northeast_gti-t - mk3

[northeast_gti-t]

Really impressed with how clean its all looking now  smells nicer to and shout to 'Elite Car Care' for the prompt delivery of my order which consisted of :
1 x   Autosmart Biobrisk - Biological Cleaner and Deodoriser 1 litre

1 x   Elite 36oz Dilution Bottle & Spray Head

1 x   Valet Pro Interior All Purpose Cleaner Concentrate - 1 litre

1 x   Raceglaze Leather Cleaning Brush

1 x   Gliptone Liquid Leather Cleaner and Conditioner Set 250ml

1 x   Poorboy's Natural Look Dressing - 16oz

1 x   Black WoW - Trim Cleaner/Dressing

1 x   Sonus Foam Applicator Pad

Pleased with how the gliptone's managed to clean up the leather hard work but looks so much cleaner than when i got the golf,The valet pro apc and Bio brisk happy with as they have cleaned the interior trinm of all the dirt and grime and the carpets smell fresh and of course the cleaner i swear by the poorboys natural look for restoring the interior trim after the apc had been applied well the results speak for themselves  much better!! seats to get the gliptone treatment and re-fit then interior sorted and on with the other jobs so will update as and when.

[northeast_gti-t]

Well today's work had me getting the two front seats all cleaned up spent a good while cleaning the leather and took off all the plastic trim then found out i have the connectors and relay under the seats  so might have to think about sourcing a heated seats wiring loom etc  seats cleaned and re-fitted back in and tbh really pleased how much cleaner they are looking and the whole interior at last,just got to sort the gear linkage and gearshift bushes etc then i can at last re-fit the cleaned up centre console and my new leather gaitor then the interior is done!decided i would fit the red pin stripe tape onto the exterior trim to today then called it a day  will probably start and finish the 'black wow' treatment,looking forward to seeing nice black trim,so i will get some pics of the trim etc when done also had to order both left & right hand fog light lenses and covers as my passenger side lense fell off  and wont stick so they should be here this week hopefully and the centre caps  trip to tadepartsspecialists tommorrow morning to pick up the rear discs ready for later in the week,here's some pics of the newly cleaned front leathers  :

Before gliptone treatment :


And After cleaner & conditioner :


How they look back in  :



That's all for now until the next time.

[northeast_gti-t]

Been busy on the golf again  centre caps arrived this morning and called in my local t.p.s and picked up my rear discs a set of pads and spark plugs,then earlier before starting the gear linkage realised i would need an extra bush repair kit so hasty call to gsf and one in stock so over and collected that,then over to the dealer and picked up a new rear wiper and a set of aero's for the front and ordered up a new brake master cylinder cap (another trip over tommorrow to collect  ) So began the task of sorting out the sloppy gear linkage and after stripping the various parts off it wasn't hard to see why it was so poor!! So fitted new linkage parts as well as new bushes etc then finally managed to adjust the linkage up after abit of trial and error  all good and best bit is the linkage is no longer like a rowing boat so decided not to fit the bottom gearstick ball and housing and bushes as it would just make another job fiddlely job but the end result has been worthwhile,and i finally got the centre console and new gearshift gaitor and the handbrake adjusted up,just the brakes and plugs for this week then done apart from a good wash and 'black wow' treatment.

New Repair Kits :


After Removing The Old Parts




After A Clean And New Parts Assembled Ready To Re-Fit


 
Finally Sorted :



Interior All Sorted



And Some Random Shots Of New Bits Etc Fitted :







Looking forward to treating the exterior trim with some 'Black Wow' and see how it looks after  Rear brake pads and discs and bearings and waiting for my new foglight and blanks to arrive finally getting there and in a short period of time car's looking so much better than it did  well that's all for now will update soon,

[northeast_gti-t]

Well started off okay this morning,got the rear pads out and calipers removed and discs off only to find no abs reluctor rings on the rear of the new discs  so rang the dealer to order a pair for the morning another £40  so had to be content with cleaning up the calipers and brackets ready to fit everything tommorrow now!! and left the golf on axle stands in the garage  i did fit the new spark plugs and clean all the leads,also the blanks and lenses from volksbits arrived only to find i recieved the wrong ones  so rang the dealer and ordered the one for the passenger side as well as a new rotor arm and distributor cap so hoping to pick all the bits up tommorrow along with the new brake master cylinder cap,on a good note i decided i may aswell give the trim and bumpers some 'black wow' treatment and wow!! do they look so much better than the faded grey colour  worth doing so left for me to do is finish off wheel bearings discs and pads and give it a wash.







Worth changing the plugs really 
And just a comparison between trim treated & un-treated 



Well happy with all the trim would highly recommend 'black wow' will get some better pics once the cars abit cleaner 
Thats all for now.

[northeast_gti-t]

So today i was hoping to get my list of jobs finished for this week so called at the dealers to pick up the parts i had ordered only to find the distributor cap & rotor arm hadn't been delivered so another trip over in the morning required  got the new master cylinder cap and tow eye blank fitted and then got on with fitting the abs rings and bearing kits to the rear discs new pads fitted and all sorted i also found the nearside rear lower shock bolt was a touch loose  and was knocking when moved so duly tightened that up and all good now,handbrake adjusted up all feels much better now! just need the cap and rotor arm and thats most of the mechanical stuff done (for now) then i will focus on the bodywork although i'm in no big rush to tidy it in a hurry been a successful week and i managed to give it a wash too  got some pics from todays work along with some general shots before and after wash and showing how much better the trim and bumpers look after being treated  car feels more like mine now looking forward to driving it some now.






Random Shots Of Before And after Wash 











Thats All for Now.....

