Think you have had it hard with your Golf?

Renewed the gas shocks all round, recent head rebuild, recent head gasket change with fan and timing belt, front outer CV joints, one inner CV joint, new Avon tyres all round, new fuel pump, rewired the horn directly using an inline fuse (something packed up in the loom). 2 rear wheel bearings, renewed inlet manifold(from scrapper) due to the cluch cable wearing a large gash in the inlet manifold.

Jobs left:
1/door pockets snapped off both side, need another set.
2/rear self rubber supports snapped
3/ fuel line needs sorting for the MOT
4/ bracket for the sun visor snapped
5/ handbrake needs adjusting
6/ inlet petrol neck needs replacing
7/ dashboard bulbs need changing to 2w

Will be working on the R/H track arm and tracking tomorrow.


I want to go out and enjoy myself but my time seems endlessly occupied by my MK1, so other MK1 die hards can take comfort from my moans.

Anyone else had a hard time?

Wow must be ace !
         I bet you never get bored and just think of the finished product .

Nice one lhasa will look forward to hearing all about it on here , whats the wife / partner got to say about it ?? I only sneak out when she's not looking .


Chudd…

The car comes first! I hope she is reading this post :wink:

wish that was it!  try this
two front wings
two rear arches
one floor pan
rear panle
two sills
roof skin
may be a full quarter but not sure yet
full brakes to over haul
enegine to rebuild due to knocking its nuts in
drives seat to reclover
and a full paint (the easy bit)
            thats why i get down sometimes lol  susan

susan-and-noddy said

wish that was it!  try this
two front wings
two rear arches
one floor pan
rear panle
two sills
roof skin
may be a full quarter but not sure yet
full brakes to over haul
enegine to rebuild due to knocking its nuts in
drives seat to reclover
and a full paint (the easy bit)
            thats why i get down sometimes lol  susan

Susan, that's a whole car isn't it?!!

I know how u feel Lhasa!  I think my list is currenltly about 4 pages of A4. At least the car is going to the bodyshop in two weeks so that'll give me a bit of breathing space!! Just think how nice the car will look when its done, thats the main thing that keeps me going!  

Hairyarse said

susan-and-noddy said

wish that was it!  try this
two front wings
two rear arches
one floor pan
rear panle
two sills
roof skin
may be a full quarter but not sure yet
full brakes to over haul
enegine to rebuild due to knocking its nuts in
drives seat to reclover
and a full paint (the easy bit)
            thats why i get down sometimes lol  susan

Susan, that's a whole car isn't it?!!

yep but may just leave the roof lol    thing we do to save small lamps

susan-and-noddy,
Cricky and I thought I had it bad!

susan-and-noddy said

wish that was it!  try this
two front wings
two rear arches
one floor pan
rear panle
two sills
roof skin
may be a full quarter but not sure yet
full brakes to over haul
enegine to rebuild due to knocking its nuts in
drives seat to reclover
and a full paint (the easy bit)
thats why i get down sometimes lol  susan

Ouch, thats a fair bit, mines not as bad as that,

2 front wings
clean all the engine bay
rebuild engine
both sills
straighten drivers footwell
new exhaust
sort sunroof
rear arches
and the full respray

thats about it  

Ah…….

Windscreen
Suspension complete (F & R) with all bushes etc
Front wishbones and bushes
Fuel tank
Filler neck
Filler cap
Rear light clusters and seals
Headlights
Spots
Brake discs and pads (Pagid)
Fuel distributer (Meter head) (original cleaned and stored)
Door handles and locks
Rear brake drums and shoes
Air flow sensor (original cleaned and stored)
Grill
Front and rear wheel bearings
Fuel pumps (lift and main pump)
Badges
CV joints (all)
Injectors and pipes (originals cleaned and stored)
Side strips
Engine mounts (all)
Temperature warm-up regulator
Hall sender
All vacuum pipes
Refurbished set of Pirelli 'P' slots
Starter
Clutch
Rear window frame
Rear window seal
Exhaust downpipe
Cam followers
Rocker cover
Hood (Mohair) and headliner
Hood mechanism gas struts
Gear link bushes
Black bumpers
Bonnet
Scuttle cover
Boot lid gas strut
Various window and hood seals
Horns
Fuse/relay panel
Coil
Full respray

…oh, and I think I need a new battery….

AND THAT'S JUST THE GTI !!!!!!!!

