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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: kraM on 04 May 2009, 18:27

Title: It's alive!!! (random waffel)
Post by: kraM on 04 May 2009, 18:27

For not other reason, but to tell everyone...

It's alive, after nearly a year in the garage collecting dust, my lovely MK1 1600 GTi fired on the key :grin:, then spat a f*&$ off large flame out of the exhaust :evil:, so I put the plug leads in the right order :embarassed: (always helps) and she ran up with no problems.

Adjusted the gear-linkage as per haynes manual, as adhusting it by the smack it and see method caused me to select third and blow it to pieces coming back from Stoner last year, I can now select all the gears, and they are where they should be.

I have checked everything for the MOT, spent 1/2 hour wondering why left hand indicators wouldn't work, then smacked the fuse box, et volia, it works! 

I now have the dreaded job of leaving my pride and joy with some garage whilst it gets an MOT and hopefully no test drive...

Pictures when it pass's, has a new ticket and it all shiney.

Cheers

kraM

Title: Re: It's alive!!! (random waffel)
Post by: monzablue16v on 05 May 2009, 11:17

Good times :)

Title: Re: It's alive!!! (random waffel)
Post by: Dinky on 05 May 2009, 19:41

Good to hear it Kram...itching to get mine sorted as well and totally feel your pain about leaving it at a garage somewhere...

Dinx :kiss:

Title: Re: It's alive!!! (random waffel)
Post by: kraM on 08 May 2009, 02:53

It failed  :cry: :cry: :cry: on rear brakes no effort and emmisions high enough to kill an elephant...

Stripped the rear brakes apart, only slightly seized (didn't check that...) and spent 2 hours trying to get it not drinking super plus faster than I can put it in.

Then it Passed  :grin: :grin: :grin:
Took it for a test drive (after taxing it), with the rev limiter back on  :undecided:, my god it hits that fast and hard, may have to remove it  :cool:

After driving my accord for a year, it is soooo hard, need adjustable dampers, but man alive when you nail it, the speedo rips round with a pleasing pace!

Enjoy the summer boys and girls

kraM

Title: Re: It's alive!!! (random waffel)
Post by: rubjonny on 08 May 2009, 10:09

awesome work :)
I'll be enjoyiung the summer at least 50% more than you, though I wont be going as fast  :grin:

Title: Re: It's alive!!! (random waffel)
Post by: Komenda on 08 May 2009, 10:10

Glad to hear another one is up and running. The joys of driving a light car, they accelerate nicely and go round corners properly without all that weight to shift around.