KEEPING IT REAL AND RETRO

[DAVID ESSEX]

Hello people

It's my first day on the forum so I thought I would go for it and ask everything I need to know.
I'm in the process of doing up my 82 mk1 1.6 and I'm about to get my mechanic to have a look at it to get it all back on the road.
I have changed the air filter, the battery, the fuel filter, oil filter and the plugs.
What else do you suggest I have changed, bearing in mind I'm doing this as a month by month project having as much done as the pay cheque allows.

[AdamB]

As it is quite an old motor now, you are going to find that things give up on you as time goes by, I would get it running on the road and just let nature take its course with the mechanics until you find out what needs replacing through failure.
Change all of the belts whilst you are gettiing into the engine, as rubber degrades over time, and you really dont want one going on you whilst driving. But other than that, it seems you have got it covered with the main things done for a service interval.
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[vixteris]

u will probably need a new rotar arm too and like ads says make sure u get the timing belt replaced.  u probably dont know when it was last done and if it snaps damage can be costly to repair 

[DAVID ESSEX]

Cheers adam

I will get my self down to German & Swedish and get me a few belts.

One last question, what would be the nightmare answer that my mechanic would give me when I asked him "how was she, any problems?"

[vixteris]

rust 

[AdamB]

One last question, what would be the nightmare answer that my mechanic would give me when I asked him "how was she, any problems?"

"I suggest you sit down first"

[Joester]

I presume you have done the HT leads along with the plugs?
You might as well do the whole HT system at once instead of just new plugs.

If money is tight, as it is with me, I suggest you get into the idea of doing all work yourself.
You will find your money doesn't  go very far if you are getting a mechanic to do things, they are the easiest of cars to work after all.

Also, why not perform a compression test ?
You can get an idea of how your piston rings and valves are sealing, and its easy and quite fun to do.