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Time to get up to date! It's been a while as things got more complicated and slowed down, so there was less to show for each night spent in the shed. I kinda stopped taking photos and updating. Despite the lack of updates I have been getting into it and making progress.
The green car is finished. Yesterday I took it on a proper drive from my place in the Hills to Fairfield Showground for the VW Nationals. Surprisingly the drive was much less scary than I thought. It has a gearbox problem, but I've managed to find a way to make driving it at least semi-predictable.
Getting this car back together has been the main focus for the last couple of weeks.
I took a shot in the dark tonight of the finished engine bay all back together. Gearbox troubles aside, this 1.9L 8V goes really well. It's a really nice and pokey little engine.
Inside it's pretty shabby and in need of a vacuum, but it's together. The colours don't look this bad in real life. Haha. It's all working as it should after some initial electrical gremlins.
So with that now done and dusted, attention is fully turned to the yellow car.
Here's where the engine bay is at currently.
This wiring is the next challenge. Nothing needs to be changed exactly, just neatened up. I'll be tackling that next.
The Golf Diesel tank from the green car is fitted and the rear beam bolted up again. You can see the fuel pump perched in its new home as well. I have to hook up the fuel return line and run the fuel feed up through the front arch to the filter, but that's straightforward.
Inside it's about where we left it last time. I've plugged the dash loom into the switches and cluster.
These damn switches were the cause of a lot of grief. It meant changing the whole steering column assembly which then meant changing all of the key barrels in the doors and hatch between the cars so that the same key works for everything.
Changing the steering columns also meant changing the pedals as it's welded together as one unit. I think these ones are just waiting for some skateboard grip tape offcuts! Haha.
On the other side you can see the heater box which has had holes drilled for it and is now properly mounted and not resting on a tub of grease and a screwdriver. While the wiring looks messy it's actually sorted out and just waiting for the engine loom to come through before a final tidy up.
As soon as the car is fired up and the electrics are checked and sorted, this roof lining will be the first to go. I have a complete replacement kit sitting on the bench.
The MK2 dash will be fitted once the roof lining is done, and then the rest of the interior will follow.
Here's the bench of parts which has been refined a bit since last time. It's all pretty well ordered and I know where things belong (hopefully).
Picked up a pair of replacement taillights at the VW Nationals yesterday which I was happy about. These will get rid of the mismatched and cracked ones currently on the car.
And that's really where we're up to! Still a bunch of steps left to conquer but there is a plan. I've got a few nights to work on it so I'm ambitiously setting Thursday night as the first fire up night. Expect video if it all goes well.
The green car is finished. Yesterday I took it on a proper drive from my place in the Hills to Fairfield Showground for the VW Nationals. Surprisingly the drive was much less scary than I thought. It has a gearbox problem, but I've managed to find a way to make driving it at least semi-predictable.
Getting this car back together has been the main focus for the last couple of weeks.
I took a shot in the dark tonight of the finished engine bay all back together. Gearbox troubles aside, this 1.9L 8V goes really well. It's a really nice and pokey little engine.
Inside it's pretty shabby and in need of a vacuum, but it's together. The colours don't look this bad in real life. Haha. It's all working as it should after some initial electrical gremlins.
So with that now done and dusted, attention is fully turned to the yellow car.
Here's where the engine bay is at currently.
This wiring is the next challenge. Nothing needs to be changed exactly, just neatened up. I'll be tackling that next.
The Golf Diesel tank from the green car is fitted and the rear beam bolted up again. You can see the fuel pump perched in its new home as well. I have to hook up the fuel return line and run the fuel feed up through the front arch to the filter, but that's straightforward.
Inside it's about where we left it last time. I've plugged the dash loom into the switches and cluster.
These damn switches were the cause of a lot of grief. It meant changing the whole steering column assembly which then meant changing all of the key barrels in the doors and hatch between the cars so that the same key works for everything.
Changing the steering columns also meant changing the pedals as it's welded together as one unit. I think these ones are just waiting for some skateboard grip tape offcuts! Haha.
On the other side you can see the heater box which has had holes drilled for it and is now properly mounted and not resting on a tub of grease and a screwdriver. While the wiring looks messy it's actually sorted out and just waiting for the engine loom to come through before a final tidy up.
As soon as the car is fired up and the electrics are checked and sorted, this roof lining will be the first to go. I have a complete replacement kit sitting on the bench.
The MK2 dash will be fitted once the roof lining is done, and then the rest of the interior will follow.
Here's the bench of parts which has been refined a bit since last time. It's all pretty well ordered and I know where things belong (hopefully).
Picked up a pair of replacement taillights at the VW Nationals yesterday which I was happy about. These will get rid of the mismatched and cracked ones currently on the car.
And that's really where we're up to! Still a bunch of steps left to conquer but there is a plan. I've got a few nights to work on it so I'm ambitiously setting Thursday night as the first fire up night. Expect video if it all goes well.
Pretty bummed.
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