Stafford newbie

  Hey ive recently bought myself a white mk1 golf cl with 80000 miles on the clock. At the moment it is completely standard apart from a set of 15" white multispoke rims which dont look to bad for now and tinted windows. It should be a 1.1 but the guy that had it before me decided to replace it with a 1.3. The body is mint apart from a couple of spots of surface rust on the passenger side sill.

Since i have had it i have bought new cam belt, water pump, points, spark plugs, dizzy cap, changed all the filters and put $ new tyres on. The only thing that seems to be wrong is that the engine is running abit rich but nothing major. Unfortunately MOT is up on the 7th Feb so im hoping it doesnt cost too much to pass it.

At the moment im unable to post any pictures as im having trouble uploading them because of the size and i dont no how to adjust them so any help to do this would be appreciated.
Oh also my clutch pedal has developed an awful screech everytime i press and release it, ive tried wd40 and grease but that doesnt seem to work. Id rather do the work myself than put it in a garage so again any help would be appreciated.

regards Adam

welcome to the site

when you upload your pictures there is a setting somewhere that you can change to upload at a certain size. think it is below the upload part carn't remember but it can be done

hth

Cheers for the help mate, will be changing it soon though as the car wont be staying like that

Hi Adam,

That looks like a really smart Mk1. What are you planning for it? Hope the MOT goes well.
I'd post up your clutch question in the technical sections for some advice (more folks will see it there).

cheers i will post something in technical section and hopefully someone can help me cause its driving me mad.
To be honest i really like the car as it is, first things im going to do are get rid of the odd spots of rust,clean up the engine bay and just generally clean it up abit. It has been well looked after but still needs abit of a tidy up. Im also going to change the wheels because even though they look nice i would prefer deep dish wire wheels. So far thats about it but i will post pictures as i change it as im sure i will do more than just that.

Adam

Welcome to the Site mate. Smart ride

 :wink:

cheers mate.  Im in two minds about the bumpers on my mk1 because i think they look awesome with and without bumpers. Do you thin it would spoil mine if i were to take them off?

welcome Adam.

your mk1 is very tidy, & wheels look smart 8)

AdamM21 said

Oh also my clutch pedal has developed an awful screech everytime i press and release it, ive tried wd40 and grease but that doesnt seem to work. Id rather do the work myself than put it in a garage so again any help would be appreciated.

that sounds like clutch release bearing, only cost a few quid, but you have to take the gearbox off to change it.

Lovely sounds like a really good job if that is the case(not). Looks like i will probably have to take it to a garage then.

Cheers Adam

Welcome Adam,See you at cosford breakfast club.

hi welcome, she looks sweet fella … im a sucker for a white car…. she's lovely :wink:

ps.. i like the bumpers they give off just the right amount of black to break up the white and the chrome looks nice on them too

Cheers mate, yeh ive thought about it for a while and looked at many pictures, and have decided that the bumpers are staying