Yet Another How Not To Gti6 Conversion

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

First start off with 2 Alarms and 2 immobilisers

 

 

Followed by the removal and very odd way of wiring up the car with only half the sensors connected

 

 

 

 

Never seen the interior sensor loom pulled thru under the bonnet before and connected up to the loom, leaving the multi plugs just in case you want to stick it back in a 306

 

Mind solder and heat-shink have been used and a couple of Rivnut's installed to hold the battery box down

 

Weekend's work is remove engine and untilt it, Clean engine bay and refit with nice new loom so everything works

 

I'll see if anyone can guess who did the conversion, wasn't cheap either

[commievid 8]

Oh gosh, this is mine isn't it?

 

Two alarms?! Good grief.

[welshpug 1,657]

Hampshire or leicestershire?

[gerry 5]

hahahaha quality!!!

[cheesegrater 43 1 Cars]

Somewhere close to a rally school?

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Can't beat a quality loom!!

[damien 22 1 Cars]

for some reasion i thought it was going to be a pic of mine

 

"jonnie" rings a bell with the above..

[CosKev 16]

Nice work

 

Unreal what crap some 'experts' chuck out

[SurGie 54]

I wouldn't even dream about doing that to a car, even if the customer wasn't paying me for fitting it.

 

Im happy taking the choice i did in doing it all myself, even when taking 4 years to finish it, rather than getting this type of work done to it at a price too.

[dodsworth_gti 11]

slightly off topic but i bought a 205 that had 2 alarms and 2 imobilisers and the second day i had it they messed up,1 imobliser on,1 off,when you turned the other off it activated the other,and carried on like that.ending up that i had to abandon the car and get it to a auto electrics guy to sort it out as i wasnt willing to tackle the sheer mess of wiring lol

[Cameron 16]

Who did that then? I don't think it's unfair to name and shame when people are getting suckered in to paying for work that shoddy! It serves as a good warning to others who may be considering their "services".

[S@m 156]

Pretty sure 2 alarms and immobilisers must be standard because mine is still an 8v and it had one behind the dash and one behind the headlight.........

 

Both gone and just a single ai606 in their place now.

[commievid 8]

I do find it ironic that Miles now needs to take the engine out, so for all intents and purposes, it would be like he was doing this conversion from scratch.

 

Maybe one day I'll have to find and chase up the previous owner and ask the obvious questions.

 

Regardless, I took the punt, and I hope to the heavens nothing else gets unearthed!

[harryskid 193]

Been there mine had to be fitted twice, leaving a big hole in the wallet, wish i had gone to Miles first !

[GLPoomobile 958]

Regardless, I took the punt, and I hope to the heavens nothing else gets unearthed!

 

Unfortunately in these situations you do tend to find that the more layers you peel back, the more crap you reveal. I do hope they haven't bodged too much else, but at least your car is in the right hands if they have

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Been there mine had to be fitted twice, leaving a big hole in the wallet, wish i had gone to Miles first !

 

I've left my car with Miles twice and always leave with a big hole in my wallet!!!

Worth it though. :D

 

I'm guessing the original conversion was done over in Oxfordshire.

Edited August 25, 2012 by Simes

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

One of those things for me, To muck around upside down trying to take the exhaust manifold off it's quicker to remove it as most of the engine is out anyway so 2 driveshafts and that's about it

 

There's a couple of rust spots under the bonnet so I'll treat those once I get my grease monkey to clean the engine bay on Monday

 

I think it may have been to another company in Hampshire before the conversion due to the other loom hole in the bulkhead which is a tell tell sign of there's, due to leaving all the old 8v loom in place.

 

 

 

The other little bodge was the rear cam cover, as we know they need removing to grind some alloy off to clear the M/S, and quite often the seal tends to fall apart, THe seal had been taken off this and a huge amount of sealer used (Hence the leak) and the inner mating surface was ground down but at a angle so defeats the object.

 

Mind I Know Dave (Previous owner) knew about the loom but not the other bit's.

[commievid 8]

Blimey, the servo looks in a poor state.

 

I guess the steering rack would be easy to replace with the engine bay completely clear.

 

Is the rust in the engine bay extremely bad or reasonable? You could probably have guessed I quickly went over some easy to access bits with some wet and dry and kurust.

 

After the engine bay, the only areas of rust left could be under the carpet (ignorance may be bliss here) and under the car itself, so if another area of the car bodywork wise can be ticked off I'll be quite happy.

[harryskid 193]

I've left my car with Miles twice and always leave with a big hole in my wallet!!!

Worth it though. :D

 

I'm guessing the original conversion was done over in Oxfordshire.

 

I don't mine a big hole in the wallet if the jobs done well and the really annoying bit is the first so called mechanic that fitted the moter first knows he f'd it up and waves to me like i am a friend. I do how ever have the satisfaction of putting a few people off using him!

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Getting there now, Engine bay is cleaner

 

 

Rusty bit's done bar the side bit's which can be done anytime, Steering UJ boot re-fitted as it was half hanging out

The 306 throttle cable will be cut down instead of being routed all around the engine bay too

 

 

 

Prime example of the wrong size or standard Fuel Banjo being used with the old inner pipe still on there, Not good on the high pressure side

 

 

Yes in the ideal world the entire engine bay could do with a respray but at least it's presentable now

 

Even the engine is looking better

 

 

just need to find a fork now as the old one was extended and the bolt was rusted solid in the bush so had to be cut out

Edited August 27, 2012 by Miles

[commievid 8]

Before and after pictures are quite something!

 

So its the manifold, power steering, put engine and wiring back in and the new immobiliser/central locking remaining?

 

Keep up the excellent work!

[commievid 8]

 

Prime example of the wrong size or standard Fuel Banjo being used with the old inner pipe still on there, Not good on the high pressure side

 

 

I presume a larger banjo would suffice? Is that something you have readily available?

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

I'm sorting the Powersteering parts out tomorrow, Have to find a new front engine mount as for some reason a few people cut the power steering pump mount off, no a big issue thou

along with some new tensioner's for the new belt to go with it all

 

Banjo's I have in stock so not a issue and would be fitted no matter what

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Excuse the photo quality, Joys of a Iphone

[SurGie 54]

Try the GT191 a far better quality phone with better picture taking, its a good alrounder which reminds me of the iphone only better.

 

Loving the model number of it lol.