hello again

hello people , its been so long since i visited since the changeover from the campaign register i thought i would post in the new folks, some of you may remember me, the green campaign is in my garage awaiting an mot and a rebirth, my wife wants to start driving it as a daily driver  8O  its only done about 200 miles since the engine rebuild, it was for sale ages ago, im glad i didnt sell now, im looking forward to driving it again on some nice B roads
pirelli

Hi pirelli - good to see you posting again

You back on the road then?

no not back on the road yet ,probably be a couple of weeks, bit of a worry letting the mrs drive it, should be ok she's been alright in the mk3 gti

What have you left to do on it?

nothing needs doing for the mot 'fingers crossed'
it still needs a full respray due to laquer and the sump gasket looking at as theres a bit of a leak
otherwise all looks good to go

Hope it all goes well  

Welcome back pirelli - good to hear there will be another mk1 on the Essex roads

Welcome pirelli - good to see you back again!! :wink:

I did the sump gasket on mine in the depths of winter on my back on a gravel drive. WHAT A NIGHTMARE!! In the end I had to admit defeat and get local garage to finish the job off ops:  Couldn't get all the bolts in that are tight up against the gearbox housing :evil:  GOOD LUCK!

Hairyarse said

..Couldn't get all the bolts in that are tight up against the gearbox housing…

After a load of hassle doing this one myself, I found that two 1/4" drive Halfords socket extensions joined together for length, and using the "wobble-head" feature at the socket itself, allows you to get at these ones, but it's still not particularly easy  :roll: