mattneck - mk2 ryder

[mattneck(Beavis)]

not a masssive update, more a preliminary one of things to come..

So this week, I'm finally going to fix the carburettor up, trial the new inlet, fit the new alternaotr and some new powdercoated bits.. and sort out that weeping head gasket!

So the slam panels been blasted, the headlight frames and the air filter lid have been done, waiting for the rocker to be done along with the euro inlet manifold..

So the ehadgasket, apparently causes a common leak on the small blocks, this relates back to the age odl problem of the breather system blocking up. In this case, it has gone that oens tep further that it can, and started seeping past the gasket. now this doesnt mean tis in anyway gone or detrimental to the running, or that the heads warped as if tis been overheated, its just the seals shot on the gasket for the main oil gallery as pictured..





So, it's from ehre that it's been seeping out, which also means oil could have got through to the dizzy, so a new seal on that, out the end of the cam seal, new seal, any place where oil is, and it could find a way out could have done.. a new head set should fix that. As I'm takign the ehad off this is what I'vve bought, an Elring TQ OE one.. and am going to get the stem seals done, the head flatness checked, the head dipped and cleaned and the valves and seats re ground and lapped 

Here's the other seals I got, randomly theres an extra green distributor seal that makes no sense?





Brand new set of head bolts



and an oil pump block gasket. I'm tempted to replace this one and whip the sump off to clean up the oil pump and change the crank seal with a little more ease. Seems sensible while everything esle is apart, and I have got a new sump that's ready to be refitted.



Also decided while I'm at it I'd need fresh water and coolant so stocked up, a new oil filter seems sensible and new pedal covers as mine are wearing a bit thin now..



On thursday I also decided I would open up my carburettor just quickly - at least, remove the jet assemblies and chekc the numbers on them to confirm what was there. Turned out that the second stage was missing it's main jet, now I know why the car bogs down a bit after 50 and takes ages to mvoe around speeds sometimes, due to its non calibrated fuelling!

So I ordered everything from weber which arrived yesterday, I was hoping i could use the one new main jet to test the car to see what response difference it made, and altohugh the new jet i was in need of most, was on the invoice, it wasnt ni the box! Coincidental, doh!

So, new bits for the carb include a new top plate, webers own retaining palte which actually lines up with the carb, rather than the rear screw being offset.. and a load of other bits and pieces..





The new top plate now has studs in instead, so I'm not bolting into the soft cast ally which is used and ruining the threads, causing it to be held in by only one bolt very insecurely, as it is now.. also matched here with the new retainer which should help tighten up the vacuum required.

Also picked up all new jets and everything, was gonig to go the whoel hog with the emulsion tubes but at around £10 a piece and jets noly being around £2, and being told tubes dont really wear at all, i decided against those. but instead went with an uprated pump jet going from 40 to 45 to help with the fuelling on the larger manifold.



also bought a proper weber service kit complete with sandwich plate, main gasket, needle valve and seat, vac diaphraghm and all the other gubbins like mixture screw and seals to recondition the lot





And then organised everything ready to fit..

 

Thought it would make lfie easier anyway! bought 4 new screws for the alternator as well to swap out the rusty ones, and also have 4 instead of 3 holding the thing together. Also need to touch in the bit of sivler where some of the very thin casing snapped off. Other jobs now include tidying up the wiring giving it all tis best routing, have the bushings to redo the starter with, waiting no the actual repair kit at the moment though hopefully thatll come monday or tuesday.. if not im a bit stuffed as to doing that that i aimed to do. Got myself a new water pump seal as well as thatll be needed to release the cam belt tension.. can't really think of anything else at the moment, gonig to give the bay a good scrubbing and clean as it's in dire need. maybe clean up some of the block and GB but might wait on that for now.. as long as the most visible stuff is tidy ill be happy..

Just gotta wait till wednesday and get started now 

[mattneck(Beavis)]

just a little placeholder..

