Drago
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- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Yeah, but what about the car?
My Mk2 Golf restoration thread..
- Thread starter keithmac
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Yeah, but what about the car?
Levo-Lon
Guru
Yep a great car, i had a jetta tx in 88 which was a poor mans gti but i needed a car with a big boot a 3 labourers to move about from site to site.
I had about 70000 trouble free miles and only a few mechanical issues,drive shaft and the carb cold start , set fire to the brake pads ,i did drive it like any red blooded twenty something
I had about 70000 trouble free miles and only a few mechanical issues,drive shaft and the carb cold start , set fire to the brake pads ,i did drive it like any red blooded twenty something
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Interesting thread.
Sadly I missed out on the Mk2. I had a basic Mk1 when I was a lot younger and a Mk3 16v (with some lovely BBS cross-spokes and Dunlop D40's) as a company car for a while in 93/94. A great car!
I then got a hefty job promotion that came with a big Beemer that cost an awful lot more than the Golf but wasn't nearly as much fun to drive.
Looking forward to the progress reports.
Sadly I missed out on the Mk2. I had a basic Mk1 when I was a lot younger and a Mk3 16v (with some lovely BBS cross-spokes and Dunlop D40's) as a company car for a while in 93/94. A great car!
I then got a hefty job promotion that came with a big Beemer that cost an awful lot more than the Golf but wasn't nearly as much fun to drive.
Looking forward to the progress reports.
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keithmac
Guru
Loved the early Wheeler Dealers, lost it's way at the end though..
Unfortunately the car pixes haven't fixed it for me though, best crack on then!.
Found a puller for £25 so we'll see how that holds up!.
Well it passed MOT...
arranandy
Legendary Member
I had a Mk2 GTI 16 valve back in the day. It was a white 3 door. I loved that car. Unfortunately it came to a sticky end when I tried to take a 90 degree bend at about 60mph 
Levo-Lon
Guru
I had a Mk2 GTI 16 valve back in the day. It was a white 3 door. I loved that car. Unfortunately it came to a sticky end when I tried to take a 90 degree bend at about 60mph
Murderer.
arranandy
Legendary Member
I know, I was gutted. Bought a Peugeot 205 GTi with the insurance money and although it was a good car it just wasn't a Golf so it got replaced within 6 months with another Golf GTI, Now, over 20 years later, I've had another 9 Golfs, mostly GTIs but also a Mk4 R32 and my most recent Golf was a Mk6 GTD.Murderer.
Levo-Lon
Guru
My mate sold his mk4 R32 last year,that was a stonking car!!
arranandy
Legendary Member
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Levo-Lon
Guru
It ate tyres
Unfortunately my current car isn't quite so exotic
Save you a fortune tho , new bike with what you save in road tax tyres and fuel. A very nice new bike im thinking
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keithmac
Guru
My dream of "just fitting a diff bolt kit" was a dream at best.
Needs all the taper roller bearings replacing, and the preloads setting again (shims under bearing cups, dry fit to check turning torques, rinse and repeat.. ).
Plus side I managed to pull the diff bearings off with my new puller!. All gears and shafts are in good order too.
Taking diff into work tomorrow to drill rivets out with the drill press.
Needs all the taper roller bearings replacing, and the preloads setting again (shims under bearing cups, dry fit to check turning torques, rinse and repeat.. ).
Plus side I managed to pull the diff bearings off with my new puller!. All gears and shafts are in good order too.
Taking diff into work tomorrow to drill rivets out with the drill press.
