What did you do to your MK1 today?

Bert said

removed wiper motor,stripped the linkages and spindles down,cleaned and greased all bits,took heater motor out,stripped greased and cleaned then refitted,all quiet and blows well on 3 speeds  :wink:  havent put wipers back so no comment yet  
Bert

Have you up-rated the motor Bert ??


Front brakes are off, ready for bigger brakes.
Fitting chrome bonnet and boot catches, bonnet lower catch fitted.

rebuilt front end,

took rear axle off,

fuel tank off and drained,

started inspecting rotten areas!!!!

Moved her out of the garage so i could do some diy for the house.
Then I painted my upgraded calipers and carriers   

Fitted new water pump, polished her up and took her for a spin!

Fitted steering wheel with nice shiney allen bolts,fitted centre console,hung my garland up,stuck my hula girl on the dash,fitted a fuel sender,fitted rear seat belts,tried to figure out what the old wiring in the bay does(to no avail)stole some trim off my other golf ,poked at the other golf with a screw driver before going to the gym and busting my ass for 2hrs!Tomorrow i try to fit the G60 loom and mount the fusebox and ECU.

Taxed GTI. Nearly 200 quid and its doesn't run any better or go any faster than it did before.

Early-1800 said

Taxed GTI. Nearly 200 quid and its doesn't run any better or go any faster than it did before.

At least the government "let" you do it the day before, so its continuous, huh?

Done nothing today  :twisted: , tomorrow I will attempt fitting the silver side stripes and strip down the MFA/ speedo I bought at Dubfreeze and fit the MFA into mine, got to tidy her up a bit……after all only 7 days till Telford becomes a magnet for VW's  :cheer:

started it up and listened to the beautiful sound.
still sorn 1 month left and then yippee………………….

Took myn for a spin through the county lanes around pendle. Just had to test the new battery from last weekend was holding its charge    

Also have to check its handling fine for next weeks MOT.

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I'm pretending it's yesterday. I picked up my cabby from my mechanic. Starter motors are expensive. Still, the guy who owns the place then washed my car for me because he thought it was too dirty (that's what happens when you live in a ski resort and there's a constant layer of mud and salt on the roads).

Oh, that's the other thing I did yesterday: got my car dirty driving it back home.
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Nothing for a few weeks now.

Took the engine out…. Guess it defo won't be at UD then! D'oh.

Other stuff I did:

Filled my engine mounts with tiger-seal,
Removed aux bracket from the block ready for angle-grinder hackage, Removed the water pump to find mine does indeed have a plastic impeller, Removed a sump pan from my spare engine and cleaned it up ready for blasting and baffles,
Deleted the rear wiper motor and washer.
Wrote a huge list of shiny parts…..

Maybe we should update this thread and say what we're going to do today, and then see how far we all got in the evening?

paul_c said

Maybe we should update this thread and say what we're going to do today, and then see how far we all got in the evening?

That could be quite amusing lol

Nailed it to work

washed her

removed the driveshafts, the exhaust and the gear linkage

 8) all by myself, and im not a mechanic.

ans4r said

removed the driveshafts, the exhaust and the gear linkage

 8) all by myself, and im not a mechanic.

Dont get cocky - still got to put them back on though!