Blue on blue GTI cab :)
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Blue on blue GTI cab :)
I got absolutely soaked on my way to work this morning in the rain, so the roof needs some attention, I've noticed the driver's side pull handle for the roof is missing the little lever, so I think thats why it isn't pulling to roof tight enough. Also on the to-do list is coilovers, and a beefier exhaust
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Welcome to the club - great pictures. There are loads of great folk on here to help sort out any queries or problems you may have.
Regarding a couple of points you mentioned - only the roof release handle above the passenger side of the screen has the little extra safety catch on the release leaver. The one on the drivers side doesn't usually have one. The acknowledged hood expert on here is a fine chap called Chortle - if you click on the search icon in the centre top of the page and type in say.."leaking hood" you will find previous posts on hood adjustment and advice others have been give on how th sort things out.
If is has had a new hood on recently - and it looks prety new in the pickies - the shiny "J" hooks on the release mechanisms may need adjustment to allow the front part of the roof seat properly on the header rail and the front of the door tops. I think I have seen that typically about 3 threads should be showing on the "J" hook to have a good setting and should give good contact - but be careful - don't do them up too tight, or you run the risk of snapping the leaver.
On the engine front - don't forget that VW fitted Carb engines to the Cabrio as well as injected engines (in the UK 1500, 1600 & 1800) - unless you are into the detailed bits, outwardly the cars look almost identical. I had a clipper Carb engined car 1800cc that with a weber carb fitted was a belting drive. There are lots of little clues to see if the car originally had a GTI engine or not.
An easy one is to look under the car ahead of the rear drivers side wheel (you'll need to lay on the floor with a torch) - injected cars have a fuel pump and lots of other little pipes & gubbins - not present on Carb engined cars. The cars themselves can be very similar otherwise.
Even easier I supose - does it say GTI on the V5?
I am sure you'll have great fun sorting stuff out
All the best
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The car is definately a GTI, you can see under the golf badger where it used to have a golf GTI badge, also the logbook says its a GTI, and the wiring for the under car pump is present, as is some plugs under the bonnet that go nowhere.
The roof was only fitted a few weeks ago by a mate of mine and some mates, dare I say "ameteurs", and I know they had to fit the rear screen to it as new ones don't seem to come with a rear window apparently, and one of the places it leaks is on the passenger side bottom corner of the rear window seal. The passenger side front of the roof leaks near the handle, however that side seems so be pulling fairly tight, however the driver's side front has a noticable gap between the top of the window and the roofline.
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Put a webber carb on it and you will see a massive difference..
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if you looking into the interior, there is a company on ebay that some lads have used on here for seat covers. that was the way i was gonna go.. the interior is standard non gti too.
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Adi's mk1 golf GTI cabby *new engine in*
old carb engine in this morning
carb engine out
Kjet engine in, this was taken a few hours before I'd left so theres a bit more stuff connected up now
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adi1987 said
Well I've had it running tonight, although very badly, and not on petrol… but WD40 sprayed down the intake! Ran for about a minute, popping and farting. So I now have a spark, but obviously no petrol is being injected. Any ideas?
I presume you've fitted the main fuel pump/accumulator etc. … Do you have a lift pump in the tank (3 pin plug on the top rather than 2 pin for a sender only) Is that running?
Is the main pump running?
Is the filter old or new?
If it was running using a mechanical pump before, and the electric pumps aren't running now, look at the relay first, check voltage at the pumps etc.
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I cracked off some unions on the top of the metering head, wedged the big flap open and turned it over to see if fuel squirted out, which it didn't….
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And I gave the golf some sick rims and camber!
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