5teve's mk1

[5teve]

Sundays are ment to be rest days! what am i doing stressing out over this!! ive been fiddling around with this accelerator cable to get it into the throttle leaver on the weber and it just doesnt seem right to me.
theres something with this cable that looks odd, i think i might be wrong. would it be easier to buy a cable with a hooked end so it hooks in the throttle hole?
need suggestions!

[sports racer]

The cable you've got is supposed to clip onto a small ball the size of the hole in the end of the cable. It looks like a small bolt but the bolt head is spherical. The threaded part of the bolt goes through the hole on the carby plate.

Either get the ball from your friendly carby shop or get the correct cable.

Cheers

Pauk

[5teve]

The cable you've got is supposed to clip onto a small ball the size of the hole in the end of the cable. It looks like a small bolt but the bolt head is spherical. The threaded part of the bolt goes through the hole on the carby plate.

Either get the ball from your friendly carby shop or get the correct cable.

Cheers

Pauk

Thanks for that clarification Paul, I had a feeling something was missing, it didnt look right when I was aligning the cable and throttle lever! Ill have to pop into a carby shop to find myself a 8mm throttle ball

[5teve]

These bad boys arrived in the mail today
What are your thoughts?

[eri_12]

I like them - looking good

[Browneye]

Steve, you're car is looking the goods!
Huge inspiration to us young kids out there Keen to see this in person and to get stuck into my own resto

[Water Boy]

Coming along very well.

[5teve]

I like them - looking good

thanks eri! cant go wrong with investing plates to suit the rabbit

Steve, you're car is looking the goods!
Huge inspiration to us young kids out there Keen to see this in person and to get stuck into my own resto

thanks browneye! when you get started on your resto get some advise from vww users before attempting something your not 100% sure on! ive rushed so much on this and i regret it!!!

Coming along very well.

thanks water boy!

[5teve]

After observing ideas on getting the cable to the throttle lever i decided to attempt a backyard job! slicing and dicing.......
ive cut one side of the bracket to make sure that the cable will be alright to slip into the hole and connected the bracket onto the rocker cover. i also cut off the end of the accelerator cable (a socket type of connecter that clips into a ball) so its just cable. i connected the cable it to the throttle lever rod! after finalizing this procedure i worked out that there was another way of doing it. the 2nd way didnt consist of altering the cable or the bracket! just remove the washers off the cable and feed thru the hole and remove the lever rod and attach the socket side of the cable into the ball and clip it on
At the end of the day i got this mechanism to work! slicing and dicing done the trick

[5teve]

Had an early day at TAFE and i had something in mind with this golf so I popped into bunnings and found myself a piece of 9mm plywood offcut.
The boot area had a sag in the underlay and vinyl and needed to be strengthen so here's some pictures of what I had done!

[5teve]

Tried to fill up the water system with water and noticed that the core of the radiator had small leaks
Now looking for another replacement diesel radiator!
If anyone has one thats in good condition and no leaks/bursts please notify me!

[5teve]

brought a new carter 5psi fuel pump from VPW today, ive located the external fuel pump on the rear of the car where the spare tyre compartment is. i ran new hoses from the petrol tank to the pump and from the pump to the fuel line feeding the weber. i also inserted multiple fuel filters on the line so it can reduce dirt that access the weber.
heres some pictures!

fuel pump


fuel lines


fuel feeding the weber

[Stiggy_21]

Nice work Steve,

didn't that engine have a mechanical fuel pump attached?
the mech pump is the blob just to the left of the dizzy, has an inlet and outlet pipe.

[5teve]

Nice work Steve,

didn't that engine have a mechanical fuel pump attached?
the mech pump is the blob just to the left of the dizzy, has an inlet and outlet pipe.

Thanks! No unfortunately it didn't have a mechanical fuel pump. This motor is out of a later golf which had a electronic fuel pump.
the blob your talking about is a fuel regulator if I'm not wrong?

[5teve]

the other night i received a package from VW heritage which contained new steering rack boots, clutch cable, clutch bulkhead repair plate and new crystal clear headlights. also popped into auto1 and brought myself a color coded spray can to touch up the engine bay/clutch plate.

sorry about the picture quality used my iphone!