Its about to begin!!!

[JoshFair]

SOOOO been a while..

tried to get it running nice on saturday..

replaced all fuel lines and re attached wires to their correct places.. then started to try and get it going! we got to the point where we had fuel pump working nicely and feeding into the carby nice.. bit of carbvy fartin going on but its all good.. but still no roar to life!

kept trying a few things.. fail..
looked at timing and saw that it is out... is that a problem?

alternator is good.. fuel pump is good.. diz is good.. all nice fat sparks coming out.. in the right order.. but the timing is scewif..

what do i do?

[Jarred]

re set the timing! get your manual out and re set it to standard.

[JoshFair]

i totally would!!! if i had a manual

[Jarred]

normally, this is the part where I start guessing! it never works though.

Have a search around, I'm sure someone would have posted up some info about setting the timing and basic tuning.

[gtimk5]

Better ring me Josh, I will pm you a little later on anyway.
By the way, the front guard flares are fitted on the incorrect sides by the looks of it. Easy mistake, I have seen some of the best get it wrong.
Cheers,
Andrew

[JoshFair]

Quick update- the golf is going to be held at melburn automotive until its running well its leaving tomorrow afternoon after the cruise! Very nice to know it will be making progress then once she's registered i will paint it and straighten out the bodywork, then dump it on coilovers with a nice set of old school wheels! Its gonna be sick keep posted

[JoshFair]

its now at mechanics with new wheels!! can't wait to get it rego'd and lowered!

[Jarred]

wheels look good! the white looks neat against the blue. what are the specs?

[JoshFair]

15 x 6.5 i think. and i'd estimate a +15 offset. so wheels are basically flush with GTI gaurds.. which leaves few options.. maybe lower til hovering nicely above wheel, or flare gaurds.. i learn toward a nice neat flush fitment.

[JoshFair]

hey everyone, took the golf for its first drive since i got in in march! was heaps of fun!! totally caught the bug going to do heaps of work tomorrow so will post up pics within the next 24 hours stay tuned!

[16v_kid]

sounds like your excited! I remember the first time I drove a mk1. boy it was fun.

good stuff mate.

[SpeciP3]

Sounds wicked mate, glad to hear it's all coming together.

Nothing feels quite like driving a mk1 ay!

[DubSteve]

I have no idea whats going on in this thread but good luck

[Stephy]

Come visit me in Longford I wanna see this thing actually running!

[16v_kid]

so will post up pics within the next 24 hours stay tuned!

Its been like 48 hours LOL.