Golf mk1 1.1 '80 full restoration project (Loads of pictures!)

Beautiful!  

Hairyarse Thanks mate!

Great guys top work and top car

Well done

Dubbuds Thank you!

Today, we got our carburator back with a new needle valve.
After starting it a few times we again got the same problem, the carburator drowned itself.

After searching a few minutes for the problem, we found out that our new fuel pump pumped too much fuel in the carburator thus, pushing the needle down which caused it to drown.
We placed our old fuel pump back on the engine and it ran perfect! But since our old fuel pump base is warped, we got an other new one ordered..
Atleast now we know what part is fault

Quick video of the engine running:
Golf mk1 1.1 engine start - YouTube

Wow that's a strange problem with the fuel pump, I've not heard that before!

Nice to hear your engine running, it sounds so smooth!  

Today we got our new fuel pump fitted.
Engine only needs a small tune up, it idles not that great yet.

Still have to get some stuff sorted before our first test run - installing wiper spray nozzles
- getting some small grommets to close some holes in the motor compartiment
- replacing the hazard lights switch
- replacing the coolant hoses on the radiator with new, longer ones
- getting the correct screws for our side mirrors

Yesterday we finished the small jobs on the car

My brother went and got the correct screws for the side mirrors and some new coolant fluid.

While he sorted that, I fitted new coolant hoses, a new valve for the interior heating and the little connecting pipe since the old one was very rusty.
We also fitted the cover on the radiator but forgot to take a picture




Also fitted the hood latch




After that, the engine got fine tuned. We also took the car for a drive in the evening.
Feels great to finally get to drive it 2 videos of he engine running:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imiL9AMTSQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvOz6RdDA40

 

Your mk1 is looking amazing - top work all round.  Looks like its just rolled out of the showroom.

Do you have any car shows near in Belgium to show it off at ?

really nice build going on here

watson Thanks mate
Haven't looked into it yet but I guess so

jellybelly Thank you!

You've done yourselves proud their guys and this is an excellent build thread.

Love the colour too. Well done 

Thank you, Stevieboy1107 !
It has been a great project so far

Looks mint now, took a lot to get from where you started to where you are now, what part of Belgium are you from? If you ever have a megabus flashing his lights at you on the e40 or e19 it'll probably be me admiring your car 

Yesterday I did some small works on the car.
On our first test drive we noticed 1 of the numberplate lights didn't work and the little lamp in the VDO clock turned on and off, both had a bad connection.
All of this is sorted now, we'll probably do an other test drive this Sunday.
We might record it with a GoPro so expect some footage I also cleaned and painted the carjack and secured it on the spare tire



rostill Thank you! I live 30min from Ghent,
Haha that would be awesome

Haha well if you're having a drive in it on the 6th 7th or 8th of December you may well see me ill be staying in gent as I'm off to cologne stopping at gent overnight the 6th and 7th and calling into brussels on the way through lol we also stay at a hotel in la louviere as well and there's someone that stays there with a mk1 cabriolet it was blue but has been painted white now, also if you're looking for car shows I know there's a few held at the expo building on the brussels ring that you might want to head over to 

Yesterday I cleaned the coil, when we got the car we also got a coil for an electronic ignition which we cleaned up.
But since we got a mechanical ignition I didn't have the chance to clean it when we first started the car Painted and applied a new sticker


Fitted back into the car


I think I never posted a picture of the engine bay before, so here it is.
Still want to tidy up the cables


Today we got the wheels aligned at our local tire shop.
There we met an older gentleman, who had owned a few VW golfs in the past.
We had a nice conversation about everything golf mk1 related


Car sitting on the driveway 


In the evening I also had a look at the rear wiper motor.
It looked like the brushes had a bad connection, all sorted now 

Car came out fantastic!. I do like your cobblestone driveway too. Wondering why the neighbors bricked in those nice windows on the second floor?

Perfect guys, just perfect!  

BajaScout Hahaha, Thanks. I had a great laugh with your comment on our neighbours bricked windows haha  
To answer your question, I have no clue..

golf Cabrio Thank you!