Productive Day!

[Golf Loon]

Lie on the floor, look up at the waterpump and undoo the 2 10mm bolts that face downwards.

[mk14wd]

also the bottom rad hose is attached to it

[ontarv]

you might even get wet

[el_foolio]

haha, thanks heaps guys!

[el_foolio]

righto, had a fiddle, and flushed the hell out of EVERY single component, and ive had a breakthrough! So, both pipes get hot, and temp peaks at about halfway. Which i beleive a new radiator will fix, as the current radiator is leaking from the bottom left of the core, and the cap leaks. So fingers crossed that will solve my problem! Cheers for all the help guys!

[Golf Loon]

Nice work foolio. The temp should always stay in the middle. Sounds like a new radiator will sort you out. Its a shame you are so far away, I have heaps of em here.

[el_foolio]

daaaammn, that is a bugger! Its even more of a bugger that just before i sold my last golf/bought this one, i bought a new radiator, but i left that radiator in the car i sold! Grrr! Any Taswegians selling a radiator? Ed?

[mk14wd]

how much for a new rad with the hose for the expansion tank

[Edison]

this may sound like a stupid question. but where is the thermostat on my mk1?!?!?! its not where i had expected it to be?

You take it off the waterpump from underneath... not sure how to describe.

Pictures please boys! put em up in a message in the manuals section I beg you now!!! they'd be good for everyone!

[Campaign]

Curious about the seats - the latches for the seatbacks are on the inner side in the photos. How come?
I'm used to seeing them on the outside - operable when getting in the car.

[el_foolio]

they are mk3 seats, the latch backs dont fit when the seats are in correctly, they hit the door

[Golf Loon]

If you pulled those latches off and put the original Mk1 ones on, the doors would shut nicely.