New member from Wiltshire

April 13, 2021, 09:31:19 PM

Hi all

I suppose I had better put a post up to say hi!!
I bought my Mk2 in January from an 18 year old who had had it for only 6 months & decided that it was too much for him to do.

So I parted with some money & I bought Hiyal!

Its a March 1991 Big bumper Bright Blue Metallic 5 door Mk2 with a PB engine that has covered 230,000 miles, with the XT ultraviolet interior.

Whats good?

Its got an MOT!!!
It drives well & I have covered 700 miles since owning it, the only problem I had while driving it was the alternator tensioning bolt had stripped the threads in the alternator, thankfully i had a box of random bolts, fuses & clips in the boot!
Other than that the engine is quiet, no big rattles or top end tapping, good clutch & gearbox is fairly smooth but not vague in the linkage
The body work is all original as is the paintwork, albeit it has stone chips & car park small dents & some rust, covered later.
The electrics needed some work........I'll leave it at that.

Bad bits,

Electrics..............
wipers on constant, no electric windows working, no stereo, some real rubbish boom box wiring that wasn't even fitted well. No rear wiper, no central locking
Bodywork/rust
Rust wasn't as bad as I thought it could be, only the rear wheel arch lips at the last 3 inches at the sill end have perished, the sills are solid & the rear panel still original, both the drivers doors have 2 small bubbles under the paint about 5p size each, blank wiper spindle has bubbling under the paint, it also needs a new bootlid as it is getting past saving. But thats really all there is thankfully.

So what have I changed so far....

Stripped out interior & all of the rubbish speaker/boombox wiring
Major clean & replacement of clips/trim
New window scraper seals
New hinge pin for dvrs door(dropped)
Central locking fixed (pipes undone)
Window regulator on dvrs door replaced & wiring sorted out, which now work
Rear wiper wiring broken in grommet to boot, fixed!
New plugs, leads , oil & filter change, air filter.
The airfilter box had had holes drilled in it, so that was replaced
A set of RA's & new set of Good year tyres bought (It did have BBS RZ 523 fitted with toyo T1R fitted but speedo was 10mph out at 70 mph!!!)
Sony stereo fitted along with replacing dashboard & front door speakers replaced
Front door membranes replaced & door cards refitted.

Slowly working round the car cleaning the paintwork.
Everything electrical now works apart from another post I have put up about the MFA.
Even managed to get the Toad alarm to work with the central locking/immobiliser

Want to get a standard set of spring/shocks to put it back to proper ride height & I have got a standard exhaust to fit replacing the milltek stainless one that is fitted, its way too noisy for my liking.

This is my 9th Golf & my 4th Mk2 I have owned, the first mk2 being a LHD '92 1.8 RP engined Royal Blue GT Special 3 dr when I was posted in Germany, I then had a 92 1.8 Driver, then many years later in 2008 I bought for £800 an 89 small bumper KR 16v in Jade Green 3dr, which I had in Germany for 3 years including trips to Malmo in Sweden on an absolute whim early one morning!!! (That was a brilliant car & never had any problems with. Then this one.

Quick potted history then of my mk2s

I'm sure that i'll be asking for info at some point!!

Thanks to all for the help that has been given already.

Cheers

Andy

Re: New member from Wiltshire

Reply #1 – April 14, 2021, 07:52:27 AM

Welcome along Andy.
BBM is my favourite colour for a mk2, get some pics up, would live to see this one as it progresses!

Re: New member from Wiltshire

Reply #2 – April 16, 2021, 03:37:53 PM

Welcome along 👍