lhasa green gti project

hi,ive finally got round to starting a thread on my golf,i bought it blind off ebay a month or so back and to be fair i was quite happy with it when it arrived as it had a few extras on it that wasnt in the ad,i bought it as a non runner but didnt know what was going to be wrong with it as the owner didnt know as hed taken it in as scrap,it turns out its spitting petrol past one of the spark plugs,not good!!
anyway today i went out and had a good poke around and have found the following welding needs doing:
new n/s arch
sill repair on the n/s/r
inner arch n/s/r
rear panel n/s
rear panel o/s
tow eye is shot (can i remove this as i dont intend on towing anyone?)
o/s/r arch
o/s/r inner arch
o/s/r sill
small hole in the floor
o/s/f jacking point
o/s/r wheel has a bit of play
o/s/f wheel has a bit of play
o/s/f tyre needs changing
windscreen needs replacing as it has loads of little chips
thats about it so far,the brakes feel good and the hanbrake is very good,its got a disc conversion on the rear
im going to swap the engine for another one ive got as i know that it runs good,anyway heres a few pics of  the ad and when i got it:















now for the rust ive found  :cry:










the engine im using is coming out of this golf:

thats it for now,any comments welcome  :wink:

Looks like your Lhasa Green GTI has rust in similar places to mine.  Have a look at my thread here…

http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=88520&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

blimey it looks like mine  
hows yours going?

Very Slowly, unfortunately.  It's not really moved on much from the pictures on this site.  I am hoping to get some of the welding done in the next couple of months.  I need to learn how to weld first!

managed to get a few hours on the car today,the engine is ready to go, the engine mounts are all slackened off,just got to get the engine hoist off my brother,i started on the donor engine as i had a bit of spare time before collecting the kids ,i did notice a couple of differences in the engines though and was wondering if someone could shed some light on the situation for me,the tin top has an oil cooler and a pipe that loops round on the side of the head,also the reverse light connection/plug is different  :dontknow:
heres a few pics:
tin top oil cooler:

pipe that loops round:

same area on the cabs:

both cars are gti's, the cabs is an A reg and the tin top is a Y reg,any help/advise would be great.
also managed to remove the exhaust from the tin top,think its the most rusty exhaust ive ever seen

the cabs is starting to turn into a bit of a temporary storage unit

just a little update,been cleaning all the interior as the weather is lovely and the seats will dry nice and quick,the pictures dont do it justice,its come up really nice and smells a lot better too!
cant get over the condition of the parcel shelf its mint and no holes too  :mrgreen:
had a good poke around the boot and couldnt find any rot apart from the patch in the spare wheel well,its a bit rusty around the boot catch but not too bad,found a mint tarantula alloy with a new tyre in there too
heres a few pics
drivers side after a vac





the boot catch




gotta start cleaning one of these engines up just not sure which yet,depends on money

thats it for now,thanks for looking  :wink:

Keep up the good work mate, its looking a lot better than when u picked it up!!!

cheers mate,im just gonna keep plodding on with it really till i get some more money together,forgot to add the pics of the engines  :redfaced:

Looking so much better than the scrapyard pictures. Really think giving her a nice clean spurs you on to getting stuff in. Lots of potential but looks a lot of work. Will be pulling up a seat for this one. Lots of photos of the job please, especially the welding. Could be a nice sticky for reference on all the different areas as there are a lot of them. good luck!

really want to crack on with this now but im being set back by not having the locking wheel nut key,any ideas on how i could get them off?
cheers,sean  :wink:

doesn't look to bad once it had been cleaned.
best of luck with it

heres a pic of the locking nut i need to get off,and a couple of pics after another clean the other day  :mrgreen:




 

To get the lock nuts off, just hammer an old slightly smaller socket on to the bolt so it's on proper tight. Then use a braker bar to slacken it off. You should be able to then put the socket in a vice and then tap out the bolt using a a smaller bolt through end of the socket.

Something like this:

bouchay said

To get the lock nuts off, just hammer an old slightly smaller socket on to the bolt so it's on proper tight. Then use a braker bar to slacken it off. You should be able to then put the socket in a vice and then tap out the bolt using a a smaller bolt through end of the socket.

Something like this:

you my good man are a legend,both came off easy with a little help from a 11/16 socket and a 17mm the other side and a metre long socket bar,top bloke,thanks  8)

sphmk1 said

bouchay said

To get the lock nuts off, just hammer an old slightly smaller socket on to the bolt so it's on proper tight. Then use a braker bar to slacken it off. You should be able to then put the socket in a vice and then tap out the bolt using a a smaller bolt through end of the socket.

Something like this:

you my good man are a legend,both came off easy with a little help from a 11/16 socket and a 17mm the other side and a metre long socket bar,top bloke,thanks  8)

This should be a sticky! I had the exact same problem. Good Luck with the Project mate… will be looking forward to seeing it this year

Much work awaits you, but it's worth