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.
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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.....
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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.
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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.