2litre Orange mk1, The 7 year saga continues, wiring help needed!

just got back from a weekend away to see all of this repsonse, thatnk very much guys and it is really good of you all to offer the help, im sure ill need it, ive gotta be saving for uni and can budget nothing, so ill let you know what ive managed to gather locally i.e. ive already been given a complete interior and alot of other parts….
ill update soon
thanks again

well, got home from work an decided to take the next step and completely stip out the inside, man, what a mess my dashboard was, heater matrix was melted so badly, luckily it didnt have time to catch the rest of the inside and potentially cause alot more damage.

Metalwork is all looking solid, every rubber grommet, plug, boot, pipe etc will have to be replaced, ended up taking out ALL wiring, might as well start fresh, half of it is nakkered anyway,

now that nearly all the car is stripped can anyone reccomend anything to get rid of the burnt plastic smell, bicarb of soda i put down in there worked well in that the bicarb powder itself stinks so it must be absorbing it well, apparently cut lemons/onions in the car will help diffuse the smell….and obviously some fresh air.

here is some pics of the progress, this is very much the easiest part, didnt take long as i didnt have to worry about breaking anything when taking it apart as it was all shot already.

only exhaust to cut off, driveshafts off and then engine mounts, and ittl be whipped out.

now that its all out, ittl give me the oppurtunity to repaint all the inside etc, get it looking completely spot on.



barren



leftover mess from engine/dash



slightly more bare



new a few weeks ago…



melted plastic everywhere…


the inferno epicentre.

there u go, not really pics to enjoy but there for the record nonetheless, all progress in some form i spose…. hopefully ill have the engine out by the wknd, start cleaning it back to bare metal and zinc primering it, ready to be sorted out, also gna be stripping a 1.1 for various parts mid week

anyone know if u cud replace top mounts without undoing the strut from the hub assembly, as i had camber just adjsuted and would like to leave it alone if possible.

thanks again.
Josh

must be soul destroying but I'd see this as a great chance to sandblast and smooth that engine bay.
I take it sandblasting is your next step?

Good luck with it and hopefully it won't be too long before there's a bit of life in the little car again.
Baz

erm well sand blasting sounds daunting, and i dont know anyone thats got one, so probably wire wheel on grinder, all the intricate parts i.e. chassis legs etc arent affected tbh, i think im gna use a wire wheel on a grinder, as its al i have,

as for bay smoothing, not for me, dont like it personally, ill keep it standard. im just gna make everything look smart and tidy wires away maybe.

Josh

Gutted for you mate. I've had a car (my first car- MK2 Golf) go up in flames too so I know how it feels.

Wish there was more I could say to make it all better!

good to see your not giving up pal, good lad

sorry about your golf was a lovely looking car such a fine job was done,how did it catch fire can i ask

after having a good old mooch around at the engine and thinking hard about where it started etc etc…some sort of fuel leak tbh, as the fire was centrered around the carb, its affected the metal quite badly as the rust tried setting in so its gna have to be bare metalled and por 15 applied, dont want it coming back.

spent alot of time this wknd removing underseal, very very boring job

A friend has a 1.1 i can take anything off so ill be over there soon to get grommets galore, probably a dash minus the clocks, and some other parts…watch this space.

ok, got a bit of spare time this weekend, so carried on attacking the car to try and get it back bare so i can start all over, AGAIN.

basically had the horrible job of removing all the tar matting on the floor, a blowtorch and a scraper is without doubt the easiest way to do it, the longer u do it for the floorpan gets hotter and slides off. note: the fuel lines do get very hot, so be very careful when doing the drivers side….

gna try chipping away and getting them all back to bare metal by the end of the week, to por-15 then zinc primer it.

 ive removed it all fromt the rain tray back to bare metal now, hope to get the engine lifted out next weekend, ive got a 1.8gti (k jet) engine out of a low mileage mk2 to put in now! gotta get a loom, dash and some other bits to get a whole car again.

heres the pics:

coming off nicely:



mess:



more mess:



found a bit of rust, sort of knew it was here, hadnt got round to investigating it, where some idiot jacked the car up on the floor pan, needs a bit of inner sill work and edge of floorpan, shouldnt be too bad to weld.



and finally a lovely shiny floorpan!!! looks awesome, only another 3 to go now… did find some pitting in the grooves, and water was sitting under the matting, so im glad i caught it now.



updates soon
Josh

Man, i'm tired just looking at the hard work your putting in!!

Good to see your giving it another go, you have faaaarrr more patience than me

:clap: you deserve alot of respect! just getting stuck straight back into it and not giving up on the old girl! absolutely gutting what happened but I'm sure (and hope) to see it come back looking as good as ever

most people would have just given up, taken whatever bit's were salvagable and scrapped it!

keep up the good work.. it's inspiring stuff   :notworthy:

ok, finally got it back to metal, gna leave it for a day and then por 15 it….zinc primer it, then its ready to go orange again!

found more pitting under the primer, i'd say im glad i did it all, but im not cos it was a hell of alot of work, boring, stinky, headache work, but another plave thats gna be rust free, add to the mintness of it.

pics do the talking:





the mess is growing:



plan to get alot done this week, so more pics soon to keep u all happy
thanks.
JJ

projectgolf said

ok, finally got it back to metal, gna leave it for a day and then por 15 it….zinc primer it, then its ready to go orange again!

found more pitting under the primer, i'd say im glad i did it all, but im not cos it was a hell of alot of work, boring, stinky, headache work, but another plave thats gna be rust free, add to the mintness of it.

pics do the talking:





the mess is growing:



plan to get alot done this week, so more pics soon to keep u all happy
thanks.
JJ

Jesus Josh,dont scratch the paintwork!lol :mrgreen:

haha no, dont worry tim its all in hand, all items are carefully placed down,  gotta preseve the paint that itsnt rogered lol

and it was only when i went rallying with rubble in the back that it made all the dents and scratches mate. jks

i feel for you mate having to all that hard work again

i reckon if everyone donated ?1 thatll get your respray sorted such an awesome colour id be more than happy to donate to this cause

 :wink:

What can I say mate.  Read the whole thread tonite, car was looking the proverbial dogs danglies, noticed that there were still a few pages to go and was wondering what you were going to be doing to it next, then THE FIRE   .

What an absolute nightmare. Feel for you mate.  Good to see you getting back in about it again.  You seemed to be so enjoying the car to, before the incident.

All the best with the car.

Take my hat off to you for deciding to rebuild it a second time. Many would have thrown the towel in. But not a man to be beaten I'm sure you'll get double satisfaction when its finished. Top man.

ok, did all the floorpans today in por 15 and zinc primer, shes ready to go orange again! updates soon...gotta get a move on. thanks for all the positive comments, it all helps.

cant wait to see it mate, good luck

projectgolf said

ok, did all the floorpans today in por 15 and zinc primer, shes ready to go orange again! updates soon…gotta get a move on. thanks for all the positive comments, it all helps.

Guess i`ll have to find a space for her in my workshop to sort the paint out pretty soon!