What did you do to your Mk1 Golf Today ?

Well my rear window doesn't leak although my frame is a bit beat up 😂 probably should have changed it when i done the roof but meh

Hood skin was so cheap i though wth give it go 😂

Will replace it next time 😂

Unfortunately my original grey carpets been cut by previous owner so I'm having to keep the 6x9 speakers as it at the moment

My plan was to buy a metre of the original grey check Mk1 seat material from heritage make a new shelf mount the speakers under and recover it with the cloth 👍🏻

Gearbox and starter motor ready for refit.  See you Saturday all being well.


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Well it passed MOT no comments or advisories. Box and clutch back in and all good. I also changed the springs tonight for a matching set.

See you all tomorrow.




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Scored some RA's cheep… really dig the look

Well.  Yesterday I fitted new distributer after a chat with rich (crazyquiffs) at the agm..today I moved it around abit whilst watching rev counter. .. less of vac advance issue now. Still a bit leggy and popping  at low revs /speed.

Then noticed that since agm car ( clipper)  is making a  rubbing noise could not see anything.,  but with wheel off i could see rubbing on handbrake cable,1 of the bendy metal tabs rotten away. So tie wrap to rear axel.
Still rubbing I removed drum and inspected and cleaned inside brakes. Refitted after lesson in how to reset the brake..
Now no rubbing. Hooray

Amazing this car isn't going to vw festival harewood. I'm taking sportline and mk2.. instead.

What did you do to your Mk1 Golf Today ?

Snapped three bolts on my water pump and swapped old ones to stainless steel hex! Happy days, reckon I will snap a few more soon! Squeeky bum on nearly 80% of the Bolts I am removing from the engine bay - keeping my local shop going just by the amount of WD40, GT85, and blow torch gas I am buying ATM!

may be more to the point what has
you mk1 done to you  

I got tired of any and all power adapters falling out of the MK1 cigarette lighter…. So i swapped in a power outlet from a MK4….. Pretty much plug and play.. Plug/wiring is the same… Bit of a pain removing the ashtray assembly and the old socket… but works a treat. BTW there is a special tool for removing the socket from the ashtray but i did it with a small screwdriver

old..



new

So today, its been planned for a while, it was taking the rear axle off the car. One to check the axle mounts and to get ready to drop the fuel tank. Its not about making it pretty but checking everything over as the cars never had an Mot since the system was introduced online in 2005 or is it 2006. I've also been ordering other parts so came home to find this.

Front and rear shocks, top mounts and all the rubbers inbetween. All to go on this. This whatever colour green this is, the new Brazilian Brown or at least that's what the boot sticker says. (Any answers on this green please forward). I do know that it's not Montana Green, see my Mk2 in front.

another rear axle out third one
i am mr axle lol

Not done anything to the actual car apart from strip more bits off. But over the weekend i got my badges lacquered after I tidied them up. It was cheaper than buying new ones. I know they aren't supposed to be gloss but I threw them in the booth while another job was being lacquered. I like them anyway. 


 

Nice.

Added new lights front and rear 😍

Well where to start in past 2 weeks
,picked up project car.   Cabby again..
Change indicators and side lenses
Fitted missing headlights and bulb,!!! WTH
Dropped coolant and oils
Got mainbeams and spots working
Swapped door handles to working 1s
Managed to get windows to work
Changed battery and 3 x earth points

Gave up and sent to crazyquiffs to Finish and Mot

They removed more wiring dodgy stuff scotch blocks
Fitted 2 exhaust sections
Replaced heater motor
Replaced failed telltail leds
Rewired fog light
Recoded keys
Sorted remaining mot failures

Cars I love and hate them

Ickle1 said

Added new lights front and rear 😍

Where did You find the front clear indicator lenses??  Been searching for them for My cabby

MrPapageorgio said

Ickle1 said

Added new lights front and rear 😍

Where did You find the front clear indicator lenses??  Been searching for them for My cabby

Got these of eBay just used long screws and nuts to space them out.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392559626927

Today mine started for the first time since October.

Reconnect the battery flicked the key and it fired up. Unbelievable.

To be fair and assumed it would be harder and I was going to be ok with that as I wanted some oil to pump round before it fired.  To be fair is sounded sweet as a nut so all good really.


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well, quick update… on my latest mission….
replaced starter,alternator, battery, headlamp, side trims, steering rack, sent to quiffs to have some electrical toys removed and heater motor replaced. lol too idle to do that. MOT done, then i've tried killing the car by removing the old damaged cork rocker cover gasket, dont really know what happened but after replacing, the hydraulic tappets and oil stopped flowing, sump off and found lots of cork, and pick up pipe full, so cleaned and fitted new pump, thought better refresh.
Then 10mins later again the tappets banging… WTH..tried STP to thicken oil -10-40 was oil, still no good tried oil flushing for 20 mins still nothing, so off again with sump, nothing showing in oil, but some small particles in the new pump, so i cleaned that down and checked was working by running water through it and turning clock wise and anti clock wise sucked and pushed, as hoped, refited sump and refilled with another 4litres of oil.. no cars sounded tappety for 3 mins until upto temp and then he presto all is ok again… gonna run a few days then change filter a second time and see how goes.   Busy and slightly annoying but learning that some cars dont like filters and even minor issues could escalate quickly, have spare tappets and head gasket ready.

spelling not to good on remomoved
mate LOL

Changed the original tobacco coloured header tank for a nice new translucent Febi one