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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Golf mk2 gallery => Topic started by: Baylez8v on 25 March 2009, 12:07
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First post. not so new to the dub scene, 20 years old and all 20 of them i was raised on air cooled and watercooled alike, since passing my test ive had a 92 polo hatch, a mk3 derv and a mk4 gttdi 115. now on my dream car, the mk2 gti. unfortunatly not in my dream colour or engine but it is a 3 door.
had the beast 8 months now, just running around, spaffing over the straight through stainless and k&n cone that i brought it with. with a thrist for a for go, i stripped her bare, nothing left bt 2 standard front seats, half a dash and the roof lineing.
but now for the reason for the post..... PROJECT!!
im sat in the car now, on my laptop, waiting for the nitromors to set in on my bonnet, ive got a range of halfords primers and sprays in the back and a bunch of wet and dry, were going cheap old rat style.
will be dropping a 2 ltr bottom end in at some point along with its gearbox and mines knackerd, no first gear and a nasty whirring when driven. kinda my fault really, after a puched a hole in the diff casing and drained the gear box oil i still insisted on driving it for another month.... ooops.
any way, ill keep it updated, ive gotta go scratch some paint off.
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fair play, sounds like another interesting project :afro:
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kool, so shes back on the road now after changing the gear box and a fewm fiddley gear linkage problems, just applied another coat of nitromors to get the rest of the paint off the bonnet so i can finnaly get the grill back on, should have ma steelies coming the next couple of das so i can get the sprayed up and put on, rest of the paint work and body attacking will slowly get done in the next few weeks, work and weather permited. jussst need to source some slammed shocks and springs now.
right, now back off the strip some more paint then back to work.... damn split shifts
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ive decided to come to a compromise on my interior, i want the out side looking shabby, but i think my interior is less than comfortable with its lack of carpets and sound deadening and door cards, ive lost the bottom half of my dash and my centre console. i wanna keep it minimal but tidy it up a bit, ive decided to put the door cards back in tomorow, to cover up the odd coulored door and give me some where to put ma phone and fags.
any other tips would be apreciated
cheers
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and my money should start building up again in the next month or so, so im gonna start think bout my engine. basic idea so far is my head recon'd, reseated ported and cambs, just a nicely done head really, twin 45s on top sat on a 2e bottom end, K&n in, full stainless to the back, including manifold if i can find one that dont cost an arm and a leg
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ah ha, found the thread, bin a long time, any the gti still lives kind of, it was off the road for a very long and made way for the corrado (rip) and now the polo, but theres still plans for it....
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what plans you got? im guessing the 2 litre bottom end etc?
Dan
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oui oui, bosibly bored to 2.1 money depending, ive got a turbo from an audi 2.5 tdi, but yeh all the usual tweaks under the bonnet, dump it on its arse on 15" steelies, bonnets rusted up lovely now, then a nice coating of matt black, the insides already gutted,jst gotta get the rezt of the dash out and find somewhere to put ma clocks
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nice one, sounds good :cool:
Dan
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innit, just gota get my corrado stripped and shipped off to the scrap yard to free up the space and bring in the money, then hopefully have the golf ready for when the polo dies of MOT failure lol, and i right tripped out when i say ure signature photo, thats my mums splitty in the back ground, musta bin a dodgy dubbers meet
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innit, just gota get my corrado stripped and shipped off to the scrap yard to free up the space and bring in the money, then hopefully have the golf ready for when the polo dies of MOT failure lol, and i right tripped out when i say ure signature photo, thats my mums splitty in the back ground, musta bin a dodgy dubbers meet
haha yep was at the dodgy dubbers show thing in terrington :smiley:
Dan
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right, a bit of an update, got the golf up on stilts ther day, and inspected to get her ready for an MOT as ive got no car at the mo, gonna swap all 4 legs for the bilstein ones i pulled off my old 'rado, including the hubs and brakes, so i sort all suspension and brake issues as well as uprating, gotta drill out one of the bolts on the back of the subframe that holds the antiroll bar in place as this snapped last time we were under it, and ive got a 16v clutch going spare so was gonna see if that solved my clutch probem, if not im sure 80 quid will fix that, just gotta sort out a 4th shock as one of the bilsteins in bolloxed due to the accident i had which wrote the 'rado off, but spring is still good so im hoping
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found the replacemnt shock, but dont have the 130 quid to pay for it, so i got a stainless intake pipe instead :laugh:
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and now a gear linkage repair kit..... at least im doing something
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shebang, 3 bilsteins in place and all the rado valver brakes, seperated the fooked shock from the mangled porsche d90 it was still attached to, sent the shock off to be re-welded (i hope it works cos i cant afford any bilstien parts) clutch is next job and plumb the brakes in with new lines and master cylinder
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nothing done due to weather and availability of help, oh and money. still havent heard anything bout my shock :sad: .should be stealing mums cammera tommorow get some photos up, but for now, heres an old one from when she was sat on bricks and id just stripped the bonnet.
