Ryans MK2 GTI

[Wezza]

Nice man! Looks good.

[ryana89]

Cheers for the feed back, been to scared to take the other guard off haha.

Final Stages,



Cold gal, primed and painted with some seam sealer.



Bit of under-spray to neaten it up.
Some assembly required...

[ryana89]

Just an idea for any MK2 owners or anyone with older A/C systems.

I recently had my A/C dump its charge out the back of a its HP/LP switch.
So, I replaced it, but of course the system was empty by then.

For legal reasons, I will state this,
ALL A/C WORK WAS CARRIED OUT MY A QUALIFIED, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL*

So, I found myself a

Vacuum pump/Manifold Guage set

And this,


A/C now works okay (car must be moving lol) and I've got 1 tin left

Gonna look into acquiring some Hychill though.

[golfmeup]

Nice job with the aircon
What does a pack set you back?

By the way your Enkie's look awesome man!!
They really suit the silver mk2.

Hmmm (ponders photoshop onto black gti)

[ryana89]

Havn't updated this in a bit,
Been distracted by this black boat,



Another CV boot split, so instead of the continuing "replace a CV boot every year trend" decided to replace both axle assemblies.
Also redid the tranny output seals as last time forgot to put this cap in,

Which resulted in this CV having its grease washed out....(thats straight out of the car, no cleaning lol )


So out comes the lower ball/rod joint (must FULLY remove pinch bolt, as I found out) and drive shaft slides out, after removing that big axle nut.


Ahhh, young seal we meet again...


Seals replaced and cap INSTALLED this time


New shafts/joints greased up with my DIY 'grease gun'
Whipped cream anyone?


Just gotta find a way to torque this axle nut back up now
195Ft/lbs btw.

[sports racer]

You don't need a torque wrench, you can't over-tighten them. Just turn the socket as much as you possibly can, the bearings actually last longer the tighter it is.

Use a 2 metre extension bar on the end of the socket, that usually does the trick. Plus a couple of mates to help. If you can find a 3 metre bar with a 3/4 inch drive plus corresponding socket and more mates even better.

[benough]

Who has a 3m bar? Hahah

[ryana89]

Just turn the socket as much as you possibly can, the bearings actually last longer the tighter it is.

That's a relief, I may have drop back on its wheels for the last bit of torquing.
I'll have a look through the hangars at work and see what's availiable.... or go steal a stop sign

Thank-you

[RedMk2Gti]

I envy you have such a big workshop to work on your car

[golfmeup]

Your workshop makes mine look like a wardrobe!

I'm certain I'll need to do cv joints soon too!
How long did it take you do do Ryan?

[ryana89]

Your workshop makes mine look like a wardrobe!

I'm certain I'll need to do cv joints soon too!
How long did it take you do do Ryan?

About a month because I only have access to the hangar 1 day of the week
Wardrobe doesn't seem to bad now....

Its an easy job, if you have the 'specialty' tools.

Spline drive
Retarded CV coupling compression thing
And a GOOD pair of circlip pliers.

[Jarred]

You wouldn't be the first bloke to have "borrowed" a stop sign in order to do the axle nuts

[sports racer]

Stop signs are really annoying to carry - they are so long you can't close the hatch and if they start to drag on the road they make an aweful noise. If you open the back windows on both sides of the car and carry the sign with it's ends sticking out it's really hard explaining to the nice policeman what you are doing.

Or so I've been told.

[golfmeup]

Ah Brings back memories of my youth.