Depending on spec, trim level and upholstery code.
The rear part goes over the base of the rear bench and under the front seats and includes the handbrake cut out.
Early
Late
The front part overlaps the front beams in the floor pan for the seat centre bolt location. Provides the front foot wells and up the bulkhead under the dash. It included the gear selector cut out.
Early
Late
The two parts overlap together under the front seat
Early
Late
Note the differences.
Earlier car for Chassis 191 & 192 (up to late 1988 TBC) the handbrake lever is different from those with Chassis designation 1G Earlier cars had better quality, thicker carpets than later cars LHD and RHD carpets, for the front part at least, are different for obvious reasons
Although 3 and 5 door carpets are interchangeable as the carpet doesn't go all the way into the door opening and isn't affected by the door pillar. Jetta and Golf Carpets are interchangeable assuming they are the same early/late handbrake configuration.
Because of the position of the handbrake early and late carpets are not interchangeable. The Handbrake on a later car has a plastic surround which fixes to the floor and covers the cut out in the carpet. This is further back from early cars. If later spec carpets are fitted in early cars there is a large area of bare metal that is not covered as the early cars did not have the same handbrake surround.
In the boot Base: Early GTI and higher spec cars had carpet on the rear turrets and back of the rear bench seat upright. Later cars had foam on the turrets and hardboard type back on the rear of the seat.
Early GTI boot carpets are a desirable upgrade for later and/or poverty spec cars.
Early GTI boot:
The boot floor is carpeted, a flat carpet was fitted when the standard space saver was used. A full size spare wheel was an optional extra, this meant the car was supplied with a shaped carpet as the full size wheel protruded out of the wheel well.
There are no carpets or coverings over the rear light clusters or rear lower panel. However Newton Commercials do an aftermarket boot trim kit which by all accounts is a good OEM quality solution to finish what VW didn’t quite manage to complete.
Late spec carpets are also a lot less 'woolly' than early spec. The pile is very tight and flat and the carpet is quite thin:
It's not obvious if this was just a cost cutting exercise or maybe done for weight saving, as the later had safety bars in the doors which would have added a bit of weight.
The rear of the back seat was no longer carpeted and the rear turrets in the boot were just covered with a thin 'foam' rather than carpet.
It's been brought to my attention, (Thanks Rich) that the South African cars are worth a mention.
These are also RHD cars, and the carpet has a much thicker pile, more like "carpet" and has a rubber embossed VW logo on the rhd kick plate.
The first image shows a sketch of the Mk1 and how it was fleshed out to become the Mk2 we know and love - interesting that it depicts a 5 door.
The following images are part of the clay modeling prototype stage. Note on one of the pics the rear arch is shown a lot more squared off than the final rounded arch we ended up with. I think they made the right decision.
The Court is a Special "tennis themed" Edition Jetta
Available in 3 colours: Alpine White Tornado Red Orly Blue (need to check the translation on that)
13" Seven spoke alloys
Body coloured bumpers (outer only with black center) Body coloured door mirrors Green tinted glass Decals on the rear quarter and under the Jetta badge on the rear panel
Engines available were: 1.3, 1.6, 1.8 and 1.6D and 1.6TD
The 1.3 and 1.6 had the 4 speed box with optional 4+E The 1.8 had 4+E as standard Auto box was available in 1.6, 1.8 and either of the diesels.
In June it will be 7 years since I bought my 2nd Mk2, the one that took me back to my 20's when I had the first one.
Anyway, having to transfer old posts over to the new site has made me look back at my posts since joining the club and review what I've been through, not only with the old Mk2, but the e30, the blue mk2, the Beetle, the old Suzuki motorbike and the last 7 months of the new mk2.
Lots of stuff I'd forgotten I'd done, and I hadn't realised I'd gone quite so far as I did with some of these vehicles - dare I say it I kind of understand now when my wife references the time I spent disappearing to the garage, but putting that aside I'm feeling very accomplished. Don't think I'd have managed any of it without the help of the club. Even with the non-VWs my mechanical confidence has been massively raised over the years, and I've made some good friends along the way.
For those of you familiar with this thread on the old site you'll know it was a 160 page epic adventure spanning just over 3 years.
I haven't transferred the everything here, but I have condensed and copied to my own wordpress blog. As it's chronological it reads backwards but this link will take you to the first post, there's a link at the bottom of the blog for the next in line and so on:
Copied over from the old site. Mon Nov 07, 2016 9:53 am
No longer own this but wanted to keep the journey documented.
Hey guys, Just because I don't have a mk2 at the moment, I don't want to lose touch with this club as I think it's epic. So thanks to Damien for setting up this new section so we can share our non-mk2 vehicles and projects.
