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some pictures here

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... hp?t=14230

local breakers yard has got to be worth a try and with luck you may even find a tyre on a rim.

think i'll try it later

Tahrey, if you mean dowels to keep the head in position then there isn't any on the polo its just the head bolts nothing else the extra holes are either oil ways or water passages HTH

29 year old, full ncb.(highish risk postcode) TPFT for a 1981 mk1 LX £152 including legal protection

looks like i'm of to Andrew Pages aswell been looking for a replacement for mine for years and its about time i upgraded from a tent pole
can i be cheeky and ask how much these were.

if yours is there chrome bumper model then you will need the top spring mounting off a later type 86 polo as they are a differant size

can't help with the piccy's Pete but this may be worth a read if you haven't already done so.
http://www.polo-gt.co.uk/mechanical/gtconversion.html

there you go

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... hp?t=14533

can't post pictures, never mind draw them :lol: you don't have to cut the old belt just saves a bit of time, with the narrow part of the new belt should slide inbetween the pulley and the guard thats surrounding it (there may be extra gaurds on the mk3 to stop you doing it this way though). If you r...

i've never had to remove the pulley, all i do is cut the old belt and just pull it off, then slide the new one on sideways.

first car way back in 1993 was a 1986 seat malaga 1.5

alot of companies will bend over backwards in the first year just to get your business then the following renewal the prices will be unreal my insurance last year was £210 this year they wanted £300 managed to get it for £152 from another company. thats for a 1981 mk1 lx, 29 year old driver with ...

pete, check the actual steering colum, i seem to remember somebody on here posting about theirs becomeing loose all the time and causeing the sort of problems you're experianceing.