Another Golf Mk1 GTI Cabriolet escapes the scrap yard!!!

Hello all,
I have just recently purchased a 1980 VW Golf Mk1 Cabriolet 1.6 Automatic here in Malaga, Spain!!!! It was driven from Cardiff around 2001 or 2002 and then left on a friend of mines drive for 9yrs never be driven again and totally abandoned until last week i decided to bring it back to life again.
Can someone please help me with the following:
I have a few loose wires that dont know where they go and i need to find out where they go here i attach a photo at the bottom.
There is a switch under the steering wheel that i dont know what it does either.
The windscreen wipers work but very very slow.Why?
is this because of the fuse box?
I will show you a photo of the wires that i dont know where they go, they are from the back of the fuse box. Please if anyone knows where they go or can look on there car and tell me where they go that would be appreciated here is the photo from left to right they are as follows/ blue/white, blue/green, green/white, white/yellow.

many thanks hope to here from someone soon, Edward

The Mk1 Golf Owners Club

Link to wire colours and what they are for

blue/white - high beam warning light
green/white - wiper stalk
white/yellow - fog light switch
blue.green - ?

Check the link for the above and double check them  :mrgreen:

Hello & welcome.

The wipers just sound like a normal mk1
try greasing the spinals & if that does work try a new motor, mk2 Golf ones are a good upgrade.

Massbad69 said

The Mk1 Golf Owners Club

Link to wire colours and what they are for

blue/white - high beam warning light
green/white - wiper stalk
white/yellow - fog light switch
blue.green - ?

Check the link for the above and double check them  :mrgreen:

Thanks for getting back to me Massbad69, the link was very helpful now i know what they are i still dont know where they go i assume they connect to the back of the fuse box marked G 1 - 10 but which one goes where?

cheers Edward

James_W said

Hello & welcome.

The wipers just sound like a normal mk1
try greasing the spinals & if that does work try a new motor, mk2 Golf ones are a good upgrade.

Hey there the spinals are the arms of the wiper blades i take it? will give that a good greasing with spanish olive oil 2moro. If that doesnt work will try the mk2 upgrade!!!

Cheers

Guys this car is a real challange for me out here in Spain and finding it harder by the day but i aint giving up!!! At last got a water pump now in process of replacing old one. Am at the stage of changing the 2 x 10mm bolts holding the stat housing at they just sheered off.

Can anyone help me find where i can get these to bolts from.

Cheers
Edward
 

The bolts aren't anything special, any bolt with the right thread will do - make sure you put a washer under them though, or you'll do what I've done and pull the bolt through the thermostat flange…

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