What did you do to your MK1 today?

today i put my new 8p p slots on all polished up
lowered it a bit more on my fairly new suspension
changed the throttle body
tuned the engine a bit

not a bad day  

pumped up the tyre with the slow leak in it for the millionth time.

Opened a window to air her.

went out and gave her a wash AGAIN

theres still so much salt on the road. it should be banned!

i agree, rather than put salt down, people should just be taught HOW TO DRIVE.

luckily gruberta was wintering away from the horrid salt-affliction the roads had this winter, and is merely rusting and in wet carpeted from normal wintery wetness. PHEW!

time to get off my arse and get her sorted and resprayed really.

today i washed the old girl and gave her a quick wax.
then took the chin spoiler off. that took me up to being dark.
tomorrow will be a continuation of the wheels as that was started yesterday. and changing the oil in the better halfs motor after having to go and get an 8 mm square drive because french cars are rubbish.

today its been a good one, compleatly striped the inside of my newly aquired rust bucket, managed to put the jack through the sill 8O  so i need a new one, took off the back axle, washed it and sanded it down ready for a paint in the morning, need loads of new pannels if any one knows where to get them from?

<<<<<< crazy quiffs

psst his on the left.

removed a few old stickers from the windows that had been stuck on by the previous owner, took it for a short run and tried to figure out why its cutting out when warm - hoping its the lack of petrol and rubbish in the bottom of the tank and not the fact that the fuel line is still leaking a bit, could be the warm idle speed needs adjusting?... roll on payday in a weeks time so i can get it all tip top.

been great last few days so changed oil and filter and used daily for work and back. Great to finish the day, take the roof down and drive home in the sun, blow a few cobwebs away.

heres hopin for a great summer.

djheap22 said

 blow a few cobwebs away.

heres hopin for a great summer.

do that every day mate.
i ride a bike. :mrgreen:

Washed, waxed, took for a cruise  

got out some tools looked at it put the tools away  :?

Got up at 6 this morning to take the hood off so it was ready for the body shop at 8!
(Thank you to Ross Fuller for his excellent hood replacement guide )
Found more rust, nothing serious but more work.  

Went to get some stuff out of the garage, gave the rust i've found a dirty sideways look and told myself i'll chop it out on the weekend, then told the old girl ihe'll have her back on the road soon, nay i promised her.

took car for mot

curruntly repairing the exhaust replaced top strut mounts then replace the clocks

just waiting for my lunch to arrive

washed Gladys then took her out for a spin with the roof down for the first time, was amazing but messed up my hair loads

cleaned her inside. quick spray over then waxed.

then went to robbos to over a spare pair of hands whilst bleeding the brakes on his very nice clipper. :mrgreen:

Spent the entire day on the right hand engine mount. Had to use my Dremel and 6 discs to destroy the bracket and rubber mount. I have never seen a bolt so strongly seized. After removing the core of the mount I tried to press the bolt out using a vice and a breaker bar (just for fun). Even that didn't work. The same vice died when I pressed the new mount in the new bracket :twisted:

I did learn 2 things today:
1)VW thinks you need to remove the cam belt to properly change the mount bracket… They are probably right, but brute force also works. :mrgreen:
2)I will not change the right hand mount again unless the engine dropped out by itself.

Started the day off with the Clipper on axle stands 8O  painted the drums etc and calipers bled the brakes (well I did the leg work on the pedal) :roll:
and got it back on 4 wheels