Fitted alst electric window along with the correct colour quarterlight glass on the drivers rear.
have found ym tmep sender for ambient temp for the MFA clocks ill soon fit.
put everything back tgoether had the ehadwork done and that. pics to follow and a report on that oh so much of a bugger of a job it became.
fixed the drivers side heater blowing.. little fix which may help some people.
cant really think of anything else i've actually done right now. oh the cars going for paint as well, so there will be a writeup on that one 

[mattneck(Beavis)]

first off then.

scraped the arch, on the metal reinforcing the garage door frame bloody lockups..



and then used all my bits to finally rebuild the carby (sucha  time ago, as you cna tlel this is gonna be a bit of a slack writeup)

so i got the top off, within the top plate the threads ahd stripped out, usually they have studs in, but i had bene ahving to put bolts in, and the soft ally was bored out by this and the airbox was sitting loose





so split the carb in half to its top and bottom chambers and sections



cleane dit all up replaced the jets, needle valve, all the related gubbins and gaskets.. the fuel filter was a state..







next up, headgasket, it has the usual seepage of oil from the front left corner where the oil gallery seal gets pushed past when the oil breather blocks up



so whipped everything off, and went to fit my gk manifold which had a different network of pipes. this pipe coming off went down to the waterpump channel on the bakc of the blocik but the enw manifold had an extra outlet. from this i put a new pipe down to the main channel, and replacing the following pipe i put a single straight pipe, non t-piece from a polo.
(pic to follow)







took the ehad to get the valve seats reground, and everything checked, started out as cam seal, dizzy seal and valve stem seals, prevailed the guides were worn so far, he wouldnt do the work without replacing them, an extra £80 

means ive got a top condition head now though.. still a shame, msut have bene the 'lady owner' that did ahrdly any miles in the thing, with low oil and funny pressure killing the thing off, seals were bone dry and guides worn, no wonder it rattled 

so it all came back







ncie and clean with a light skim

on refitting, my torque wrench proved to have a few troubles.. got to the second go around with the bolts, number 9 and doof..



borrowed a snap on wrench after, and all was well 





got it all back together and its run sweet ever since.. few more bits to go in this update 

[mattneck(Beavis)]

still digging up photos! pc has been out of action for around 2 months and ive jsut got it back up and running finally..

took a few bits to be blasted and powered when I did the head.. need to get round to fititng them up 

did get the air filter lid reblasted after it was rubbing, my bonnet has dropped at the back corners and needs looking at, its really messed up the lid and a seocnd blast left it really mottled.. time to get a new one i think 







also somebody attempted to crack my boot open but must have got scared off or something..





time to delock the back 

[mattneck(Beavis)]

So a few wiring troubles (again really im just catching up here.. lately havent had time to take photos with some of the jobs due to getting too involved and dirty  )

So my radio..

Symptoms?

Hit a bump, cuts out, smack it, it'll come back on. Passenger rear speaker doesn't have 'proper' signal, all mechanical and electrical whirrings and signals can be ehard through this one speaker. Wires behind radio have been bodged before.. Doh.

So, here.. the power block. Standard wires..
Positive, Negative, Memory, Elec Aerial. So why the blue wire?





Massive Belm.

With the effort it takes to remove the wires from the blocks, I don't see what posessed somebody to do this??

Crimped on a brand new power block, put the left wire into where it should be and alls been well, apart form the angry radio cashing has made the screen not always light properly.. doh!!

Boot popper took a bit of damage when fitting the clocks, in this instance a short on one of the dash mounts..



And also my oil pressure spades broke..



But my replacements were too small!



So I got inventive 



Now my gauge works, my light works on the dash, and my oil tempt was reconnected, strapped up to buggery toprotect from the road where it had got frayed up before 

And finally fitted my scirocco roof, which brought with it a lot of hijinks. A particular starting problem was the major ripple in one runner.. slightl smoothed here but the remenants show..





That roof could have a writeup of its own 

That alost catches me up with the recent tidbits.. Though some are a lot larger than tidbits all things considered 

Next update, paint 

[mattneck(Beavis)]

So, massive delay in posting.. but finally an update! Only 6 months later..!

