mattneck - mk2 ryder

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Just a short one for now, as I have had my first semester of uni work going in this week, yay!

Managed to get a new front grille as mine had all but one clip missing, and was smashed around one of the spots, £15, just need to swap the lower trim over, but keeping it off atm, as it has a black one so can wait till the bodywork gets done. Must also get pictures of all the little blips and stuff that I'm going to get painted, although after asking about getting it blown over, the guy doing it had apparently said it might be worth while doing the full body instead as it will turn up a lot better :smile:

Next jobs that are currently sat in the boot, turret carpets, need to find the lining to bridge between as my boots a bit of a state inside, and as I transport PA it will only get damaged again. Oh and tempted to get the bay tidied up on the sides, running up to the turrets.

fitted my new handbrake surround with intact t piece below, so no more movement, if only the bloody thing stood straight now (the actual lever) I’d be happier! also found a number 20 relay, needs testing for rear wiper non intermittent, im sure I’m not the only one who gets annoyed at the turn on then have to turn off annoyance of it.

engine steam clean and a full valet, post bodywork, so the cars full fresh, cause then the door cards will get done at least, and once its done properly once, I wont keep chasing the dirt that comes up out the carpets, also did get some VW logo rubber mats from a scrappy mk2.. Fiver for the lot on them, not VAG I don’t think but quality looking all the same, can protect my carpet form the mats I’ve got sliding around on them at times.

Got the remaining under seat leg linings I needed to cover all the legs, a non visible piece of trim really, but it'll look tidier. and after seeing Lewy selling "cold air feed pipe" and noticing I had the same pipe as my warm air feed, I was worried I would be losing heat as it moved through the pipe, as thought it may transfer away with no insulation, so a OE heater pipe cut down to size with this material insulation should help out in the cold weather and it looks tidier to   

major picture update to come

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It's been a funny few weeks, with everything going in to uni, and discovering 3 or 4 new yards for bits... My favourite find at the moment has to be an original factory blanking plate for the radio, possibly useful, most likely not, if I ever park somewhere a bit dodgy and don't want to leave the stereo. Got to love the fact that you have to sue genuine stuff to avoid rattles..






Finally got round to swapping the air feed, got worried after reading about the metal pipe being cold air, and pondered on the insulation on the warm air feeds, stopping the heat dissipating, there’s been a noticeable bit of difference in the carb warming up as well..

Old pipe


New pipe, a bit tidier too..


Next job I decided to go with a steam clean, get all the crap off the underside of the bonnet and some of the winter gubbins off the block and that.. £10 for an engine steam wasn’t too bad, but it did blow paint off my rocker, oops





Next tried to stop the rocking driver window I’ve got, it's not too bad, but rocks when you got your hands on it, doesn’t do it itself, first had to trace the 2 bolts going through, and removed



Then managed to move from 315mm to 310mm, the length between the edge of the grasp and the edge of the glass, with a few knocks of a hammer; first downward then inwards.





Oh, and in the end, no difference, the window STILL rocks back and forth bit more to come soon.. if only i can get out the house to take pictures in this cold!

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due to my damaged grille, in this case, only noe clip remaining holding it to the headlamp at one end, the plastic around one of my spots split right the way round ready to fall off at any point, and the fact it was held on by 1 screw wasnt very good.. a nice new grille, with a black trim on the bottom, whcih will get swapped to my white one when i get round to sanding/priming/painting the bugger, may jsut throw it in with my soon come body job.

in the end it took a junior hcksaw to rmeove the spots, as every screw was seized in, so i couldnt turn the wings..



next the final bulb in the dash that eneded replacing, apart form my right ahnd clcoks bulb which is tempermental, remove the console, get round the back and pull the bulb off..





tiny thing, not even wroth £2.62 surely?





new one arrives, different design, how the hell does it ffit? turns out ive left a piece of plastic behind, a quick fiddle with the pliers and a flat blade and everything is removed, its not as bright as the one i nnoticed in a scrapped golf, but itll do..

bonnet catch, during engine change, RIP.. my mate manages toc rank up the engine crane catching the catch and bending it, so now it doesnt spring, usually catching when closing the bonnet like this:



£5 for a very dirty noe form the scrap, coul have done better i espexct but nevermind.

a good dose of engien degreaser ad a wire brush tidys everything up..

