5teve's mk1

[5teve]

Enjoyed this thread, keep up the good work.

Wondering about those GTI discs you put on the car - they looked a bit thin.

Paul

Paul if you compare the GTI discs to the original solid discs, the GTI are discs i estimate are around 10mm thicker.



at the moment im looking for another rear gearbox mount!!! anyone got one lying around???

[Campaign]

Paul if you compare the GTI discs to the original solid discs, the GTI are discs i estimate are around 10mm thicker.

Actually, I'm very familiar with the GTI rotors. My question related to the amount of wear on the discs in pic, knowing new rotors aren't that expensive.

[EwenHayton]

i have one if you want it just pm me your add i will post it with in the week

[5teve]

Actually, I'm very familiar with the GTI rotors. My question related to the amount of wear on the discs in pic, knowing new rotors aren't that expensive.

They have been used previously, i should of taken The safer option and brought mew ones! I just realized they have been chewed a fair bit! Didn't think you were Familiar with the disc comparison.

[5teve]

i have one if you want it just pm me your add i will post it with in the week

Thanks anyway really appreciate it! Someone dropped one off this morning

[5teve]

Would anyone know where i can get a stainless exhaust header preferably 4-2-1 setup for my mk1 golf at a decent price including shipping? I've for this one on racelands for $305 including shipping, is that an average price for what I'm Purchasing ??
Golf Header | VW Headers

[5teve]

finally after a day of organizing a few helping hands to come along we had this innocent, ex-diesel, mk1 under the knife and transplanted 1.8l carby with a 5 speed box!! basically everything turned out pretty smooth, resprayed and installed the radiator an overflow, modified a few houses to fit the radiator, washer bottle in place and plumbed up, brake booster resprayed and put in place, capped a few points off that aren't needed in the process, drive shafts all greased up and bolted on ......


Theirs always 2 sides to a story now the negative side! a few scratches in the engine bay due to having heavy hands adjusting the engine crane (my old man), rear gearbox mount was incinerated so couldn't bolt up the front and rear until i found another one (got one delivered the next day from this good bloke on the forum, much appreciated!), drive shafts kept going under the sump which irritated us and made this process even longer, nearly kinked all the brake lines and not enough time radius to work within! geese i whinge about everything


here is my progress so far!
before spray painting the booster




after spray painting the booster (my old mans quote "brand new second hand")





before engine installed



after engine and extras installed

[5teve]

This sucks!
I hooked my clutch cable to the gearbox lever and clutch pedal and as soon as I tested the clutch pedal to see the durability of the cable it decided to punch straight through the firewall! Arghhhh
I think I might have to make a plate and spot weld on!
Has anyone got another helping option?

[Peter Jones]

BULKHEAD REPAIR PLATE (CLUTCH) FOR VW Golf 1974-1983 | eBay



Have a search about on UK ebay.

[5teve]

Thanks for that Pete! Ill need to invest in one of thoes plates!

Update:
brought a 32/36 weber and inlet manifold from alamomotorsport last week and also visited Peter from Thornbury carburettors during the week to get him to assemble the weber, manifold and all the linkages! I didn't assemble the weber myself because I don't trust myself, bits and pieces seem to go missing with me!
The weber came back from Peter on Friday and whitest I had free time on my hands today I decided to install it and this is how it looks!

[Water Boy]

Well done coming together well.

[5teve]

Thanks waterboy!

Im in a predicament at the moment! I've been researching about ignition coils and I'm looking at a bosh GT40R, Is this coil suitable for my 1600 dizzy or would I need to look for another one??

[Peter Jones]

The GT40 R is for use with a resistor.

If your car was originally a petrol car the GT40R should work as there's resistive wire in the MK1 loom.

If your car was originally a diesel go with the GT40 (non-resistor version.) as the wiring loom doesn't have the resistive wiring.

This is assuming you've got points in the dizzy and not electronic ignition.

If you've got the MK2 Electronic ignition then you need the bosch MEC717 coil.

[5teve]

I've replaced my mk3 electronic dizzy for a mk1 1600 dizzy with points, so ill need to look for a bosh gt40 which is a straight 12v if im not wrong?
Thanks for defining the difference Pete!
I Would of looked like a nutter walking I to a auto supplier and asking for a ignition coil that I don't have any clue on!

[5teve]

update: after a week waiting a courier decides to drop off my mk1 headers from raceland which are based in the US, this parcel enlightened my day so i got productive!
ive also ordered few things from VW heritage from the UK which hopefully arrive by the end of next week!

what i did on my mk1
-installed mk1 headers
-unbloted fuel tank
-emptied out diesel from the tank
-installed fuel pump
-took out back seat
-took out underlay from the boot
-wire wheeled all the surface rust
-deoxidized the boot were surface rust was
-etch-primed the surface of the boot
-sprayed matt black to give it that finish

mk1 headers





stripping/respray









im contemplating on spraying the rest of the boot black. in need of some thoughts either spray it lemon yellow or black?
also whats the best method of cleaning the diesel tank?