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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: kraM on 12 September 2010, 23:11
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Why do we do this to ourselves?
After a year of threatening to start finishing my already finished MK1 1600GTi, I began its 1800 16v KR conversion. (I have the ceramic early type fuse box)
Fully lightened & balanced bottom end with new bearings
New water pump
Man in a shed head
Stock cams and exhaust manifold
Port matched
1) Simply remove engine from hole.
1i) How the f**k are you supposed to get an engine that is physically bigger than the hole out. (I no longer have a workshop at my disposal, just my drive and a borrowed engine crane)
1ii) Round of drive shaft bolt, only one of them though.
1iii) Nearly drag car off ramp things because drive shaft has got caught.
2) Spend ages swapping all the mounts, figuring out how to swap the gear linkage on to the MK2 box.
2i) Realise that 'posh' water pump won't fit with the 'valves alternator bracket, think about this too
2ii) Get grinder out and chop the bracket in half, spend an hour going back and forth to the car shop to get the right length alternator belt.
3) Decide as it was such a w4nk3R to get the engine out, to kick the box under the car, lower the engine in, bolt in the side mount, then offer the box up, jack it all up and bob's your mothers brother.
3i) Kicking the box under the car has filled up the bell housing with gravel, and the little bolt holes with sh1t. Also I lowered the engine on to the bell housing, which caused the tinwear to bend out of shape.
3ii) Remove box, clean out, fit to engine, summon the strength of ten tigers and get it all in the hole. Realise that the little rubber ring thing that goes on the engine mount is still sat on the rocker cover.
4) Have a coffee
Now the Wiring.
I wanted the new shape clocks, as 8K doesn’t appear on the stock MK1 clocks, mine are modded to, but the 8 is under the fuel gauge.
Change complete loom over, from a car with the fuse box on the O/S to a car with the fuse box on the N/S.
I brought a Sirocco dash loom, so that bit (although I haven’t fitted it yet) shouldn’t be too bad.
I have to shorten the loom for the N/S lights and lengthen it for the O/S lights, then fitted the side lights, thinking, why has it got four side lights? Cut the ‘spare’ side lights out of the loom, then realised that the side lights that I had installed were the indicator bulbs and the wiring loom on the floor was the side lights… Sob.
I’ve fitted that funny ceramic thing with the yellow wires, no idea what it does?
More later, I need to find a quite corner somewhere,
kraM
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Sheesh!!!... been busy then!!... wheres all the photos to go with all the pain!
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Saddly, no pics, maybe I'll do some now and put them up, technology and me really don't get on too well. I am dreading the connecting of the loom.
Has anyone esle fitted MK2 clocks into a MK1, as I am having to make major mods to get it all in the hole?!
kraM, who may have a cool car to drive before the end of the year...
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Saddly, no pics, maybe I'll do some now and put them up, technology and me really don't get on too well. I am dreading the connecting of the loom.
Has anyone esle fitted MK2 clocks into a MK1, as I am having to make major mods to get it all in the hole?!
kraM, who may have a cool car to drive before the end of the year...
I think you need to trim the supporting lugs off the mk2 clocks and find another way to secure but they do fit... wiring can be a bit of challenge, i think the wire colours between the two clocks are the same but the plugs are different, you will have to chop up your mk1 loom into the mk2 clocks connectors..
Shaun, who may also be driving a cool car before the end of the year! :grin:
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Good god sounds like a lot of hassle..... will be worth it though matey thats for sure!
Loving the title of this thread btw! think we've all been there, think i've been there more than most
Keep up the good work
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I’ve fitted that funny ceramic thing with the yellow wires, no idea what it does?
Is that the thing shaped like a pack of polo mints? Near the headlight? If so, its a 'dim dip resistor'.
Apparently, what it does is turns the headlight filament on dimly when the main beam filament is on. Its not needed apparently (dosent do anything of significance, and not needed fro MOT), and can just be removed (by unplugging it). I took mine off my mk2, as I heard they can fail/burn out etc.
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Cool, Shaun, cheers for the comment about the mod for the clocks, I thought so, but didn't really wanna phuq up a perfectly clocked pair of clocks (might as well have the same mileage as my original ones?)
And Rob.043, cheers for the Polo comment, I spent ages making a bracket for that thing, what was the point of it? Did VW think, hang on a minute lads, what else can we put on this car that is utterly pointless?
(other thing that springs to mind is the pressure reducing valves that fail for the heater matrix, why not make a better quaility matrix, everyone else did?!?!)
kraM
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Cool, Shaun, cheers for the comment about the mod for the clocks, I thought so, but didn't really wanna phuq up a perfectly clocked pair of clocks (might as well have the same mileage as my original ones?)
Well we all know the metal in the dash is pretty cr@p... maybe that can be modified?... either way, let us know what you do as my MAF seems to have decided to die so may be looking for a change in the future too.