So after three and a half long years of Eleanor, the lunchbreak project http://www.vwgolfmk2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=30102 it was time to move on, to tell the truth this decision took me by surprise possibly as much as it took some of you. But the time was right and circumstances required it.
So after having it up for sale for a little while, and a failed attempt after being messed around on eBay, someone popped up a 'swap' add on the Facebook Mk2 sales page. They wanted to swap their rather tasty looking Beetle for a Mk2. Having contemplated (and dismissed) a similar swap deal that was posted previously there was something in this one that took my fancy.
This was the pic from the original post:
So after showing the wife (it wasn't an immediate no, she quite likes a Beetle) I did nothing, but every time the post was bumped it got my attention till eventually I made contact.
Turns out an unmolested 3dr GTI in white was his preferred option and he was quite keen, plus our cars were both up for sale at a similar value. After a fair few messages back and forward, and me doing some research into Beeltes, as I know nothing, and a lot of help and advice from Flat4Fantastic, it took another couple of weeks before I got the essential spouse approval. Only to find out someone had been out to see the Beetle, was very keen and was most likely going to go ahead with a purchase. So some more messages were exchanged and when this other party failed to come back we decided to go ahead and set up a meet at Stratford-on-avon train station as it was pretty much halfway between us.
So some close inspections on both parts, questions, and a test drives around the car park we exchanged keys and V5s and that was that.
My boy came with me, which was nice as he was on the original road trip to get the Golf. Oddly enough I got the Golf from Rugby and it was a local car to the area never moving far away through the few owners it had had, and now that's where she's gone back to.
So if you check out my thread for the Golf you'll see the first drive 'selfie' my boy took. So to keep with the tradition he took this, being an older and wiser teen this time he didn't want to be in the pic himself.
The other pics from the journey home was this one
Which really took me by surprise, as I was thinking we'd be doing about 50-60 tops. I did actually go a shade over what was shown on the photo, and that was GPS confirmed not just going off what the dial showed.
As you can see there is a red light on, we weren't sure what this was but it had the letter G by it so decided it meant GOOD! :thumbs: so we pushed on, we found out after it means Generator and when it's on that means BAD :bad craic: but it went out after a while so (hopefully) no lasting harm done.
The next surprising pictures I have to show are these:
And for anyone that's ever been out to mine to pick up parts or what have you I'm sure you'll be amazed to actually see a car in my garage! The one thing I always planned for Eleanor but never quite got round to it. The closest, being when I got it almost clear just before deciding to strip the "one-in-ten million" and filling it back up again.
So pretty much there she sat till Friday night when I brought her out for the Bristol Dub Love meet.
Thanks to FinalD for this pic, I don't know how he does it but his photos are always fantastic.
I forgot to take any myself and have't seen any more which is a shame as Mike had his Capri there too.
Where do we go from here!
Well unfortunately the car came with no history whatsoever. But thanks to someone tagging a previous owner when I popped up a picture on the Facebook group I've found out. He had it for 12 months, and had it off a friend that had had it for a couple of years previous. It was sold on to a lady, but I got it from a fella so it had changed hands again since.
But he did tell me all the work that has been done was done at Kraftwerk VW in Stoke as they were the previous owners, I've looked them up but I'm yet to contact them. But that would explain why it seems to have been done well, and why it's loaded with a few fancy and quite expensive add-ons.
The online MOT history only starts in 2005 and that starts with a rather epic fail, followed by a retest some 8 months later, so I deduct that's when the restoration happened. The following few years saw straight passes with no advisories but then there was a gap from 2008 till 2013 so she most likely sat neglected for a while. But thankfully that must have been inside or she would have been a lot worse I'm sure.
So there's plenty of TLC required and a few things I've discovered that don't work. The electrics seems to be a big issue :eek:
but anyway, here's some more pics.... cus I know we all love pics. :cool (y):
Thanks for the tips, there's is a strong smell of petrol and I certainly don't want and gadzook moments so I will be checking that out.
But the first quick (and cheap) win has been achieved. I noticed when checking and topping up the oil that the cork gasket inside the cap had crumbled away to almost nothing. So a new one was ordered and last night in the dark at the back of the garage this happened. Nothing special you might think, but my very first step along the way to air cooled maintenance so it's a big deal in my book.
I started this just for fun on the old forum, so I thought I’d bring it across. Sorry to anyone that posted before, I haven’t copied over your posts.
I’ve made a list of the various vehicles I've owned. In chronological order starting in 1990 when I bought a 13 year old TR7 as a fixer upper whilst I was just 15 myself (A month before my 16th) - 2 years in the garage and ready to drive when I was 18!
