What did you do to your Mk1 Golf Today ?

Tried to start yuppy….flat battery..so on charge now running..😂charged battery on caster just in case.. still charging. And charged mk4 and took him on fishing trip to the river

GCE799 said

Put it in a garage for winter :-(

That is so sad, cars need to be driven.

GCE799 said

Put it in a garage for winter :-(

Mine didn’t make it out of the garage hardly this year lol


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does it count if you take it out in bits

Cleaned the dash, plastics & inner bits lol.. windows & lights & have her a hoover too, mats out, seats back & fore.. job done.. darkness fell, out for a minor spin, Shell Nitro & off.. had someone in a T5 stretching his neck as I was pulling out of the garage..


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Took yuppy and my dog out to raf waddington. To lincs shifters Mansfield modified meet.
Some nice cars and some awacs and a old bomber.

Looking good Kenneth, what’s the engine bay pic with Toyota badge?Soarer?


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gafo said

Looking good Kenneth, what’s the engine bay pic with Toyota badge?Soarer?


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No mate it's them hilux looks great.

finally finished the gti project and went for a blast and photo shoot lol!

Looking good but they are never finished.


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Backinblack said

Looking good but they are never finished.


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I know what you mean but this is now up forsale so I'm trying not to tinker/fiddle with it anymore
its had enough coin and time off me in the last 3 months    

Well what have I don't to my car today, have you got an hour?  

The other day when I decided to change my antenna, I took the wheel off, and was met with the tell-tale sight of Molly Grease on the back side of my wheel.  and a small amount on the wheel well.

Dang nab it…

So I got the antenna changed.

I jacked the car, and got the shaft out in record time, about 30 minutes.
The next day I took the shaft to the rebuilder who replaced both boots, inspected it and re-greased it for 25 bucks use…

I get home and at 12:30 I had the shaft installed and was torquing the axle bolts when they wouldn't pop at 33 pounds…. Dang nab it a bad torque wrench so run to buy a new one.
It still won't pop… Well it did pop.  It snapped a bolt off….
Saying a few choice words, I knew that at the worst I could expect having to remove the axle cup.
(to make matters worse I drive autos, and it was the short shaft that snapped the bolt.)…which made me have a few choice words again…..

So I took it all apart, again, and I couldn't believe how tight the bolts were.  When I got to the snapped one, I noticed it was sticking out a bit. Hurrah I didn't have to remove the cup.
I worked the bolt out by hand…

Well It was a light that Popped, and I realized that I had over driven them initially, and that they didn't torque because I was at 2 or 3 times the torque value when the bolt snapped… So I was happy I figured it out.   Going back I snugged them, then used the torque wrench… New or Old both worked fine….

Yep we can all relate to this and Ca-Ca does occur to everyone occasionally…

I blame my recovery from illness, and the drugs…, as not in stupidity and trying to cheat, which I did as I used my pneumatic ratchet, and after the fact I noticed that the pressure was set to 65 on the hose, which I usually use at 25-30.  So Ca-ca can occur, and Cranialrectumitest can be overcome.

Got it back on the road today, and even overcast threatening rain, the Drive Topless was Fantastic and made the work, Worthwhile…

Wow Brian that is a frustrating couple of days.

I have done today oil, fuel and air filter. Oil and antifreeze, plugs and dizzy. Timing belt when I noticed oil which was coming from the intermediate shaft so problem just as seal. Finding took 3 hours local to Birmingham and only possible when giving them the specific part number thank god for classic vw website. Cost be £18. When £4 on classic vw. Finished off with fitting a pair of black front indicators. Overall a good days work and now ready for the winter.


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Now with black indicators on the front and lots of fresh engine parts.


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Just a cheeky pic to show a mileage of 125k hit last night & to strike a pose with the flash off & on



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Well my friend in Spain sent me this…volkswood..


Nice treat to myself..  
https://www.facebook.com/VolksWoodCarvings/

Scored some Old Skool MOMO Idea Wheels…. Also added G60 front brakes

Gone mad with chrome pen….
Spares and sale….lol.

That's a lot of badges


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I've a Caddy, can I join in?

Anyway, I took it for an MoT where it failed on 3 things,

1 - Headlight alignment incorrect (not sure why they are now both pointing skywards but simple to sort)
2 - Exhaust not secured (I saw that the rubbers had failed this morning before taking it in so knew it was coming, pain to do but easy enough)
3 - The drivers seat doesn't move backwards and forwards (new one on me, so now I need to move the handles / seat belt mountings on the mk2 golf seats I've got fitted to the other side of the seat and lube everything up so they'll slide backwards and forwards)

Still, could have been worse - the slight play in the front wheel bearing that was an advisory on the last MoT appears to have got better !! Also for some reason they have coloured in the tyre sizes on all my tyres and drawn around the rusty hole in the wing with yellow crayon…