new play thing :) was broken , now fixed..... :) for now

[kniterider]

have got the twin wiper set up to put back too, but am minus the short arm and blade, so will check tomorrow if any bits i need to sort as the single wiper is er... crap to say the least!! wouldnt be so bad but dosnt park where id like it too!! , just hope the bits ive got the for the correct side of the car and not from the early mk2 as they were the same as lhd set up  from what i remember anyways,,,, will have to check tomorrow and then try and source the short arm also after a gti 16v badge for the grill, been watching a few on ebay but they go for silly money!! if id have known how much people wanted for the bits i was after id have tried to get for a bit less but the prices for mk2 demand bits seem silly!!

[dan_apps]

looks good that

[X4MGS]

have got the twin wiper set up to put back too, but am minus the short arm and blade, so will check tomorrow if any bits i need to sort as the single wiper is er... crap to say the least!! wouldnt be so bad but dosnt park where id like it too!! , just hope the bits ive got the for the correct side of the car and not from the early mk2 as they were the same as lhd set up  from what i remember anyways,,,, will have to check tomorrow and then try and source the short arm also after a gti 16v badge for the grill, been watching a few on ebay but they go for silly money!! if id have known how much people wanted for the bits i was after id have tried to get for a bit less but the prices for mk2 demand bits seem silly!!

There are two Wiper boss/Spline sizes to watch for... Make sure you get the correct one... I have a set of both and a complete wiper assembly - Again both sizes...

[kniterider]

well the head gasket went on it last night, was on my 3rd sighting lap at cadwell park and it started running a bit sh!te, then first lap was the only lap!!

on inspection this morning it seems who ever did the head gasket last time damaged it from the looks of it?



and this is where it has failed.

any bits im after is now on hold as im not sure whether to repair it or break it or sell it as is.... car handled well enough and braked well enough (not that i was going overly fast on the sighting laps), just a bit annoyed as didnt want to be considering a engine conversion just yet, i had plans to do that over winter in the garage. cant be doing with skimming heads etc as i know its been done before and had alot took off , so if i do repair it i might just bung a steel head gasket and hope for the best??

the joys of owning a 20 year old car eh?? especially when its your daily work transportation too....lol

[X4MGS]

Oh Dear... Sorry to hear that...

Never did or do understand why people "Track Race" a daily car that they need to get to and from work 

[kniterider]

er.... because it was a 'track event', not a 'track race' which is just some where you can drive your car at fair speeds and get a feel as to what your car is capable of, something alot of people try on the roads and fail , because of traffic restictions , on coming traffic , pedistrians and poor road surfaces and not having a understanding as to how there car behaves and so on, i only took the golf for a 2 1/2 hour evening event which in reality i would have probably seen just over an hour in total, the head gasket would have gone at some point and im glad it went when and where it did rather than at 4 am on my own on some back roads!! i can use the wifes car or go and sort this out before monday so its not really an issue just frustrating that who ever did the job rather than re-order a new head gasket decided to continue to fit this one, its only done 2000 miles since it was done even though it was a long time ago!

 

[kniterider]

fitted new head gasket and stretch bolts today and all is good!! , am going to take it on a run for 30 miles or so tomorrow just to double check, but the run into town and 30 mins running on the drive all seems good!! just need to flush the coolant system again to rid the snot from the old head gasket fail and then change the oil again in a few days then hopefully shes got a few more miles left in her!!

 

[kniterider]

flushed coolant system again this morning then took for a 30 mile blast, seemd ok then started to misfire after about 15 miles, limped home and cylinder 2 and 3 ht lead has started arcing to the head.... strange!! new set of leads fitted and all is good again, am just going to run it steady for 500 miles and see whats what


as much of a twit as it has been ive acutally enjoyed fixing this..... lol