Mk1 1.6 Gti Project Rot Box!!! BAD NEWS!!

Just read the tread from the beginning.

Very good work indeed.

 :clap:

thanks mate

only the second time i've ever welded, don't think it's that bad.

plus for reply 100!!!!! i would say you've won a price but i haven't got one to give :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

Haha why thank you.

Will be keeping an eye out on how your getting on.

Good luck


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Nice work - you're getting pretty handy with the welder 8)

Rich

cheers mcscrew!!!

just trying to figure out what welder to buy as the one i'm using is one off the blokes at work.

really what my own not sure what to get :dontknow:  :dontknow:

Something along the lines of a 150A welder which takes the large gas bottles - you don't want to be messing about with small refills from Halfords or similar.

Sealey do one for around ?250ish which I've used before and found to be excellent.

HTH

Rich

just read all thread,……….man your a LEGEND very goad work mate fairplay 8)  it all comes in time, an the way your going good time too lol keep it up :wink:

thanks!!    

more to come this weekend hopefully :dontknow:

BE NICE TO SEE ANOTHER MK1 GOLF IN THE LE67 CREW!!!

hopefully soon enough my mk1 will be cruising the roads around LE67

Hey mate,

Didn't realise your car was a rolling resto! Looked so tidy when I seen it in person, just read the last few pages, excellent work!

Be good to see it again soon!

Si

looks can be deciving..!!!

should be putting it all back together this weekend and then see what esle needs doing fo the mot

should be coming to a meet sometime soon!!!

Great patchwork on your floor pan, it looks miles better now.  It's a job I should really undertake on mine soon, but am fearful of what i'll find under the carpet.  ops:

Great detailed resto!!  Keep up the good work.

been a bit slow due to the snow!!!!!

manage to do a few bits tho.



need some new ones of these but seems that they are no long around. the heads were round instead of hexagonal

so handed the job over to my grandad who is a engineering legend.

he fire up his lathe and now they look like this…!!!! perfect



also got the hub apart using a gear puller and large vice, cleaned and painted it all up

before:



after:



got a new bearing kit from GSF and slid into place using he vice



put the newly painted disc cover on





put it all back on after cleaning the suspension



thats it for now!!!!

off down gsf tomorrow get new disc, pads. thinking about some goodridge flexi pipes to finish the job off!!

what you lot reakon???? :dontknow:

Nice work Jelly, and  :notworthy:  to your grandad!

hopefully within a month should be back on the road!

but i'll have to see what the mot man say :dontknow:  :dontknow:

looks like you know your stuff Jelly, I may have to pop ovr to the LE67 and get some help someday…
looking good mate

Nath
LE67

don't really know anything. just i'll try anything once and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't

i reakon slow but steady wins the race.

take your time and anything is possible

a few wise words from me    

pop over anytime nath!!!! :wink:

done a bit today to say it's valentines day,,, good job the girlfriend is bogged down with uni work give me lots of time for the golf  

all the item in the boot that i have gathered this week



finishing off the front, but i got this far and hit a hurdle



this is my hurdle, went to bleed to the brakes and then the worst thing happen. i snapped the bleed nipple. not a happy man  
tryed a few things to get it out but not having any look. any ideas???



so i put this to one side to finish off the welding on the drivers side.
cleaned it up to inspect the problem



got alot of it cut out



i have also welded the new bit in but forgot to take the photo, have to wait till tomorrow.

more progress tomorrow hopefully

You could save time fitting, removing, then refitting other pads, by chucking those EBC Green Stuff ones straight into the bin.