Well Charlie Murphy has now covered 129k miles, 4k under my ownership and its been particularly uneventful, infact the longest time ive driven a little gti around without it beruiting itself on me hahaha.
Heres a list of whats happened
126k
GSF Shift Linkage Repair Kit
MissingLinkz Short Shift Kit
15x7 Lorbers
Oil Filter
Oil Change
Coolant Change
Tracking
Magnex SS Exhaust
TSR SS 4 Branch
Corbeau Reclining Bucket Seats
Single Wiper
Fuel Pump Relay 93590 19.80
Plugs SB95015 x 4 5.00
Air Filter MMC2860 6.50
Leads 92630A
Top Radiator Cover
Remove Brake Light
Fuse box Wiring
Rust Por-15'd
Removed Ariel
Blanking Grommet for Ariel
Blanking Grommet for Wiper
Clutch Cable
Throttle Cable
Throttle Pedal Teflon Bush
127K - 06/03/2009
(2k) - 12/03/2009
Earth wire for alternator
Static Timing Set
Fuel Pump Cut Off Switch
New Green Tint Screen - 18/03
Replaced Bonnet - 18/03
False Floor Fitted - 18/03
128K - 20/03/2009
Gearbox oil
Lithium Grease on Gear linkage
128339 (3k) - 25/03/2009
Rotor Arm - 26/03/2009
CO Checked - Fine
Armoured Door Plates 29/03/2009
Fuel Filter 29/03/2009
New Battery 29/03/2009
Coil Wiring to Fuel Pump Relay 29/03/2009
TSR Airbox - 30/03/2009
K&N Panel Filter - 30/03/2009
TB Gasket Kellogs - 01/03/2009
129k - 03/04/2009
New Oil Pump
New Oil Filter
15w/40 oil
New Rocker Cover Gasket
New Sump Gasket
Baffled Ali Sump & Gasket
New Screen Wash Pump
New Radiator Cap
Leather Interior
New Alternator Belt
Phew! Just a bit then! hahahaha
Picked up a new engine off a friend, we both assumed it was a 1.6 GTI EG block, but upon stripping it down, I came across a few concerns. First off, is that it is actually an FP lump, which was a 1.6 Carb engine fitted to 75-77 golfs, so proper early beasts. The Head cannot be used with the GTI injection setup as its for a carb, it has no injector holes.
The main reason I picked up the engine was because my own EG gti head is due a rebuild as the tappets are noisy and I suspect the valve stem seals need replacing as a matter of course. However as I now cannot use the rebuilt head, I will have to purchase another.
That leaves me at a quandry. Does anyone know the Bore stroke and compression ratio of the FP block. Will an EG 1.6 GTI head fit on the 1.6 FP block, and still produce the same power of around 113bhp. If I cannot use the block, can I at least use the pistons in an EG block.
So the rebuilt LS 1.6 head is for sale, and the bottom end complete with brand new pistons may well be if i cannot use it for my own application.
Freshly rebuilt Head
Brand New Pistons, you can still see the part number stamped on the top
Random pic of the car
Taino & Jamesface picked up my new interior for me from cheltenham and me and chazbot embarked on an epic journey on saturday night to collect it from evesham, fuelled by pot, the worlds best fish and chip supper, ridiculous amounts of munchies, mad mooney mobster and some rude tunes, we were set! Got back early sunday morning, had a dope sleep and fitted the interior the next day.
New interior
Also been stocking up on repair panels for when the golfs goes in to get welded up.
Currently i have
Passenger Outer & Inner Sill
Drivers Full Rear Arch Repair Panel
I need to get hold of the following and then its ready to get weldamathoned
Front panel, either lower valance or complete
Rear Panel, either lower valance or complete
Passenger Rear Arch Repair Panel
anyway thats all for now, jobs for this week include fitting the following
New Black Diamond Discs
New Pagid Pads
New Fuel Pump
New Cam Belt
New Cam Belt Tensioner