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and a few even older ones next to ma mums mk1 cab
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ugh, weather has forced me to actually do something today, damn sun. so shes all jacked up and ready to have to gear box fall out to try and identify why the clutch pedal suddenly hit the floor and wouldnt come back up, 4th bilstien should also be back from repair shortly so that can go on, maybe shud plumb the rado valver brakes in too s i can drive it to a garage to have the subframe bolt drilled out and replaced then theres just the small matter of tax and mot and she will live agian
oh and i can only hope that the sudden decision not to idle anymore is down the fuel gauge lying to me, cos i cannot be bothered to start pissing around with the isv and idle switched and screws and other bollox
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Just looking at them pics above, i realised i came past your house a few times latley, wondered why there was loads of dubs parked there, like a vw graveyard :grin:, my mate lives up the road with the blue a3 and now got a white caddy van.
Hope you get clutch sorted.
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yeh theres an a3 at end of my road with german style plates, yeh, weve had a bit of a clear out recently, im running low on cars.
cutch not sorted yet, could possibly be another gear box, which is gash as i only put that one on it a few weeks before it went off the road. but not too work there not exactly hard to come by
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i love finding this thread after a few months.....
so, the golfs had a lot of work done in the last month or so.
new pushrod mech on back of gear box, new clutch, new clutch cable.
new gear linkage and bushes.
4th bilstien now in place
3 porsche d90s (waiting for other to be repaired)
new top mounts and ball joints.
oil, filter, plugs, gearbox oil, sump bung,
started operation cans of mat black.
new rear badge.
new vacuum pipe system
still waiting on standard air box and new mirrors from geebay
pending new back box mods as hangers and bend dont match up.
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ah ha, ive found it again. so since last update the golf made it back on the roadfor bugjam.
she was wearing a rather "rustic" coat of matt black and porsche d90s on the rear and some random little 14 inch alloys on the front....
tracking was sort of straight and due to lack of measurement for the camber adjustment, we just kinda pulled them out as far as they would go.
she has blessed the road with her noise and dodgy brakes (master cylinder seals?) for 2-3 months and has now developed a major missfire and over and underfueling issue. now many faults have been found that point to a cause for this including:
buggerd ht leads which are now sorted.
massive vaccum leak which is now sorted.
filthy air mass meter which, other than the standard air box and filter to stop any more damage, has not been sorted.
and finnaly it would appear that my injector sels are rather buggard as there seems to be a large amount of fuel dispensing itself all over my inlet manifold and the back of the head.
so until this is sorted shes off the road again until funds allow for proper repair
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I like this thread hard look ur havin but will b good when its finished.
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thanks. at the end of the day shes a tierd little 21 year old 8v thats had 13 other abusive owners so she just needs some proper love and attention and as im a chef and rarely see the light of day i dont get much time to spend on her but the chances i do get i give it my all and quite litterally put my back out trying to sort the problems
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Yeh I know what you mean. I like the rat idea. I havnt the balls to go all the way on mine but I hav a rusty bonnet. Its my best part of my mk2 :) haha
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well i finaly made space in the garage today, jammed the golf in and removed the bonnet. battled my way to the injectors and removed them, seals are perished and cracked but nowhere near as much visible damage as i thought there would be as it has caused such a major problem to how she runs.
the real news is how much my wiper blank on the passenger side has rotted, i can fit my hand under my windscreen and sit it on top of my dashboard, all the way from the far corner of the window to the center of the dash.... BAD TIMES
pics to follow, now to start ripping the dash out to see the full extent of the damage and if shes salvageable :(
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ok so ill have all the pics up later tonight, am in the garage now, dash is all out, just gotta tidy things up with the wiring and sound deadening to get some more clear pics. just having a tea and fag break as im all shakey from al the cuts to my hands. i hate dash boards.
upon taking the dash out i have decided not to put it back in for a few reasons
1) it goes with the stripped look and i like it.