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still cant find a working door speaker, ive boguht 2 within the past week, both with grilels which means i got soemthing out of it but again both were dead. the only remaining speaker for a complete OEM collection..



also got round to picking up the 4 new seals for my interior light door switches, around about £1.60 each were a bit pricey but will look a lot tidier

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also managed to find a new scuttle panel, my old hard plastic one is scratched and discoloured and has a small (repairable) hole but i saw this and got it for a fiver.. gave it a soap up and showered it down as you can see here tis drying back to the manky grey they fade to..



only a small bit of damage on one off the drainage bits, but no biggie, bit of silicone on it..



a lick of paint, engine enamel black for high sheen, the difference is noticeable..



and the final article huzzah!



its a sunday, and no, I've not got a lot to do today 

also if anyone ever removes their scuttle, a top tip to not lose them bloody clips that are there..

bit of duck tape over the top, down the back and onto the boy, then a flat blade underneath one side, bring it up and they stay on at one end and then a small flick and its off, and stuck to the tape not lost forever 

and the obligatory shot of the old vs new scuttles on the car 

(the photo I took has gone awol, so this is how the bay looked before the work, followed by a shot of the bay with the work, its a little scuffed and dirty again cause of the winter weather and the steam clean blowing paint off my rocker, oops.)



*new*

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bootcarpet, chokecable, grillelowertrim

jsut a note to remind meself 

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Wow, it's been a while.. had a few thigns going on, sso ehre a small rundown of some of the main ones with the car for now!

Handbrake light, coming home from a night out DJing, mate in car, tlakign aobut getting combined HB and choke light for my new genuine choke cable, try to take it out and rip out the bulb 

I rememebr somene tlaking of changing theres and how to do it, proved very easy, and jsut the same 69p bulb from maplins i sued for my dash switches 



Then I did some work for my mates misus, loads of work n the side fixing peoples decks etc so the car didn't get much done, altohugh the money set me up ready to get work done, but then it snowed..



 

And also solved my oil filler cap leak, thatw as rolling down the front of the rocker, dodgy gaskt, it was cracked and perished beyone belief, lucky i had the spare from the old engine..



Also decided recently to refurb my steels, in time for when the bodyshop work comes around the start f april, when i head off to Barcelona 

Decide for a chuckle to get soem cheap spare whels to put on while the steels get done.. slapped vw bbs on google, and oddly, out of all teh sites that could have coem up, a set of bbs style wheels are for sale, 2 roads away from me, the first find on google!? so 4 bbs style 14s, not in great con, one trye got a nail in mid but all good tread.. not bad for £40!



Started on the refurb last weekend, favour from my good mate neil, rubbing of trims, testing a few ideas, rubbed A wheel, just A wheel i said. bloody time consuming. Should all be done in the enxt cople of weeks, the rings are the worst..







tried this blue line to match my pinsripe but wasnt sure











thena ttempted with a clsoer match blue humbrol paint brushed in, still, not too keen so gonan revert to the fully silver as seen above, should keep em looking nice..

the refurbed on:



and with a blue attempt cap instead..



 

p.s. no feet or hands in these photos are mine

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Lights! New uns!

Bought these crystals from Ben Mew.. now thinking it was too much of an impulse by, with the rest of my car being so stock, i don't think it'll suit at all.. everything else is standard as.. maybe these will go up for sale soon!



also a set of LHD lights from germny, bought with good reason..



they have motors!



now these look easy enough t fit to a set of RHDs, the same screw is sued, the alttice piece is jsut remvoed and the motor installed..





adnd held with a seal between the 2



inside the motor the setup is extremely basic.. jsut a switch and itll pull the screw in and out to adjust the height



sourced 2 of the 3 plugs from vw needed for the loom, one i still cant get and is on backorder, so the standard bodge job has been commited.. spades.







still need to make a wire fr illumination, 4 of 5 are there currently.. this jsut eneds fitting to the D plug for the ign live feed to get the babby going.

also hanks to rubjonny for the original loom pictures..







a very simple piece, heres hoping all goes to plan now

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Oh yeh almost forgot the little try i had with a bit of gloss black and a set of busted side repeaters today.. after watching my mate dust a pair to a strong black, instead of using smoke tint, i did these that wer ready to bin to see how they looked..
Light still shines through, with a clear bulb, not very intense but definately does it..

