What did you do to your MK2 today?

[sports racer]

On the way home from work yesterday there was a loud tapping coming from the front left wheel.

It was 11:30pm, 20 k's out of Canberra on a quiet 2 lane country road and the only tools I had with me were what was in my bicycle bag. Luckily it was only the wheel arch that had lost a few screws at the front and was banging against the guard as the wind pushed it away from the car. Annoying and it had to be fixed before it got stuck between the tyre and the guard and ripped off.

I could only find 1 screw and the hole it was supposed to go into was elongated so the screw was useless. I used the screwdriver from the bike bag to put the screw into one of the other mounting holes. Exploring through all the crap in the back I found half a cable tie which was just long enough to go through the elongated hole and tie the arch to it.

It's still there and that was 200k's ago. Works fine.

[golfmeup]

Cable ties are a must. That and gaffer tape- held my front grill together for 2 years until I finally fixed it!

[RedMk2Gti]

Cable ties are a must. That and gaffer tape- held my front grill together for 2 years until I finally fixed it!

You guys really make your Mk2 a rat look

[sports racer]

Is there any other look for an old Golf driven daily?

[f320kty]

Made passenger seat frame today , included extension to mount fire extinguisher

[blis]

It's ILOOMinating

Losing spark when hot, so time to change the Crank Position Sensor and get a few other issues sorted out.



Found Oil Cooler hoses from a MK3



Sorted out the loom pressing onto brake reservoir, the speedo cable was above the loom, swapped it around and pulled the loom into correct position.




Knock sensors are shagged but temporarily sorted until I get my hands on some. Soldiered on...



Replaced some old connectors on throttle and CPS, rerouted, rewrapped and reconneced the lighting looms



Reverse switch is dodgy, will sort that out soon... ran looms in and around P/S pump



And finally need to resolve the power supply to the CPS, need to find a 5V supply, not 12V. But she's happy for now and will revisit the knock sensors and a few other bits and pieces later.



Yes, will dump coolant and refresh!








Because we all like piccies!!!


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[tinto]

Looking good Blis!


I got half way though changing my heater core and a rad flush. New parts ready to install.
Lower dash mostly out... And I can't find the two rear clips that people talk about in DIYs.
Decided it doesn't get that cold here in WA so bypassed the core and carried on with the flush.
The core is a job that can wait until I rip the whole dash out for flocking or order a "new" dash from the UK.

[sports racer]

Heater core isn't a big job but it does take a lot of time to do. Only the lower part of the dash and the centre console need to be removed.

[tinto]

It does seem straightforward. Lower dash and centre console is out... But my AC unit isn't. Perhaps that's where I've tripped up.

That's a job for next weekend... Maybe.

It is giving me the ****s being in limbo with it, but nice not to have coolant leaking.

[benough]

Just pull the whole dash out. A million times easier to work on the heater box then.

Plus if the foam on the internal doors is shagged, you'll need a special type to replace it. Fortunately I have done that legwork and it's from a place in Sydney called "The Foam Booth"

[RedMk2Gti]

Heater core isn't a big job but it does take a lot of time to do. [/IMG]

Take a lot of time does it mean big job

[golfmeup]

Time I don't have much of and now don't have easy access to my workshop, so it may be another winter without a heater

[benough]

The heater in my MK2 is better than my MK5. It's SO worth it!

[sports racer]

Definitely agree. So nice to have hot air blasting my hands and demisting the windscreen when it's 0 degrees outside.

[benough]

Shame you live so far away bloke. I'd help you out.