mattneck - mk2 ryder

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So! Eventually we got the new engine in, with swapped voer exhaust manifold to fit the golf design. In the end we didn't go straight in for the weber, as it came with a pierburg and all that jazz bolted on, so tohught let's give it a go, bad idea, but i'll get to that.

new engine dropped in, subframe in and engine on mounts.. note strange looking polo mount on let hand side and bad condition looknig alternator, got the old golf one in better condition with a betyter mount to put in sometime though!



That's all we got done that day, took a fair whack of time out of us, and impending bad weather was also a bit of a unwanted treat 

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Well on the old engine, gong back to that jsut to keep track f everything we went through, the cam belt needed a change, or, at elast, we said let's change it anwyay, meaning we had to source a new water pump, having 4 different guys try and crack this one out, using a big bar, a hammer, everything in avail.. it eventually fell out with a o-ring rusted in for good measure:



New pump went in, and obviously will be translated to the newblock with new alt belt soon

Sunroof was one of the first bit's of damage I sorted.. oe side already had the chrome arms, the only oens VAG seem to do now, so the other might as well have gone the same way.. after the drivers side one ahd fallen to pieces and was swimming in its own grime:



The usual pikey aerial snapping.. then my kepy for my Beru security arial broke so its sitting jsut up a few mm now, constantly, which is annoying 



The old, degraded head gasket..



Combined with some rather messy sparks that were replaced..



Destoryed exhaust, inlet, and oil gaskets..



Anyone notice the trend of how this car really wasn't looked after, and obviously jsut used as a run around 

Obviously because the other couple were "away and he was selling it for them" (another crap story from a private seller) they couldn't care less!

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Pleased with todays trip to the breakers..

A nice pile of various VAG booklets, to make a nice big collection, and really only to add an instruction manual that ahd gone awol from mine 



Ooh and replaced drivers rear side winder, whoever had a dog in there prior had chewed the bloody thing to bits.. Pair of armour door plates went on as well, for peace of mind, really..

Oh and it went for a tune up on the PB which proved worthless.. The story of the PB that came with the engine was the usual, voer revving, sticking open etc.. and i idn't have time to see how far it went or the money to, I'm sure the suto choke spring is sticking, holding it opewn, it would start fine, thenstart to rev and stick at around 2k.. ended up with a weber, i was told was for a 1.3, came with a 1.3 manifold anyrate, looks a bit like a 1.6 or 1.8 one to the eye though, got that in for a tune up and it flys now, prior to that it would stall everytime you put the clutch down, on the PB. Keeping the both tohugh, worth a recondition I reckon, if jsut for a bit of fun..

Got a nice manual choke lead with the old N shape on, from a morris minor place in bath 

Pics to come

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Well, recently we discovered there was no servo assistance, a change of master cylinder as bleeding the brakes with the old method seemed to have killed the seals, all went swimmingly, pressure bleeding kit, all done and dusted, oh and this comes after needing to change a rear cyliunder on the apssenger side as it was pouring brake fluid everywhere!

So, that goes in fine, but braking still required a fair bit of pressure, take the pipe form the servo, and blow test works both ways (in the sense that it only went one way through, so it was ok) check the manifold, looks riveted, there was no suction at all. The manfiold, as far as i knew had been swapped, but the state of the gasket that came of didn't look as though, so check the other manifold, the one the weber came on, or might not have come on, who knows, ahd the same problem, riveted. so was the polo mk2 1.3 a non servo model? Well we managed to drill one out, and then checking the original golf engine, there was a gaping hole for vacuum, uhoh. Car was working fine anyrate, everything ran smooth, was jsut the braking was a bit inefficient, but they stopped me so that was ok for now, till the problem was source and i had time to swap the manifold. Get up wednesday morning, live on a slight hill, try to pull away, foot on brake, stright to floor, was free playing like nobodys business.. Look round the fornt and the metal retaining ring holding the plunger inside the servo had fallen out completly, it was laying in the bototm of the servo, the ring had bent out of shape, somehow. So, new servo it is. Sourced one forma 1.3 on ebay being broken, for £10.95 including postage, wahey! But then needing it ASAP and wanting it by saturday had to pay the uprated postage of bloody royal mail and their special delivery theft..

Was suprised by the ease of removign the servo really, apart form the nuts being a bit nippy to the thred, overall not too bad. Just looking forward to getitng it in their with a vacuum on it and get an early MOT sorted soon after the cambelt/waterpump/alternator switch over.

Riveted shut







Weber, removed for manifold swap due to rivet also being on this manfiold, swapped to original golf manifold and preheater with plug from golf as polo had differing plug. Just need my inlet gasket form the old engine which was brand new to come across now 

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Original golf manifold, the wonky look of the hole and the polished tip makes me think they may have been all blanked from factory, and then changed according to car?



My busted servo, look through the middle and note the..



..missing pin and retaining ring



Shame, as it's in such nice cosmetic condition, and the new one coming I have recieved a close up of, looks quite rusty.. will need ome treatment without doubt..

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woo the new servo arrived, in a state!



gave it a good old scrub, and a lick of grey primer and it looked a bit more beastly!



and voila the finished article, whilst looking a lil oily due to the flash, came out nice, will have to take one of it mounted 



and the rocker cover is coming along, needs a final sand and coat!



till tomorrow 

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All together now! 

A Nicely done rocker cover if i do say so myself, air filter touched back up for final replacement, all i need now is something to polish hat damn warm air shield!



After getitng it up and running though, a lap around the block shows the servo to be working.. by locing the rear wheels and screeching like a banshee 

But then when heading to show my mate who guest stars in the pictures and helped me do all of this, Bruce if you read it none of this would have bene possible without you mate, you're a star  it decided it was going to kangaroo a treat, and cut out. Fuel pump maybe? Well, went and got the one of the old block and still no luck.. Had to leave it were it was 10 minutes from the house overnight, get it towed to the garage the next day only to ind out the carb was full of crap, apparently lots of black crap, probably due to having it off, and form when it was in the breakers for god knows how long, but the fine particles in the air from my spray job channeling into the house and floating in. All sorted now but apparently the fuel pump is backing up a little.. Really need to do my GB oil as well, as th 5th gear isn't very nice at the moment due to previous leak! My dad hadn't done up the bototm drain plug properly 

Once thats done and it's had a wash, i'll put up some pictures of it cosmetics and all that jazz!

 

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Jsut a little update, part 1, around and aobut the outside 

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a bit of damage to be fixed, off to get a quote off a friend of friend on tuesday, hope it doesn't make my jaw drop to the floor 

rear driverside wheel arch



wiper recess



confusing as all hell as to how it happened.. passenger front wing

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removed all me door handles today, decided to remove the grime surrounding thema fter ahving done the rubbing strips and side repeaters prior.. they all ahd the usual ring of grime around them like so..





so after removal, to eliminate those horrible faint scratch lines that the recess was riddled with a nice dose of tcut colour fast all around the dish and handle, taking away the cack..



leaving me with a very nice looking handle and suround, admittedly this one is with the armour plate, but you get the idea!