steering rack & rear engine mount...

I wrote a little while ago that we were having issues with the J519 module or BCM as every other manufacturer calls it. We had weird wiper problems, random hazard light activation and the indicator stalk was operating the horn. This all started since the van was taken off the road for these...

I realised that the crimped on cap at the rear of the CV joint was leaking. It was audibly hissing when I compressed the CV joint. I mixed up some more JB Weld Marine and applied it around the back of the cap. I'd love to know what happened to this CV joint to be damaged in the way it has. I...

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