Jimbo's Mk1 Golf 1.8t

Pretty certain i saw this today, drove past just up from lidl in penryn, looked really good in the flesh if that was you

yeah man, that was me! just nipped to Lidl there. love that duel carriage way just there
cheers

yeah thought i recognised it from here. ah yeah the bypass, you must get some speed up round there in that!

Shame it was wet though (obviously sticking to the speed limit)

oh yeah it was   and oh yeah ofcourse..

you should take it up around Goonhilly, there's a couple fairly long straight roads up there, unless you already have

Friday evening!;

Seized rear wheel bearing…
 
So this week was a busy one, as I'm wanting to get home for Xmas next week…
New parts;



Tried a puller to get the hub off, which fucked the stub axle up;


So took the angle grinder to the drum;



And the reason it wouldn't come off;

The outboard washer it welded itself to the axle!!

Then took the stub axle off;

The four stub axle bolts came off surprisingly easy, thought i was going to snap them to be honest.

Ready for putting everything back on tonight…

If in doubt get the angle grinder out

Same with mine mate when we took them off, one came off fine and the other one was stuck on solid. Took a fair bit of swearing and persuasion to get off.

Good luck putting it back together

Just edited your post to remove the swearing - family site ya know

Nice motor, bet its an absolute weapon to drive

Cheers. All back together now. Minus the handbrakes! Just need new ones.

Back on all fours again:

Finish at 1 tomorrow. So going to get the tracking and camber sorted. And get the new tyres fitted…
Ready for my 300 mile trip back home next Thursday!

jimbo198966 said

Cheers. All back together now. Minus the handbrakes! Just need new ones.

Back on all fours again:

Finish at 1 tomorrow. So going to get the tracking and camber sorted. And get the new tyres fitted…
Ready for my 300 mile trip back home next Thursday!

ive been out in this car and it does shift

You have been busy…….

Looking good mate. Seeing all these 1.8t's taking shape keeps me motivated with mine.

looks like a little weapon that :-)

It is when it's working It'll just needs tyres quite often
Love it though!

Uh oh! Again!

Engines lost all power

Unlucky mate, hope the RAC sort you out.
Looking forward to seeing this in the flesh!
what wheels are they? I really like them.

jimbo198966 said

Uh oh! Again!

Engines lost all power

Hi mate, have u checked the fuse, one on the right of the engine bay, was a common fault when i had, the engine loses power and turns off when that fuse pops

OH no. Disaster. Did you get it home yet?

Hope the seat works out for you, and good luck with the rest of your project. (Yeh he got it going again!)

new tyres fitted Friday…

All sorted (for now!). RAC man towed me off the A30, then told me to crank it over to do a check, and it fired up?!!
Been running fine since. Guess its just a loose wire!