Another Diablo GTI6 project (Now on the road!)

[kentiiboii]

Wow looks very clean

hope she sails though the MOT

The less she needs doing the better :-) but most perishables and things will be changed anyway :-)

If not I'll buy it

Ermm... no :-D she's all mine and I'm loving it.

[PUGNUT_XS]

Honestly dont know mate

If you can find out i would be interested in them. I need a set of 440cc for my turbo conversion

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looks fairly straight

give it a wash off and a polish up, will transform it.

anything major you reckon for MOT? how long before your repping petrol power?

Yeah given it a good wash today and just covered it in winter sealant for the time being it's desperate for a polish but going to save that before she goes on road.
It needs new rear caliper because it's burst but I have one anyway, all disc and pads.
I've checked the car and not expecting anything major tbh, need to get my icv from my dad's as he nicked it for his car.

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Yeah figured it was a spare, got my dad to look in his engine bay. :-) just wiping sealant off now. Will benefit from a serious polish though but that's for another day.

That one always throws me...every time I plug everything back in there's that one sitting right near all the sensors and I wonder what I've f*cked up for a second.

Yeah I wondered if we had missed it so I rang my dad straight up and he said it was just hanging around in his as well.

As said. Spare plug.


Tell you what mate. For the money it looks a cracker!

Give it a cut, polish and wax and bobs your mother aunt.

For the money it is a cracker! It's not in brilliant condition outside it's got few deep scratches and dints, but it's not bad. Given it a good wash and put winter sealant on today to keep it protected for time being but the paints pretty dead atm so will benefit major from polish...

Time for after pictures ;-)






Few bad bits...
Not sure if this is tree sap or bubbled paint.

Cracked bumper.

Dints on side.


Hopefully sort some more bits out next week ready to take it up for mot.

G3 and a good mop would bring that up a treat, great project base.

[kentiiboii]

So slow progress with this atm as I was sorting the hdi ready to be sold last week, plus money from that will fund this.

But today I thought I'd sort the fuel pump, see why it's needs constant live before it works. So we bought 4 fuel pump relays from scrap yard as mine was cracked so it's a good start.
After removing the bodge constant live, and going through all the relays it still wasn't working. The relays was clicking but no fuel.
As the alarm was going off constantly due to needing batteries in remote, I thought I try turning alarm off maybe immobiliser had kicked in. But still no joy.
Eventually I realised there wasn't a fuel cut of switch, so nipped to the breaking gti6 and nicked the switch to which it fired straight up.

Tomorrow I need to change rear brake caliper, bleed the brakes and fill the power steering fluid. Then it's time to book the mot.

[kentiiboii]

So tuesday didnt go quite to plan, dad wasnt well so I ended up changing icv on my own. Easy enough job but its a big step for me. Although it didnt really cure the idling issue I had.

So instead I thought id leave car running and make sure it gets up to temp and fans kick in correct. However the bottom hose popped off at 85c.
Next day firgued out person before who fitted brandnew radiator and bottom hose didnt fit the clip to hold the hose in place. So thats another job sorted.

After trying to get it up to temp again got to about 90c and the car cut out, followed by loads of smoke from under inlet mani and battery (not good!).

So today stripped manifold of to find why it's shorted out, turns out the little metal plate thats on the starter motor with the live wire running through was fitted wrong so when engine jolted it caught a metal plate and shorted.

So thats been sorted, while I was there we fitted new gasket on manifold. So all done for time being cars running absolutely spot on. :-)

[7057sam]

Good result there mate

Got much more to fix?

[kentiiboii]

Need to change rear brake caliper as its leaking, also power steering fluid is leaking(looks like its coming from rack) and back box looks knackered.

I have spare rack and caliper (just need easy out for nipple). Will be bodging exhaust up just so I can get it in for mot to see what else its needs.

Dont want to spend serious money till its been in for mot and I know its worth the money.

But so far its cost me £350, £30 to get it home and £10 in parts.

[Eeyore]

Looks good man. Definitely a bargain and youve fixed it very cheaply. Well done!

[kentiiboii]

Looks good man. Definitely a bargain and youve fixed it very cheaply. Well done!

So far yes. Its helped massively having a spare car.

Things have been fixed on the cheap for time being as I want to get it in for mot before I start throwing money at it.

[kentiiboii]

So ive sortes brake caliper out today.
Steering rack is leaking, so need to refurb it.

But its booked in for a mot saturday.
What do people think itll fail on? Remembering it hasnt been used for about 6 years...

[mcvite]

Good project on the go here,sounds like you got yourself a bargain here, ok it needs a little work but you would expect that as its been sitting for 6 years!!!
Plus in what you paid for it sounds like this could be a little gem for you plus also its a low mileage as well,my gti6 has only covered just under 71,448 miles plus it passed its mot yesterday not bad as its 16 years old now, anyway good luck for saterday,all you can do is check it all over and put it through its test and fingers crossed and see if it passes or fails

[Tom]

Something rubber or something rusty i think.

