Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

BlakeS94

Bring back Local Car Mechanic I say, he'll put ye both in your place!

fancy pigeon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119799480#Comment_119799480

Pah! An amateur is all he was!

You need power pants. Or Jesus. Or Cabb8ge.... 😉

zg3409

Mk1 golf steering wheel wolfsberg model. These are about 500 euro used but this came with the car. The metal part did not seem to match the plastic horn press so a bit of guntering, creativity, swearing, multiple attempts, buying 7mm internal diameter washers from ebay, then it kept popping apart so I used ferrules to keep the plastic clips from closing and popping out. The horn now works and does not fly apart but it's quite different position and press distance than intended from factory.

I bought this mk1 golf from done deal. It was not intended as a project, more as a fully completed project from someone else. Fully nut and bolt restored, new exhaust, but after my vigorous test drive over a few speed humps probably a bit on the fast side the new exhaust separated. All sorted now and hopefully I won't fill these pages with repairs over the coming year. I am hoping it will be reliable with all new bushings and brakes and fuel tank and overhauled engine.

Titzon Toast

We're gonna need to see pics of the mk1 please.

Slideways

The Skoda vRS has had a weeping sump since I got it. Tried to reseal a few times but think the plastic had warped.

Got a full steel pan and dumped the plastic in the bin.

Titzon Toast

Picked these up today, I've always wanted a set of BC coilovers.

They're in very good condition tbf, I'm gonna strip them in a couple of days to repaint the springs and grease up the threads.

Titzon Toast

Well, I did exactly what I said I wouldn't do and I lowered it too much. It's not ridiculous or anything but I need to raise it back up a bit front and back.

I repainted the springs and put lithium grease on all the threads and they tuned out very well even if I do say so myself.

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passatman86

@Titzon Toast perfect

PsychoPete

I'm running BC's on 3 of my cars and they have been flawless so far. I would recommend getting some coilover covers for them

Detritus70

The joys of owning a Fiat part 2.

My initial hunch was right. The crankshaft oil seal was to blame. To change that, you have to remove the fan belt, fan belt pulley, cam belt, cam belt pulley, left motor mount ( which is a hoor of a job) and, of course, the seal itself.

To undo the crankshaft pulley nut, I had to build a tool. Impact did nothing. And I already found another coolant leak and a gearbox leak! The joys of owning a fcuking Fiat. Never again.

Titzon Toast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119838246#Comment_119838246

What do they cover exactly?

Did you tinker with the preload and the adjusters on top? I just went with what BC recommend online.

PsychoPete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119838455#Comment_119838455

They cover the spring and adjustors, it just stops them getting covered in dirt and shite from the roads. I'm running them on 3 starlets and left the preload alone, I just adjusted them by opening the bottom collar and twisting the whole lot. Didn't want to go messing with them too much

Titzon Toast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119838518#Comment_119838518

That sounds like the right job alright. I'm gonna see if I can track down a set of them too.

Detritus70

Today was scary. I had to remove the cam belt tensioner, put the cam belt aside (after marking it up) and remove the seal, which wasn't easy.

Putting it all back together was nerve shredding, because everything had moved, the cam and the crank were a few teeth out and (mini heart attack!) some of the markings had rubbed off. Luckily I I put three markings in every place instead of one and there was enough information retained to put it all back together perfectly (is it though? We will see first start).

The engine turns over by hand, let's see how she runs.

Detritus70

Well, she runs and drives perfectly, so I did not make a dog's dinner of the cambelt.

The problem is, this car was neglected for many years, I reckon it's gone for about 80000 km without an oil change. I did several oil changes in quick succession and did two flushes. There was oil sludge the consistency of clay in the sump and around the cams.

Now what happens when oil isn't changed regularly? It turns into sludge. That means all the seals around crank and cams dry out, wear out and start leaking.

I've now noticed a drip of oil from the gearbox side of the sump, so I'm guessing that would be the clutch shaft seal. And I'm not equipped to do that. Absolutely no notion of putting myself through that. Unless you guys can tell me it's a totally easy job. 😁

passatman86

Changed 4 interior light bulbs in 2 and a half minutes today. Surely I'm a step closer to being a qualified mechanic

duffman3833

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119855868#Comment_119855868

Open up your own Garage now, you got this :)

Tazzimus

Managed to strip the bleed screw threads on my nice 800 euro aluminium rad, after I put 5 litres of coolant into it...

Need to try find some sort of repair kit so I can actually get the rad sealed and get the car running again.

The day was going so well and all.

Titzon Toast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119855868#Comment_119855868

Keep er lit.

I'll get my coat...

colm_mcm

Did droplinks there, old ones were falling out of it 🤮

Original shocks still doing the business at 250k 🤷‍♂️

Titzon Toast

I changed the injector harness on my Fester van on Thursday. It was a finicky job but it seems to have fixed the issues I was having, for now.

Then today I changed the front wheel bearings and hubs on my Prelude. I also did the oil and filter while I was at it.

Tazzimus

Fitted this to the fiesta over the weekend, deadly bit of kit, even if it was a pain in the hole to fit.

Have everything set for the new turbo now, once I manage to get hold of someone to map it.

wotzgoingon

What are we looking at a sequential or a short shifter?

Tazzimus

Short shifter, 40% shorter throw. Had to try push the shifter cables back a bit so they'd fit, which was a challenge.

No idea why Boards decided to rotate the pic 90 degrees

wotzgoingon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120198395#Comment_120198395

It does that if you upload from a phone.

smuggler.ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120198403#Comment_120198403

It does that if you take picture with phone in vertical position

repost

Tazzimus

That'll explain it. Uploaded from the pc but took the pic vertically.

Titzon Toast

I started tackling the orange peel on my Prelude the other day.

I wet sanded a couple of panels and used a denim cutting pad on them.

It's very time consuming but I've wanted to do it for ages now.

passatman86

Great paint job

Is that a sneaky white prelude

Titzon Toast

Yeah, that's my pal's one. It's a bit of a strange egg. It's a JDM 5th gen but it's an early one so it has 4th gen wheel hubs, no 4WS and F22 in it.

We sanded it down when he got it and another friend painted it white for him. It looks well.