Wreck to Race.

[Peter Jones]

A minor update.

I've had issues with an intermittant misfire the last couple of days.

I thought it was beacause it hadn't really gotten up to temp in a while and the plugs were fouled.

Cleaning the plugs seemed to make it better, but only for a km or two.

I pulled all the leads and tested them with a Megger. (A high voltage insulation resistance tester.)

I wasn't really expecting to find anything buit one lead was reading completely open, even at 1KV.

Upon disection I found the disconnect was in the spark plug connector, the crimped end on the lead was very corroded and not making contact with the innards of the spark plug connector.

I didn't have another lead with the right dizzy cap connector on it so I salvaged the connector off the stuffed lead and put that on a good 2.0 lead.

That'll do for the moment, but I'll have to find me some leads before the next race day. I've got one GAP order on the way, I won't be doing another for quite a while a these exchange rates so I'll have to see what I can source locally. Any suggestions?




Pete

[beeza]

You may find that someone can make custom ones for you.
I had custom ones done up for me here in Brissy. It took between 1-2 hours or so to make. I remember it being a bit of a bargain when looking to get some from overseas. Have a look around.

[Peter Jones]

Still no clutch in the mail from Bildon. Grrrr. They won't even reply to e-mails or faxes. I'm beginning to wonder if I've been had.

Phillip Island on the 14th of Feb is looking unlikely now.


Pete

[Valver.]

Still no clutch in the mail from Bildon. Grrrr. They won't even reply to e-mails or faxes. I'm beginning to wonder if I've been had.

I've posted on here before about how bad Bildon are to deal with. They're incredibly rude and unhelpful, even over the phone. If you're not working for a professional race team, they scarcely even talk to you... they're absolute assholes.

Just call them up and cancel the order. If you ever have a warranty claim, they'll practically ignore you aswell?!

In other news, nice work with the car

[Peter Jones]

I've posted on here before about how bad Bildon are to deal with. They're incredibly rude and unhelpful, even over the phone. If you're not working for a professional race team, they scarcely even talk to you... they're absolute assholes.

Just call them up and cancel the order. If you ever have a warranty claim, they'll practically ignore you aswell?!

In other news, nice work with the car

Yeah, finally got a response today after 3 e-mails and a fax. Not too impressed with their customer service.

Peter we were away at Daytona so it really slowed us down last week. Your parts will be shipping out on Friday or Monday.

That's the total of their response.

Don't think I'll be dealing with them again. Sure they were probably at Daytona last week but what about the week before and the week before that? They billed my credit card on 6/1/09. All I've been asking for is an ETA. A GAP order I placed on the same day got here two weeks ago and they provided a USPS tracking number.

Best case scenario it arrives next week and I get it in next weekend, Phillip Island the following weekend. That's a bit close for comfort.

I was considering one of their wavetrac LSDs too.

Pete

[Peter Jones]

Still no clutch from Bildon, what a joke of an organisation!

Next week I'll get the bank to do a reversal on the charge.

Idiots.


Stuff all chance of getting to Phillip Island next weekend now.


Valver if you've got any RELIABLE sources for a 210mm 020 clutch setup I'd love to hear about it.



Pete

[16v_kid]

Still no clutch from Bildon, what a joke of an organisation!

Next week I'll get the bank to do a reversal on the charge.

Idiots.


Stuff all chance of getting to Phillip Island next weekend now.


Valver if you've got any RELIABLE sources for a 210mm 020 clutch setup I'd love to hear about it.



Pete

yea they are pretty slow...it took like 2-3 months for my old mans 16v throttle bodies to come for his 16v race car

[Peter Jones]

Here's their latest, just in last night.

Peter,
The next group of clutches is on its way to us and will ship out next week.

They had committed to sending it last week!

No concept of customer service whatsoever.

Pete

[Peter Jones]

Well I decided to wait it out.

The clutch arrived today but not without issues, Bildon thought it would be fun to leave the street and number off my address so I had to work with AUssie Post to supply the correct details to get it to me.

FYI and so that no-one else has to deal with them.

The Bildon clutches are made by SPEC.

The SPEC part number for a 210mm 020 setup is SV123 (1986 Golf II)

The SPEC website is http://www.specclutch.com

Order placed 3/1/09
Credit card billed 6/1/09
Delivered 19/2/09 - 47 days later

They charged US$150 for express post but the actual postage was US$110.43

Here's the trip it took, you can see the address issues play out as they tried to deliver it.

Delivered Abroad, February 19, 2009, 8:08 am, AUSTRALIA
At Foreign Delivery Unit, February 18, 2009, 6:56 pm, AUSTRALIA
Attempted Delivery Abroad, February 18, 2009, 5:32 am, AUSTRALIA
Attempted Delivery Abroad, February 18, 2009, 5:27 am, AUSTRALIA
Attempted Delivery Abroad, February 17, 2009, 2:37 pm, AUSTRALIA
At Foreign Delivery Unit, February 16, 2009, 6:45 pm, AUSTRALIA
Out of Foreign Customs, February 16, 2009, 9:42 am, AUSTRALIA
Into Foreign Customs, February 16, 2009, 9:15 am, AUSTRALIA
Arrived Abroad, February 16, 2009, 9:15 am, AUSTRALIA
International Dispatch, February 12, 2009, 10:15 am, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)
Processed, February 11, 2009, 7:36 pm, ROCHESTER, NY 14692
Acceptance, February 11, 2009, 4:11 pm, PITTSFORD, NY 14534
Electronic Shipping Info Received, February 11, 2009

Bildon? Never again!

Pete

[Jarred]

bummer Pete. You win some and you loose some.

At least you got it in the end...

[Peter Jones]

OK, it's been a while so here goes.

A slight change of plan.

I'm going to keep the Spec clutch on the shelf for the moment and save it up for the next motor.

Reason being that the old clutch died from oil not horsepower as I had (optomistically) assumed.

The clutch pushrod in the box was pitted from corrosion which took out the seal and leaked gearbox oil into the clutch area. I should have inspected the pushrod better.

So while the clutch was out I had the flywheel surfaced and lightened.

I got a new seal and pushrod from VW and rediscoved why I prefer to shop online. $33 for a seal that GAP sells for US$2.30

Here's some pictures!

Oily Disc on the left and a new one on the right.



Lightened and surfaced flywheel







Here's the pushrod.



Thanks goes out to Bruce for advice and assistance.

It's all back together again now, the light flywheel makes first gear pretty short, it's a bit quicker than before.

Next track outing will be the 10th of May at Sandown, I will have just returned from the US so timing's going to be tight but the car's basically ready.

Pete

[Jarred]

Finally an update Pete! I was beginng to think you'd gotten lost in your shed!

hopefully I'll make it on the 10th. Always fun seeing you hit the tarmac!

Must catch up before you nick off to the US though.

[Peter Jones]

Yeah, Work's been hectic and I've had to get a lot of things done before I head off overseas. I would have hit the track again last month but I didn't get the clutch sorted in time.

Need to get more organised.

Pete

[16v_kid]

good work pete..

ill be at sandown...

ahahah i like like 2min from there..

im rock up with my old man..


take care.

[DubSteve]

I think you need my suspension Pete