MK4 Exhaust and Haldex ECU swap doable on stands?

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CorradoR32

Discussion Starter · Jun 28, 2013

I've got a Techtonics exhaust and blue controller to shove onto the car, which have been hanging around looking for a job for a while now, so I thought I'd jack the old beast up and try and fit them this weekend.

The Haldex I've read is a right ball ache to do on stands and I'm fully prepared to give up on that after 10 mins, but with the exhaust, is that going to be a hammer and lots of swearing job, or do they come down fairly easily?

If anyone who's done these tasks could offer any pearls of wisdom, I'd be grateful

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DougalR

· #2 · Jun 28, 2013

CorradoR32 said:
I've got a Techtonics exhaust and blue controller to shove onto the car, which have been hanging around looking for a job for a while now, so I thought I'd jack the old beast up and try and fit them this weekend.

The Haldex I've read is a right ball ache to do on stands and I'm fully prepared to give up on that after 10 mins, but with the exhaust, is that going to be a hammer and lots of swearing job, or do they come down fairly easily?

If anyone who's done these tasks could offer any pearls of wisdom, I'd be grateful

I did haldex on stands dude its little fiddly hardest bit was getting gasket in place. however i didcovered a guide here somewhere put a rubber band round controller and gasket, get the bolts started in the threads, cut the band and it cant fall out then.

Also it worth changing the oil while you are there man

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DougalR

· #4 · Jun 28, 2013

CorradoR32 said:
Yeah I picked up on the rubber band trick from Bill's webspace

http://www.billswebs.../haldex_hpp.pdf

If that was the hardest part, then happy days! The ECU looks buried behind lots of chunky metal parts and I thought it looked pretty impossible to get at the last time I was under there, let alone reach the fun part of messing with rubber bands and gaskets, but I guess I'll find out tomorrow! Cheers bud.

Yeah, I've got a fresh tube of Haldex oil on standby

You sort of have to like hook over and like twist it out. makes no sense i know. Its one of those just keep moving it around until it comes
out the way you find it easiest to get it out. The wiring loom, runs over the diff to the plug at other side of the diff from the haldex coupling

Did you get a new gasket.?
I also found a 1/4 socket set worked the best

along with allen head sockets. think its 5mm IIRC.

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DougalR

· #10 · Jun 30, 2013

You guys would hate mine then haha. looks like a tidy system dude.

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