What did you fix/replace on your Mk1 today?

[K_Man]

I replaced my door handles and hooked up the reverse lights. Trying to build up the motivation to attempt replacing outer CV boots. Baby steps.

[Antdragonist]

nice work!
im about to finish the floor in mine with a little rust kill/rust proof action,
probably wont look as good as that one though keep up the good stuff

[16v_kid]

nice work!
im about to finish the floor in mine with a little rust kill/rust proof action,
probably wont look as good as that one though keep up the good stuff

thanks good luck with yours

[Peter Jones]

Red Golf.

Motor out.

Replace Steering rack Rubber mounts with urethane.

De-grease engine bay.

De-grease motor.

Replace bent sump and gasket.

Paint rocker cover - new gasket.

Replace cam, intermediate and crank seals.

New timing belt.

Swap gearbox mounts and linkages onto MK3 5 speed box.

After dinner I'll get back into it.

[Antdragonist]

kept sanding and chucked first coat of rust proof stuff in the rear,
more of this to come over the next week haha

[Peter Jones]

Replaced rear main seal.

Cleaned clutch assembly.

Got new gearbox bolted up to motor.

Cleaned and re-packed a CV ('cos I dropped it in the dirt!)

I'll pop it all back together again tomorrow.

Pete

[16v_kid]

fixed the door handles now they can lock.

took of the heater fixed that aswell.

car is ready to go......

[Antdragonist]

bit more sanding and fiddling in the beige today, another coat of rust stuff, need another trip to the hardware joint for kill rust next i reckon (or por-15 if only they bloody sold it near me) the rust stuff ive got isnt too bad but seems a bit light on, anyway,
so spent some time fixing a few little things and some paint on someone elses yellow mk1,
then decided to so a little sanding and chuck some polish on a vr manifold.

still needs more sanding though.
mmm, coffee n bikkies, sanding can wait lol

[Valver.]

Erm, where did my perfectly reasonable posts re a source for Por15 go... this place

[TassieGTi]

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[Peter Jones]

New radiator in Red Golf. MK2 with modifed MK1 shroud.

Pete

[gldgti]

before xmas:

swapped in early GTI mechanical camshaft to standard 1600.

had xmas
then...

tried to do a WAY WAAAY bush camping trip with the LOW LOOOOW LS, and ended up with

> ripped off rear exhaust and bent underneath rear axle
> dented and cracked fuel tank
> dented sump
> bent 3mm wall thickness tube lower stress bar up and into gearbox. popped off linkage
> tore small chunk of alloy of base of bell housing
> mate crashed into the back of me after i stopped whilst avoiding sliding off the side of a muddy hill in the middle of nowhere, when he couldnt stop in time (4 wheel lockup). dented hatch, smashed RHS tailight and dented rear apron. small damage to bumper.

so, in order to fix:

> patched fuel tank with fuel tank repair putty/epoxy
> grafted old standard mk1 exhaust rear section to existing GTI headers/extractors.
> removed bent lower stress bar. car still drives great!
> bashed out panel damage and masked/sprayed over cracked paint with "wheel silver" spraypaint to keep out the moisture
> replaced taillight assy with second handie (good as new)

big adventure in bush with mk1! bruised, battered, and my relationship with my mk1 is now even stronger

[Preen59]

Nice work aydan! hahaha.

[hjpks]

Pre Xmas, I retightened the cylinder head bolts & cheked the valve clearence. Than went for a round trip, Crib Point - Barwite (past Mansfield, my son lives there) spent Xmas there, on Boxingday carried on to Sunbury via Goulborn Vally Hwy, Hume Hwy, Kilmore, Lansfield to Sunbury, couple days later back home. the Gld run like a little sowning machine.
Yesterday (satursday) I had to repair the starter motor

[greasykitchen]

Finally replaced the rear bumper today. Well I stood and watched while Robin did most of the work (thanks dude!). Fortunately he had a spare bracket cos the old one was bent slightly - just enough not to work without being obviously damaged. AND he cleaned up all the black bits on the exterior trim so the new bumper looks nearly as good as the old one. Talk about service.

And thanks to Jets for providing the bumper