other things i had done over the last few weeks was swap the big exhaust for a more standard one
got a small gti badge and fitted the audi sport seats in the front.
the rear bench is also fitted but the backs are loose and still need fixing. just the seatbelts holding them up.
car needs a good wash and seats need a good shampoo.

 

Lovely car, delighted you got it back! White is the best colour in a mk2

 

QUOTE (batmobile @ Dec 11 2013, 12:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Lovely car, delighted you got it back! White is the best colour in a mk2

thanks pal,

i have 90% of the bits to put it back together. just need the ignition and im good to go.
been tied up with the other halfs a4 multitronic gearbox giving hassle.
had to strip out the ecu and send it to the uk.

 

feels like iv had this car for ever but have put no miles up on it.
so the project starts again. i never said it would be a fast one, lol.
i was driving a mk4 gti for a few months and then thought why not stick
the engine in the mk2.
so pulled the engine out of the mk2 last week and im just prepping the bay.
pics to follow

 

QUOTE (stretcher46 @ Oct 8 2014, 09:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>feels like iv had this car for ever but have put no miles up on it.
so the project starts again. i never said it would be a fast one, lol.
i was driving a mk4 gti for a few months and then thought why not stick
the engine in the mk2.
so pulled the engine out of the mk2 last week and im just prepping the bay.
pics to follow
Fair play I'll be keeping an eye on this

 

well simon how are you,
as said before im in no hurry with this but the missus said the car has to be out of the garden by christmas.

any who, this is the old girl giving up her heart. shame really, its a nice car.

 

tallyho, gave it a squirt of engine gone, works great.

 

dirty, rusty and dirty

 

had the rust hole repaired and gave the bay a bath. looks a bit better now.

 

bit of sanding and priming today ready for some paint tomorrow. weather permitting.

 

Just read this from the start again, it really is shaping up to be a nice motor, it might give me a little inspiration to look at mine again...Ive had this in the front garden since last March, 2L ABF with just 64000miles

 

Be needing plenty of these

 

QUOTE (Simon @ Oct 9 2014, 10:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Be needing plenty of these
i know, its so easy to forget about them even when there on your front door step.
iv had a string of cars since i bought this so it got no real loving.
there gone now so its just this and the mk4.
oh and a few bikes, love the bikes

still a big rossi fan!
your right there. il need a lot of european dollars to get it done.
and were coming up on the wrong side of xmas with another baba on the way.

 

weather was great this morning so got some spray painting done.
to be honest i just used thinned down white machinery paint.
looks way way better then i thought it would.
as i said before its no show car just a good tidy up is all i want to do.
either way its only under the bonnet.

 

spent the day on the wire wheel and cleaned the subframes.
later on shot some paint at them, again just black machinery paint.
no moneys for powder coating

hope its good stuff. needs no primer and has rust inhibitor in it.
il flip them in the morning and do the backs.

always look great when there wet

see how they look in the morning.

 

finally got a chance to get back at it again today after a busy week. with the forecast for heavy rain the plan was to just get the wiring harness out of the mk4 so i can send it off to be sorted for the swap. few hours later and soaking wet......
i had the 2 halfs out.

 

so after some tea and cake, then a beer or 2

i went back at it and thought i should try get it ready so i could pull the engine in the morning but made good progress so kept at it and got it out just as is got dark


then came the hardest bit of the day that i never thought about, getting the engine and crane up the the 4" step into my garden so i could push it into the garage. so on my own and after a lot of huffing puffing ans swearing its in.

 

done a bit with the car after work. not much but this is how i fitted my mc to brake servo.

i wanted to use the mk2 reservoir so i can use the cap so the electric connectors will not need modifying.
you will notice the focus master cylinder has a lug of metal between the 2 rubbers seals.

i put the mc in the vice cut it off and gave it a file


you can then install the rubber seals from the mk2 reservoir and the reservoir itself, one problem solved.
finished article

next problem is the focus mc wont sit flush with the servo

as i said before there is 2 ways to solve this. 1. make up a spacer to pack the difference or 2. inside the servo there is a removable pin on the end of the rod. remove is and file down the difference.
the pin is 15mm long

i need it to be shorter by 3-4mm so i stuck it in a drill and filed it down

this is it compared to a second one i had

and all back together flush, just need a bit of paint on the servo now and i think were good to go.