Hey guys, I am new here.
I am Skip (not my real name) from the Netherlands, my big passion has always been motorcycles and have had a lot of them, but now I own my first fast car, and I love it.
So I bought a Leon Cupra 4 with the well known 2.8L VR6, it's got 186K kilometers on the clock and is in a generally good condition. The previous owner was a chain smoker and messed up any electronics and or wiring he touched, nothing I can't fix.
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I'm an aircraft mechanic and have been working on airplanes for 10 years now, also I have a lot of experience working on motorbikes (old and new), some cars and a whole host of industrial machines. So I know my way around a spanner I just have very little real experience working on cars. My goal is to fix up this car, learn how it works, make it better, and within a year or two, have it make 400WHP by installing a turbo (thats the goal at least
, a man can dream)
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The previous owner installed lambo doors, I would have bought the car if it hadn't had these doors. At first I thought I was going to replace this system for normal hinges, but I have received overwhelmingly positive reactions to it, and I got used to them, they will stay.
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When I bought it, it came with an K&N filter system, Lambo doors, nice new style Cupra wheels but no further mods. The seller did replace the coils, front grill, mirrors and battery, so that's nice
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So in the last 10 days I have cleaned the interior twice to get rid of the smoke smell, it's totally gone now. Underneath I will make a full list of what is wrong with this car, and in this thread I will keep track of my learning process and successes and failures.
Defects when bought: (I paid a very low price for this car)
- Rear RH suspension making loud noise when going over a bumb
- Aircon not working
- Climatronic only blowing air hotter than the core of the sun
- Probably the motor fans not working properly (the well known resistor
problem)
- Cigarette lighter not working
- LH rear door interior light missing
- Roof trashed due to smoking, needs replacement
- Armrest broken and squeaks like crazy
- Rear windows not going down.
- Rear window wiper washing fluid not working
- Front interior light not working
- Headlight adjuster mechanism missing.
- Battery cover not attached to anything
- Lambo doors need adjusting
Yep...that's quite a list, but it has relatively low mileage, the engine and drive train all seem to be in excellent condition, and the price was fair, so I bought it anyway.
During the last 10 days I fixed the following:
- Cigarette light fixed; wiring was cut...why?
- RH rear interior light fixed; I just hit it a couple of times with my fist, always works!
- RH rear window goes down now, I heard the relay clicking. I loosened up the motor and it started working.
- Climatronic hot air issue kind of resolved; I know what the
problem is, explanation will follow.
I took it to a garage to check the underside of the car, all was fine and the banging noise seems to be coming from worn rear track control arm bushings. I am ordering new bushings but it seems to be impossible to find the bushing on the outer (wheel) side.
Anyway, thats it for now, updates will follow soon.
