New diesel owner

[DieselMk1]

These are available for a once off payment of $180.....for that ultimate nanna spec haha

Would match the crochet rug!

[DieselMk1]

Just buy a new cap from any diesel service place & hopefully your leak will be gone.

Went to the local diesel place an they said they couldn't help me until Monday; so with a bit of Commodore washer hose, a random screw and a MacGyver mindset I came up with this:

It seems to work so far!

[DieselMk1]

So I got my front coils in today, the bolt holes on the hub didn't line up but a file soon fixed that.
Also got some gutter roof racks
Before:

After:




Wound all the way down, don't plan on leaving it like that. Only the fronts, too. No scrub even on full lock which surprised me

[DieselMk1]

New diesel owner

So my Golf has been blowing a bit more blue smoke than usual after the oil change, so I bought some 25w60 today, and I'll put it in on the weekend. Also sometimes while I'm driving the radio turns off and the indicators stop working, but a wobble of the relay and all is good again.

Interestingly, I was at Sprint Auto Parts today and when I got back to my car a bloke was standing beside it. It turns out his mate is the one who brought it over from VIC after the original owner died and her daughter sold it. He said it was so good to see it was still on the road, and that they used to have a heap of fun driving it around. Small world eh?

[gldgti]

Hey mate,

If your radio and indicators are failing intermittently this is current track 15 in the circuit board that is having problems. Usually this is caused by corrosion within the fuse box that increases the impedance of the circuits.

If you search around a bit you should find some how-to's (perhaps on other forums, I can;t quite remember) about taking apart the fuse box and fixing these problems.

If you are patient its acutally not too hard to dis-assemble the fuse box. Once you are in you can repair old corroded tracks with wire links or you might be able to find a replacement fuse box. Petrol and diesel fuse boxes are the same.

[DieselMk1]

Hey mate,

If your radio and indicators are failing intermittently this is current track 15 in the circuit board that is having problems. Usually this is caused by corrosion within the fuse box that increases the impedance of the circuits.

If you search around a bit you should find some how-to's (perhaps on other forums, I can;t quite remember) about taking apart the fuse box and fixing these problems.

If you are patient its acutally not too hard to dis-assemble the fuse box. Once you are in you can repair old corroded tracks with wire links or you might be able to find a replacement fuse box. Petrol and diesel fuse boxes are the same.

Much appreciated mate! I will look into it

[GLDoldcoot]

Often I find, the clips in the fusebox that the relays push into, develop splits where they push onto the circuit board pins. This will cause a faulty circuit. You can either replace the split clip with another that is from an unused circuit, or solder the clip onto the circuit board pin. you will understand what I mean once you have pulled the circuit board apart. The plastic casing separates from the PC board if you undo some clips and carefully lever it apart with a screwdriver. Don't forget to disconnect the battery and label all the plugs and wires before pulling them out!

[DieselMk1]

New diesel owner

Often I find, the clips in the fusebox that the relays push into, develop splits where they push onto the circuit board pins. This will cause a faulty circuit. You can either replace the split clip with another that is from an unused circuit, or solder the clip onto the circuit board pin. you will understand what I mean once you have pulled the circuit board apart. The plastic casing separates from the PC board if you undo some clips and carefully lever it apart with a screwdriver. Don't forget to disconnect the battery and label all the plugs and wires before pulling them out!

Thanks for the advice I think I'll only really look into the problem if it starts happening quite often, as it's my daily driver and I can't really afford to have it pulled apart for more than a few hours. That is, unless I get the motivation to do it before hahah

[DieselMk1]

New diesel owner

Found this today at an antique store of all places, for $8. Not the same as my mirror currently on there but I'm certain it's a "flag" mirror (not up with the terminology) correct me if I'm wrong

[DieselMk1]

New diesel owner

Put the flag mirror on, gonna take it off again because it's just irritating haha

[DieselMk1]

Quick update:

Bought these from TAS, $330 inc shipping. 13x6

And this came in the mail today, bought on eBay as a "vintage VW driving light", $20. Test fit:

[DieselMk1]

New diesel owner

My wheels came today, 13x5.5JJ +32

Unfortunately, the rim hub is too big and the wheel bolts were too short easy fix though.

Dodgy test fit:





I think they'll fit awesome when they're on!!

[DieselMk1]

New diesel owner

So anyway, I get it fired up and notice my brake lights are staying on. Traced the problem to the first brake light switch.

Thought it was just the corrosion but the lights are still saying on after a clean up, so I just unplugged it and the secondary switch works just fine.

Now the opposite is true, the brake lights won't work unless both switches are connected :/

Also, nice pic time

[DieselMk1]

New diesel owner

My wheels came up a treat with a decent clean just gotta put some elbow grease into em and get the face shiny and the lip polished

[DieselMk1]

New diesel owner

Now the damn thing won't cold start...lots of smoke from the exhaust while turning over but no go....possible glow plug failure?