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I.C.E & Electrical / Re: Aerial
If you download Autodoc, they have a selection of Aerials.
Just had a quick look and Beru do one for about £13, which is probably about as close as you'll get nowadays.
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New Members Say Hi! / Re: Golf GTI 16v Mark 2
Hi Rosa,

Unfortunately, I don't know anyone in London.
But if you're transporting it and want to go further afield, I know a very good garage in Somerset.
Called Hillside Garage in Chard. The chap who runs it used to be a VW master tech when the mk2 was about and he's had a few as well.
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Other Problems / Re: my golf mk2 (19E, 1G1) 1.6L 55kw/75ps HM, EZ, ABN REFUSE to start
Hi,

Forgive me for asking stupid questions, you have done a lot of work, but have you figured out if you have spark and fuel?
Essentially, if you have spark, fuel, air, compression and timing, it should start.
You've proven compression and timing, air should be a given, so I'd go for spark and fuel.

First thing I'd do is pull out a spark plug, connect it back to the lead, earth it against the chassis and test for spark.
Also, inspect the plug and see if they are wet.

That'll tell you if you have anything missing.
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Suspension & Steering / Re: Steering alignment after rack change
Did you fit the ABF?

It's quite common for people doing engine swaps for mk3 engines to go for a widetrack setup.
This is where you swap the arms, track rods and (sometimes) uprights from the mk3 unit and get a wider track.
If you have put mk2 items on a widetrack setup, this will give you these symptoms.
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Members' Cars / Re: G135EPB 8v GTI
Great update there.

Also, always a good move to let the keen ones go out first, they can dry the track out for you ;)

I really need to make it to a couple of track days in 2026 too, so let me know when you're next heading out!
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Technical / Re: PAS pulley out of alignment
Some pulleys had little (around 1m) spacers on to get the alignment correct.
I've used washers in the past to this effect.

See if spacing some of the pulleys will help.
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Technical / Re: piston rings and pistons
Any reason you need to get oversized pistons?
When I have done it in the past, I've found there are three sizes to piston rings, depending on the wear.
I've just measured the bore size, post honing (BTW, used a dingleberry hone as it wasn't bad), fitted the corresponding piston ring sets to the stock pistons and everything worked fine.
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Members' Cars / Re: G135EPB 8v GTI
Have you really owned a classic car if you don't have a photo of you flipping off a part you've just removed??
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New Members Say Hi! / Re: Idle problems MK1
Hi Pedro,

Where abouts in the world are you from?
Reason I ask is that country dependant, VW put different engines into the golfs.
You mention that you have a 90hp injection engine.
In that period, in the UK, the only injection engines the mk2 had were the GTI engines, both over 100bhp.

However, there are a lot of similarities, for instance, the first thing I'd check would be the coolant temperature sensor.
This is (possibly) a blue sensor, usually mounted to a flange on the head where the top radiator hose is fixed.
Get the car running normally, then disconnect it, if the idle changes, it's working ok, if not, then there is a problem.