A New Begining, A Golfs Tail

[GRN_VAGN]

SO its been a while since ive updated anything to do with me golf as its been off the road for around 7 months. SO the old Topic seems a little outdated and clutted. so making a new one

Since i have parked her up i have done the following

Mk3 1.8L
New Tappet cover studs
New Exhaust studs and nuts
Custom Short Shifter
210mm Heavy Duty Clutch
New fuel hoses, Carter Rotary Fuel Pump
SEAT Rear drums and Booster, AUDi Master cylinder, Pulsar Reservoir, Falcon XF Brake light switch.
Better condition dash
Better rear seats
Rewired most of car so all works now
13x6.5 and 13x7 hotwire rims.

Might be more, but there the main things.

Will be starting it tomorrow for the first time in ages so will update tomorrow with pics, and maybe a vid of it running

Pic for teaser

[MeeM]

You've done a fair bit to it .. can't wait to see more pics!

Looking good so far. The yellow panel makes it look like a rally car

What model is the Mk3 engine? I'm considering a similar setup ... was just tossing between 8v or 16v, 1.8 or 2.0 ... and difficulty of transplant.

[GRN_VAGN]

1995 MK3 1.8L 8V

Bolts straight in, just use al the mounting gear from original engine. you will need a electric pump though

[MeeM]

Yeah that sounds like what I want. Was that the ABA engine? Carby?

[GRN_VAGN]

Yeah that sounds like what I want. Was that the ABA engine? Carby?

ABS i think, ABA is a 16v im pretty sure

[GeorgeMK1]

Lol.

Anyway that seams like a fair bit of work done. Things i can only dream of doing due to my laziness and complete loss of motivation.
On a scale of 1-hard, how hard was i to do the rear drums hahaha? I need abrake upgrade.

Keen on some pics

[GRN_VAGN]

brakes where easy as, took 90 mins, including drinks and talking

[Toff]

Does "better condition dash" mean "good condition dash" or do they not exist?

[Jarred]

aba is a2.0L crossflow 8V engine.

[JoshFair]

Good one dan! Get stuck into it cruise when she's running I say

[GRN_VAGN]

Does "better condition dash" mean "good condition dash" or do they not exist?

One with less cracks, but still more then i wanted

[GRN_VAGN]

So ITS ALIVE!!!

And my god its amazing
Few little problems, like the thermo fan not wanting to come on but on a upside it doesnt go over 90 degree's on a good run, so i guess its working well.

And the short shifter is awesome, i recommend EVERYONE do it

[Jace]

And the short shifter is awesome, i recommend EVERYONE do it

Got any pics of what you did with it?

[GRN_VAGN]

Got any pics of what you did with it?

[JoshFair]

I don't understand how short shifters work??