1990 Golf GTI 16v

[Mew]

it's fully working

That was a lie actually. The car tried to abandon me in Reading last weekend by not starting. It would turn over and then just as it started to run, it would cut out. Eventually got it going and the following day i gave all of the earths a clean and that seems to have sorted it (so far).

I also need a new front passenger window mechanism, as the current one has decided to jam. The driver's window switch has also died, but 2 new switches have been delivered today.

So, the to do list (in no particular order):

replace tappets, cam chain, cam belt, tensioner etc etc
replace osf wheel bearing
replace window mechanism
replace window switches
realign rear wiper (it moves to the left before it sweeps down to the right - annoys me)
replace headlamps, spots and fogs with standard items
replace rear seatbelt (frayeda bit)
keep an eye out for a 90spec driver's seat (current is pre 90)
replace suspension with higher setup (maybe a complete kit, maybe just springs)
Get the CO and idle properly set up
fit new headlining
adjust the way the sunroof sits when closed
make/fit uprated headlamp loom

I miss the Skoda

[JC]

hows ya other project going 

[Jay]

If you want a rear seat belt, I might have 1 you can have gratis, providing it's not the one I used last year in the old Golf that I don't have any more.

[Mew]

hows ya other project going 

We don't talk about that


Cheers for the offer Jay, but i've got a few back home so will just fit one next time i'm down there.

[JC]

We don't talk about that

 

[Mew]

Today i have made and fitted an uprated headlamp loom. I was getting just shy of 10v before fitting, and although i haven't been able to measure the voltage after fitting the loom, the improvement is very noticeable.

I have never had a problem with the lights on any previous mk2s that i have had, but when driving home the other night down some country roads i was really struggling to see far enough, even with full beam and the spots on. The beam pattern seemed to fall on the road in the right place, it just wasn't bright enough, but that's all sorted now. Not the tidiest job mind, but it does the job

I should have a new window mech fitted by the end of the week, and while i'm at it i'll put the new switches in. I'll hopefully have a new set of front lights fitted too.

[Len]

Those yellow tints maybe? 

[Mew]

What yellow tints?

[Dec]

What yellow tints?

Maybe len thought they were on the Headlights? (not just the fogs)

[JC]

What yellow tints?

another len fail moment ben, its becoming common place. 

  still got the tints if you want them back