1977 Triumph TR7 1982 Yamaha DT50MX 1981 Suzuki GP100 1977 Yamaha RS100 1981 Datsun Cherry 1981 Mk3 Ford Escort Van 1990 Peugeot 405 GD 1994 Mk5 Ford Escort LX 1987 VW Mk2 Golf GTI 8v (GTi Engineering) 1980 VW Scirocco (For the gearbox for ^^^ ) 1990 BMW 318i lux touring e30 1999 Peugeot Speedfight 100 1997 Yamaha YZF Thundercat 1997 BMW 318i SE e36 1988 Yamaha FZR 1000 Genesis 1997 Vauxhall Omega Estate 1989 Ford Transit SWB 1993 Kawasaki ZZR600 E1 2002 Ford Fiesta 1.6 Ghia 2003 Seat Leno 1.6s 1997 Kawasaki ZX-7r P2 2001 Kawasaki ZX-9r E2 2008 Ford Focus Zetec Est. 1986 VW Mk2 Golf GTI 8v 1993 BMW e30 318i lux Touring 1993 BMW e30 316i lux Touring - parts car for the above 1988 VW Mk2 Golf GTI 8v "one in ten million" 2003 VW Mk4 Golf GT TDI PD130 2004 Honda CRV - was given to my wife by a friend, nothing to do with me! 1971 VW Beetle 1302S 1980 Suzuki GS1000G 2006 Audi A3 2.0 TDI (170bhp mapped to 210) 2007 Polo 9n3 1.4 S Petrol 2005 Kawasaki ZRX1200s 2006 VW Mk5 Golf GTI 2.0 TFSI DSG 1991 VW Mk2 Golf GTI 8v
I don't think I've missed anything out.
I've also had a couple of JetSki's Kawasaki 400 (with a custom sonic the hedgehog paint job) and Yamaha Superjet 650 - awesome machine.
2 x banger racing cars (Mk2 Escort and Chevette) and long term borrowed or had shares in a mix of other vehicles including: Series 2a Land Rover LWB Safari Hillman Avenger Shocking choice in vehicle Viva Estate (Which later got banger raced by my mate when I had the chevette. And shared a few off-road bikes.
The current 2 wheeler, owned since the January 2019.
So I've had this for a couple of weeks now...
And although the weather has been absolutely atrocious I've still managed to put a few hundred miles on it already and loving every minute.
Even though it's basically got a small car engine in it, 1200cc 16v, It's not the fastest bike I've ever owned with only 10.9 seconds for a 1/4 mile and a top speed of just 160mph but hey ho ... that's probably just as well.
I no longer own this, but wanted to keep the record.
September 19 2017
So for those that are Facebook friends with me you may have already seen this, but for those that haven't hears my new buy.
I know it won't appeal to many of you but hey-ho. It's a 1980 Suzuki GS1000G. The GS1000 was Suzuki's first 1000cc bike and aimed at the export market because at the time the biggest bikes aloud by law in Japan were 750's - the poor guys, making them couldn't even have them for themselves :shock:
Back in the 70s and early 80s the big four; Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha and Kawasaki were extremely competitive and as a result each new bike put out out did the last one. So for a while, this was the fasted production bike on the market ... till the next one was released :lol no:
Anyway, this one was destined to USA, the G model was shaft drive and had a larger fuel tank aimed at the tourer market. I gather it was available in the UK but not so popular so quite uncommon. The bars are also more upright as that's what the Americans prefered so I will be swapping those.
The panniers and fairing are aftermarket stuff designed by Craig Vetter http://craigvetter.com/ apparently popular at the time and very expensive:
I've been watching this bike for a while, and I suspect it's these add ons that were the reason it was unsold and why I managed to get it for such a great price.
Luckily it came with the standard headlight and indicators and all the fixings. So within a couple of hours of getting her home (even though I'd been to the chiropractor that morning, was aching like hell and had just ridden the behemoth home for an hour, so should have been resting...) she looked like this.
A little later like this, then I realised I didn't have the plug or the loom for the headlight bulb.
Here's where the old Mk2 Golf Breaker comes into play. Buried at the bottom of my parts pile in my shed I have a box containing the full wiring loom from an 8v. Although slightly reluctant as it was a complete loom I decided I could sacrifice a H4 connector and a few inches of wire.
So back in the lounge in front of a bad Dwayne Johnson film (San Andreas) I made up a little loom that would plug into the exisisting wire so I didn't have to cut any of the original plugs off. Leaving the film playing to an empty room - Ok, 2 sleeping dogs - I popped back out the garage and by 1:00 this, with front end all sorted and rear rack all removed and back indicators re-positioned to their original location:
Not the 180kg / 160bhp of my last bike. More like 230kg / 90bhp but it's still got a fair bit of grunt and is less likely to get me in trouble.
