Ex Press Fleet Series 1 GTI LBD295V

Looks good 😄 Nos oem arch sets are still out there, last original new set I picked up from Germany cost me £218 posted.

chrisL said

Yomp said

chrisL said

Nice work! Are those the original arch trims?

No. The originals were tatty and I refuse to spend £500 on a set of original S1 trims even if I could find a set!

Where did you get these ones from please?

I bought them years ago. A batch were made so I got some. I assumed you could still get them today or is that not the case?

Nice work Graham, nice to see the transformation


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Yomp said

chrisL said

Yomp said

chrisL said

Nice work! Are those the original arch trims?

No. The originals were tatty and I refuse to spend £500 on a set of original S1 trims even if I could find a set!

Where did you get these ones from please?

I bought them years ago. A batch were made so I got some. I assumed you could still get them today or is that not the case?

You can get them from heritage but not sure how good they are.

Gearbox finished.

Many new parts fitted including all bearings, needles, 1st/2nd Sync Hubs, 3rd/4th Sync hubs all 5 sync rings, diff bolt kit, starter motor bush, Clutch actuation parts, new reverse idler gear. Spent roughly £1000 on parts alone. Maybe over the top but as this was the actual box promoting the new 5 speed it kinda needs to be as right as it can be while the not so common parts are still obtainable.

big bit in over the holidays. Waiting on Head gasket now as never realised GSF supplied me with an 1800 one. 1600 gasket coming from Germany.

Using an old block to set up the valve clearances. I really should make a pair of proper stands.

Looking stunning!

I've always fancied tackling a gearbox (I have a spare). How difficult a job is it? I'm competent with engine rebuilds, but I'm guessing it's the specialist tools that make it less of a diy job.

paceman said

Looking stunning!

I've always fancied tackling a gearbox (I have a spare). How difficult a job is it? I'm competent with engine rebuilds, but I'm guessing it's the specialist tools that make it less of a diy job.

You need a press for sure with the right size collars, plates etc etc, a bearing splitter for the main bearing that sits behind 5th, really an internal puller for the pinion taper bearing thats sat in a blind hole. You have to shim this bearing up so theres a chance you have to remove it a couple of tims in the process. I'm lucky I have access to a machine shop so can make any tooling that was needed.

have a look here for a step by step guide. http://www.brokevw.com/

wow this brings back memories I remember seeing this car in person and still have that magazine with the feature too.

You doing great work to bring that back to better than new. Lets hope you get another magazine review or two in future.

Cars looking great. Was just wondering where you got the gearbox gaskets from?

Cheers Andrew

Mk1dcky said

Cars looking great. Was just wondering where you got the gearbox gaskets from?

Cheers Andrew

I had the gaskets in stock from years ago. You can get them in the basic rebuild kits but theyre NLA from VW. well the 5th casing one is.

Its nearly there!

Finally outside to get wheels aligned down the local garage…..

Superb!

Credit to you and all the hard work involved, looks stunning.  

Given it is now under its own power I guess we will see you at the AGM?

Looking amazing


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Amazing job. Absolutely class.

Looking good, hope to see it at this years AGM. How did you get on with the wheel alignment? It seems to be a dying trade nowadays what with computers, all-wheel alignment and a total lack of give a @@@@ by a lot of the tyre centres!


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 After 2 years of searching I finally pinned down a rare period magazine with an article from when the car was new. Someone had tipped me off when I first got the car to say they'd seen it on the front cover of an AA drive magazine but it turned out it wasn't on the front but was inside the March April 1980 edition. The article is mostly in colour too which is a bonus for a magazine of this period. I managed to zoom in on the speedo and I think it reads 1898 miles!

I've posted it here under the articles section of the website:

https://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/index.php?page=galleries&type=misc&id=aa_drive_magazine_march_-april_1980