Got some work done on the Golf this afternoon. First of all was to get the front end up in the air and remove the bonnet.
Then removed all the suspension and driveshafts, disconnected the steering column from the rack, removed gear linkage assembly.
Had a bit of an issue with how I was going to remove the lump from the engine bay as the car wouldn't go back far enough so I could hook up the engine hoist to the steel roof beam running the width of the garage. There is a room above in the loft to store parts so drilled some holes up through the floor and ran some rope round a couple of the wooden joists to support the front of the engine while I lowered the subframe down with a huge trolley jack. Worked out well.
And out she comes.....
Then began to strip the engine bay of al its bits. All brake pipes and ABS pump removed. Going to remove the servo tommorow hopefully so I can begin rubbing things down. Sooner I can get all this in primer the better as looking at it now it certainly looks like I have my work cut out.
A fair big job doing this but my biggest concern is putting it all back together but have meticulously took loads of photos as I go along and all parts, nuts and bolts, clips etc have been logged and stored seperately so I know exactly what goes where. Looks like I will be needing quite alot of new parts too in regards to the suspension as it was all seized solid.
Hopefully begin stripping the engine down for paint next week.
