Garfield, my Mk1 Project

Top repair work there! Doesn't need to look pretty for the mot, can do that later!

Must have felt good getting the mot!
Matt

pazwaa said

Top repair work there! Doesn't need to look pretty for the mot, can do that later!

Must have felt good getting the mot!
Matt

Felt amazing for about 5 mins until the first break down. Thought I had fixed it but it did it again today, think I'm going to have to flush the fuel tank out :/ so I'm back on the motorbike today

Congrats on the pass  

More updates

I've been having oil light problems mixed with a little bit of mayonnaise in the rocker cover. Basically the oil light does various different dim glows up to bright flashing light and everythig in between which mixed with the mayonnaise i thought might be head gasket problems but the head gasket was done in 2009 when the GTi head was put on so i have ruled that on as i think the mayonnaise might be because of short journeys after the engine has stood for so long. The oil in the sump is all fine…

I replaced both oil pressure switches to be on the safe side anyway and thought i would do an engine oil flush.

This is where the fun stuff started, i decided while i was dropping the oil i would fit a different sump because mine hits the floor and i want more lows. So i bought a new on from gsf and decided to make a shallow sumo with oil baffles to stop any oil surge.

New sump with tape marking the cut out



Cut



Welded



2.5mm thick skid pan welded on



Baffles welded in



Painted and fitted

Can anyone suggest what my oil light problem could be?

I have norrowed it down to electrical fault somewhere as the oil flush doesnt seem to of helped, maybe instrument binnacle fault? Help me!

Exhaust scrape protection







Went for some more lows this afternoon although i could only go about 10mm until my driveshaft clearance looked a bit like this



And then removed front bumper



just got to work out where i want the numberplate now

Mounted the numberplate and have resprayed the checkered bonnet in matt black to match the rest of the car. Also mounted the indicators behind the grill as they were obviously in the front bumper before. You can still see the checkered pattern on the bonnet but i quite like it now it is all black at least. The red front panel makes it different as well, which i like.



It has never had a headlining in it since i've had it so B&Q sorted that one out, budget and looks rad (i think so anyway)

Love the headlining man, just brilliant!!

it's novel I'll give you that mate. Never seen one of those before.

Thought i would post a bit about what i've been up to

New air filter, much better sound and noticeable performance gain





The time came to fit a new clutch, my old one was slipping more and more and the biting point was up around my ears.



Old and new







Now this is where I need your help! After fitting the new clutch pressure plate and friction disc the biting point was much better but after a couple of days the biting point got higher and higher.

I recently took the car down to cornwall and on the way I put my foot hard down in 5th to power up a hill on the dual carriageway at maybe 70ish and the clutch just slipped so I had to back off the power.

Does anyone know what my problem may be? I didnt replace the release bearing when I did the clutch. Could that be my problem. It seemed fine for a couple of days but it now seems to have gone back to how it was.

The biting point is very high, why would this be with a brand new clutch?

Any help much appreciated!

Here's a picture with my old beetle in the background looking a lot higher than when I owned it!



And one from our trip to cornwall

         

Thought I would update this, as its that time of year again.. MOT…

Just going to let pictures do the talking

Bent the driveshaft



Fixed




Drivers sill





Rear panel and chassis leg repair

Rust rust rust

Seat runner back in





Work on the fuel tank when it goes dark



Hole to be sealed…







Filler neck surprisingly solid, painted it tonight



That's where i am at tonight, hopefully got a couple of dry days coming up so will make some good progress. What i would give for a workshop!

Good quality work there bud Some of it is bringing back memories - not all good!  

Rad little project mate, love the headlining local boy as well, I'm also from Devon

Great work on this , nice to see another being saved!

Todays work…















Made a start on the rear beam

Great looking repairs going on here  

Matt

Love this, keep up the great work

That hole in the fuel tank's a bit alarming, wonder how much fuel you've lost over the years through that!