Mk2 1.8 8v to 2L 8v ....CREEPING CLOSER EVERY DAY....

No no that's fine. You had a point to make, you knew what you knew and you stick to it. Fair play.
No offence intended and none taken.
You were not rude or derogatory so we're all good.

I did bang my head against the wall a few times over it.

I'm too old, my skins too thick and I'm far too ignorant to be offended.

Previously on another forum where I'm admin/mod I've argued till I'm blue in face and there have been all kinds of deep insults slung around, then when the proof was in the pudding there were some very red faces and lots of pm'd apologies not to mention a few bollockings handed out, followed by a small exodus to ed38 with their tails between their legs.
Conversly I will always put my hands up if I am the one in the wrong.

Well today after looking at the poor more door on the drive and ignoring it for way way way too long I started it up and drove it into the workshop.

Hu bloody ray I hear one or two of you cry.

I've been ignoring it as I had an oil pressure issue I just could not reslove,I had a screaming oil pressure warning light on the dash and oil pressure through the roof at tick over.

I was totally at my witts end with the car. I just could not be bothered with it, i wanted nothing to do with it it was so very very frustrating.

Today I jacked the front up, stuck it on stands whizzed the pan off, dropped the oil pump out and changed it out for a known one from the drawer.
zipped the sump back on, chucked the oil in and spun it up.

SCREAMER !!!!!! f*****g car, f*****g s**t head of an arseole of a car i wanted to beat the s**t outta it with my big f off hammer.

So I went off and sulked, had dinner, cup of tea, fag, another fag, phoned my mate Stevie and chatted away with him and what he thought, his thoughts were the same as mine.

So back to basics.

New filter .....

SCREAMER !!!!

Swapped oil pressure sensors over....

SCREAMER !!!!

Swore alot, had a fag.

Checked out the wiring to the sensors.
Crimped new terminals .....

SCREAMER !!!!!

Went off and sorted through my box of bits and found new sensors.
Long debates ensued as to which one was which but we came to the conclusion (guess) that the blue sensor has the blue wire go to it, black wire to the black sensor.

Well feck me it didn't scream, I whacked the oil pressure gauge on it and it read within normal range.

Thank Fuck for that !!

So now tomorrow I'm swapping out the steering pump and pas pipe to the rack.
I reckon to drive it up the road tomorrow.

Exhaust blow to sort out, small brake issue, water pipes to connect up.
A few bulbs to put in, door cards to install.

I genuinely am about this car again.
A few little bodywork dings to sort but I think I'm about to finish my summer bummer !!

Big smile on my face again .

Top work as usual mate.

This is just being one of those fight like a b*****d cars, I seem to be a magnet to them.
Anyone else would just not have this luck.

If was easy then it wouldn't be worth having, of that I'm sure.

Thanks Matty, encouragement is always needed when your project stalls like this one did.

Thank f**k its getting there, sorry i didnt reply to your text guy ive been stripping my laptop apart after having words with it. When i mean words i mean drop kicking it across the landing.

Ha ha ha

Is it in a similar state to mine after mine took flying lessons across the garden ?

More to follow tomorrow.

Huzzzzarrrrrr!!! Progress is good!!

Done anymore to that thing in the other shed?


Paint should come up good if I have a play with it!

The thing in the other shed gets fiddled with most sundays.

However much you tamper with it Jay you ain't gonna straighten the door or remove the few rust blows it has. But the rest'll come up good I'm sure.

Let's see it on the road

It won't be long mark !

Yesterday I spent playing with the mk1 and sorting out boxes/timing belts for the 20v

you aint going to start on the mark 1 finally are you guy

The bays blasted and in White primer and slowly sorting out engine mounts.
I devote Sunday's to it as it want to get it up the pod before the last run of the year.

Well, It's been a while since posting about this stalled project....

Since my last post I've increased my family by one and taken ownership of another mk2 and sold a BMW.

In the last week I've pulled the engine, subframe, rack , front off.

I wasn't happy with the engine as it was constantly screaming at me and it was too lumpy with the piper cam.

Soooo, pulled the rack and swapped it out for a mk3 one with mk2 internals,
Swapped out the bottom end for a known 2.0l bottom end. New head gasket.
Job done and I discovered why it was lumpy, injector number 3 wasn't quite plugged in properly and the plug was jumping around causing lumpy running and the screaming is an earthing issue.

All that's left to do now is make a pipe from the 4branch to the system(Monday's job) and run it up to bleed the coolant properly.
I've another set of sebrings recently painted in dark silver with some pirelli P6000 and some bridgestones. (also Monday's job)
Then bung the wheels on, sort the tracking, oh bung the shafts in (doh), sort out the exhaust hangers and rubbers then It's off for mot later this week followed by a short journey to its new home.

If you know who that is please keep quiet.

Pics up tomorrow.

Well today I finished it.

New thermostat, new anti freeze, water wetter, new matrix.
Sebrings painted and tyres fitted, pas all fitted up and working,
new belts, gearbox filled up, windows all working, indicators fixed,
crstal headlights fitted, crystal front indicators fitted, crystal side repaeters fitted,
tracking done by eye, steering wheel straightened up, brakes bled up,
Handbrake cables zip tied up outta the way, new wipers fitted, screens cleaned,
windows working again, new oil and filter, blower switch stripped and repaired,
new four light grill fitted, exhaust all fitted up nice and tight, and most importantly
the naughty four hundred yard test drive up and down the road and jesus the brakes bite hard, very hard.

Mot in the morning....fingers crossed and a few pics to follow.