Managed to get a few more mile on it Monday, and stopped for some pics in the sunlight:
Then got home and gave it a wash and polish:
The black paint has actually got a green metallic in it which is pretty cool when the sun hits it:
And have rode it into work today :thumbs:
Now this does mean no Mk2 or a little while, but like all things 80's there's a reasonable market for these and they're few and far between. Odd that no one else had the foresight to buy it and take the touring kit off, end of selling season now really but I recon I could resell it now for more than I paid and if I wait till spring I could probably make a grand straight off the bat. That said planning to hang on to it for a little while but ultimately this is a fair chunk of my next Mk2 money so better to have invested it like this and get some enjoyment in the meanwhile rather than have it sitting in the bank.
Original thoughts were cafe racer, but the whole essence of cafe racer is lightweight speedster, when I saw it I knew that wouldn't work as there's nothing lightweight about this. It would just look too bulky for a cafe.
So thinking I'd use the weight and bulk as the focus on build more of a naked muscle bike.
But I'm also liking the classic look and wouldn't want to change it in any ways that can't be put back to original. So for now just flatter bars to make it nicer to ride while I work out what to do and scrape some cash together.
February 20 2018
So just for a bit of an update on this one for those that might be interested. The bike's been parked up since the end of October.
I put about 500 miles on it when I first got it, but oil was leaking from the head gasket. It had been rebuilt previously and I gather the follow up maintenance may not have been carried out to recheck the bolts afterwards. Everything was loose! So I've had to give it a thorough going over.
Even though the model was available in the UK support for it seems to be quite poor, it seems they were a lot more popular overseas. As a result I've had to order a full aftermarket gasket kit arrived from Japan, and I found a NOS head gasket from the states but was damaged when it arrived so I had to find another one, again from the states which arrived safe and sound - eBay refunded the first one.
I did manage to get some parts off eBay UK.
You might think it's a bit of a faff gathering all these parts from around the world, but I have to say it's saved me a small fortune compared to what a Suzuki dealer would have charged. Plus some of the parts have been superseded and reports say the new parts are not a good hence why I've tracked down NOS mostly.
I was off work over Christmas but didn't get chance to pop out to the garage as I had some decorating to do to keep the family happy. But I've just had a week off work, did some more decorating, but did manage a couple of sessions on the bike.
so it started:
and before long looked like this:
at which point I started getting very nervous having never gone this deep into an engine before, and then suddenly:
That was enough for one the first day.
So what did I find?
Well after market head and base gaskets for a start, which according to Suzuki owners forum is a big no no for these key gaskets (hence my worldwide search) and this:
There's a teardrop shaped O-ring which was there but had been sealed in with a little extra help. Is wasn't leaking obviously from this area but it could be seen to be damp on the edge of the gasket.
For day two I cracked out the over the top power tool:
To make these, as spec'ed in the Clymer manual (another US puchase, it's basically their version of Haynes). I had to work in inches!
After reading another thread where someone damaged the base gasket while fitting the cylinder I got a bit nervous again. But I wasn't convinced with fixing the gasket to the base of the cylinder and holding it in place with elastic bands as suggested. So I fitted it to the deck of the crank case, and cut out some cardboard to protect it, and with the wooden blocks and I have to say it was all very straight forward.
The valves looked like this after a bit of a clean up:
I then went ahead and fitted the head:
At this point the nuts are finger tight and the head is just sitting there.
And then had a change of heart....
I only have a large 1/2" torque wrench with a 30 to 210 nm range. The head bolts are supposed to be 36.6 or there about and I decided the range of mine was too wide to be that accurate. So I'm currently waiting for a 3/8" one with a 10-80 range to arrive.
I also thought, actually let's not cut corners, let's do this right. So I've ordered some lapping compound; course and fine, a valve spring compressor and some other bits and bobs. So when those arrive, hopefully in a few days I'll whip off the head, clean up the valves, pop them out, try and lap them in properly and fit the new oil seals since they came in the kit anyway.
Also ordered new plugs, a clean and recharge kit for the K&N filter and fresh oil and filter for when I'm done.
Can't wait to crack on, but also want to take my time do it right and hopefully do it once.
April 30 2018
Easter means for me 4 days off work. I also had a couple of days left out of my annual allowance that needed to be taken before April, so I tagged on last Wednesday and Thursday so I'm just back at work now after 6 days off.
So day one of my holiday I got up as usual, walked the dogs and by 9:00 am instead of being at work I went into the garage, I ignored the kids all day and apart from taking a pee I didn't go back it the house till 3:00 pm.
