Mk1 3 dr Ex diesel van

Been sat in this postion for the last 10 yrs .


Was originally a van ,been converted to a car by previous owner .
Only done 70k   ,hope i can start the 1.6 diesel engine .

Any advice would be highly appreciated .

hey, is this the car you might paint mango orange. :wink:

I want a van :cry:

Nice. These engines are suprisingly die-hard, even when they've been laid up for a long time. Although 10 years is a very long time!   Bert's your man for advice on any problems you encounter. In fact, you're very close to his garage… :mrgreen:  :wink:

Yes this is the one i want to paint Mango orange (Marine Yellow ).
Any advice on how i can safely resurect the engine guys .
70K is hardly run in me thinks .
Would be nice to get some milage out of it before i 1.9 TDI it .

More pics later tonight ,got to sort out some wheels to roll it about on .

Heres a couple more pics till later .

Im a bit busy loosening the brakes and fitting a set of borrowed rims to move her around on .

lol i see the rear wiper works without the wiper on. nice line there.

Spent all day cleaning 10 yrs of grime build up .
Managed to free all the brakes .
Inspected the suspension mounts front and back ,and there pretty clean as is the floor and the tyre well .
No surprises so far .
Managed to turn the engine by hand also .
Im happy with what i achieved so far today .

i'm not!!! where are the pictures??????????

i had a diesel that was standing for many years,out of a car in a garage,started it up fine  :wink: click



Bert

thats juct sweeeeeet bert

foxy

best engines in the world diesels  :wink:
Bert

whatalotafun
Sorry mate they will be up first thing tomorrow as im pooped .
Woke up this morning at 7.00am started to clean her whilst she was still on the truck from last night .Didnt want anyone local to see the state she was in .
Finished  at 7.30pm after managing to rotate the engine by hand .
Charging a battery up for a exciting and hopefully fruitful day tomorrow .

She looks a lot cleaner and is know sitting on some borrowed 14 inch BBS alloys .

Promise picks will be up in the morning .

Good night guys .

Looks like a good find. Are you keeping it as a car or you gonna convert it back to a van?

Cant seem to sleep well the last few days ,hence why im up at 4.00am replying to post .
I wonder why   :wink: .
Im think im gonna keep it as a car .
A bit later i will convert it to a 1.9 TDI ,if the 1.6 doesnt do it for me .
I was toying with the idea of converting it back to a van ,but i wouldnt enjoy it as much and thats what its all about .
Its a great find ,seems to be solid in all the usual suspect places that ive looked at ,nothing that has given me any causes for concern at the moment .
Everything is boading well at the moment ,but i can see the road ahead is gonna be very long .
The only concern i have at the mo is that i need to find the door seals that sit against the glass at the  bottom of the front doors ,mines perished and cracked .

Well its raining cats and dogs this morning in Coventry .
So after a hearty breakfast i decided to remove some paint  doodles bt the previous owners kids on the tail gate by using some wet and dry with soap .
Mixed results as i went through to original paint  in a couple of spots .
I also noticed that the paint also looked a little fresher in the places where i had been rubbing .
So in for a penny in for a pound ,i did the whole car in the pouring rain .
The results are below ,they look better coz its still raining .
Will polish it if it looks poo in the dry .
  



And a shot of the engine .


Will have more shots when its dry .

does it run?
Bert

WOW! looks like a different car!!

 :y:

After charging the battery over night and having another car to help via jump leads , the starter solenoid clicks but the starter doesnt engage .
Removed the starter and whilst dissassembling the starter managed to cook the solenoid where the connections are .
We cleaned up the starter internals and put that back together (seems ok apart from surface rust ).

Seems like i have to locate a replacement solenoid / starter   .
On a more positive note all the remaining electrics seem to work ok.

Hey buddy cool car,

I have a 3 door diesel which was a van orignally.

Solid engines these are…..

Keep us posted. Hope it all works for you mate.

Cheers :wink: