richie's mars red '83 gti

Looks so much cleaner, keep it up.

gazmorgan1985 said

fair play son…lookin well for it, get the misses supplying you with tea an ya just cant go wrong!

keep us posted!

she's been at work! so i've been messing up the kitchen. and bathroom. and drive. and front room…. (looks like a parts store in there at the mo!!)

welsh-mk1 said

Looks so much cleaner, keep it up.

oh yeah, i will. plenty more to go yet!!
having a day off today. sort of.
have washed the girlies car, and my vr6 and her old one so we can sell it..
now the overflow is leaking all over the drive so i have to go fix that … grrrr

my front room at the mo.
not much eating going on at the table….    

how many vw/car things can you find????



won't be like this for long or i'll be in trouble me thinks??!!

next update from the weekend just gone…
had a good weekend on it got a load done..

degreased the bulkhead and chassis legs, and the rack and mounts and as much down there as i could get to… then dried and polished all the paint work i had degreased . . . . . what a nightmare that was.. i have cuts, but i won. eventually.
did the front panel too so that is all ready.





then, painted the gearbox mount, and the block.


cleaned up all the head too which has come out really well . . . .



mmm shiny chassis legs…



alternator and oil cooler next, and then the battery tray will get a lick of  paint too ……. 8O

just waiting for payday now to get bits back from the powder coaters the i can start to rebuild..    wooooooooop.

i have decided it would be stupid not to do the cambelt whilst it is so open so that will be done, and an oil change and a new air filter too..

also picked up a set of these,



and after a few hours of rubbing and polishing they look like this at the moment..



not too bad for now, i haven't even touched the outer lip yet at all..

all the bits came back today from the powder coaters, so now i have a nice stack of new or refurbed bits to go back on  



at the powder coaters i had done -

rocker cover + strips
cambelt cover
rad surround + brackets
water pump pulley
alt pulley
alt brackets
battery clamp
front engine mount

stripped, cleaned painted and refurbed myself -

water pump
water joiners to head
metal water pipe
alt fan
coil
starter
horns and bracket
headlight backs
little ecu thingy on bulkhead bracket
gearbox mount
clutch lever
servo
master cylinder
engine block
metering head
braided fuel lines

new ready to go on at the weekend -

radiator (came with the car)
chrome water hose clips
water bottle
bolts nuts and washers for everything i have refurbed and the powder coaters did
jubilee clips
flaps and white clips on rad surround
centre section of grille
washer pipe
vacuum hose bits

also got the oil cooler all painted up and ready too . .



so all that lot has to go in here..
 



the rebuild will start on saturday. wooo   
also have wolfsburg series 1 3 spoke steering wheel, red stripe dash section, crazyquiff rear lights, oldish jvc cd headunit and the snowflake/scala wheels (when i get tyres) to go on too.!
should look gooooooood…  

can't wait for the summer to get cruising in the sun 8)

Wheels cleaned up nice.  Powdercoating looks great.  Someone must be happy?

yes mate - well chuffed!
it's all come out really good, should look much better when it's back together again.  

looks really nice

thinking of doing this to mine this year. makes a massive difference.

good job!!!

cheers jellybelly!

it is very worth it i think - has taken a month or so of evenings and weekends so far but i have enjoyed doing it.
so much so i think i will do the same under all 4 arches with the suspension hubs, brakes and all so the whole car is just as good all over, not new and restored, but clean, maintained and useable.
and definately showable.

have made a start on the alternator tonite, but it still doesn't look good enough.

Do you have OCD when it comes to cleaning Rich?!!

Seriously mate, you have the patience of a saint, top job - can't wait to see this finished 8)

Andy

Hairyarse said

Do you have OCD when it comes to cleaning Rich?!!

Seriously mate, you have the patience of a saint, top job - can't wait to see this finished 8)

Andy

thanks mate, i can't wait to get it back together and drive it too.
maybe, maybe i doo….    

to be honest - i kinda enjoy it. and it makes it look better. and hopefully worth more???????
maybe i should go into restoration, always liked that sort of stuff, really interests me..

It is satisfying - particularly when you clean up an engine bay

Hairyarse said

It is satisfying - particularly when you clean up an engine bay

definately!   - i notice you have done some more on  yours this weekend too..

I have done some more,and had another productive, if cold, weekend on the engine bay.

started this morning like this…


didn't take long to get the rocker cover on, the coil, water flanges, hoses at the back of the bay, water bottle, airbox etc all into place..



and when i got soooo cold i had to stop things looked like this….



starting to look quite tasty …  

still have to finish the alternator, buy and fit cambelt and tensioner, get them fitted along with water pump and belt then double check everything and tidy some wires up and we should be ready to go.. woop  

looks really good, like a new car!!!

good work :clap:

Looking much better.  What you use when cleaning it all up?

jellybelly - not quite new, but pretty good i think..

welsh, just used gunk degreaser and a damn good scrubbing to get the oil and grease etc off the chassis legs and block. used wire and brass brushes to do the metal rusty bits and the box and head with, cloths to do the rest..  8O

takes a while though.  

You could eat your dinner off that now :wink:

he he - almost.
but that would get it dirty. again.

will be a while till it's fully back together again as i have some busy weekends ahead of me now for a while.

may not do any more till march  :cry:
but then it will be mot and tax at the start of april so all good!!