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Jellybellys LD Diesel Front end resto begins!!

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Jellybelly has joining the Turbo Diesel Club!!!

Well then i've gone and done it again!

This time it's a diesel, i've searching for a while for one and this one got brought to my attension by a certain member. (thank you)

After narrowly missing the last one i wanted with Gammy i couldn't let this one go as well

got delivered this morning so i am a little bit excited :)So it a 1.6 LD 5 door
non sunroof
blue interior
completely standard with a genuine tow bar.

theres a few problems with it but i'll soon sort them out hopefully :lol:not allowed to work on it today as i'm getting dragged round ikea :(but i snuck out to take some pitures :)i'll shut up now and let the pictures do the talking

















plans are to get it working, tax and mot'd, might give it a wash tomorrow  :mrgreen:

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Very nice, I had a W-reg Jetta 1.6D in blue with same interior etc.

I take it the fuel filler pipe is fkd and tank blocked hence the temp 'fuel tank' in the engine bay?

I don't think the injector pump should have the damper thingy?

1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet

The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.

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Looks like I nice one mate.

Whats the future plans for it?

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Very nice, looks like a good project.

I am liking the blue interior, overall it doesnt look in too bad condition.

Will this be ready for the 20th of Feb? :-)

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Early-1800 said

Very nice, I had a W-reg Jetta 1.6D in blue with same interior etc.

I take it the fuel filler pipe is fkd and tank blocked hence the temp 'fuel tank' in the engine bay?

I don't think the injector pump should have the damper thingy?

your right mate

the fuel tank is blocked, the fillerneck has already been done so that what i'm up to know

cleaning the tank and the lines

the injector pump is a strange story, the mechanic that had it fitted it off a seat deisel :dontknow: but ti work and he hasn't modded anything

i will take a better look at it later :)

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Oh nice one, should be a cheap little run around! :)

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

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cheers andy, that what i want it for a cheap little run around

been out all day cleaning the tank and lines. what was in the tank can only be discribed as curdled baileys and rusty fuel

so started to drop the rear axle so i can take the tank off

only to shear one of the studs :banghead:  :banghead:  :banghead:  :banghead:  :banghead:

i'll have to fix that tomorrow if i can :cry:

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Oh not good - looks like you might have two projects on your hands now ;)

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

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i heard a rumor that you could get a new bolt in from a hoe in the boot floor that is covered in tape so i will look into that tomorrow

if not i'd better get the welder out

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Future Plan? -  :D  

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nice one marcus but that not the plan for it :lol:

well yesterday i had a look at the tank





so i started to syphon out but in the end i new that this was a much bigger job

so off came the rear axle!!!!



i sheard one of the rear axle studs which did not make me happy but i've sorted that now :)

so the tank came out and i flush it out wite a jet wash

worked very well but the only trouble it it cause the thin metal to do this



which is better it happened now rather than when i'd fitted it all back on

lucky i've got the tank of the rot box in the loft so i went and fetched that. turns out there the same :)



fitted





refitted the back axle as well but it's to dark to be taking photos. and the tank is all plumbed in ready for next weekend

one of the brake pipes broke so i'll sort that next week as well

all in all i've had a good time :)

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Great to see someone breathing life back into a non gti golf, Keep the faith :)  :)

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Nice job, you don't hang about getting stuff done.

Would be good if you could get it ready for the 20th.

I cant wait to go home this wednesday to start getting on with my golf.

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That looks a clean motor Jelly

Welcome to the Diesel Family :wink:

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A97JCE

Feeby

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cheers guys

after having some bad news at the start of the week

i've been put on a 3 day week :(

the good news i get 2 extra days on the golfs :)

right then

today i got the engine running off the tank so that a milestone reached

aslo blead the back brakes after replacing one of the lines, but now think that one of the rear cyclinders is a bit dodge so will look into that tomorrow :)

happy days!!

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right then a bit of a update

the car is not running off the tanks  :)

rear brake cyclinder has been replaced :)

rear light now working :)

wipers and pump now working :)

horn is working :)

so the list of things to do is getting smaller

i've got some problems with the headlights but i'm half way there

and i can't get the rear wiper to work even tho i know it's good and the wiring is good so i think it might be a stalk issue

looking at getting it mot asap but need to sort the headlights out for that

:)

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Just seen this thread…an early series 2 eh? One of the first 1.6s. Not many about…Well done finding a diesel Jelly. They all seem to be blue lately?
Is it a Bosch fuel system or CAV? 4 speed gearbox?
Very pleased to see another one saved and given some tlc. Looks tidy for its age! It should be worth all the effort and serve you well. Mine is only a year or so younger than yours and it passed it's MOT no probs today and it's been my all year round daily since I got it. Not many 29-30 year old cars can say that! It may be a bit noisy (I love the engine sound myself) and a bit unrefined, but who cares when it ALWAYS gets you to work, has Mk1 good looks and does 50-60mpg.  :D

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it's a 4 speed box

and it has a fuel pump from something esle as the pervious owner changed it so i will look at changing it back at some point

i've gotta get things working first then this will become my daily

i love the noisy as well, also looking at running it of wvo as there are conversions you can get to run a two tank system :)

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did a little bit more today to get the electrics sorted

slowly getting there just the front light to sort out

then i made all the keys the same so i can get rid of the other 4 keys on the key ring

looking at getting it mot'd next week depending on the light situation tomorrow :)

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That looks a very good find and it's especially nice to see a diesel model being brought back to life

DubPartz
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