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timbo
Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 39 |
Topic: New kid on the Block Posted: 11 Jan 07 at 19:24 |
after a few years of hanging in the shadows of the t3 forum and then
selling my bus, I got myself a caddy. After over a year of looking at sh1tters and over priced rot boxes I found one, it aint perfect by any stretch on the imagination, it well batterd but its pretty much rot free and has only done 81 k from new! [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/fpk/DSC00361.jpg[/ IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/fpk/DSC00362.jpg[/ IMG] its a power haus 1.6 d! but it does the job a slam is on the cards and am going to attempt to flip the axle this weeked weather permiting as the monster truck stance needs toning down. any one help on the picture front? Edited by timbo |
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Baxter
Admin Group Scruff Daddy Joined: 29 May 04 Location: Huddersfield Status: Offline Points: 8060 |
Posted: 11 Jan 07 at 20:29 |
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Baxter
Admin Group Scruff Daddy Joined: 29 May 04 Location: Huddersfield Status: Offline Points: 8060 |
Posted: 11 Jan 07 at 20:35 |
I have a how to somewhere that I never finished for the axle flip. Basically, remove the axle. Either grind off the locating brackets and reweld them 180 degrees further round or make some more brakcets (what I did) Then you have to drill out the centre of the bracket for the locating pin into the springs. Cut down the load valve bracket and redrill, or cut it down, cut it off and mave it back a bit so the load valve still works as it should ( if fitted) If everything is well rusty don't be tempted to try to remove the 6 bolts that hold the stub axle in place as they will just break off, drop the back of the spring down to get the axle in and out again. If you get stuck, post here and i'll get to it when time permits. it's gunna take about a day if your doing it on the drive. GSF sell cheap golf lowering kits, just sell the rear springs. Caddys are 40mm higher than a standard golf, so if you get some 40mm springs it will bring it down by 80mm... Axle flip will drop the rear about 120mm, just right. |
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phaeton
Groupie Joined: 01 Oct 06 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 127 |
Posted: 14 Jan 07 at 01:20 |
WOW thats a beauty Pity VW Australia never imported these I'd love one as a 1st car |
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timbo
Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 39 |
Posted: 21 Jan 07 at 22:42 |
cheers for the guide as it worked out last weekend I did the flip which
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Baxter
Admin Group Scruff Daddy Joined: 29 May 04 Location: Huddersfield Status: Offline Points: 8060 |
Posted: 21 Jan 07 at 22:52 |
Use the image link button, turn the WYSIWYG editor on in your control panel, then just press the button and enter the url..
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timbo
Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 39 |
Posted: 21 Jan 07 at 23:18 |
ahhh ok . cheers.
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excalibur
Groupie Joined: 16 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 151 |
Posted: 24 Jan 07 at 00:23 |
what is the carrying capacity of the old Caddy?
Surely if you stick 10cwt in the back now, the tyres are going to rub on the arches..........or have I missed something. I am actualy after one of the Caddy pickups, but the next one they made after, which i want to jack up. They seem to be going for silly money though |
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Tee3
Admin Group Coprophagous Cretin Joined: 06 Jun 04 Location: Huddersfield Status: Offline Points: 9763 |
Posted: 25 Jan 07 at 10:34 |
I'm guessing people dont generally go and lower their trucks and then go carting pallet loads of bricks around in them! |
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caddied
Newbie Joined: 21 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 25 |
Posted: 21 May 07 at 21:10 |
have you got any further on the caddy?
wouldn't seein sum pics of the finished product if you have got that far? cheers joe |
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