You know you drive a Mk1 when.....

[greasykitchen]

When it suddenly sounds like there's sand in the steering column.

I mean, what's the deal there??

[dub be good to me]

.. you destroy all other cars in the wet
(gotta love that 'controlled' 4wheel slide )

[gotrice]

.. you destroy all other cars in the wet
(gotta love that 'controlled' 4wheel slide )

WHo said anything about control? heh heh

[gldgti]

you know your driving a mk1 cabby diesel when you feel elation at the top of every hill, and so does the engine.

you know you drive a mk1 when every corner is a fast one.

you know you drive an 8V mk1 (with big carb) and you spend a weekend putting a nice, high flowing, but not too loud exhaust on the car, only to drive it down the road with no-less cabin noise than before.

[Lima]

You know you drive a Mk1 when...

...you see a car with a number plate starting with the letters WUR and you start thinking about your Warm Up Regulator.

[Jarred]

you know you drive a low mk 1 when the brightness of the dash depends on what is driving behind you!

[JDVW]

you know you drive a mk1 when waters dripping on your feet as you drive through rain

[EndlessMKI]

when you turn a corner and your quite exhaust becomes a sporty sounding machine!

*exhaust tip broke off* ---------> new full exhaust.

[JDVW]

when you turn a corner and your quite exhaust becomes a sporty sounding machine!

*exhaust tip broke off* ---------> new full exhaust.

haha mine a couple of bumps away from doing that in my gls, dont really want to pay for a whole new exhaust when im puttin a new motor in soon

[EndlessMKI]

haha mine a couple of bumps away from doing that in my gls, dont really want to pay for a whole new exhaust when im puttin a new motor in soon

felt like I was caught with my zip down : P.

[j_lebis]

you know you drive a mk1 when everytime its raining its like a trip to the pool!

[greasykitchen]

When no matter what you do the window winder cranks will eventually break or let you down some how.

Sick of continuously breaking the cheap Brazillian cranks, I bought a set of chrome like ones from a member here. All right, I says, these aren't gonna snap like the crappy other ones. Except the new ones are ever so slightly bigger than the bit they connect to on the actual winder mechanism in the door. So after several months of it slipping and coming loose every now and again, the teeth inside the handle have been stripped so they no longer grip. Grrrrrr.

What do others do for a sustainable crank mechanism?

PS, what's the proprer word for the 'teeth' inside the handle? I knew it then forgot. Damn brain.

EDIT: it's SPLINE!!

[Peter Jones]

BMW, Audi and Volvo cranks work well.

Fix your windows first though, chances are they're not sliding as freely as they should and you're having to use too much effort, thus breaking the handles.

The teeth are called splines.

Pete

[greasykitchen]

Cheers Pete. I dare say the regulators etc could do with some attention. If only I had the time to dedicate a fews hours to this. Getting the door cards off and on in one piece could be an issue.
Ta

[evorobin]

Cheers Pete. I dare say the regulators etc could do with some attention. If only I had the time to dedicate a fews hours to this. Getting the door cards off and on in one piece could be an issue.
Ta

If you need any parts they have two mk1's at adelaides biggest breaker. They know me