RoyC

1 hour ago, Stocky1807 said:

Hi Steve,that's great news hope I have managed to bag a bargain, earlier in the post a guy called Roy was asking me if it was the 1st or 2nd one,could you shed any light on this as he just stopped replying to me for some reason ha,I'm so intrigued to find out more about what I have bought

Hi,

When I said Ist or 2nd one I was refering to the pictures that you posted.

There are two yellow cars in those pictures and I was asking which one it was.

Sorry for any confusion.

This is the other one.

This one

1 hour ago, Steve Q said:

I think it should be to the left of the light switch. 

Nothing there Steve.

I have even looked on the MMI to see if there's a dial that can be turned up.

4 hours ago, Stocky1807 said:

I've just got my hands on the yellow one 

The first yellow one or the second yellow one ?

Went on a ride to Leicester yesterday,(104f) in my A6 and my son was driving.

Comming back he asked me where the knob was for adjusting the instrument lighting, I am ashamed to say, I didn't have a clue.

I said, " I don't know, I never drive in the dark".

Where is it ?

Few videos on it.

I am still using the 3G edition that the car came with in 2009.

I can only use five characters in the postcode.

Do later updates let you enter the whole six-character postcode?

If, like me, you have a 110ah battery, it has to be a big drain to flatten it in ten hours.

This video may help

I wanted to know how to do it myself and accidentally came across the answer while browsing around..

I found this  -  

[Options] -> Click on the User Interface and Identification tab. Change Window size from 10 to something larger. Do it incrementally in small steps until you get a feel for what works on your display.

[Options] -> Click on the User Interface and Identification tab. Change Window size from 10 to something larger. Do it incrementally in small steps until you get a feel for what works on your display.

Thanks Stevey.

On 7/6/2022 at 5:06 PM, eamon Austin said:

Hope this helps.

Thanks for that Eamon 

30 minutes ago, blondin4o said:

But even my nut didn't t won't go out. You use the gun before remove the nut or with it. 

Got the nut off first using heat.

You can always use a nut splitter or a dremel to cut through it.

• I had a very similar problem when I was trying to remove a long steele bolt from my Virago aluminium engine.
• I purchased a rattle gun (Off ebay) . It came out in no time.
• The constant vibration slowly loosened it up, then it started to spin and walla.

12 hours ago, coupe4 said:

hi roy,i only purchased mine 3 months ago and only ever had the small screen option but your right as i remember seeing it on a pals full screen so maybe theres a way to change it.some one on here might have a solution as id like to have the full screen too.

The size option is stil there but it has been greyed out so that it does not work.

If i remember correctly, it was a sod to reduce it if you went too big.

6 minutes ago, RoyC said:

I now need to open the EPB to fit the new rear vented disk, no point in waisting it.

Still can't see how to open the EPB with VCDS.

11 hours ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi Roy if you will have to get the correct callipers as even if you get the EPB to retract they won't magically adapt to fit the existing discs as the vented brake pads are different in thickness, did you retract the EPB before you dismantled the old calliper set up as if you had the right calliper /carrier replacement it would have been a straightforward case of fitting then reactivating the EPB

Steve.

Hi Steve,

Luckily, I had the correct new rear vented disc, identical in every way to the original disc.

I tried a dry run on the bench and found that the disc was too thick for the groove in the new carrier and the groove in the new calliper.

I then realized that the callipers that I had were for a solid, thinner disc so I didn't even bother trying to fit them.

I now need to open the EPB to fit the new rear vented disk, no point in waisting it.

When I have eventually got my sand blaster up and running I will clean and paint my existing rear callipers.

1 minute ago, RoyC said:

I ground all the sharp corners off, painted the callipers and carriers but when I came to fit them found that the callipers and carriers were for a solid disc not the vented disc like I have.

The front ones were ok.

4 minutes ago, Stevey Y said:

Hi Roy why do you want to one the parking brake system?, thought you had already done the pads and callipers.

I ground all the sharp corners off, painted the callipers and carriers but when I came to fit them found that the callipers and carriers were for a solid disc not the vented disc like I have.

4 hours ago, RoyC said:

I like the idea of a club sticker, but not this stile, It looks like a car dealership sticker.

These are a couple of other clubs that I belong to. 

I have been trying to see how to open EPB with VCDS but so far no luck.

Can any one help please ?

https://www.ross-tech.com/vcds/tour/main_screen.php  

I used to be able to be able to click on the VCDS emblem in the left top corner and make the screen bigger.

This no longer works, WHY ?

It is so difficult to see the small screen.  AAAAG 😡

On 5/30/2017 at 9:57 AM, Trevor said:

will have a look at better quality stickers for the next batch....maybe a different type to run alongside these ones....any thoughts?

I like the idea of a club sticker, but not this stile, It looks like a car dealership sticker.