Jonrandom 1.8t TD05 16G build

[jonrandom]

Nearly lost it with the car today and was ready to burn the f**king thing to the ground!!

Moving the car to the garage to get sorted hopefully and suddenly a huge fountain of oil shot out from under the bonnet! I opened up the bonnet to this




Pretty much every last drop of engine oil was over every single part of the engine and bay 

At that point I was ready to destroy it as ive had enough of all the f**king sh*t problem after problem!

I found the source of the oil fountain and lucky it was just the pipe from the oil cooler coming off. If it had been anything else I think this project would be game over!

[jonrandom]

Yeah your right anyways ive spent far to much money to stop now! I just had to buy a new hub, awesome!

[jonrandom]

Yeah your right anyways ive spent far to much money to stop now! I just had to buy a new hub, awesome!

I had that on the front of my golf.


Press the new bearing back in... don't hit it with a hammer like i did...

I have a front wheel bearing actually. 5er + postage n it's yours

Cheers mate but already got one 

Deep breaths, im going to finish this car.

[jonrandom]

Well on to sorting the next round of problems, a random battery power drain which happens some days and not others and also the other new squealing noise which started soon after the engine emptied its oil all over the bay has been tracked down to the flywheel!? Dont know how or the extent of the damage at the mo but will find out next wk.

[scarr89]

FML>>>>> How have I only just found this build thread 

I know have to read all 20+ pages. God dammit maverick! I'll post back once I'v read it all 

[jonrandom]

FML>>>>> How have I only just found this build thread 

I know have to read all 20+ pages. God dammit maverick! I'll post back once I'v read it all 

Cheers mate. Heres the project page

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=223443.0

its got most of everything in it with out the comments so a bit quicker to read.

[scarr89]

FML>>>>> How have I only just found this build thread 

I know have to read all 20+ pages. God dammit maverick! I'll post back once I'v read it all 

Cheers mate. Heres the project page

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=223443.0

its got most of everything in it with out the comments so a bit quicker to read.

I found this sucker before reading all 20 odd pages, thank god 

Great work mate, love how customised everything is. Truly one of a kind!

[jonrandom]

FML>>>>> How have I only just found this build thread 

I know have to read all 20+ pages. God dammit maverick! I'll post back once I'v read it all 

Cheers mate. Heres the project page

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=223443.0

its got most of everything in it with out the comments so a bit quicker to read.

I found this sucker before reading all 20 odd pages, thank god 

Great work mate, love how customised everything is. Truly one of a kind!

Thanks mate it is a long journey proud of what ive done but its my first project and it shows that im still a novice with the little problems im still having!

The flywheel came loose and got damaged lucky it did not damage the clutch or gearbox so it has been replaced and fingers crossed it will be all good and I cant finally map this fu*ker!

........ after I reweld the downpipe to stop the blowing

[jonrandom]

Ordered a red brembo paint kit for my rear calipers so they match the front and it came and have been painting them up tonight.

Calipers after bigg red recondition



The paint kit



Came with everything needed paint, hardener, paint brush, brake cleaner, gloves, mixing cup, the works.

First coat



waited 40 mins as per instructions and added the second coat.



Going to let it dry tonight and will add another tomorrow. Looks like a good match 

[SoundillusioN]

Its been almost a month 

He'll come back with a big update where everything is fine................................ I hope.