The end result, the bike is back together and running, all things checked and ready to roll.
New lower, wider handle bars fitted along with a new genuine Suzuki left hand grip to match the throttle side - you may notice in my other pics the odd grips.
On Thursday I took the kids out.... to the largest motorcycle showroom in town, and treated myself to a new crash helmet. An AGV K5-S in Guy Martin colours.
Friday and Saturday were family days and waiting, as Sunday was 1st of the month so I was able to pay my road tax and ride legally on the street.
So I went out for a test ride, only half hour but it was great after having the bike off road all winter.
And today, even though the weather is forecast to rain, extreme weather warnings in some parts. It was dry when I got up so I've ridden it the 30 miles to work. I'll worry about the journey home later - I'm not afraid of the rain, I just don't want to spoil all that shiny chrome!
Got a bit of vibration from the bars, they're ally not steel, but that could mean the carbs need to be set up better. Also exhaust is blowing as I had to leave out one of the header bolts as the thread was stripped. Wish I'd noticed while it was off, anyway helicoil kit on order.
But no oil leak from head or base gaskets. And nothing from the sump or oil filter too since having both of those off. So all in all successful I'd say. The starter has a bit of a clunk, I'm wondering if I've set the cam chain tensioner right? so not finished yet, but classic projects never are are they?
I no longer have this car, but having a greater respect and continued support for this forum I wanted to copy my build thread on e30zone over here. One so you guys can hopefully enjoy the story, and two so I never have to hang out on that forum again and can delete the short cut.
After my first Mk2 GTI back in the late 90's a bought this 1990 e30 touring 318i lux and to this day I still have very fond memories and it's the longest I've ever owned a car, I eventually sold it around after some 5 or 6 years, when at 14 years old and 114,000 miles on the clock it failed it's first MOT on me and I panicked. Can't remember what on, but I know it was trivial.
My old one from back in the day:
So anyway after getting my 2nd Mk2 back in 2013 to relive my youth and after bringing my wife to the National meet in 2014 she decided she wanted to have a car that she enjoyed too (and not the dull, boring and sensible Ford Focus estate we had at the time) so I bought her this:
I had my old one when we first got together, and she kind of took it over as as much hers as mine as I had a motorbike for everyday transport.
I've found out already this car was previously owned by an e30Zone member and was cover car on Total BMW a few years back. Although I'm yet to discover a copy.
The guy I got it from used it for his Brighton to London commute and I gather everyday he must have had a coffee en route, and everyday he must have spilled it! as there's stains everywhere.
So after getting it home to Bristol on Saturday, Sunday the deep clean started.
This even smelt of coffee!
Proof of the coffee antics, as well as a half bottle of wine under the passenger seat
The outside, underneath and bay all seem respectable. A bit of bubbling on the front o/s arch so might have to look at paint in the near future.
And there's a few bit in need of attention. Some of which I've already started separate threads for
Some staining in the passenger well, so I need to investigate if the heater valve has been fixed and just not cleaned or if this is still an issue:
Some 'dog related?' carpet damage
Will replace at some point but not urgent.
A broken carpet fixing,
Should be like this
From memory there should be a slot on the back of these to attach in position on the rear seat - possibly changed at some point??
Missing fixings for the floor mats
A small crack in the dash
o/s rear light unit needs replacing as water has got in and the chrome reflector dish has disintegrated - I think on the fog light. Also, no pictures yet:
I've already picked up a period Sony CD player to replace the BMW Reverse RDS unit, so got this to fit.
The headlining is sagging, not sure if this can be fixed or if I need to try and find another one. A common issue for the Golfs too and I know gluing pretty common actually works and people ask silly money for replacements.
One of the tailgate hinge surrounds is missing.
One of the inner headlamp lens's is smashed and one front indicator lens is cracked.
The headlight height adjust doesn't work - but didn't on my old one either!
The BBS wheels could do with a refurb.
The storage flap in the boot (not the first aid kit one) the hinge is snapped so I'll be on the look out for new.
And the finish on the tailgate spolier is pretty poor. I think it's been painted at some point.
That takes care of the appearance, now the mechanics.
There's play in the steering, not sure if rack of the UJ coupling (steering guibo thing?) - or both! Need to check it out.
PAS fluid is yuk, so hopefully changing that will help too.
It's quite wallowy, so need to check all the bushes etc.
The central bearing/coupling on the prop needs replacing - I had to do this on my last one.
and the rear diff is a little whiny hopefully not a big deal?
So a busy Saturday:
New NGK plugs New HT leads, I'd forgotten what a sod it was doing that sensor under the air intake. Got my son to help with his small teenage fingers! New air filter (old one was hideous)
Oil on the dipstick is still quite golden and all green service lights are on so I left that for now, although odd oil was done without checking air filter? Think I might do oil change soon and reset the lights anyway just in case the oil filter wasn't changed either.
