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- JayW
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One thing tha puzzles me is the interior, although the seats have obviously been swapped at some point (they should be grey tweed i assume like my other one) it has a black dash and cappings all round. I thought the TGD's all had grey like my other one???
A few jobs to do but nothing major. Asside from bodging up the rot in the rear end i have the following to sort out
1. Clutch padal is very low and VERY stiff/sharp? (it had a new clutch 4 years & 30k ago so should be fine)
2. Rev counter sometimes work, sometimes doesn't. Other times it's just erratic! Could just be a loose connection, where is the feed? (Bosch pump)
3. Fuel gauge comes and goes, probably a tired sender unit.
4. (most annoying one) Got a knock on the OSR, prev owner changed the arm as they thought it was the bearings but hasn't cured it and buggered if i can tell what it is! Only does it at low speed.
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pretty sure i have two (genuine) diesel clutch cables, will trade for labour
I reckon you should try to hyper mile it, duct tape the panel gaps, remove the rear spoiler, tray the underside of the rear, ditch the spare, remove some of the damping, ditch one of the washer bottles, etc etc see just how low you can get the weight. Polish for aero stability.
I reckon you should try to hyper mile it, duct tape the panel gaps, remove the rear spoiler, tray the underside of the rear, ditch the spare, remove some of the damping, ditch one of the washer bottles, etc etc see just how low you can get the weight. Polish for aero stability.
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Same seats as a BX Sport
And various other models.
And various other models.
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I wonder if the dash is that colour because it's a K plate car so might be one of the last made in TGD spec & they didn't have any grey one's left? Either way, should be a nice motor
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When you figure this out let me know! Pattern I noted is mine works on the cooler days until the engine warms up to a certain temperature. With the crappy summer this year have been able to discover thatJayW wrote:2. Rev counter sometimes work, sometimes doesn't. Other times it's just erratic! Could just be a loose connection, where is the feed? (Bosch pump)
1991 BX19 TZS 04/01/91 (Deceased)
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1992 BX19 TXD (Ex UK - K 744 SDF) 15/06/92
1990 BX19 TZS Auto 06/11/1989
1992 BX TZD Turbo Estate (Ex UK) 1/07/91
1990 BX19 TRS 27/10/89 (Reborn)
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Alternator is driven by the alternator on some of the diesels IIRC. Or I have seen some with a pickup where a petrol would normally have a TDC sensor on the top of the bell housing.
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As its very last of the line before they dropped the TGD they did stick the black interior but kept the grey seats facings, always thought they looked very smart in my book.
I know Grenman had a correct interior for your car, depends if your arsed and he wants to sell it of course.
Early P1 Gti seats always go baggy like that.
I know Grenman had a correct interior for your car, depends if your arsed and he wants to sell it of course.
Early P1 Gti seats always go baggy like that.
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Is that some kind of perpetual motion machine?Kitch wrote:Alternator is driven by the alternator on some of the diesels IIRC.
It's common on diesel engines for the rev counter to come off the W terminal on the alternator but not aware of the XUD doing this, certainly in the BX era.
This might help Jay (and Kiwi!), there's some pictures further down of where the sensor is. I've come across a few which only failed when warm so wonder if it's a connection failure inside the sender that's being pulled apart by expansion with heat.
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Absolute alternator current reads revs. Absolutely.mat_fenwick wrote:Is that some kind of perpetual motion machine?Kitch wrote:Alternator is driven by the alternator on some of the diesels IIRC.
It's common on diesel engines for the rev counter to come off the W terminal on the alternator but not aware of the XUD doing this, certainly in the BX era.
This might help Jay (and Kiwi!), there's some pictures further down of where the sensor is. I've come across a few which only failed when warm so wonder if it's a connection failure inside the sender that's being pulled apart by expansion with heat.
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