GarytheGolf

…here it is back then. It was MOT'd up to September last year so it's still alive. I'd love it back, was the car I regret selling the most.




I sold it for £850 back then!!! lol

Sorry for the hijack  

No worries, the topic was Ziebart and wax injection on my Golf.

I used to have a Mini myself as an additional car for the wife, also a C reg, great to work on, great to drive.

Bought for £120, sold for £200.

However, this one was not Ziebart'd and is now probably in that scrapyard in the sky.

A little more done today:

Hatchback lock, had a little issue which way the lock seal went in, a look at previous pictures helped. Shiney chrome again.





Fitted the front windscreen wiper assembly, got to be careful with the paint and sealing around the holes.



Fitted the hatch back strut, somehow managed to lose a brand new pin and a rubber end. Also missing the circlip locks. Had to use an old pin and standard circlips with rubber washers at one end, Dosn't look too bad.









Finally fitted the rear bumper to smarten up the rear end.



Cleaning and reassembling the engine bay post the respray next.

Looking so much more like a car now

Two weeks since my last post, unable to work on the car last weekend.

Spend 7 hours getting my fix yesterday, decided to attack the engine bay post the respray.

I focused on the left and front of the engine removing the cambelt cover, alternator, distributor, fuel pump, oil filter mounting, water and fuel pipes for access. I cleaned removing the dust and touching up the paint before refitting them.



I noticed that the paint job on the gearbox wasn't particularly good by the gearbox overhauler so I have started to do that as well. Note the starter motor removed.

It'll be a shame to use it Malc! (Please do though   )

Looking great, Malcolm  

I'm after a replacement boot lock cylinder for mine as it's corroding - do you have a source for new ones please?

Thanks

I'm sorry but I purchased this some years ago from an Ebayer. He also was able to configure it to accept the main car key.

It's been a few weeks since my last post, the last few weekends have been taken up with family gatherings. I manage a few evenings for a couple of hours each night.

I also managed to do a full 8 hours today whilst the wife was away picking wedding dresses with my youngest daughter.

So here are a few progress photos of what's been achieved.

Gearbox painted.







Cleaned front wheel arch



Installed the radiator





Vacuum and Ignition



Radiator cards



Headlights



Hella spotlight grill (Brand New!!)



With new chrome trim



Front spoiler



Waxed the front body channels



to be continued……………….

continued ……..

More wax





Front bumper and foglights



The wash tubes are difficult to position









Where do the horn(s) go?



Here:



wiring

Air Intake and Filtration





That's all folks. worn out!!

Nice work Malcolm, nearly there. Gearbox and front end looking good.

Fantastic! It really is looking like a MK1 again Malc  

Nice find on the new front grill and spots.

What's your ETA for completion now?

Very tidy work, looks fab and what wax are you using?
Now just get rid of that Halfords oil filter, they are poor quality and more expensive than a genuine VW one!
I bought my last lot of VW filters at a VW show and paid £3 each.

Halfords £6.69
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PartsCategoryDisplay?vrnAction=selectMMYS&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&categoryId=165700&langId=-1&engineInd=&componentId=&makeName=75_Volkswagen&modelName=794_Golf&dvlaYear=1980&subset=1.6&fuel=Petrol&findPartsMMYS=Find

VW spares £4.20
http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1179

 

mark1gls said

Very tidy work, looks fab and what wax are you using?
Now just get rid of that Halfords oil filter, they are poor quality and more expensive than a genuine VW one!
I bought my last lot of VW filters at a VW show and paid £3 each.

Halfords £6.69
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PartsCategoryDisplay?vrnAction=selectMMYS&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&categoryId=165700&langId=-1&engineInd=&componentId=&makeName=75_Volkswagen&modelName=794_Golf&dvlaYear=1980&subset=1.6&fuel=Petrol&findPartsMMYS=Find

VW spares £4.20
http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1179

 

Hi, that's for the comments.

I am using Bilt Hamber Wax dynax S-50, there are pictures on page 21.

Don't worry, I have used the Halfords oil filter for a short term only, I have done approx. 800 miles on it since the rebuild of the engine including going to the AGM in 2012 before the respray.

I already have a pucker VW oil filter, when the car is up and running again I will change the oil and filter.

watson said

Nice work Malcolm, nearly there. Gearbox and front end looking good.

Hairyarse said

Fantastic! It really is looking like a MK1 again Malc  

Nice find on the new front grill and spots.

What's your ETA for completion now?

Thanks for the comments.

I have a bit of wiring to do around the battery / starter motor, got to the get the brown Haynes manual out.

Also some wiring for the spots, fogs and additional centre console gauges. I intend to put an oil temp sensor in the sump plug.

Re: target, hopefully end of April, I need the headlining, windscreens and door upper trims fitted before I can fit most of the internal trim. I am arranging some time with the spray shop to do this.

I also need to look at the seats. I have two sets of the same pattern, need to plump up the drivers seat.

Help, I put this into the appropriate forum but got no response, so I will ask here.

I am due to have my new headlining fitted soon.

I have blue trim on the central and front door posts / A & B pillars, can a number of you please confirm which way the headlining and vinyl overlap each other.

Is it vinyl trim over headlining or headlining over vinyl trim. My spray shop and I have a differing opinion.

Thanks in advance

On mine the headlining goes behind the vinyl trim that goes up the A pillar. No vinyl trim on my '79 B pillar - finishes level with the top of the door cards.  Hope this helps.

Dave, thanks for that, that's what I thought.

A few things done after a couple of weeks, mainly wiring, my reversing lights and front windscreen wipers were not working after a couple of years.

With a few hours during the week and 8 hours yesterday I have managed to complete the following wiring:

Reversing lights, tick.  a bad connection via the plug at the gearbox reversing light switch.

Front wipers, tick. A connection issue again. I did try and see if a Mk2 motor mechanism that  I had would work, surprising my Mk1 was better, the Mk2 motor would only work in Fast Mode with no slow speed or intermittant.

Front spots, tick. Hella loom installed.



Additionally, I managed to fit a new automatic Beru aerial.





and an uprated front light loom. I believe that I can put more powerful bulbs in now.





I now have an issue getting the front fogs working via the relay panel, I did manage do it on my previous Mk1 and 2.

I have  an issue in providing a decent earths for all the new devices, apart from the battery, there doesn't seem to be a too many earth points in the engine bay.

The same could be said for mounting the additional relays.

Any advice would be appreciated.