Changed the PAS fluid, this definitely needed doing. I still want to fit a fast rack but at least for now this will help.
Also fitted new clutch slave cylinder, old one was leaking so gear change is better. Still room for improvement though. Haven't checked out how the linkage works on these but I'm wondering if there's a bush kit or anything that can be done to tighten it up. Quick-shift would be nice too.
Had a good look underneath. There's evidence of some new brake lines and the front end, lower arms, ball joints and track rods etc. all look in order. One of the bellows on the rack is a bit perished but not split yet! I'll hold off on this if I'm going to swap the rack.
Back end on the other hand is a different story, rear ARB drop links are shot and from what I can see of the rear beam bushes they ain't too clever either, can't see the top mounts but while I'm at that end I may as well do them, am I right in thinking e46 mounts are a direct fit and good upgrade?
Can't see the prop bearing as it's covered with the exhaust heat shield but from the noise in the cabin and from what I remember when my old one went I suspect this is also on it's way out.
I'll also change the oil in the diff and replace the fuel filter.
Standard loom was complete and unmolested
Plug and play ISO kit off ebay and now updated with Sony Xplod CD player. Not quite period correct but RED illumination so doesn't look out of place.
ARGH! fuel tank is leaking, appears to be split at the seam :sad:
Not a lot of progress on the mechanical side of things. Solved the problem of an annoying rattle; after checking exhaust clamps, wheel bearings, ball joints and pretty much anything else under the car I could think of, my wife noticed one of the BBS centre caps wasn't looking very secure - hey presto! rattle fixed :
A bit box of bushes and rubbers has arrived from C3, so that's all on the horizon for the back end, as well as dropping the tank. At present we're just putting £20 in at a time which is keeping the level below the seam so no more fuel on the driveway. Not the best solution but the car's being used very little so it'll have to do in the short term.
Current task however is the sagging headlining.
which is now out on the dining room table, with the material stripped off:
And now I understand how/why they sag. It's a foam back material and the foam if firmly stuck to the headling, just as it's perished the fabric has separated from the foam.
So lots more scraping and rubbing later...
very nervous about this next bit, but bought some new material and spray adhesive so fingers crossed for my next update being a good one.
A few shots from today, didn't all go to plan and thing the box has to come out again tomorrow
The car went in for a new Longlife Stainless Steel back box today. Only to discover the Cat was split and rattling so going for a full system now.... Ouch! Mad but one less thing I'll need to worry about.
Got to play with fire last weekend...
Made a start on refurbishing the rear end with spare parts removed from a breaker. All bushes now removed with the help of some small bonfires, luckily it was a bit drizzly so none of the neighbours would have had any washing on the line, ready to start rubbing down all the metal work now.
Hopefully I spend a bit more time on it this weekend although I now need to swap the radiator from the breaker too as it's leaking.
Yey, New boots have arrived. I love it when the postman brings fun stuff
A couple of updates from the weekend. Took the wheels from the one I'm breaking, as they were all in better condition than the ones fitted and got the new tyres fitted, then gave them a bit of a deep clean before fitting...
I hate cleaning BBS :mad:
Also swapped a front caliper, as it was binding a bit and got round to fitting the new steering boot, noticed it was split the other week when I was doing the clutch.
I got the proper clips with it, then realised I didn't have the tool to tighten it and wasn't sure I'd manage it with just pliers, so bog standard Cowboy ties will do after all, that's what I took off.
I managed to do it by splitting the track rod end (without damaging the boot) and pulled the boot over the ball joint so I didn't need to interfere with the tracking, which was just as well as I don't think the TRE was looking like it wanted to move anyway :eek:
And just for good measure, a pic of the S/S system I had fitted a few weeks back
Still need to go back and get the downpipe done, you can see it in the picture of the boot. They didn't have time to finish the full system.
Made a start on the rear beam over the weekend.
Stripped back to metal with a flap wheel and various size wire brushes on a grinder. And my DIY soda balster for the small nooks and grannies.
I know it would have been easier to send it off for blasting but there's something very satisfying about doing a job yourself, and doing it well.
Bit more of an update, all rust removed and chemically treated. Then etch primer and a few coats of red oxide. Ready for gloss black next week.
I also tested the fuel sender with a spare out of the car I'm breaking. That seemed to work so swapped it over.
And since I had to remove the rear seats front hinge to get at the sender, I replaced the bar with the one from the breaker as mine had a broken clip.
