What did you fix/replace on your Mk1 today?

[tanga_banga]

Spent the WHOLE day sanding and prepping around the boot to get rid of the surface rust! and decided to rip off the headlining and remove the soundproofing... will be ordering a replacement soon..

after all the hard work i busted a coolant hose driving in town, thank goodness for RAA!

Does anyone know what colour carpet matches a cream interior?

[GRN_VAGN]

brown?

Cream and brown seem to go well, retro ish

[Preen59]

I vote brown.


I forgot to mention that I met a dude and his wife who have a Mk1 diesel (currently unregistered) and a Mk1 Cabby while I was getting a wheel alignment. Nice people. I should have given old mate my card.. The car might have been for sale given the right speel..

[GRN_VAGN]

Put better condition fuel filler neck, and rubber hose in beige one

[killingwithasmile]

gave the golf a front seat transplant this evening with seats peter jones gave me, ended up the seats needed a triple bypass because the rail width in the car was about 30mm wider than the seat bases. So i skinned them both and swapped bases.

[GRN_VAGN]

Started it for the first time in nearly 2 weeks.
Put some fuel in as it was below the red on fuel gauge.

And im selling it, so cant test drive it with no fuel

[Dub Toffee]

I figured i'd start this thread, like the polo and golf threads.. Only this one should be way more interesting and have less plastic and electronic crap in it..

I can't post anything at the moment though cause i'm too lazy to work on my car..

Ha ha just thought I read the very first post
Preeny For someone who was to lazy to work on their car you have surf turned into a Machine
Ha ha a overseas shipping lathe definig sand blasting 16v building weapon ha ha

Today I installed the front sway bar on the GTI
The drivers side bottom clip was bent.
So I heated it up red hot and manipulated it into the right shape again
Man I love the sound when you dip hot metal into water

[Preen59]

Ha ha just thought I read the very first post
Preeny For someone who was to lazy to work on their car you have surf turned into a Machine
Ha ha a overseas shipping lathe definig sand blasting 16v building weapon ha ha

Today I installed the front sway bar on the GTI
The drivers side bottom clip was bent.
So I heated it up red hot and manipulated it into the right shape again
Man I love the sound when you dip hot metal into water

Hahaha, cheers dude. All stopping at the moment for the next 2 weeks as we have to get the Dragster and trailer ready to ship out to the states!

So that means the trailer has to fit in a 20ft container..




Fun fun. Got to plasma cut, drill, grind, angle grind and weld all day today.

[abreut]

Removed the 20-30 year old crappy purple tint today. This was something I have been planning and dreading for a while and I was pleasantly surprised when it peeled off fairly easily. I thought I was home and hosed until it came time to clean off the horrific adhesive gunk. nearly 1 litre of acetone later, and hands stripped of all moisture they came up pretty good. I never want to go through that again...

[Dub Toffee]

I guess you don't use acetone a great deal if ever
But I learnt from reading that acetone goes into the system of your body and destroys your organs
You probably need to be a surfboard shaper from the 70s to be concerned about this tho

[Preen59]

I guess you don't use acetone a great deal if ever
But I learnt from reading that acetone goes into the system of your body and destroys your organs
You probably need to be a surfboard shaper from the 70s to be concerned about this tho

Yeah, same with Nitromethane. But you need to be in contact with a lot for a long time for it to hurt you, really.

[abreut]

I guess you don't use acetone a great deal if ever
But I learnt from reading that acetone goes into the system of your body and destroys your organs
You probably need to be a surfboard shaper from the 70s to be concerned about this tho

My internal organs are still intact as far as I can tell Acetone isn't that bad, its used as nail polish remover. But like you say you wouldn't want to be exposed to it day in day out. I'd love to know how the professionals remove old tint adhesive.

[Bluerex]

The Zebra Rally Golf went back to Dyno Tune today... The weber 40's are being a pain! Surely "Fuel stays on the INSIDE" should not be too hard to remember?

Charles.

PS. I think one of the most worrying sights has to be "petrol steam".

[GRN_VAGN]

swapped alternators so no more battery light on,

[dubmc]

replaced gearbox oil & installed new steering wheel.