[kentiiboii]

Good project on the go here,sounds like you got yourself a bargain here, ok it needs a little work but you would expect that as its been sitting for 6 years!!!
Plus in what you paid for it sounds like this could be a little gem for you plus also its a low mileage as well,my gti6 has only covered just under 71,448 miles plus it passed its mot yesterday not bad as its 16 years old now, anyway good luck for saterday,all you can do is check it all over and put it through its test and fingers crossed and see if it passes or fails

I know itll fail mate, ive checked and theres a few things I know it needs like brakes, possibly brake pipes and a back box.
But im getting it straight in so I have a list of stuff it needs that I wont be able to find my self. That way I can throw money at it and know its worth while.
Once its been in for mot and I know its worth spending the money ill be doing alot of work to it.

Something rubber or something rusty i think.

Ive found one small rust spot in front drivers wheel arch but its just surface rust, Will be treated soon.

[barney]

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[kentiiboii]

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Cheers I think

[kentiiboii]

So after changing my wheels over today and pasting exhaust up for the mot we took it to mot station. Suspension and steering felt like shit but engine and gear box was good.

As expected it failed, guy said hes suprised we drove it as front o/s was all hanging off not tightened up. we didnt really look there

We got 2 pages of fails but not too bad overall and will all be done this week as well aa full service and cam belt. So hopefully by the end of the week itll be on the road. :-)

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[Niall]

Although theres a lot there, none of it sounds that bad other than the damaged brake pipe although I'm intrigued to know how he found that on a lock to lock check.

[Matt]

You sent it for an mot with no front plate? Dude seriously I read through those fails and thought f*ck me....

[Toms306]

Although theres a lot there, none of it sounds that bad other than the damaged brake pipe although I'm intrigued to know how he found that on a lock to lock check.

I was just wondering that, wonder if he meant front pipe and its a typo?

[kentiiboii]

Although theres a lot there, none of it sounds that bad other than the damaged brake pipe although I'm intrigued to know how he found that on a lock to lock check.

We was also wondering that one. But well check them out ether way. Brakes are being done all round.

You sent it for an mot with no front plate? Dude seriously I read through those fails and thought f*ck me....

Yeah forgot it didn't have one.

[Tom]

Those wheels look great!

Fails arent actually that bad, theres alot there but they all overlap eachother so to speak. So fixing one thing will rule out a few different fails :p Be on the road in no time.

[kentiiboii]

Those wheels look great!

Fails arent actually that bad, theres alot there but they all overlap eachother so to speak. So fixing one thing will rule out a few different fails :p Be on the road in no time.

Well I bought loads yesterday. I got all parts needed for mot coming, cambelt, all service parts and a few extras.

I love the wheels on this car, the graphite really suits the diablo.

[Matt]

Need a decat for this, luckily I have one


It's not too bad looking actually, just went through and had a look, wheels look sweet

[kentiiboii]

Need a decat for this, luckily I have one


It's not too bad looking actually, just went through and had a look, wheels look sweet

Ill be having a ss system mate.

Pictures make it look much better than it is. Has dents in rear quater and scratches on one side.

[7057sam]

Wheels look ace

need some ph3 goodies too

[kentiiboii]

So today been to pick up most mot parts.
Rear disc and pads
Front disc and pads
Track rod ends
Steering rack gaiters
Brake pipe
New wish bones with ball joints and both bushes.
Took shocks and springs of the black '6 till I find some coilovers.

Just waiting for a lot of stuff to arrive from ebay...

[Eeyore]

Youll have all of that sorted in no time. Fail putting it through the MOT with plates missing though lol

[devils_fuel]

passed yet????

[kentiiboii]

Well today sorted hub out was nothing wrong with bearing but the hub bolt wasnt even any where near tight.

After messing around at car shop them telling me my car needs 266m brake disc and not 283mm, then ripping shocks off the black gti6, going car shop again for a brake pipe and eating kfc! We managed to get rear passenger brakes sorted. :-) productive day!

Tomorrow my dad will collect front disc up and steering rack gaiters. So we can crack on with the rest tomorrow.

Hopefully by end of the week well have everything all done just depends when other stuff arrive from ebay...

[deggerz]

It's nothing major tbh pal, tbh though I'm surprised you sent it with no number plate and no screen wash

[kentiiboii]

It's nothing major tbh pal, tbh though I'm surprised you sent it with no number plate and no screen wash

Tbh the day before I was fitting back box to replace the one with hole, changing wheels and sorting few little things out. Hour before mot I was under car sorting the blow on the cat.

I saw the front end god knows how many times and number plate in boot, just never crossed my mind

Its got wash in just jets are not spraying enough, I have mist jets on way.