Also swapped out the front indicator lens that was cracked with a good one. So slowly working through the whole car improving it where I can
Started my second attempt on the sunroof panel last night. I wasn't happy with the first attempt and the material was catching on the guides when slid back.
More updates to follow. Sewing in the central flaps was more of a pain than I remember it being the first time.
A bit of progress from the weekend. The spare fuel tank had every bit of rust, tiny blemish or blister (to be fair, not many) ground back to clean metal, and rust treated:
As did the filler neck, rear arb, link pipe for the fuel tank and the diff got cleaned up too:
So the plan this week is to finish the prep ready for paint on all of this and the already prepared rear beam hopefully next weekend.
Another small update today. I've started bringing it to work to take advantage of my 'free' time over lunch to finish off a few of those smaller outstanding niggly jobs.
Job #1 faulty fuel gauge So yesterday I swapped the instrument cluster, without joy so today I changed the fuel tank sender
Which seemed to do the job
Other eligible lunchtime tasks.... swap a headlight and replace the sunroof panel, and a good detail.
Right, I wasn't happy with my first attempt at the sunroof panel and it never fitted right so was catching on the runner and tore.
and as mentioned above I trimmed a spare frame
So, that got fitted today and as I never added any finished shots of the re-trimmed headliner here goes:
The new daily. 2006 MK5 GTI 2.0 TFSI 2 owners, the 1st owner is the 2nd owners father-in-law so a family owner car with full VW service history. And a great sepc.
Finger crossed this one works out well. Wasn't convinced on DSG, but it was the compormise I decdied to make to get a good example that had all of the other spec I wanted.
And I know you lot love pictures, so here's some from the ad. Haven't had chance to take many of my own yet:
Now with the daily sorted, I can focus on getting the "toy/project", will hopefully be the owner of another mk2 before the end of the year
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Update May 14 2020. I did manage to do that. Picking up a new mk2 October 2019.
Just less than 3 years I'm back in a mk2 and I think I've found myself a bit of a peach for them money. Not perfect, but good in the right places (i.e. the shell and paint) which as we all know is the important bit these days.
I didn't set out for another white one, but I saw this one on eBay but initially dismissed it, for reasons I'll get to, but after the listing had ended unsold I spotted it in the comments of a Facebook post and recognised it, so decided to make contact with the seller and start a conversation.
It's registered August 91 and is a genuine factory Big Bumper CE2 model. A first for me, door mirrors are in the wrong place and the wipers go the wrong way but I guess I'll just have to get used to that.
Only 128,000 miles, but despite the roof aerial and rear tinted lights (they're FIFFT not Hella) it is in fact an 8v. Major gripe of mine, a bee-sting on an 8v but again a compromise I'll learn to live with.
It has a full Miltex exhaust, It's on coil-overs, I haven't determined the brand yet, but have seen the coils are blue but the gezzer said they more mid-range than budget and to be fair the ride is decent, a lot better than I was expecting so I guess he must be right.
And as for the ride, it's also on 17" wheels, which again has surprised me as I though it would be really harsh and crashy but it's not.... or maybe I've just got used to the MK5 GTI on stiff suspension, 18" wheels with 40 profile. Either-way, I'd say it's on a par with that.
Ultraviolet interior, with no holes...
bolster foam is weak, but I've stripped down and padded out late spec seats before so it's on the list of jobs.
Headlining is in good order...
and dry inside which is great.
Clean in the areas that often aren't...
Factory air fed central locks, which works everywhere apart from the boot.
And standard issues of heaterbox foam hits you in the face on full blow and blows cold as you'd expect.
Thermostat needs replacing, gear linkage bushes have been done but I think the alignment could do with a tweak as 5th isn't always achievable first try.
Apart from that it's just the deep dish OMP steering wheel, fake tow strap, hella stickers and over the top Wolfsburg accessories that need to be replaced...
also the door pins, but I forgot to photo those. And just in case there wasn't enough Wolsburg inside...
and a couple of videos the seller sent me pre-purchase.
So that's about it. Apart from the reason I nearly passed it by. Well the first reason was asking price, it was originally listed much higher than I actually paid. And I think the reason it didn't sell at that price and why I was able to knock it down, it has an "accident" recorded against. If what I'm told is true the hand brake was left off and it rolled into a tree on the rear offside quarter. The result it it has been fixed and benefited from full paint, and since most cars of this age have had some work done I thought so what if it's had some metal work, if not from an accident most have had work through rust, rot and neglect.
I scrutinized it as much as I could, under the trims and internal carpets, and could see no obvious signs of repair so happy it's been done to a very high standard so based on that I took the plunge ...
October 08 2019
And so it begins...
Quick fix number one: fake tow strap removed:
Trimsports VW Motorsports gear knob removed and up for sale already, and fitted a decent condition original golf ball that I'd purposely kept back for such an occasion:
On retrieving it form the drawer I noticed how grubby it was so I'm sure I'll be taking an old toothbrush to it at some point along with the rest of the required deep clean. Already much better, the Alloy one is smaller than stock and also cold to touch which I don't like.
Another quick swap over, a tinted interior light that I'd also wisely kept back in case my next one didn't have one:
and out with the old white plastic one:
Surprising how much this caught my attention every time I looked int he rear-view mirror. I guess knowing I had a tinted one in a drawer didn't help.
And just for good measure and to give a full an complete picture of the madness, here's the Wolfsburg branded billet plunger:
Can't promise an update everyday, and just to confirm, these 'fixes' were done this morning before work. But I'm certainly not going to guarantee a regular Breakfast project.
The original PAS wheel came with the car so I think in the first instance I'll fit that. The horn isn't plugged in on the OMP wheel anyway and the boss must be fitted wrong as the indicators cancel in the wrong place. Being deep dish the stalks are just out of fingers reach which is also annoying. That said the OMP is a nice wheel to handle even if the styling isn't to my liking.
October 10 2019
A bit of tinkering last night. First off did this satisfying little job: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7kf_ZpFv0[/youtube]
Now this does leave me with Crystal clear headlights, spots, indicators and side repeaters.... at least they match :sorry, what?: Which I'm sure most peoples opinion will be to replace. But they work and I need to think about the costs so no immediate plans to replace them all, although I did fine a genuine set of orange side repeaters in my stash. Unfortunately I've only got early bumper front orange indicator lenses.
Then took the OG steering wheel that came with the car into the house. Mixed up a paste of washing up liquid, bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar and got to work: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrdopi9_Jh0[/youtube]
It was pretty grim:
It came up great but even so I'm not 100% convinced all of the grime has gone, I might have another go. I'll sort an after photo at some point.
I also did the golf ball gear knob but that might also need a bit more of a soak to get mint.
October 14 2019
Saturday night, while I waited for my daughter to get in from the Cinema I sat in front of the telly half watching Tron (the new one) with a bowl of soapy water and the infamous toothbrush again, and scrubbed the contents of a "Mk2 Spares" delivery that had previously arrived.
And true to tradition, I took said box of sparkly bits to work with me so I could sit in the car park on this drizzly lunchtime and complete this little task:
I also fitted the gear lever cover that Matt sent me, as mine was missing and changed over the fixed position grab handles for the flappy ones as they feel more GTI - even though I gather the fixed position ones were fitted at factory:
While I was climbing around the interior of the car I found a few other small interior trim bits that are missing, darn if I'd only looked properly I'm sure Matt would have included them into the box.
In other news, the name has now been chosen. Lucy It just so happened to be the film that was on when we got home last Saturday after collecting her. I bounced it around as an idea for a while but needed some way to qualify the name. Also with the reg being PVC this sort of opened up other ideas ... then in came to me, not sure out of where, but the Lucy Liu scene from the Mel Gibson film of the 90s, Payback. Good film and if you remember it you'll know, if you haven't seen it and don't mind watch old stuff it's worth a look.
Here's one of the few Google images of that particular scene I found that was "work safe" enough to share
October 16 2019
Another quick fix this morning from something I had in my stash.
More to follow as I copy across form the old site.
Thought I'd add this disclaimer. Before you start to mess about with anything confirm that both the in tank pump and the under car pump are working. If both are working, you then need to check the pressure at the engine bay. If you aren't getting the fuel pressure at the front of the car nothing else will matter. Any K-Jet Owner should invest in a fuel pressure testing kit.
Copied across from the old site:
So over the past 18 months of ownership I've built up a good resource for K-jet stuff and found a couple of options for reconditioned parts. Not cheap, but not ridiculous either.
The price list from KMI as it doesn't show on their website but I contacted them recently. Correct as of January 2015:
The cost of an exchange Warm up Regulator is £132.00 + vat. Customers own unit rebuild. The cost of an exchange Fuel Distributor is £300.00 + vat. Customers own unit rebuild. The cost of a new Aux Air Valve is £169.00 + vat. The cost of a new Accumulator is £154.00 + vat. The cost of a new Injector is £34.00 + vat.
[EDIT] there are 2 types of injector. I had the other type at £56 each!
[size=150]NEW DOCUMENTS ADDED 10/05/2016[/size] Bosch K-Jetronic and KE-Jetronic mechanical fuel injection systems HAYNES supplement, for XR3 RS turbo, but much the same applies: http://vwts.ru/injector/k_and_ke-jetronic.pdf
hopefully not a big deal?
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