Author Topic: Guy's mk1 Rivage (Read 162963 times)

RandomJord · « **Reply #90 on:** 14 July 2009, 18:20 »

Flange seepage sucks

gibby · « **Reply #91 on:** 15 July 2009, 08:15 »

I'd say more of a drip or a seep to be honest Jord.

JC · « **Reply #92 on:** 15 July 2009, 09:35 »

nowt wrong with a bit of moistness

Guy · « **Reply #93 on:** 15 July 2009, 10:58 »

there is when my coolant is p1ssing out all over the floor

Guy · « **Reply #94 on:** 16 July 2009, 17:59 »

Quote from: Guy on 14 July 2009, 12:14

well front flange is proper fcuked now... pissing out water at a rate of knots = undriveable - new part ordered and will be in, hopefully, by tomorrow

gear linkage bush is also buggered (read missing)... need to pick one up from GSF and fit... anyone done this to a mk1 and is it easy?

now sorted and shiny new VW front badge fitted at the same time!

Guy · « **Reply #95 on:** 22 September 2009, 21:53 »

so it's been a while since I updated this thread... various different things have been taking priority

got myself a 'george' the other week which does wet vac spray and extraction.. this pleased me. I always promised myself that once I got one of these I would give the interior of the cabby a good going over...

so I decided that as I had a couple of days free this week I would give the job some proper attention

this was what I found when I removed the seats...

I don't think that the carpet has had a lot of love during its life

took the carpet out and the interior was a complete tip, underlay was rotten so I binned it.. wiring was a total shambles

once the carpet was out I could see what a real state it was in

decided to use a strong mix of G101 and Autosmart Biobrisk... worked in then jetwashed off..

so halfway through cleaning the carpet was starting to give results... and give out a LOT of dirt!

finally done but still soaking wet

extracted - the results were obvious

and on the line to dry

while that was drying decided to tidy the interior a bit

set about cleaning up the wiring... where the original loom had got wet the insulation had rotted...
(its difficult to see in this photo but the passenger footwell was a mess)

so stripped it all back and cleaned it... then covered it in servisol, then let it dry.. then reinsulated

I cleaned the footwells with a strong mix of G101 and in some places Tardis... then extracted all the water with my trusty George

as I had removed all the rotten and smelling soundproofing and underlay I re-lined the footwells with some spare dynamat that I had left over from my mk3 ICE install..

I will be ordering some proper mk1 underlay to go over the dynamat to add a bit more soundproofing and comfort - this will be added in the near future

refitted the carpet, wasn't as bad a job as I thought it was going to be