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Regional Meets / Re: South West/Bristol - First Friday Motor Meet - 2024 dates added
Last post by Eddypeck -
Dates for your calendar for 2026

This 100% goes ahead every month.
Sometimes there’s only a handful of us regulars but hey, that’s just how it goes.

Friday 6 February 2026
Friday 6 March 2026
Friday 3 April 2026
Friday 1 May 2026
Friday 5 June 2026
Friday 3 July 2026
Friday 7 August 2026
Friday 4 September 2026
Friday 2 October 2026
Friday 6 November 2026
Friday 4 December 2026 (potentially club Christmas meal in the carvery depending on numbers)
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Engine & Gearbox / Re: 1.3 1990 MK2
Last post by Keekster64 -
Hi.  I'm less familiar with the carb in the 1.3l, but there are some useful videos on how to rebuild the stock carb, and there are gaskets sets available.  Its a lot simpler than the one in the 1.6!  If its sat for 10 years, I would expect the carb to be full of crap, so its worth at least taking the top off it, and giving it a good clean with carb cleaner and blasting through all the passages with compressed air.  If you dont have a compressor, just buy an aerosol of compressed air off amazon.
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I.C.E & Electrical / Re: Aerial
Last post by Monkey -
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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I.C.E & Electrical / Re: Aerial
Last post by MSP -
Original replacement wing mounted one apologies for not being more specific

1986 1.6 cl
Hamburg radio
Wing mounted
Manual retractable
Chrome
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New Members Say Hi! / Re: Golf GTI 16v Mark 2
Last post by Rosa -
Thanks for that. It is a little too far and I am sure the transport costs will be high. I may however get in touch and see what he says. THANK YOU AGAIN....
Rosa
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New Members Say Hi! / Re: Golf GTI 16v Mark 2
Last post by Monkey -
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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New Members Say Hi! / Golf GTI 16v Mark 2
Last post by Rosa -
Hi there. I have just joined. I have a Golf GTI 16 valve Mark 2 4 door. It belonged to my dad and needs work. Gave it to a mechanic who said they would be able to "fix" it for me but hopeless. Apparently the car starts but then cuts out. I need a Golf Specialist to review the car and get it to run. The car is low mileage as dad hardly used it, he just enjoyed polishing it! Once the car is running, I would love to sort out the bodywork.  The car is located in a garage in North London so it would be good if the specialist was based here. The end result would be to sell it after having enjoyed it a little. I would love to bring it back to its glory, Can someone help?
Thank you
Rosa
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Other Problems / Re: my golf mk2 (19E, 1G1) 1.6L 55kw/75ps HM, EZ, ABN REFUSE to start
Last post by Monkey -
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.