Mellow Yellow 3.2ltr 24v Conversion

Looks to be coming up beautifully, great job  

Did you apply the G3 by hand? If so, how

Matt

pazwaa said

Looks to be coming up beautifully, great job  

Did you apply the G3 by hand? If so, how

Matt

Mr Miyagi taught me, wax on wax off Daniel san  

On a serious note, damp polish cloth dabbed in compound, and horizontal movements until the compounds disappears keeping it wet with a spray bottle.

Thank you mr miyagi  

Mini update.

I was pondering how best to improve the gloss on the wings and bottom of the front panel as it was quite dull out of the gun and polishing was out of the question with the textured surface from the stone chip.

I played around with the gun and realised I had the pressure too high and the paint was going on too dry.

I've decided to put another coat on the main part of the engine bay using my new found technique to aid the buff up. I only managed to polish one wing I've now keyed it up ready for the paint as I ran out. Should come this week So with the spray gun set up right I have this:

You're getting good at this  

Matt

Coming along  nicely there chap.Hope to see it one day.How complicated is it looking on the  wiring side there rich ,or will that be along way off?.

FXTURE said

Coming along  nicely there chap.Hope to see it one day.How complicated is it looking on the  wiring side there rich ,or will that be along way off?.

The main loom conversion isn't too bad according to rubjonny  I cheated and got Eurowise to do mine as John is really busy.

It's a standalone loom and has relays for the ecu / fuel pump and fan control / aux electric water pump. I think it's very simple to connect. Needs earth / power / fuel pump and starter connections

That should get the engine running.

The other complication is the rev counter.

I chose to get a diesel alternator with W+ terminal and a little box that converts the pulse from 4 pot to 6. I'm hoping John can assist with that wiring.

Later on I found there is a canbus thing I could've bought and used the original alternator. hey ho

Finally I need the water temp and oil pressure. for the instrument panel. John said I can use a sender from a later golf for oil pressure.

I'm hoping that is it,I'm sure John will say something if I've missed anything

pazwaa said

You're getting good at this  

Matt

Cheers chap. Looks like engine in next week

Going to do an update tomorrow.

Last bit of paint on A few runs to sort but not too bad. Had to put it on really wet so was inevitable based on my ability lol

Bit of a light polish and should look really good Have dad booked up for next Saturday to help put the engine in. Going to start assembling the new running gear tomorrow

Started by removing my jig the car has been resting on in prep for wishbones.


Started working on the hubs. In Por 15 metal prep


Now I thought I had black epoxy but turned out as grey lol


Put several coats on and will finish in black enamel.

 

Your engine bay looks so nice, you should be very proud of the work you've done  

Matt

pazwaa said

Your engine bay looks so nice, you should be very proud of the work you've done  

Matt

Cheers bud appreciate it. Hopefully progress will accelerate now. Lots of bolt on goodies

Painted the hub in black high temperature enamel. Didn't realise it would come out so matt. Anyway this can be sorted at a later date. I want to get the car rolling so the engine can be put in on Saturday morning

Started to build the suspension up. Got one side done and then broke a tool trying to remove the old top mount strut nut! New deep offset 22mm spanner coming tomorrow! Not going to struggle again with that lol


Started to soak my 100mm output flanges in Deox C. Only light surface rust so should come up nice

Wheelie there Sorry guys 
All new steering rack, rods and ball joints. Oh you've seen it 
Engine in situe

Nice.Seems i get weekly notifications..From ground to the sump,Whats the mug height 4 inch ?And im guessing you will say it isnt yours. .

FXTURE said

Nice.Seems i get weekly notifications..From ground to the sump,Whats the mug height 4 inch ?And im guessing you will say it isnt yours. .

Ha ha, I like to keep the content up to date, nothing worse than a stale thread plus it keeps me motivated.

At present it seems very low (about 4 inches) If you look at the coilovers in the pictures they are wound down quite a bit. I needed to wind them down to take the top mounts off but never wound them back up.

The top of the front panel is level with my knees so needs to come up a couple inches. I think I should have at least 5 - 6"'s which should be plenty? Sump guard overwise?

No comment on the cup  

This thread just keep getting better. Engine looks beautiful sat in that awesome bay  

Matt

Wanted to restore a few of the original parts that are going back on the block and gearbox. I only have the inlet manifold and shifter tower counter weight to do Started with the output flanges for the gearbox. They have been soaking in Deox C all week to get rid of any surface rust. Acid etch primed and then coated in aluminum coloured paint.

 

Next the base of the shifter tower on the box. I used a product called frost ali clean to remove the heavy oxidisation. Then Acid etch and aluminium coloured paint.

Oil filter canister, Frost ali clean, acid etch and aluminium coloured paint.