Struggling to find cam..

[jamie_pyrite]

Hi all, so I had bought a gti camshaft for my 1.8 driver off Ebay but the lad tried to do a runner with my money so I've had to claim it back through paypal. I've been searching everywhere for a gti cam and I can't find one! None of the local scrappies are willing to break it from a head and any on Ebay have far too much milage! (120k? No thanks..)

So where could I look for a camshaft then? Asked at the stealers while I was in and they quoted me 128 quid for a brand new one!


Oh, and I've tried asking in the Wanted here and at clubgti. No luck..



Cheers

[takethefifth]

Given how old Mk2's are now you will be struggling to find one with less than 100K on it. To be fair it shouldn't be a problem how many miles it has on it, it's not generally the cam that wears out. 

[paultownsend]

me , why do you think over 120k is too high? if properly lubricated and torqued a cam will hit 200k with no probs at all, otherwise it would be in a high mileage service

[OakeyDoak16v]

Yeah but surely it's hit and miss as to how well looked after the engine it comes from is. Something like that you've really got to buy new imo

[rubjonny]

tbh the cams dont really wear, its the tappets that go!  cams are uber hard wearing.  I have a 170k old cam which still looks lovely 

[jamie_pyrite]

Ok thanks for the info everyone! Just checked on Ebay again and found these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-MK-1-GOLF-1-8-GTI-CAMSHAFT-PERFECT-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ170183817999QQihZ007QQcategoryZ9889QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Golf-mk2-8v-gti-PB-Camshaft_W0QQitemZ160195199437QQihZ006QQcategoryZ9889QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Would the mk1 camshaft actually be suitable? Don't know if it'd fit my 92 1.8 driver engine?

And I'm guessing the other one would fit?


Thanks

[ben44]

where abouts in the world are you mate? pretty sure ive got a couple of these kicking about

[ben44]

Would the mk1 camshaft actually be suitable? Don't know if it'd fit my 92 1.8 driver engine?

And I'm guessing the other one would fit?


Thanks
[/quote]

that mk1 cam prob wont fit as it has 5 bearing caps which means its probably not for hydraulic tappets.
the second one will work.

[jamie_pyrite]

where abouts in the world are you mate? pretty sure ive got a couple of these kicking about

I'm located in Durham near Newcastle mate That'd be great if you have one!

[paultownsend]

secong one definately!