What did you do to your MK1 today?

stripping the 1000's of layers of paint on my alloys and hoping there is some alloy at the bottom i can polish up :mrgreen: and keeping my list of parts i need out of the way of my mrs  :wink:

Waxed her, then went for a chat with the guy who sprayed her in 2007, who politely told me my valeting skills are U/S  8O . He gave me some quality wax stuff, so i  got on with waxing again  :roll: and he fitted the side stripes  :cheer:  :cheer:

Removed the driveshafts in the hope of replacing them in one afternoon and sorting the vibrations I get at speed. It looked like a simple job on paper, but it took me more than a hour just to get the driveshaft nuts off. I guess they were rusted solid because they came loose with a big bang.

Right hand side was easy to remove, but the left was a different story. In the end I discovered that with the gear in neutral I had just enough clearance to pull the outer cv from the hub.
Of course that is not the end of the story; the seal cap in both drive flanges had come loose. The rubber parts are damaged so now I have to get some new ones before I can continue. I already thought it was a bit odd that a lot of oil was dripping down when I loosened the inner CV joints.   

Guess I might as well do the engine mounts while it's up on stands. And the top strut mounts……and the gear linkage…..and suspension bushes….and change the oil…..and the gearbox oil……and check the fuel system……gotta love old cars. 8) oh, and the brakes.

Replaced the interior door trim after having to strip it down in the dark the other night - electric window had got stuck half way down! Took 7min to strip door trim in the dark - gotta be some kind of record. Missus wasimpressed anyway!

Car cleaned inside out, sprayed some waxoyl in the tailgate after tightening the rear wiper assembly.., oh..drove around this weekend for 110 miles for fun!

cleaning underseal off. it takes for ever!!!! :cry:  :cry:  :roll:

Removed the flywheel to reveal that yes; that pesky leaking 'box did gizz oil all over a new clutch. D'oh! :?

1 hr drive around Birmingham area with the roof off,then a quick stop off at Bert's house,, , ,, ,,just to show him a Mk1 as his 2 are in his garages.. :wink:  :wink:  :roll:  :roll:  :wink:  :wink:

sanded down my back hatch and right rear pannel and tried to sort my bumpers out  

kane

Looked at it. Thought about getting my tools out but went out on the bike instead!  

fixed the fuel leak (well actually my brother did most of the work)

went for a drive over to Sheffield and Chesterfield

gave her a quick wash and put her away

set my new steering rack up on my bench/vice, new track rods and gaitors now slicker than grease

well i had a complete car on friday and now its stipped completely with just engine and shell left lol,

it got stripped today off dash, clipper kit mirroes, knee bar, centre console etc… the list goes on

i say got it stripped - r1ray did all the work and i supplied him with coffee  :mrgreen:

Washed and polished the Clipper twice as its not been out since the bad weather :wink:

Sorted out a list of jobs to do to finish off the rebuild  ops:

not much to do really just small fiddley jobs reverse light switch,  blow on middle box joint, a few plastic trims etc etc  :dontknow: the list just keeps getting bigger  :wink:

Well sorted out mot paperwork for tomorrow as pick up my mk 1 jetta tomorrow.
He is 26 years old today too !!!

I set up thr camber on the front end and had a go at setting the stearing also fitted the off side mirror, its getting there slowly.

Oh and restored a golf club  :wink:

Bit more welding (4th repair section out of 5 required), ground it down and painted in primer too. Started cutting and trimming the 5th repair section too. Got a bit of a slow start due to a lie in, and took a long break to watch "Shipwrecked".

Taxed her. 8O   

Then took her for a spin locally, washed her and put her back into the garage til next weekend.

Scraped off MORE underseal

Hairyarse said

Scraped off MORE underseal

tough stuff hey?