So it went in for paint finally.. This was due to the drivers rear arch.. middle of the rear door.. the new front wing from the time i got drove into and a few other bits being a bit ick. a few highspots in the metal. scratches and all manner of annoying crap. A huge shout goes to my amte neil for taking this on with me. In one weekend we stripped the car back (this is an entry level blow over basically) Had everything filled primed flatted you name it it was done and then rebuilt ready for monday - So the car was taken away on a break to oxford in this state.

















Also the same time we had the decorator in at the house so i took advantage of some of the strong glue stuff he ahd and the fact I found some polo trim clips at work. these with a bit of cutting amde perfect retainers to finally get my motor cover fitted properly..



At the same time I aslo amnaged to drag my boot release cable through live. causing a short..



Oops  :embarassed:

Since this happened The best picture I've ahd of the car after paint was taken by Nick Horney at Santa Pod. compelte with scirocco roof open. Though that things become such a pain i think it'll soon be time to remove it as I just haven't got the patience 

[mattneck(Beavis)]

So I went back to uni and put everything on hold for a while. On the last hand in day I got home and decided to fill a void. both in somethign to do and having fiddled with the golf.

Out come every last piece of interior. Even the dash at one point. i decided I wanted to tdiy underneath the carpets remvoing any manky sound deadening, reroute the cabling ftto factory locations for all i had added, get everything working again and clean everything up. and so it begun.

Initially I took everything from the rear out elaving the front, until oen day i forgot to replace my scuttle panel. It poured. HARD. Ad It flooded my passenger footwell so out came everything after all.. Joy.

Leading to a discovery..





















Crap had bene collecting in the void above the fuel tank and ahd eventually come through unkowing to me due to the turret carpets I had fitted 

Oh the dash came out to..







It was at this point I figured that It would have been rude.. Just plain rude. Not to swap in a new heater matrix. Going for a MK3 one instead. Ive now never known such wonderful heat. The inital month feeling as though my face was going to melt along with me getting gassed by the protective coating burning off 

Also at this point found an MFA stalk to FB piece of loom. This meant the stalk was finally wired in. Only clock to FB loom now to go! 





And then, finally.. The holes were welded over, jsut require filler skim.. paint blow over and then the boot can be fully refitted with its gubbins 



Also a new interior was introduced..



 

[mattneck(Beavis)]

Work in progress soon to be blasted, powder coated, new brake lines including flexis fitted.. mk3 calipers with new discs apds and bearings will be going on.. rebuilt calipers at that using a genuine vag seal kit, giving me the added luxury of rear disc braking and also a rear ARB.. call it futureproofing to a degree.. and the aprts were available cheap.. everythign currently bolted to the beam coming free.. and the calipers setting me back an initial £10 









Beam arrived bare.. but is now at this stage..

[DarnPB]

Hi jacking!!!

What an astonishing amount of work you have done to keep the old girl afloat. Nice one pal. Looking good. I like. 
Keep it up!!

[mattneck(Beavis)]

So a trip to mr Rubjonny.. the result? 2.0 power soon come..

Much of a picture update for the moment.. Everythings been resealed no the bottom end.. nothing spares. Heads gone in also for a full rebuild with twin cut seats, new valve guides, stem seals, other seals fitted. No expense is being spare really in making everything mechanical fresh and enw with the hope of fiinally making the old girl fully reliable.. and enjoyable for a few years to come  
Lots of rounding botls were encountered along the wayand various like that but eventually got up to speed and up to scratch and ehres the results..





















Then it got mvoed fianlyl and now resides in my lockup  



Rear engined golf?  

during this time another alternator was stripped and rebuilt..



Head stripped



Accelerator cable that notchy repaired.. worn bush.. and a genuine cable now fitted.. though this needs a spring clip to stop it popping out and the pedal currently dropping to the floor at random intervals  



modification to cable to fit to weber carb linkage  



Onwards..!