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Members' Cars / Re: 1984 GTI
A thing of beauty and I assume Tax, MOT and congestion charge exempt very soon.
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Members' Cars / Re: LUCY ‘91 Mk2 Golf GTI Alpine White
OK, so now the dust has settled I can do a bit more of an update.

Here's the dodgy plug. It was only by pulling the lead off and finding the rod part stuck in the HT cap, else I might never had known. With it pushed back in, the plug looked normal.


I did plugs, leads, car etc when I recommissioned the car after the COVID lay-up, so about 3 years but only 4000 odd miles.
But it was on my list to do this year as part of general maintenance anyway.

The original cam belt


No idea how long that's been in there, I haven't done it before in my ownership, which is getting towards 4.5 years now. I think I remember seeing a bill for it in the paperwork when I got the car.

The last time it was done it looks like someone was a bit heavy-handed with the pulley bolts


The good old Irwin tools to the rescue


But I was never going to be able to torque it back down. So I ordered 4x genuine bolts, but also needed to wait for those to be delivered.

I also fitted all new belt covers and fixed the alternator bracket while I was in the area.

And for anyone with Power Steering, you'll know how much of a nightmare it is to adjust. Well, hopefully, that's all freed up now if I need to make any further adjustments. A squealing belt has plagued me for quite a while.

New cam belt and tensioner fitted, and miles and date written on the inside of the belt cover.


I still have a list of jobs to do, and a box of new parts ready to fit.
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Members' Cars / Re: LUCY ‘91 Mk2 Golf GTI Alpine White
The good news I got the cam belt right after all. New plugs, leads, rotor and cap and I’m all good. Must have been that busted plug. Just got nervous as it was after the belt change.
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Seat Foam for my 91 GTI
I’ve patched up a few with chunks of foam from carpet underlay etc and gaffer tape. Once the covers are back on you’d never know.

And if you have access to a steam cleaner (wallpaper stripper will do it) you can refresh the rest of the foam.  Blast it with steam and you can watch the miracles of your old foam expand and breathe!
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Members' Cars / Re: LUCY ‘91 Mk2 Golf GTI Alpine White
The weekend didn’t quite go to plan.

It started well, I nipped up the rear wheel bearings, and did a few other tidy up jobs after seeing the car on the ramp at MOT time.

But then I did my cambelt, first time doing it solo. And I’ve been apprehensive, but after talking with people and watching YouTube video etc I thought I’d take it on.

It all seemed to go ok, but afterwards my biggest fear was realised as the car wouldn’t run.

I tore it down again, double and triple checked, also got my son involved to help me go over everything again.

And to the best of our ability, everything seemed fine.

Running through diagnostics and backtracking everything I did, I did remove the spark plugs to make turning the engine by hand easier.

I wanted to check I hadn’t messed up the firing order, but then I discovered a broken spark plug. And remembered I did drop one when I took it out.

My son also pulled the end off one of the leads, so not sure if that was a sign it was deteriorating or just him being heavy handed and pulling from the cable not the end.

So now I’m stuck with a stranded car, awaiting eBay orders to come in this week for plugs, leads, cap and rotor.

And until I’ve replaced all of that I have no way of knowing if I messed up the cam belt …. Not such a happy Easter bunny right now.
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Seat Foam for my 91 GTI


For the GTI which has taller side bolsters the early seat frame has metal bar added to the seat base. And foam is just foam that sits over the side bars.

It’s easy to make a mould and pour in foam for reproductions.

In the later cars the metal seat base is the same on all variants, the side bolster framework is inside of the foam.

I imagine this was a production saving as there’s no difference between the main seat frame across all variants.

But it does make it harder and more costly to produce reproduction parts which is very likely why only early foam can be purchased new.

I did do a post about earlier vs late seats, but it was ages back and I’m not even sure if it got copied to the new forum.
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Members' Cars / Re: LUCY ‘91 Mk2 Golf GTI Alpine White
How is it 4 months since my last update? To think these used to be almost daily back in the day  :o

Well as I mentioned last time, I started a new job in December and it's been full steam ahead. I've hardly been on here, and haven't even been on socials much.

The Golf spends most of its life parked up under a cover now.
I'm back on the bike as daily transport, all weathers as the traffic is horrendous. I've only taken the Golf in a few times.

The new workplace is only 10 miles away, the shortest commute I've ever had, one of the times I went in the car it took me 55 mins  ::) But loving the job which is the main thing. Plus I now work in the motor trade (loosely connected).

So, what's been going on you say?

Well we've had out bathroom done, and to try and save a few quid we opted to not have a skip and dispose of our own waste... so many many tip runs...



After that she needed a very deep clean, I spent the best part of a day on this and the wife's Mk5. Sadly I only took this one pic:


And while I was in this area I did an old-school mod, linking up the dummy fog light on the passenger side, not that I expect to drive in much fog. I did consider hooking them up to the brake  :o another mod from back in the day iirc.


Which took me up to MOT day:


The astute among you may recognise this is the same place that set fire to the Beetle.  :(
Regardless of that, I had stopped using them as the old MOT tester started getting super picky, but then I discovered a mate (known through this club and Mk2 ownership) was the new MOT tester.

And happy to report a PASS, with a couple of sensible advisories.

You may also notice some snow on the cars around! Couldn't believe it when I looked out the window on MOT morning.

The final update, and long overdue. But Ben sent me through the pics he took at the National meet last July.

As you can see, wet!





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Regional Meets / Re: South West / Bristol Mk2 1st Friday Meet 2023 dates
First Friday Motor Meets
Occurs the first Friday of each month


Dates for 2024


Feb - Friday 2nd
Mar - Friday 1st
Apr - Friday 5th
May - Friday 3rd
Jun - Friday 7th (clashes with Bristol Volksfest. May move to second week )
Jul - Friday 5th
Aug - Friday 2nd
Sep - Friday 6th
Oct - Friday 4th
Nov - Friday 1st
Dec - Friday 6th (Christmas Meal TBC)
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Sunroof
Where did you get the seal from? As above, there is adjustments. I remember it being a little tight when I did one previously but not to the extent you describe. I hope you manage to sort it ok.