2) id rather hit my head on a solid peice of metal as opposed to all the meatal point braces that hold the dash together
3) i cant be botherd to put it back in again
4) i tore off the two fixings that u have to undo from under the bonnet cos i forgot they were there
pics tonight, wish me luck, the hole is pretty big
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Everything is fixable if u hav the resources mate
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erm that looks pretty b*lloxed!
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erm yeh, just a little, now to find the metal thats gonna fit where the hole is, any idea anyone?
ive got a similar job to do on the rear offside window but im not so worried about that
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get some 22 gauge steel and make it up, its fairly pliable so easy enough with the right skills/patience! any motor factors should sell it. 18 or 20 gauge would be too thick
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well ive got myself a welder with a welder lol, better source a fresh windscreen before i go poping mine out, im more worried about how hard thats gonna be to be fair.
is it not poosible to get a replacement panel and cut and weld it in because as you can see it extends right over to the wiper blade in the center of the window, i figure that the rare mk2 i find in the scrappy is gonna have the same problem anyway so its not worth looking
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well ive got myself a welder with a welder lol, better source a fresh windscreen before i go poping mine out, im more worried about how hard thats gonna be to be fair.
is it not poosible to get a replacement panel and cut and weld it in because as you can see it extends right over to the wiper blade in the center of the window, i figure that the rare mk2 i find in the scrappy is gonna have the same problem anyway so its not worth looking
its not uncommon for them to rot a bit around the wiper blanks but thats the worst one ive seen. i doubt a panel company will offer a repair section for it, so you either cut-up an original or get some sheet steel :sad:
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well took an angle grinder to her today, stone cutting disc didnt really help matters. any way i seem to be cutting A LOT of metal away and it might be hard to gets some welds in. but im gonna keep at it and see what happens if needs be ill be travelling around scrap yards looking for one that hasnt rotted out yet. plenty more pics to come, proabably tomorrow night after another sesh on the grinder and wire wheel.
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will probably start uploading the mountain of pictures ive been collecting tomorrow. not looking good, nearside wing and door now removed. plenty more angle grinder action at the base of the A pillar, just cutting away anything rotten and wating for a verdict from someone more experienced as to whether its worth welding or not. getting pretty close to structural problems, but i really dont want to have to scrap it
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will probably start uploading the mountain of pictures ive been collecting tomorrow. not looking good, nearside wing and door now removed. plenty more angle grinder action at the base of the A pillar, just cutting away anything rotten and wating for a verdict from someone more experienced as to whether its worth welding or not. getting pretty close to structural problems, but i really dont want to have to scrap it
Damn!... where's this car been to be in such a state at such a young age!?
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will probably start uploading the mountain of pictures ive been collecting tomorrow. not looking good, nearside wing and door now removed. plenty more angle grinder action at the base of the A pillar, just cutting away anything rotten and wating for a verdict from someone more experienced as to whether its worth welding or not. getting pretty close to structural problems, but i really dont want to have to scrap it
Damn!... where's this car been to be in such a state at such a young age!?
By the sea I guess, not good having rust there.
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Well she is pushing 22 now and I did leave the hole under the window for too long, it spread intovthe inner wing and rotted the bonnet hinge mount out. Today I found the same problem on the drivers side, so plenty of pictures which I will be doing tomorrow I promise. The woman keeps stealing my laptop.
I also started pulling the front assembly apart today in order to remove the engine to gain better access to the chasis rail rust. I'll also be overhauling the engine whilst she's out. Should have plenty of time as the body work is going to be a big job.
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Ok, so catastrophic failure of the laptop today so I've only got my phone for internet now so pictures will have to wait now
Car update, removed battery and washer bottle in order to take the newly found rot under the battery.