Previously it had....................

The interior completely removed and cleaned including the full carpet, door cards and seats. All items washed and steamed until running clear.
Sunroof over flow channels were pressure washed until running clean and clear.
1781cc engine removed and replaced with ’96 2000cc AGG block.
Original PB cylinder head port matched and gas flowed.
New valve guides and stem seals.
Valves cut back 30 deg.
New triple layer metal head gasket fitted.
New rubber rocker cover gasket fitted.
Piper 276 cam fitted.
Engine block painted black with smooth hammerite.
Engine mounts sandblasted and painted.
Front cross member sandblasted and painted black.
Front panel sandblasted and painted satin black.
Shock absorbers replaced with koni top adjustables.
Suspension springs replaced with Eibach 40mm lowering springs.
Front lower arms sandblasted, painted black then poly bushed.
Power assisted steering rack fitted and bracket poly bushed.
All power assisted steering pipes sandblasted and painted.
Power assisted steering reservoir bottle washed.
Power assisted steering reservoir bottle bracket sandblasted and painted.
New power steering fluid added.
Power assisted steering pump under drive pulley sandblasted, painted and fitted.
Power assisted steering pump sandblasted, washed and painted.
New Mk3 Golf power assisted steering knucklw rubber boot modified and fitted.
Anti roll bar sandblasted, painted and new bushes fitted.
Sub frame removed and sandblasted and painted black.
New suspension top mounts fitted.
Engine bay steam cleaned, sandblasted then painted.
All gear linkage arms sandblasted, painted and new bushes fitted.
Golf Mk3 GTi weighted gear selector rod sandblasted, painted then fitted.
All new ball ended gear linkage rods fitted.
Gearbox steam cleaned, sandblasted then painted.
Genuine Sachs clutch fitted.
All coolant pipes removed, inspected and cleaned.
Starter motor sandblasted and painted black.
Golf Mk3 GTi 2E distributor fitted.
Golf Mk2 GTi 16v front hubs and flanges sandblasted, painted and new wheel bearings fitted.
Golf Mk3 VR6 280mm calliper carriers sandblasted, painted and fitted.
Golf Mk2 G60 280mm grooved front discs fitted.
Aero grade exhaust manifold stainless steel studs and nuts fitted.
Aero grade stainless steel rocker box cover domed nuts fitted.
Miltek stainless steel four branch exhaust manifold fitted.
Magnex 60mm cat back stainless steel exhaust system fitted.
Gear lever end bush and ball replaced.
Smoked crystal rear lights fitted.
Crystal front head lights fitted.
Crystal front indicators fitted.
Crystal side repeaters fitted.
Radiator cowling, fan sandblasted and painted.
New lower ball joints fitted.
VW Golf Rallye 15” Sebring alloy wheels painted and fitted with 195/50/15 Bridgestone and Pirelli tyres.
Brake servo sandblasted and painted.
23.6mm VW brake master cylinder fitted.
New copper brake lines fitted where appropriate.
Goodridge 6 line braided flexible brake hose kit fitted.
Mk3 Golf GTi Front callipers sandblasted, painted and fitted.
Mk3 Golf VR6 front brake pads fitted.
Rear beam sandblasted, painted and poly bushed.
Grooved 226mm rear discs fitted.
New rear wheel bearings fitted.
Mk2 Golf GTi new rear brake pads fitted.
Mk3 Golf GTi Rear calipers stripped, sandblasted, painted, serviced then fitted.
New Golf Mk3 GTi handbrake cables fitted.
Rear brake compensator valve stripped and serviced.
Rear compensator valve brackets sandblasted and painted.
Inlet manifold sandblasted and port matched.
Throttle body stripped, cleaned and knife edged.
New Continental auxiliary and alternator belts fitted.
2L semi synthetic 75/90 gearbox oil fitted.
4.7L semi synthetic 10/40 engine oil and new filter fitted.
New Mk3 Golf GTi AGG cambelt and tensioner fitted.
New distributor cap, rotor arm and HT leads fitted.
New coolant thermostat fitted.
3L of red antifreeze with water wetter additive.
New Pagid Dot4 brake fluid fitted.
Storm single wiper mechanism fitted.
New front and rear wiper blades fitted.
CV joints stripped, washed, inspected and regreased.
Half moon plate sand blasted, painted and fitted.
Bonnet stay sandblasted and painted.
Bonnet catch sandblasted and painted.
Genuine VW Under bonnet sound proofing and stays fitted.
Dual tone horns fitted.
Space saver wheel and tyre inspected, inflated to correct pressure and fitted correctly in boot wheel well.


So just a little bit of work.....the new owner is like akid at christmas and cant wait to drive it ....wts.

About f*****g time! Good work dude...and fingers crossed for the MOT tomorrow

Mike since starting this, I've increased my family by one bought and sold about 12 or more cars, had other peoples car block my workshop for nearly five months (fucking supra) repaired god knows how many other peoles cars and it just had to take a back seat and wait its turn.

I tell thee though, the little wizz up the road was fooking brill, I cant wait for it to be run up on the c.o. meter tomorrow and time it on the light and see how she feels then on the trip back from the test.

I've a motorsport chip to install and somewhere a 4 bar fpr, or I might just modify this one.( you can ya knaas )

It really does need a diesel starter as the compression's so high it struggles a little to spin it over.

good job mate ,looks so much better with the wheels painted

Now in various pieces

I'll start a new thread when some pictures are available.

Oh I forgot to say, Finished, sold and now with its new owner.........^^^^^^^^^^