No Time Toulouse Golf Mk1 Build Thread
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So now you guys have the background as to why I've started this build thread… And to answer a question some of you may have… Yes out of all of the cars we could have chosen we actively searched and sourced the Mk1. To be honest we weren't looking for a convertible…. But once we found it we had to have it! All 4 of us have a love for V'dubs so it was only natural that we were going to do this in a car that we don't already own…. Between us we have a Splitty, several Beetles, a T25, a Trekker, a Bay and a US import wildly customised 1302S… So you could say the choices were somewhat limited!
You may have seen us splashing ourselves all over facebook to try and get things moving and the donations coming in… But if you only follow facebook you'll only get half the story… On facebook we're only going to put out there select pictures, info and updates that will further our cause… But on this build thread you guys are going to get the full story warts and all…
To get us going I'll put up the pics of the car as we first saw it…. The price and the romanticism of driving a convertible on the continent as you'll see won over the reality of how much of a shed it really was…
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Are you keeping the exhaust? or putting it back ona 1.2 fiat punto where it belongs
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1.8T CABBY
TINTOP THREAD (SOLD 2016) SPORTLINE THREAD (SOLD 2015) CLIPPER THREAD (SOLD 2012)
1.8T CABBY
TINTOP THREAD (SOLD 2016) SPORTLINE THREAD (SOLD 2015) CLIPPER THREAD (SOLD 2012)
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No Time Toulouse said
The exhaust… The least of our worries right now! I'd like to think we'll go back to stock or at least something that will not be a hinderance… Mind you… Matt is a boy racer at heart so it may stay…. You'll have to keep an eye on the thread to see what happens to it…
That'll make a nosey 3 day drive then haha! What's the plans once you've got there as well, you all driving it back?
And I'll be keeping a close eye
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Matt did the deal with the guy… Arranged for it to be collected and transported to him…
And this is what arrived on the trailer! And yes we were all wearing rose tinted glasses…
Bit out of focus I grant you…. I think Matt may have been in shock when he took this! lol
Sheds make great places to store random stuff.. And bits that should be bolted to the car somewhere!
Yes that is water you can see filling up the area around the seat runners…
Don't think the seller mentioned not only did they fit a daft boy racer exhaust but they slammed it to within an inch of its life… Not exactly practical to be 4 up doing a jaunt across France!
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Thanks for the tips guys on finding parts… Over the next week you'll probably be able to have a laugh at one of Matts mistake purchases…
As for noise… It's a cabby… It'll be sunny so the top will be down the whole way! My other car is The Beast… So the cabby will be quiet by comparison! lol
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Are you going to do a few passes on the Alps?
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Looks good mate, I see you've also replaced the roof for one that doesn't leak (I'm not really one to speak, this morning it look like I'd wet myself when I got to work)
Looks like you're making good progress though, FYI funk-star is Mark Carter who has offered you parts via Facebook, www.classic-vw.co.uk/
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So, after the engine came out it was swiftly stripped and head off. It was a complete unknown quantity as it was a non runner and half the parts were missing, so I wasn't going to take the risk of something being wrong. As I stripped it down with some ease, I started thinking that although it had been off the road for 20 years, it must have been rebuilt not long before it was retired.
Apart from some rusty, oily, watery gunk (with added sycamore seed), the pistons and bores looked pretty clean. A wipe over and they were back to shiny metal. Head was checked and straight and true, valves were clean, cam shaft was smooth and straight. A handy egg box served for storing the lifters.
If anyone can tell me what the hell the pipe coming off the back of the head is for i'd be grateful? Looks like a vacuum pipe that's been blocked off? Comes off a small plastic flange..?!
Anyway, starting to think it was a waste of time stripping it down, I took the sump off and had a poke around the crank shaft; and this fell out…
How the &*%£ an acorn got in there, god only knows, but that along with lots of lumps of sealant, made me glad to have gone to the effort!
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The brakes are fine, not any worse than a camper or a beatle, you need to go through the alps, it will be amazing!!
Looks like you've made some good progress though Matt, and as for the exhaust, least it will be fun in the tunnels (if you can hear it above the wind noise)
I dunno if you've thought about a roof yet, but chortle is your man
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All for a good cause!!
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cavs said
If you are anywhere near me (Herts) I'd gladly donate parts needed if I have any you need
All for a good cause!!
Chris has helped me out a few times when I used to live down in London, he's got a sweet caddy too
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I'm planning to drive my cabby and 36thcrazyfist down through France in August so will be interested to see how you get on!
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Next up on the project thread - gearbox.
As Andy alluded to, some mistakes were made in this process and more were to come… Drive shafts were taken off and taken home. New boots were ordered all round. For the correct year and vehicle. Cleaned out all the old grease and crud, re-packed the CV's with new grease put the boots on, then the Cv's.
If you've done it, you know its a messy, messy job that no amount of rag can cope with and one of my least favorite jobs. So when I went to marry the CV boot cup with the CV and it didn't match, I was not happy…
A bit of research and it turns out there are 2 CV boots that match. So I purchased the other size. And they didnt fit either… So I did what I should have done first and checked the gearbox code and you guessed it - 100mm cups from a mk2 box. So now I order the correct boots and go through the strip down, get covered in grease, fit new boots job again, bash the granny outta them to get them fitted and all is well.
All is well until I turn my attention to the gearbox that is. A quick degrease and fiddle and I realise that the gear selector doesn't really move that much. After some persuading with my favorite 6lb tool, I can still only get 1st and sometimes a tenuous 3rd. So now I have a choice / problem. Fix gearbox for £££, replace gearbox with standard, but that means new driveshafts and possibly hubs, or find a replacement box with 100mm cups. As it turns out, a friendly breaker on ebay who I had previously purchased some bumpers off, had the right box, for the right price and delivered it the next day. After a clean and paint, it came up pretty good.
Whilst all this had been going on, I also had some time to spend on cleaning the head. A coat of etch prime and then some VHT silver (although it looks grey to me), rocker cover in red and I was quite please with the result:
Back at the office, I had been busy with the paint and got the engine bay, half way to decent. Can you guess what colour the car will be when finished?!
First photo taken from a distance so it looked better (ignore the caravan, nothing to do with me!)
Closer up, but still looking pretty bad. Cheapo tin foil does make an excellent all in one masking though. Wish I'd though of it years ago!
Engine bay and a 'test' wing complete, starting to look good
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Looking good thought mate, is the tin foil for the flux capacitor ? I'm guessing it's going to be white then?
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