83 Gti set to get full resto

Nice to meet you too, Mike.  

Cheers,

Andy.

Had an afternoon off work today and made a bit of progress stripping the 20V T down, got the head off and took the cam shafts out. Either tomorrow or at the weekend I'll get it stripped completely and start measuring stuff







 

Must be a nice change to be doing mechanicals and not body work!

It is Andy. I'm not too hot on mechanicals but I want to know my car inside out, learning all the time

Good man  

Good afternoons work .  Mine was not so productive. Keep up the good work

Have you done an engine before andy, or is this all new?

Marts v dub said

Good afternoons work .  Mine was not so productive. Keep up the good work

It's like that sometimes, sometimes you can't get nowt done cf_emoticons__BangHead:   Cheers

pazwaa said

Have you done an engine before andy, or is this all new?

It's all new to me Matt, got 4 Haynes manuals to keep me right though  Mk1, 2, 3 and 4,  because that is basically what my car will be

Brave man    but sure you'll learn a lot, and a damn sight cheaper than getting someone else to do it  

good to see your turning your hand to everything on your car

whats the face of the head like as these have been known to corrode quite badly if the wrong coolant has been used

dik-van-dub said

good to see your turning your hand to everything on your car

whats the face of the head like as these have been known to corrode quite badly if the wrong coolant has been used

Haven't flipped it over to have a look yet mate, going to finish stripping it down in the morning, I'll get some pics. The engine has apparently only done 40K so can't see there being too many issues. It will be getting a skim anyway, I was thinking I might even go for bigger valves etc as well

i would turn it over and check, even if it has done 40k

wouldnt bother with bigger valves but i have heard of people using n/a cams for a few more ponies, i need to research this further though

Got a few more ponies coming from this low miler K04 too

Nice hair drier Andy  

Wish I had some hair to dry mate

Stripped some more of the engine down this morning.

Pistons out


Think the water pump has seen better days too


Measuring the end float using feeler gauges as I don't have a dti gauge yet, can someone confirm I'm measuring in the right place please? the measurement was as it was supposed to be.


Crankshaft out



 I'm glad I decided to strip this engine as the lower big end bearing shells have seen better days, I'm no expert but these don't look right.

shells 1 - 5 in order, they progressively get better left to right. Is this a sign of something? why would they be worse on one side? unbalanced crank or something maybe?

No1


No2


No3


No4


No5


Is this sort of wear normal for an engine that has only done 40K, apparently? seems a bit excessive to me.

That's it for now, I'm having a bite to eat then back off down the unit to strip the head.

Andy

Guuuu onn lad! Love this bit of builds haha. Love building engines haha

Just wish I knew more about them, I guess this is what I'm learning now though eh?!!

Been watching this build, awesome work there , with regard to the shells there's looks like they've had a hard life, I'm not an expert but have stripped engines in the past and usually they're worn but relatively smooth, those look like they've got hot at some point as parts are breaking away, good decision to strip it.

Cheers Hubbadubba  Yeah I thought they didn't look right. Also, when I first drained the oil off and took the sump off, there was a lot of flakes of metal, I now know where they came from

Andy.

Maybe run low on oil or starved to the poxy oil strainer clogging problem

Soo much work going on here, i love welding and like all the little sections and plated your making.

I recently purchased a few tools to help fabricating metal bits but the mk1 i bough has zero rust haha

I was originally going to buy a 1956 ford f100 to rebuild and maybe build my own chassis but opted for another mk1

Anyway, keep up the good work bud