[northeast_gti-t]

Decided this week to transfer my personal plate from the (cough) note  to the golf so had a trip over the local dvla office to sort the paperwork so hopefully 4 weeks or so i can get it on,so last night i thought might as well order some 'wolfsburg' plate surrounds so they are on order  will fit them once i can fit the plates.ordered a cheap vag-com lead and a new tax disc holder they turned up today so the tax disc holders fitted  vag-com stuff will sort soon so at least i can check for any fault codes etc  i decided today that i would finish off giving it a full service so trip over the dealers and collected the oil and filter and popped into a local motor factors for the air and pollen filters (vw had neither in stock).oil and filter sorted and had a good look around underneath all seems good so greased up door hinges etc seeings as i had some  decided that whilst sorting the pollen filter i would give the two panels and rubber some of the 'black wow' treatment that then led to the wiper arms getting some (no need to get them painted now) and on the whole it look loads better already  also re-fitted both clutch bulk head grommets PROPERLY! as these were well not fitted right at all 
and also noticed that the brake servo hose one way valve nipple had a plug covering it  i then found a rubber vac pipe left loose and traced it back to a valve (electrical/vac?) above the abs unit so pulled the cover off and re-fitted the hose back onto the one way valve shall look into what that all is  so making progress with it mechanical more or less sorted just body and paint stuff and alloys to sort out really now using it more as my daily drive and liking it 

New Tax Disc Holder :








Mmmm Think It Was Right To Change It 


'Black Wow' Treated & Untreated Panels makes a big difference imo to the look of the trim  Really Good Stuff .



(Vac Hose Now Re-Fitted In This Pic-Brake Servo Pipe)




Need to clean up some or all of the engine bay really,looks like i will have to fit a new cam cover gasket to soon seems to be weeping  other than that looks half way decent now at least,well that's pretty much where i'm at up to now so update as and when.

[northeast_gti-t]

Thought i would add an update......
Replacement airbag/abs warning light unit arrived after finding as suggested the original bulb would have blown tested new unit and abs light staying on,found i needed two front sensors so ordered ready for friday and well its been a nightmare!!  start on with sensors car garaged jacked up and on stands wheel bolts removed to find near side front has 5 taper bolts fitted!! off side front 1 oem bolt and 4 taper!! i mean for fcuk sake oh and no locking bolts so ended up ringing vw for new bolts oh and decided might as well get four new locking bolts so got them priced...erm they are £51  but lad i know in there told me the skoda ones were the same fitment and would only be £20 big difference in price then  so armed with new bolts and lockers onto starting the job of side front first and not to bad ended up smashing old sensor out  new one fitted and onto near side only to find after a look reason for the abs fault well a knackered sensor tip and............er no abs ring just the 3 fixing bolts  after a few swear words (think i will be doing this some more with mk3 ownership  ) bit of a think and decided it would be easier to replace the swivel hub assy luckily a local breaker had one in and all okay so went and picked this up must have been there for years  fcuking carrier bolts etc were solid!! more swearing!! but got it all cleaned up and then no way would the driveshaft pop out the old hub well fed up and tired and getting late i packed in  So today got a puller eventually so started teatime and the puller did its thing  one driveshaft out at last! new sensor in and all put back together and new bolts fitted/torqued down the road for a test mmmmm handbrake and abs light still on  scanned it and its now come up with nearside rear now  least the work i put in on the fronts okay  been costly this weekend and now need to sort the rear left this week i hope this sorts it 









Cleared codes and now only rear left comes back so will fit a new sensor this week keeping me busy this mk3 
thats all for now.....

[northeast_gti-t]

Small update Well after some helpful advise here i swapped over the rear abs sensors and looks like its not the rear left sensor  so found myself a replacement abs pump/ecu with the exact part numbers required so ordered in readiness i was hoping it would be delivered by the end of the week so i could get it fitted this weekend but its not turned up!  so it will have to wait until i get it now,noticed the other day that my fuel gauge acts up i.e. full tank does not read full via the gauge  so with the help of the 'how to guide' on here i got myself a new pump & sender unit yesterday and got that fitted



original oem unit was worn so was worth changing really,mine came out alright considering some dont,filled the tank up earlier and result! brimmed the tank and the gauge is now reading full  also sorted another little job that was annoying me in that i have removed and re-centred the steering wheel so its level when in a straight line and not the 45 degree's it was also cleaned up the battery and tidied and removed some old wiring that needed getting rid of and gave it a quick scan earlier i now have the 01276 - ABS Hydraulic Pump (V64) 16-00 - Signal  Outside Specification.  so good job ordered a unit now then,hopefully it cures the handbrake and abs warning lights and i can fit the replacement airbag/abs light unit without fear it will burn the bulb out  will be happy once that's all sorted out,mechanically all is all but sorted just bodywork to tidy up now etc Things progressing well in the time of my ownership,well that's all for the time being....

[northeast_gti-t]

Been abit busy this week,ordered a few parts and most have arrived waiting for a standard gti rear backbox now to replace the powerflow one,abs ecu fitted and still no joy so will require some more looking into  now have two spare ecu's  so might attempt to pull the lid off the original and have a look at that one,decided i would replace the standard gearknob & new gaitor for a mk4 item,also the steering wheel for a much better looking polo 6n2 one  well both items are now fitted well happy with them tbh,oh and will get round to fitting a new cam cover gasket as i picked this up earlier today seeings as the old one has seen better days!,once the standard box arrives and i get it fitted i'll post some pics up,for now will post some of the new additions

Airbag & steering wheel cleaned up with my old favourite 'poorboys'



The mk4 gearknob & gaitor all fitted.....




And the polo steering wheel....




Any further updates soon....

[mjb]

Looking Good, I've got a Polo Gti Steering Wheel to fit at the weekend, also have my eye on a Polo Gti Gear knob too......any probs in fitting the wheel I need to know about?

MJB