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Interesting question, R134 will go through any normal “rubber” pipe it would need to be the proper air con rated stuff as there is a barrier built into its construction that stops the gas getting out, ideally it also wants to be clamped onto the pipe using proper crimpers and couplers, anything else will be a waste of cash as your refrigerant will go quite quickly :blink: scrap yard may be better got a few pipes for around the £10 mark. best of luck

When did you last have the pollen filter changed? That makes a lot of difference to the air flow into the cab if it

Does it have rear air con? Follow the air con pipes round the rear of the bulkhead they go to the rear right of the engine bay and you will see the back of the main evaporator looks like a small block of aluminium with a saucer on top, if there are only 2 pipes going in from the left then no rear air con, if you have pipes going in from the left and then out to the right that

If you have climate control that display should flash, I am in the middle of sorting my air con now but can

Ideally you

Mk 2 is the same second batteries under what seems to be the base but is in fact a metal spacer, I am guessing its to improve contact between the batteries.

If you look behind the engine on the bulkhead there is a bank of control solenoids behind a heat shield, the one on the left is the one that has control of the control arm on the turbo. Myself I have been where you are now, checked the turbo arm for movement with a G Clamp from below the engine and the

There are a number of petitions on the site I think this one is the one your after :) http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/UNFAIR-VED/

Thats a good price i would have been happy to pay that...well perhaps not happy but would have paid that amount :)

not an ebay link? sends you of to sedoparking.com ?

Personally if your trying to get the drive shaft out I would take the bolts out of the gear box end support the shaft with some rope and let it drop down to clear the gear box and slacken the cv bolt and hit the end of that and drive the shaft out from the joint! Had to change the intermediate and stub axel on mine a couple of weeks back and came out quite easily, while your at it drop the intermediate shaft off (2 x bolts) and check the splines for grease it

If it

Just to finish the story

Sadly my 52 1.9 tdi turbo is doing this also and seems to be much worse after sitting on the drive for a few weeks wheels up while working on it :32: I have been reading about the control arm for the turbo where about is this located? And for that matter the control valve again how do you identify it? As I want to get this somewhat annoying fault rectified as its taking a pleasant drive into work into an annoying limpfest of frustration. Any pictures / diagrams gratefully received :) :lol: :lol:

While your there doing the work I would recommend dropping the small drive shaft on the drivers side as well the one that connects the drive shaft to the gear box. There is a splined connector between that shaft and the gearbox stub axel that can go dry and fail

Ebay have a few combined units a network storage device and a HD output video playback so 2 birds with one stone :D or alternatively get a cheapish motherboard and build a media pc there are new boards coming out with HD graphics onboard that are not to bad :)

you cant just do a copy of the hard drive windows will notice that its working with new kit and ask you to re register it it may accept your code if you have it but it may notice that its no longer "oem" and kick you out "oem"software is only for the life of the box its loaded on and not licenced to swap about sorry Yes and no potentially

I have had something similar when fitting a non ford MAF sensor. It would pulse at lower revs and be quite lumpy to drive. Fitting a proper MAF cured it

Slight Update Been ringing round for prices VW quote

Well after gale force winds over the last weekend I have finally taken spanners to metal, with much and I do mean MUCH banging swearing and the occasional bit of pain the offending item has been removed from the car. It

Ah Ha Much better thanks :wacko:

Thanks for the quick reply the links sending me back to the main selection page am i missing something? Other than a running Galaxy :wacko:

Interesting post .. Just had a loss of drive while pulling away at a junction with a nasty expensive noise coming from down below, with terminal death knells from ford about new gear boxes this I think will be my first port of call over the weekend. Would anyone have a picture of the offending part just for my own piece of mind before I dive in? I have a tech disk at home but cant put my hands on it at the moment! :wacko:

I would agree with Big Key, fine as a short term holding fix. With a big emphasis on short term, it should allow you time to source the bits you need. :wacko: