Another weekend of progress, started off with a plan to get front brakes all fitted and bled upâ¦.. but that quickly went out the window with the horrid weather we had up north this weekend, but that didn't stop all play
So my plans changed, instead of fitting the brakes i though why not roll around on the wet floor and fit some new fuel lines :S not sure where my logic came from for that 1 but cracked on anyhow.
Originally i had started to make a joining piece of fuel line to bridge the gap where the original petrol fuel filter was, unfortunately i couldn't get a good fit with the connectors i was using. So while down the local VW scrap yard i noticed the had a Seat Ibiza PD160 in and up a height, decided to have a little browse underneath and noticed it had different fuel lines fitted to that of the bora ( not thinking obviously its a shorter car lol )
i took a chance and took them off hoping they where going to be a close fit. i took both lines from the fittings on the in tank pump all the way to the front, including the short piece hat connects the fuel cooler, and low and behold they are a perfect fit
so i now have factory fuel lines fitted on the TT instead of 'just making something work' and all for under £20, success!! fitting them on the other hand was bait of a pain in the piece!!
Decided to start mocking up more pipes and header tank for the charge cooler, my initial plan was to use the small coolant bottle from a VW UP but being a little short for space in needing to change my plans slightly, but here is another pic of the charge cooler placed in with some silicone connectors fitted and some heater matrix hoses started.
the pipe between the cooler and compressor housing is slightly to long so will trim it down on final fitting
and closer look at the manifold, turbo and down pipe fitted with a little connecting bracket.
Got a little snap of how the drivers side currently looks with all of the patrol stuff removed and the diesel filter bracket fitted onto the wing mounting.along with new mount and brand new header tank with a BLACK lid instead of the stock blue, the little touches make the difference
managed to get a slight break in the clouds and got the front passenger calliper fitted
with the charger cooler being fitted where the battery used to be positioned i had to do some wiring modifications to the fuse box that was located onto on the battery. I decided to strap the fuse box down to the plastic wiring channel and extend the wire connecting the fuse to box to the battery and make it join up with the battery wire located on the starter motor
I'm sure their was more but all i can think at the moment enjoy the read ppl