Project What has two seats, a mid-mounted 6 cylinder engine, and a turbo? Breakdown!

[mat_the_cat]

I've replaced all the seals bar the one for the 'throttle' spindle. In my case the leak was evident, so I thought I'd best replace the easy to do seals at the same time, but shied away from that one!

[chodweaver]

Did you do all that in situ, or make timing marks, lock it all up and take the pump off the engine?

[mat_the_cat]

I took it off, as the seal for the timing advance lever is on the engine side of the pump.

[mat_the_cat]

Probably the thing showing the most amount of wear (unsurprisingly) is the driver's seat.

Trouble is, this style was only fitted to the facelift versions during the last 3 years of production, so finding a better condition one had so far eluded me. VW Classic Parts were at one stage selling the long distance seat option, complete with built in suspension. But at 1000 Euros I decided to pass on that!

I'm admin for one of the LT Facebook pages, so have to approve a fair few posts - one of which was a dirty but intact looking seat. For £25!! Better still it wasn't too far from a journey I had to make anyway.

Cleaning it was oddly satisfying.

And after about a week of running the dehumidifier it was looking dry. These have to be the easiest seat in the world to remove - just a single thumb wheel.

Downside is you have to remove it to do any work on the engine except oil and coolant fills!

It's a bit more comfortable too, and just makes the cab a nicer place to be.

[Brigsy]

I can imagine the new seat being quite an improvement over the original. The foam looks much better.

[DeanH]

3 hours ago, mat_the_cat said:

I'm admin for one of the LT Facebook pages

Can I ask which page and whether it's got people that know their onions about D24s? 

[mat_the_cat]

On 09/03/2026 at 17:52, DeanH said:

Can I ask which page and whether it's got people that know their onions about D24s? 

There's a couple, but this is the one I'm an admin of.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/24899769420

As to whether people know their onions; yes there are definitely some who do, but a lot who don't!

[mat_the_cat]

Disaster this morning!

Failed alternator belt, which then took out the power steering belt. Fortunately had a spare of both, but no obvious reason why it failed other than age.

It was ok at the service last year, and it doesn't *feel* like it's been on that long. But will check the service record to see.

[Zelandeth]

Just the plague that seems to be modern rubber?  Or being V belts, been sitting on some wholesalers shelf for the last ten years?

[mat_the_cat]

5 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Just the plague that seems to be modern rubber?  Or being V belts, been sitting on some wholesalers shelf for the last ten years?

Changed 29k miles and 4 years & 2 months ago. Looking at the packet I put the previous belts in (just in case), one was dated 2017, so you could be right...

It's a kick up the arse to get on with installing an electric PAS pump, which in turn will free up the space for an AC compressor.