What did you fix/replace on your Mk1 today?

[brasstinman]

Rust repairs to the driver and passenger floors, still have some more work left

[abreut]

Installed a battery isolator switch

[brasstinman]

Gave the old girl a bath and started using the Meguiar's paint cleaner on the boot section and the paint is looking a lot better. Pics tomorrow of the progress.

[007]

New brakes all round on the weekend. New Zimmerman drilled rotors and mintex pads, new flexible hoses, wheel cylinders, drums, bearings and shoes at the back. Flushed old brake fluid soup with new Dot 4. Works beautifully. Learned that when the bentley manual says you need a vice to change the return springs, you really do need a vice. Also helps if you have arms like Conan when re-attaching the handbrake cables.

[squirrel]

Not today, but I finally got around to replacing the fuel tank and fuel sender gauge and the car put all four wheels on the ground for the first time in well over a year. And all done on the day the rego was up for a second renewal. In other news I will shortly be fixing the roof-mount aerial that met an unfortunate end thanks to me having a momentary lack of spatial awareness this morning...

So, GTI81 is alive and (touch wood) well, and definitely won't be spending quite so much time off the road the next time something breaks...

[sebatron]

i'm too ADHD to post everytime I fix something, but a small list:
CVs
windows scrapers
front windshield
coilovers
front subframe brace
rear subframe brace (removed, fouled against rear axle)
front engine steady insert
mk6 seat foam + upholstery onto the mk1 frames (headrests are ornamental, but otherwise this worked surprisingly well)
replaced a fuse
replaced the headlight switch which melted in the off position when i parked it at a servo at midnight last friday
replaced another fuse or two
replaced old kenwood headunit with a axis ax1004 DAB+/mp3/sd job
removed bumpers
added front repeaters (blinking too fast - higher wattage bulbs on their way from the UK)
ordered a spare headlight switch from china for $10 (who knows, right?)
changed steering wheel/boss to a deepdish OMP rally wheel
replaced seat slider plastics
removed rear seats
removed rear seat belts
stripped full interior, rust repaired, por-15'd
new bitumen sheeting, bitumenised carpet underlay, new carpet
new antenna (car didnt have one)
new rear main seal
new clutch
and on it goes

[Dubstein]

Jesus! Nice work man, into it

[sebatron]

blew a parker globe
put infill panels from a cabby in the front 2 air ducts (no bumpers!)
put jaycar kevlar cone 5" speakers in the back, retrimmed the side pods in black vinyl to suit carpet
removed "jesus drives a volkswagen" sticker
added "join the golf club" sticker (didn't get my vwwatercooled sticker when i paid up to support )
retrimmed the dashboard - well, removed all trim. attempted to smooth it with bog and silicone. sprayed about 1290311 coats of bitumen spray over it, still rough - thank god for the carpet mat.
added chassis brace connecting insides of where the bumper irons bolt to in rear compartment

lying around the garage:
braided brake lines
rear swaybar + mountingss (79 didnt have one originally)
a bunch of poly bushings (engine mount inserts, front subframes and rear axle)
gotta wire the headunit up with a normal 12v feed (just running switched atm, getting irritated with having to redo all settings every time)
need to lift the front by 5mm and maybe drop the rear 2mm to get it level and sitting "right" - then get it off for an alignment.
got a set of 15x6.5 multifits with hubrings - once these 165/175 tyres go, i'll do the right thing and get 195/50's on there.


omp wheel came with a dodgy horn (or it doesn't like the boss kit) so it tends to short - ordered a replacement last week. rethinking the deepdish wheel - it's pretty close to my face
given the no rear interior thing, i'm wondering if i should stop fking around a bit and just get a cage done.
dirty gertie is approaching an oil change (so might get a fumoto valve) and might need some new pads/rotors soon. everything broken is an opportunity to upgrade, right?

[gldgti]

blew a parker globe
put infill panels from a cabby in the front 2 air ducts (no bumpers!)
put jaycar kevlar cone 5" speakers in the back, retrimmed the side pods in black vinyl to suit carpet
removed "jesus drives a volkswagen" sticker
added "join the golf club" sticker (didn't get my vwwatercooled sticker when i paid up to support )
retrimmed the dashboard - well, removed all trim. attempted to smooth it with bog and silicone. sprayed about 1290311 coats of bitumen spray over it, still rough - thank god for the carpet mat.
added chassis brace connecting insides of where the bumper irons bolt to in rear compartment

lying around the garage:
braided brake lines
rear swaybar + mountingss (79 didnt have one originally)
a bunch of poly bushings (engine mount inserts, front subframes and rear axle)
gotta wire the headunit up with a normal 12v feed (just running switched atm, getting irritated with having to redo all settings every time)
need to lift the front by 5mm and maybe drop the rear 2mm to get it level and sitting "right" - then get it off for an alignment.
got a set of 15x6.5 multifits with hubrings - once these 165/175 tyres go, i'll do the right thing and get 195/50's on there.


omp wheel came with a dodgy horn (or it doesn't like the boss kit) so it tends to short - ordered a replacement last week. rethinking the deepdish wheel - it's pretty close to my face
given the no rear interior thing, i'm wondering if i should stop fking around a bit and just get a cage done.
dirty gertie is approaching an oil change (so might get a fumoto valve) and might need some new pads/rotors soon. everything broken is an opportunity to upgrade, right?

for your radio, there is a stock wire in behind there for power... or another good one to use if your lazy is from the cigarette lighter

[Dubstein]

Bought one.

[sebatron]

for your radio, there is a stock wire in behind there for power... or another good one to use if your lazy is from the cigarette lighter

yeah there probably was at some point.
just like how my washer jets and cigarette lighter socket probably worked at some point too

few more updates:
re-globed the dash (yay, nightime tacho!)
speedo stopped working - can hear the cable go, but the cluster doesn't respond (anyone got one spare?)

[ntails]

yeah there probably was at some point.
just like how my washer jets and cigarette lighter socket probably worked at some point too

few more updates:
re-globed the dash (yay, nightime tacho!)
speedo stopped working - can hear the cable go, but the cluster doesn't respond (anyone got one spare?)

The plastic clip at the back of the speedo that holds the cable in place has probably come loose ( as the clip may be damaged ) especially if you have been moving stuff around. i had the same problem on my cabbie last week.

[squirrel]

In about an hour, GTI81 will be getting an oil and filter change. For about the first time in four years (estimate).

And before anyone chips in, yes I know it's a long time, but the car has only done about 500km as it's been off the road for most of it...

[Jamie H]

Replaced nothing..... Waiting for it to be registered!!!!

[IMG][/IMG]

[GLDoldcoot]

I got sick of trying to maintain an earth circuit through the steering column for the horn switch so I installed a button switch in that little rectangle below the instrument panel. At last a reliable toot!