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Looks like you're improving it by miles! It looks so cool on the outside, I love the paint!
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Ya I bought a 90 turbo diesel from the same guy and it had bolts missing everywhere, shitty stereo work(also surprised it didn't light up in flames and the fuel turned up so far I'm surprised he didn't kill the engine. But I bought a td mk2 for 500
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Good save and nice work .. another car that the p.o. had before was also saved by a fellow dubber .
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Diving in head first. That's what I like to see. Very cool project keep up the good work.
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I'm off, Wed, Thurs, if you want some help...PM me!
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Originally posted by Tuna View PostWow, nice work. Looks like you saved it from a fiery grave! Did that thing even run before you picked it up?Originally posted by BaggedGLI View PostYes, it was even being driven on city streets as a daily driver.
And yeah some of the the things I found were not daily driver worthy, but I'm glad everything is up to spec now!
Originally posted by slhazy View PostYAY for making this car safe/better!
I have always been a fan of the small bumper mk2's
keep up the good work!
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YAY for making this car safe/better!
I have always been a fan of the small bumper mk2's
keep up the good work!
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Originally posted by Kor View PostOh man that is a sweet looking ride, the height is just right.
What're your plans next? Are you keeping the rat-rod exterior?
Definitely keeping the rat look, I just want to clean some more things up, but I'm pretty happy with it so far!
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Oh man that is a sweet looking ride, the height is just right.
What're your plans next? Are you keeping the rat-rod exterior?
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Originally posted by BaggedGLIYou bought this? I would have recommended not touching it with a 30 foot pole. At least someone who is actually mechanically inclined and willing to figure out problems rather than just driving sketchy ass cars now owns it.
Originally posted by Canadian Turbo View PostThat is some significant progress you made and seems to be a much safer car now too!!! Nice work!!Last edited by Slamtastic; 04-09-2012, 03:22 PM.
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That is some significant progress you made and seems to be a much safer car now too!!! Nice work!!
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MK2 Cleanup/Progress
I picked up this '87 Golf a few weeks ago and brought it home Saturday afternoon. It needed a few things fixed on it before it was roadworthy so I got to it.
I first lifted up the trunk carpet to see this. The cable in the bottom left is live right from the battery. It was sitting about 3 inches away from that ground.
The battery connection for that amp cable was terrible. It was just laid over the positive side of the battery and taped down.
There were a few of these 'connections' all the way back to the trunk. The two ends pushed together and tapes. No butt connectors or soldering here!
I then stripped the interior to clean underneath the carpet. The sound dampening mats were soaked so I dried those out.
All cleaned up.
Next were the brake/tail lights, none of them worked. I checked the fuses and bulbs and they were fine. Found a bad ground wire at the back for the running lights and that solved that but the brake lights still weren't working. I took a look under the dash to see this. No wires ran to the light switch.
I ran some wires to test out the switch and turned around to see this. Something was not right back there.
I found a positive wire running directly into a ground wire.
Rewired a few things and all the lights were now working! Also fixed the passenger side door popper that wasn't working all the time.
Started putting everything back together. Dash fits much better now.
I didn't like the bluish-grey side panels, so I took them out and dyed them with duplicolor vinyl & fabric.
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Front seats back in, Interior is done (still have to get some more dye to finish both door panels).
Lifted it up to inspect the suspension. Everything seems to be good. The oil pan is a bit smashed in causing the oil pump to tick, but the PO mentioned that and included a new pan.
I didn't like the scabby white on the grill so I took it off and sprayed it black. I also fixed the saggy passenger headlight.
The hood was falling in all directions as I was lifting it up due to only having 2 of 4 bolts holding it to the brackets.
The car doesn't have a headliner so it had screws sticking down from the sunroof. They were dangerously close to the passenger's head so I shaved them down and put a plate over top.
The pile of junk I pulled out of the interior.
Back on the road.
Still have a few things to fix, but it's a pretty cool little car.Tags: None
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