Havn't had the courage to add up all the bills !!!!!!

what mine needs…

Speedo don't work (last 3 MOTs same mileage…)
heated rear window don't wok
hazards… don't work
interior light door switches
gear indicator light
water leaks… radiator/heater diverter
minor accident damage nearside 3qtr repairs needed
chrome door handle trim
two pieces of waist level trim (black/chrome)
oil leak
drivers seat thread bare and collapsed
neither front seat tilt levers work
reversing lights don't work
one window winder is from a cortina!
drivers side speaker cover broken
stereo is dire… tiny, old speakers
peirborg carb desperate for Webber
one sill


Thanks for the prompt… I've been needing to make this list for a while…

OK owned cabriolet since may, and replaced the following; (all done by myself too!)

New shocks all round
Front wishbones
Steering rack (complete new unit including tie rod ends)
New inner CV joints and inner and outer boots
Brakes all round including discs and drums
Fuel filler neck
Spent hours cleaning engine bay
Pratically re-wired car (electrics were knackered)
lots of tidying and cleaning

Still needs

Tappets adjusting (bit rattly at the moment)
Engine needs major tuning up
Drivers seat needs repairing
Paintwork needs cleaning up
I will get the headlamp washers working!!
Rip in headlining needs repairing
new tyre needed on spare wheel
lots of other minor things.

OK not much compared to other people, but more than I anticipated when I brought the car!!  Oh well, looking forward to the summer when I can drive it with the hood down! makes it all worthwhile.

Prowler said

Ah…….

Windscreen
Suspension complete (F & R) with all bushes etc
Front wishbones and bushes
Fuel tank
Filler neck
Filler cap
Rear light clusters and seals
Headlights
Spots
Brake discs and pads (Pagid)
Fuel distributer (Meter head) (original cleaned and stored)
Door handles and locks
Rear brake drums and shoes
Air flow sensor (original cleaned and stored)
Grill
Front and rear wheel bearings
Fuel pumps (lift and main pump)
Badges
CV joints (all)
Injectors and pipes (originals cleaned and stored)
Side strips
Engine mounts (all)
Temperature warm-up regulator
Hall sender
All vacuum pipes
Refurbished set of Pirelli 'P' slots
Starter
Clutch
Rear window frame
Rear window seal
Exhaust downpipe
Cam followers
Rocker cover
Hood (Mohair) and headliner
Hood mechanism gas struts
Gear link bushes
Black bumpers
Bonnet
Scuttle cover
Boot lid gas strut
Various window and hood seals
Horns
Fuse/relay panel
Coil
Full respray

…oh, and I think I need a new battery….

AND THAT'S JUST THE GTI !!!!!!!!

Havn't had the courage to add up all the bills !!!!!!

wow i just got a h reg clipper in blue with 70k on the clock been hit down one side very lightly ready to go after a paint for 400 quid with ele roof the works and its a gti not the carb as well the rest of it yes mint  

In the two years i have been driving mine

Front shocks
Front springs
Wishbones
Front top mounts
Ball joints
Front wheel bearing
I rebuilt a driveshaft
All front bushes
Radiator mounts
Radiator hoses
Front discs and pads
Fuel pump
Fuel accumulator
Rebuilt the filler neck
Rebuilt the fuel pump basket
Fuel pump mounts
ALL fuel lines
Fuel injectors
Warm up regulator
Thermo time switch
DIS unit
Distributor
Magnecor leads
Spark plugs
Fuel filter
Air filter
Oil filter and oil x2
Alternator
Water pump
alternator top mount
Rocker cover gasket (1piece rubber)
Cambelt and tentioner
os front steel brake line
both front flexi brake hoses
2 aerials (damn branch sticking out of hedge)
auxiliary air valve
4 new goodyear eagle f1 gsd2 tyres (le castellet wheels)
steering rack, tie rods and tie rod ends
rack bushes
fuel pump relay
magnex ss exhaust
battery
clutch cable

Plus lots of other stuff, all genuine parts and i have replaced all the nuts, bolts, washers etc whilst i was doing the jobs, realy starting to get there now, lots of new parts waiting to go on, next step is the bodywork, oh and this is my daily driver and needs to be on the road at all times, done all the work myself, last time i checked i had receipts for 2.5k for new parts

Jeez!! Perhaps we were lucky with our '78 small lamp… OK it looks MINGING but so far we've only had to replace fluids and an air filter. Plus we only paid ?175 for it with an MOT… We've owned it nearly a year now!!Oh, we have just changed the seats for ones that don't smell of wet Collie dog! :twisted:

But to get it looking nice - the next stage of the plan:

2 new front wings
New bonnet
Tailgate
Paint
Replacement bumpers (chrome ones - hah! some chance! made of unobtainium :evil: )

She may look MINGING but we love her…

unobtainium

LOL, theres a bunch of stuff I need that's made of that.

Good to see team sussex coming along nicely.

Peter.