Mk1 1.6 Gti Project Rot Box!!! BAD NEWS!!
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Local Hero
Mk1 1.6 Gti Project Rot Box!!! BAD NEWS!!
Welding upside down is a hassle. Is it possible to re-jig the job so you're welding from the top & inside of the car? Or turn the car upside down (no I'm not joking - people have done it!).
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Local Hero
Nothing worse than lying on your side trying to weld.
Especially when a ball of red hot steel ends up going down you ear hole and fizzes on your eardrum :cry: :cry:
Especially when a ball of red hot steel ends up going down you ear hole and fizzes on your eardrum :cry: :cry:
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Local Hero
its all part of the fun getting weld splatter burning some skin from having to be about 6" from where your welding :mrgreen:
keep up the good work
keep up the good work
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Old Timer
no matter what i do looks like i'm gonna have a lot of fun.
of course i'll be wearing a welding mask as you normally do when your welding. :roll:
looking forward to this job :?
one big learning curve
bought 2 new wishbones today and some brake disc back plates off crazy gonna give the fronts suspension a revamp while it's all in bits!
of course i'll be wearing a welding mask as you normally do when your welding. :roll:
looking forward to this job :?
one big learning curve
bought 2 new wishbones today and some brake disc back plates off crazy gonna give the fronts suspension a revamp while it's all in bits!
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Settled In
i was welding and grinding under my mk1 and got 15 bits of metal in my left eye , it took a week to get it all out lol .
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Local Hero
All the best with the welding then.
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Old Timer
well i've been a busy boy again!!!!
started by striping the interior and carpets out so i can get busy without damaging things
3 out of the 4 footwell were wet!!!! so the sound deadening is in the bin and carpet on the line all day drying.
found this in the other footwell
something esle to add to my long list of things to do :mrgreen:
took some of the pedals off but couldn't get the brake pedal off :dontknow:
after cleaning up
made a new bit
after making alot of sparks
also need to make good both side of the footwell, sun was going down fast so i retired to the shed and painted some things up
happy with what i've done today and hopefully i'll get a good few hours tomorrow too
any comments???
started by striping the interior and carpets out so i can get busy without damaging things
3 out of the 4 footwell were wet!!!! so the sound deadening is in the bin and carpet on the line all day drying.
found this in the other footwell
something esle to add to my long list of things to do :mrgreen:
took some of the pedals off but couldn't get the brake pedal off :dontknow:
after cleaning up
made a new bit
after making alot of sparks
also need to make good both side of the footwell, sun was going down fast so i retired to the shed and painted some things up
happy with what i've done today and hopefully i'll get a good few hours tomorrow too
any comments???
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Local Hero
You've got your work cut you there mate (no pun intended!)
Look forward to seeing the progress :wink:
Look forward to seeing the progress :wink:
Andy
LINCOLNSHIRE REGION - https://www.facebook.com/groups/467122313360002/
1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
LINCOLNSHIRE REGION - https://www.facebook.com/groups/467122313360002/
1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
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Local Hero
i admire people like you more than people like adaptor man. you've brought a car to use and maintain it along the way. alot of people would have seen half of what you've seen and given up. you've seen it all and still you soldier on,
you sir, i respect.
you sir, i respect.
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Old Timer
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Local Hero
mines nowhere near as scary as yours
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Old Timer
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Local Hero
mine aint, done head gasket just over a month ago that aint boring. took a days work before i even got to remove the head.
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Old Timer
todays effort!!!
put the underside repair on, guess what it still fits 8O 8O
after i welded and clean it up!
view from the inside…!
cleaned and painted.
not painted the underside yet as i'm waiting on some seam sealer to turn up.
today effort was cut sort as i made a trip to machine mart to have a look at buying a welder rather than lending one off my mate.
any comments????
put the underside repair on, guess what it still fits 8O 8O
after i welded and clean it up!
view from the inside…!
cleaned and painted.
not painted the underside yet as i'm waiting on some seam sealer to turn up.
today effort was cut sort as i made a trip to machine mart to have a look at buying a welder rather than lending one off my mate.
any comments????
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Local Hero
lookoing good mate. now putting up new pics of mine.
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Old Timer
Alot of things happened today starting to look better in my opinion.
started off by getting rid of this messy bit
chopped out! 8O 8O
new piece in::::
cleaned up
happy with that so now i started on the inner sill
chopped it out and new piece in all cleaned up!! well happy
got it all in place, tacked it, whacked it cleaned it up!! :dance:
seam sealer had turned up so slapped a bit of that on top and bottom
then out came the anti rust paint top and bottom, painting upside down is not that easy got it all over me and the floor
thats as far as i got today thought i did pritty good of a novice, tomorrow morning the anti rust should be dry so i'll slap some underseal on the bottom and spray the footwell out all being well.
at one point today i was litery on fire, to many sparks on the trousers and they when up i n flames, oh well :dontknow: :dontknow:
any comments??? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
started off by getting rid of this messy bit
chopped out! 8O 8O
new piece in::::
cleaned up
happy with that so now i started on the inner sill
chopped it out and new piece in all cleaned up!! well happy
got it all in place, tacked it, whacked it cleaned it up!! :dance:
seam sealer had turned up so slapped a bit of that on top and bottom
then out came the anti rust paint top and bottom, painting upside down is not that easy got it all over me and the floor
thats as far as i got today thought i did pritty good of a novice, tomorrow morning the anti rust should be dry so i'll slap some underseal on the bottom and spray the footwell out all being well.
at one point today i was litery on fire, to many sparks on the trousers and they when up i n flames, oh well :dontknow: :dontknow:
any comments??? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Local Hero
Looks a tidy repair, well done.
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Old Timer
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Local Hero
Looks great now painted and new discs and pads, why not.
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Old Timer
jellybelly said
going for the rebuild next weekend,
not sure weather to have new discs and pads tho :scratch:
what you lot reakon????
Yeah, pop down to kwik fit! :wink:
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