what did you break or find knackered on your mk1 today

Today i discovered that the ignition module was goosed.......what will tomorrow bring!!

Mine keeps wee'ing itself every night? got a coolant leak! ha

sent in the engine for an overhaul  with 157000 on the clock other than the  head gasket weeping was very suprised to find the bores and bottom end perfect what a result re ringed and shells for good measure no rebore required

Got round to sawing the spoiler off to refit it - the bolt I'd sawn off could have been undone by hand because of all the oil splattered on it. Then found the bottom corner of the wing is going rotten - why can't oil go where you really need it? Rest of underside looks well preserved though.

David said

Got round to sawing the spoiler off to refit it - the bolt I'd sawn off could have been undone by hand because of all the oil splattered on it. Then found the bottom corner of the wing is going rotten - why can't oil go where you really need it? Rest of underside looks well preserved though.

fitted new copy wings from local body work supliers no a bad copy part ?45

Lee_dub said

milky said

it rained so the wiper fuse went back in, noticed when putting surf board in the car the lock on the boot is very stiff and was hard to lock - where the hell is the wd40 when you need it!

Id put money on the fact that your wipers are grounding out somewhere, thats why there always on

hhhmmmmm, i will check that out - not sure where to start though! any ideas?

cheers, ben.

got a bit of an oil leak, got a bit of a coolant leak & the return spring on the break pedal is free spent half an hour trying to get it back in place last night I gave up in the end not much room in the drivers foot well in a mk1 golf  :mrgreen:

wooly37 said

David said

Got round to sawing the spoiler off to refit it - the bolt I'd sawn off could have been undone by hand because of all the oil splattered on it. Then found the bottom corner of the wing is going rotten - why can't oil go where you really need it? Rest of underside looks well preserved though.

fitted new copy wings from local body work supliers no a bad copy part ?45

Thanks for that - got to get some work done soon - for the last 6 years I've been saying "get another 12 months out of it"

did service a week or so ago and sorted all the oil leaks ,now its pouring out the airfilter ,doh! ,new engine i thinks

My speakers! And I am approaching the sparkplugs with trepidation after I've done the little water flange thing…

dizzy and water pump... fuel issue...here will be more!!

Bonnet catch spring bust! Used a big spring from a brake shoe fitting kit to replace it, does the job better anyway!  :wink:

1. Oily plug,
2. Temp guage is always reading hot

Not much really..

changed oil,  filter, sump & gasket found 2 snapped bolts & 2 threaded bolts when replacing new sumpy, drillin & tappin this weekend…

Umm, lets see, New filler neck, cambelt adjustment ( loose), incontinent fuel pipe, fuse box is lunch etc, etc.  

snapped of an injector in the head

changed the suspention leg and found the spring had snapped

broke off the plastic breather in the head great   turning out to be a money pit

the chuffin heater valve is playing up.managed to pull the automatic gear shifter knob off whilst sat at traffic lightrs.lolturns out it can come off if in neutral and you pull up whilst holding the button.....heart stopping for a few secs,lol

Ive sprung a good size fuel leak around the pump, ill investigate tomorrow and try and find exactly whats gone pete tong..