What did you fix/replace on your Mk1 today?

[dub be good to me]

Dash out to search for possible shorts (headlight switch blew), fixed the wiring up to make it less likely to short and more tidy (+soldered broken dash light)
Cleaned heater box out (30yrs of dead leaves!).
Tracked a water leak back to the inside passenger guard.
Glued a crack in the lower dash with some hot glue.

[kavlfc]

well at 1pm today i set to work on the LS...

pulled the entire front end off, both sides: driveshafts, wishbones, uprights, tierods.

then i got to work -

> replaced LHS outer CV and boot
> replaced both inner CV boots and regrease
> replace tie rods and boots
> pressed out old control arm bushings, replaced with red prothane ones
> cleaned up and painted control arms
> drilled out old balljoints, removed and replaced with new balljoints and M8 high tensile bolts
> replaced uprights with early cabrio ones and new wheel bearings
> refitted everything, wheel aligned, steering rack centred, and test drive complete by 7:30pm tonight!

the result - MAN - i cannot believe how damned sticky the car is! i have NEVER in my life driven a vehicle that responds so beutifully to driver input!

can i just say - this foux-pas about having control arms past horizontal - i can't fault it myself. mine are quite a ways past horizontal and the car handles absolutely wonderfully!.... its possible that because of the large aftermarket front swaybar the characteristics of my car are different from a car without the swaybar...

Unbelievable isn't it?
When I did similar to the front end of mine it felt like a new car
And even more satisfying when you do it yourself

[greasykitchen]

New tyres yesterday. Nothing too amazing; just new rubber for the stock steelies but it feels noticably better - smoother handling, braking, even accelerating, just smoother all round, and lighter steering too.

Now I think it's time to replace the worn tie rod and hopefully it will feel even better (and fingers crossed nothing else in the front needs replacing...for now).

[Peter Jones]

Welded the exhaust back together. It's much quieter now.

Pete

[Jarred]

set up an oil catch can and installed a DIY 'cold air' intake. gained 3 killerwattts.

and ate the just right that was sitting on the under dash shelf.

[SpeciP3]

stripped back driver and passanger side footwells ready for rust proofing 2moro... was actually enjoyable

[mikinoz]

Has anyone replaced a CV boot with a 'split' type replacement? Mine has split and I am too lazy to remove the hub.

I installed the child car seat for a trip to Bunnings with the 2 year old and he loved every minute of it.

[Jarred]

mashed a phat skid. fell in love with the simplicity & honesty of a 30 year old car. again.

[gtimk5]

Has anyone replaced a CV boot with a 'split' type replacement? Mine has split and I am too lazy to remove the hub.

I installed the child car seat for a trip to Bunnings with the 2 year old and he loved every minute of it.

You dont have to remove the hub and proper boots are the best.
Andrew

[Brisben]

You dont have to remove the hub and proper boots are the best.
Andrew

Agreed with above.

Yep oil temp sensor spat itself yesterday covered the engine bay with oil, nice

New one in and engine bay now steam cleaned....

Back wheels were off, drums adjusted.

General tinkering lasting a couple of hours...

[SpeciP3]

did some skids in the rain and attempted to re-seal some leaky windscreen seals

[Peter Jones]

Started my pet Diesel MK1 Garden Gnome for the first time in 3 months.

Took two batteries and a couple of hours but it eventually fired.

Now everything smells like McDonalds thanks to the biodiesel the previous owner was so fond of.

Pete

[mikinoz]

Now everything smells like McDonalds thanks to the biodiesel the previous owner was so fond of.

Imagine having the contract on McDonalds oil? Crazy volumes must be discarded.

I have a question Pete, how do you decompress a diesel to turn it over by hand, like in a petrol removing the spark plugs - is there a way in a diesel?

[Peter Jones]

I have a question Pete, how do you decompress a diesel to turn it over by hand, like in a petrol removing the spark plugs - is there a way in a diesel?

Drive it 750,000km without a service, that seems to have removed all signs of any compression from my diesel.

Apart from that I'm not really sure - Pull the glow plugs out?

Pete

[Jarred]

dammit, ran out of electicity, looks like i'll have to have a look at my alternator again.

how tight is the accesory belt meant to be exactly?