build thread :)

[sports racer]

Very easy to make as long as you cut the 3 pieces (lower bar) to the correct size. Don't rush it and think about what you are doing and it should work out 1st go.

Upper bar is a bit harder because it also has to clear the engine. It's not really needed and I wouldn't bother with one if I had another MK1.

Cheers

Paul

[Pilks]

Very easy to make as long as you cut the 3 pieces (lower bar) to the correct size. Don't rush it and think about what you are doing and it should work out 1st go.

Upper bar is a bit harder because it also has to clear the engine. It's not really needed and I wouldn't bother with one if I had another MK1.

Cheers

Paul

is there a lower rear brace for a mk1?

and ofcourse the upper brace has to be there, im a 17 year old guy trying to impress girls it has to look good

[samdodds]

and ofcourse the upper brace has to be there, im a 17 year old guy trying to impress girls it has to look good

+1 that

[sports racer]

No lower bar at the back but you could build an upper bar at the back between the top of the suspension towers. It's a bit harder to show your mates because it would be very close to the rear seat and only viewable with the hatch open. Makes bugger all difference to the handling though.

Fit a front lower bar and a rear sway bar and impress your mates by going through roundabouts at double the speed limit.

[Pilks]

tell you what a good present would be right now, a step by step guide on how to wire this stupid thing. i love it but it, with the lack of a non rude word, annoys me to hell

[Pilks]

the feeling that you get when you accomplish something is amazing, sadly, i dont have it.

day no.4 of trying to wire it up and ive only connected the fuel hoses, i think im einstein


ill get dad to explain the wiring diagram to me

[Pilks]

its getting sorted!

most of the wiring is done and cooling hoses are all in (thanks to redmk2gti for the main hoses)



can someone tell me where to put this, and what connects to the pipe next to it



what connects to this



and where does the wiper washer pump thing mount?



cheers

[Pilks]

oh yeah that list picture is what i used to get the drain plug out in the gearbox

[Pilks]

go to try and start the car today, wont start, the alternator (timing belt?) belt is really slow but dad thinks its because the battery isnt holding charge right, any tips/expertise on the matter? and do you need that catch can lookin thing that goes under the fender to pass rego?

[sports racer]

Sounds like the battery needs charging.

Catch can is part of the (ancient) pollution system. Rego might not care about it but you don't know. Leave it on for now and remove it after rego.

Cheers

Paul

[Pilks]

ITS RUNNING!

and it has a coolant leak but im sorting that out tomorrow

doesnt idle yet but everything else runs well and dads helping me sort out the timing so hopefully itll be sorted soon! and theres a hook thing just above where the vacuum hose connects to the carby and i can flick it left to right with my finger really easily, anybody know what it is?

[Pilks]

so i got my p's


im stoked

[sports racer]

Congrats, well done!

[Pilks]

would a kind soul please enligthen me on where the idle screw is on the carby? and what stops the accelerator cable pulling through that little cylinder thing.

cheers

[sports racer]

Usually it's a screw with a spring around it on the side of the carbie, turned by a screwdriver (flat not Phillips) . Do a Google search on whatever model carbie you have to show exactly where it is.

What's the little cylinder thing? Is it on the carbie end or foot pedal end?

Cheers

Paul