First job was a new window reg from ebay €65 delivered to the door and a new 5 wire motor to sort out the central locking.

 

Next job was the heater rad

 

On to the hand brake cables which were stuck in the tubes in the floor.

 

looks tidy john,

my 16v is driving me up the fooking wall with this fuel leak....

 

When I opened the garage door this morning the smell of petrol nearly knocked me over, started it up and its leaking from the fuel pump housing. All of the fuel pipes look to be badly rusted aswell. The pipe from the pump to accumalator is rotten through but this is still availible from vw. I cleaned the pipe from the filter to the engine but this also is rotten. The pipe from the accumalator to the filter seems to be in good condition.

 

john,

heres your twin....

im baffled by this poxy leak...

if you get yours all fitted and no problems, give me a bell will ya..

cant even drive mine to a garage, cause of the leak, hope you still have that trailer..

might need it yet ...

 

Makins of a good project

 

good to see another valver being saved! keep us posted

 

QUOTE (jmm @ Mar 6 2011, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Picked Up this 90 golf last october. Its a 1990 16v with only 108000 on it and a big service history with it, but it does need a few bits doing!!!!! Only getting round to putting up pics now. Every time I do something with it i seem to find more problems, but hey thats the fun of old cars.

nice find..

 

There was a lot of rust on the axle so dropped it out to freshen it up.

 

So out with the wire brush and some hired help

 

Ready for paint and some new axle bushes

 

Great work on the rear axle so far, they really do get destroyed on these cars!

 

How many times did you curse the rear axle bushes?! They're a bitch to get out!

 

Burn them out john, burn them all...

Glad to see your moving on this,

must drop down and have a nose at the 16v

 

John,

I got this stuff from B&Q for my rear axle and other bits

Its called plastikote metal protekt gloss black,

EDIT image below

finally

 

similar job on my MK1 wishbones:

 

Nice One Mike But I never going to your house for a bbq !!!!!!!!!

Matt I taught you better than that ,,,,,,,,, I use an angle grinder

I cut of the wide part of the bush flush with the axle and then put the axle in the press and there ye go all done 2 mins

 

Axle painted and new bushes fitted

 

Axle Mounts removed, cleaned,painted and refitted. Never to young to be a vagdriver and still in the school uniform mammy going crazy!!!!

 

With the axle out of the way it was an ideal time to replace all the rusty brake pipes. Made up some new pipes and new fittings.

 

The fuel line from the fuel filter to engine was leaking, so stripped it out and sent it off to pirtec in ballymount and they made up a new one for €50. The tubing has a bigger outer diameter so is hard to get back into the original clips but it will do the job. Along with new rubber mounts, a new fuel pump housing, filter and pipe from accumalator to pump this should be the end of my fuel leaks.

 

Hopefully this week I will get the axle and all rear brakes and lines fitted and the car off the axle stands.

 

nice work

 

Gotta love the valvers, fair play!