Hi, So after 4 years of not having a VW neither a TDI I've decided to get a cheap mk3 TDI. Was kind off impressed since I've never had a mk3 but had the mk2 and mk4 and this one is something in between. Loved the mk2 and the mk4 was also a good daily for about 3.5 years. So first off all yeah the car is in bad shape but I've just needed something to get to the hunting location, get to my land that has a bad road to access it and maybe when I have to drive something. So it is a 95' mk3 and I've got it for about 400€ here in Bosnia. Straight away when I bought it I drove it to the vehicle inspection and when it passed I got it registered so I can drive it on the road legally.
So this is it..
The first thing I've done is get the radio done. It had a cd player inside but there were 2x non working speakers on the backseats and in the trunk there were 2 pc speakers. I've took that out since I had 2 speakers from my old mk4 left in the garage and they were bigger. Only thing I was sad about is that the front doors do not have any cables or electricity in them and I've could not put the speakers in the front. Will try to get the ruber hoses latter and connect them in the front then but should work for now like this.
The radio was connected only from the battery and not a switch so I've could not do anything there but to buy a 0.5€ switch and connect it over it. I dont listen to music just to the news sometimes but still don't have an antena so this I will bother with latter.
Since the car will be mainly driven on bad roads my main project for now is to :
Get bigger tyres: 175/80/R14
Build in the struts and shocks from a b3 passat .
This is the setup now xD Will not hold out much longer
So my question about the shocks and struts are what are the cheapest and that will lift the car to the max ? Should I buy old original ones or new OEM that are about 20€ per piece ? Can the b3 passat shocks be mounted on golf mk3 struts ?
People here also install these to lift their mk3 up. What do you think ?
Other than that I've only saw till now when I floor it down at certain rpms the car like chokes and when you put down the pedal gets its power back. I did not put it on VCDS yet but I think its a MAF, or a solenoid problem. For the muf senson I've bought a z diode and will try driving it with that to see if thats the cause. Can I leave the z diode then in and drive it like that ? Will it cause problems or ruin the engine or not ?
I will post some pictures next week so be tuned. Will be fixing the manual shifter that I've ordered the bushings for. I could not put it in 5 gear and 1 and R were in the same level. Hope that will fix it.
So this is it..
The first thing I've done is get the radio done. It had a cd player inside but there were 2x non working speakers on the backseats and in the trunk there were 2 pc speakers. I've took that out since I had 2 speakers from my old mk4 left in the garage and they were bigger. Only thing I was sad about is that the front doors do not have any cables or electricity in them and I've could not put the speakers in the front. Will try to get the ruber hoses latter and connect them in the front then but should work for now like this.
The radio was connected only from the battery and not a switch so I've could not do anything there but to buy a 0.5€ switch and connect it over it. I dont listen to music just to the news sometimes but still don't have an antena so this I will bother with latter.
Since the car will be mainly driven on bad roads my main project for now is to :
Get bigger tyres: 175/80/R14
Build in the struts and shocks from a b3 passat .
This is the setup now xD Will not hold out much longer
So my question about the shocks and struts are what are the cheapest and that will lift the car to the max ? Should I buy old original ones or new OEM that are about 20€ per piece ? Can the b3 passat shocks be mounted on golf mk3 struts ?
People here also install these to lift their mk3 up. What do you think ?
Other than that I've only saw till now when I floor it down at certain rpms the car like chokes and when you put down the pedal gets its power back. I did not put it on VCDS yet but I think its a MAF, or a solenoid problem. For the muf senson I've bought a z diode and will try driving it with that to see if thats the cause. Can I leave the z diode then in and drive it like that ? Will it cause problems or ruin the engine or not ?
I will post some pictures next week so be tuned. Will be fixing the manual shifter that I've ordered the bushings for. I could not put it in 5 gear and 1 and R were in the same level. Hope that will fix it.
