That's disappointing Tom as I know the effort you went to breaking that thing down and then re-crimping it. I suppose in hindsight, it's perhaps not a part that benefits from being taken apart. besides, the second hand one you've redone actually looks the best! I plugged mine up, blasted it (to get into the crimped areas) then gave it two coats of epoxy primer and two coats of satin black. It came up looking brand new and hopefully will last longer than the original finish.

I've bought quite a few things from the museum but so far had a positive experience. I just don't know how they work out their prices though. Some parts seem very cheap while others are are on a Spoox level of pricing!

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1999 GTi-6 (china blue)
1999 Rallye (black)

Are the lugs on the new seal not there to hold it in place? Just curious?

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My 306 Rallye Project Thread

Few recent Youtube track videos, more on my channel
Pair of Rallye's doing a few laps of Anglesey


Lap of Anglesey Coastal

3 sisters circuit

Few laps at Blyton

On the cam cover itself, where the bolts come through is taller than the surrounding metal. This is so there's room for the seal (original or replacement) to compress slightly but not so much that the cam cover crushes the oil spray bars.

You can keep the lugs on the replacement seal as long as you remove metal from the cam cover where the bolts come through. It's about 3mm from memory.




They're available from Vehicle Decals UK They're not PTFE ones and there's some really sticky adhesive on them.

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