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So these are the pics for removal of window and stage 1 of operation "grind golf to bits"
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Fooking ell son, and I thought "my rusty bubble, leaky window" problem was going to be a pain!... I suggest getting a secondhand or replacement scuttle piece at least...
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and the pictures for the adventure into the nearside wing....
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I've got some links I posted somewhere not long ago of similar issues with MK1s... Show step by step weld ups that demonstrate anything can be repaired!.... are you handy with a welder then? Hats off to you if you tackle this.
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and the off side
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just did a few searches for them links buddy not finding them, can u point me in the right direction. i wont be doing alot of wleding initially. my das using this as good time for father son bonding. hes gonna lend the welder and help with the metal and teach me as we go. my house mate also happens to be a welder by trade so im not short of help, but the aim is learn to weld on my own car :undecided:
got a few more pictures of front end strip down but weve all seen that before so ill post some more worth while pictures once the engines out and chasis rails exposed
any links or info on the subject would be appreciated, ive got my eyes on the scuttle panel repair panel from big boys toys for 45 bux, and possibly both inner wings if i can afford it
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just did a few searches for them links buddy not finding them, can u point me in the right direction. i wont be doing alot of wleding initially. my das using this as good time for father son bonding. hes gonna lend the welder and help with the metal and teach me as we go. my house mate also happens to be a welder by trade so im not short of help, but the aim is learn to weld on my own car :undecided:
got a few more pictures of front end strip down but weve all seen that before so ill post some more worth while pictures once the engines out and chasis rails exposed
any links or info on the subject would be appreciated, ive got my eyes on the scuttle panel repair panel from big boys toys for 45 bux, and possibly both inner wings if i can afford it
Sounds great, would love to do that.
Took a while because I couldn't find them on here and hadn't bookmarked the originals!
Cracking work on some stupidly bad rot! :shocked:
HERE (http://www.vwscotclub.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4965&PID=44200&title=1981-mk1-golf-gti) and HERE (http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=7979http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=7979)
Goning to bang the links in the mk1 section now too this time.
Good luck :afro:
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Good stuff, just had a read, good stuff, my plan is to spend the time making mine as neat and strong as the yellow one. I'm only really interested in having the car ready for bug jam and I not taking her this year so that gives me 18 months to do everything properly and re seal the engine aswell.
Work stopped for today, my dad seems to have landed himself in the hospital after collapsing.
Back at work tomorrow so progress will b slow until the summer comes and money starts rolling in for materials
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Good stuff, just had a read, good stuff, my plan is to spend the time making mine as neat and strong as the yellow one. I'm only really interested in having the car ready for bug jam and I not taking her this year so that gives me 18 months to do everything properly and re seal the engine aswell.
Work stopped for today, my dad seems to have landed himself in the hospital after collapsing.
Back at work tomorrow so progress will b slow until the summer comes and money starts rolling in for materials
Oh..... hope he's alright and he didn't collapse after seeing what was required on your car!.
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Back at pissing work now, split shifts galore so Atleast I get a couple of hours in the afternoons, going on a hunt for more discs for the grinder this afternoon and get hacking some more chunks out aswell as roll the engine out. Plenty of pictures to take so every one can laugh at the job I have taken on.
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Back at pissing work now, split shifts galore so Atleast I get a couple of hours in the afternoons, going on a hunt for more discs for the grinder this afternoon and get hacking some more chunks out aswell as roll the engine out. Plenty of pictures to take so every one can laugh at the job I have taken on.
I already am........... no not really.. Actually quite stunned that you're taking it on but it's great that you are.
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Well im not gonna learn unless I try. Plus I can't afford to buy a new shell outright, so repairing it bit by bit is a more economic way of going about it, even if it does work out more expensive at the end.
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Well im not gonna learn unless I try. Plus I can't afford to buy a new shell outright, so repairing it bit by bit is a more economic way of going about it, even if it does work out more expensive at the end.
Pay as you go MK2...... Pretty much how my MK1 has been all this time! :afro:
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*YAWN*
i need money:
Strip light has gone in the garage
ran out of all discs for the grinder
no metal to weld in
no welder to weld in the non existant metal
no sanding gear for the the application of the mountains of spray cans ive got lying around