Plus I don't think i'll bother fititng them, maybe try them with an orange bulb to see if they are any better then but anyrate.. Heres a couple of shots form different angles showing ow solid they look, would match black trim perfectly I reckon, makes everything match, maybe smoked front bumper indicators to blend the lot, but not for me, standard baby!! 





And just held up to a light in the room, shows light can still penetrate through..



They're broke ayrate so they'll msot likely be binned soon 

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There's too much I need to add here, new wishbones, new tie rods and ends, new bottom ball joints, new front hubs and bearings, new rear bearings, got a replacement front passenger wing due to the fornt end dmage on it, altohugh its got an arch so im a bit sketchy as to underneath, altohugh my mate said he can sort it.. mint condition ryder interior, well almost mint, £20 so i can make one complete mint interior from it all. mint condition not a single ding or dent or mark bonnet £5 in alpine white, although is covered in cack so will need to get the tcut out! its in the bodyshop while im on holiday which is good, finally it gets done.. cant think of much else ive done at the moment, havent had any time! oh flat boot carpet as well, which is so so much better.. photos and all that jazz soon 

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Well it's been through the shop, it's not completed yet but theres a few key bits that did get done!  Before that though..

Finally got around to replacing my rocker cover gasket, I highly recommend doing it to anyone who's got oil seeping down around the head, a) it's messy b) it's a suprising amount over time, it's my fault for having the rocker off and not renewing it even though it was a couple of weeks old, it had already been compressed.. You can see where the oil was just passing by the rubber and out..



This gave me chance to redo my rocker with a bit more experience and idea of what the hell I was doing! It's all about the little things to, the finer details.. 

Such as repainting the rings and wire brushing the bolts off!







Finally got round to giving the interior a fully good clean, admitted only with a can of upholstery cleaner but it still did good, the after math form one seat and looking around proved how dirty it really was.. so a full strip of the interior form the car to clean properly ensued, no seat cover strippage though, unfortunatly..

I've ben sat in that!!?



Left is cleaned, right is manky.. 



Fresh, ahh ahh!!



It then became an odd job week.. the light above my clock had gone so I thought i'd finally get round to doing it, open up the bulb holder and find out that its easy to do, pull the bulb out..



Open it up replace bulb in holder, no point, 69p at the local factor, so binned them 

Trying to refit them I broke 5.. trying to get into this little hole, the only way to pivot them was long nose pliers.. got one in 45deg, left it 5 seconds and hear "tssh".. 5 times..





Found the ebst way to be shove the speedo cable and grommet into the car to pull the clocks up and out, disconnect spedo and loom, do it in your kitchen, refit speedo cable, pull back through and poke into point around the edges 

Someones beasted up my radio loom, maybe this needs tidying sometime.. noticed an extra plug back there as well, i think someones done some editing though to make it ISO?



the main dings were done, the wing totally reshaped, an excellent job I feel

















finally tidyed up the front end with a toweye cover that fits.. clips onto the actual eye rather than flipping up like the older ones



Oh finally, my coupe rear wiper with a blade that doesn't foul at the top leaving a chunk of unwashed window, and a rather natty sticker 



Get. In. There...



and also have gone with a little boot pop, jsut for the sake of doing it, me and my dad managed to get this in on sunday, lucky he's a sparkie so had a nice metal rope thing for pulling wires through, enough spades to shovel the sahara, and the expertise 

The current popper switch..



And where i've located the solonoid, although has since caused problems, fouling the bar inside the tailgate, I don't know if the bars twisted slightly, or shifted somehow, but, I've had to temporary remove it, going to remount and start again, the single screw holding it I don't think helps too much either, as it's causing it to pivot and not open the boot..



And earthed to the rear wiper motor 



That's about it at the moment, Some new 6x4's coming later this week for the rear, hopefully the UK pressed plates witohut GB band as replacement will be here thursday as well, got some nice genuine wolfsburg surrounds to wrap them babys in as well.. this ones been a long time coming but finally i've got round to something with pictures