My sort-of restoration

[GeorgeMK1]

AS well as the broken/snapped bolts. im not too worried as i doubt ill need this engine for anything else.

[Jarred]

Keep it up George! Sunday is ages away in mk 1 time. I'm sure by then something else would have broken. lol!

[GeorgeMK1]

Well, looks i need help again,

Firstly, things have been going quite good. Engine is in as well as gearbox and most of the mounts are on. Was looking like it was going to have no problems at all, but then it was time for the CV joints. Now one of the CV joints seems to be too long and it cant fit into the gear box properly. I thought perhaps the engine is too much to one side, but even if the engine was too much to one side, it would only be buy 10mm max as it is restricted by the mounts. and the CV is a bit more than that to fit. Can anyone please give me soem advice as im in the final stages and trying to get it done for this sunday!!

Heres a pic to try and explain the story, sorry for the sideways photo. dont know what happened there. (by the way one side is just about in, so its only the passenger side with the problem.)


Here is my new shiny fuel pump
Im just a bit confused which is the inlet and which is the outlet, as i think i lost the manual.??



Last but not least the engine. Went around all day today looking for a new Flange gasket and finally found one! I have ONE more question haha regarding the speed adjustment. I had a 4 speed, and now with the 5 speed how do i adjust the settings to allow the extra 5th gear? is it something that i have to do, or do i have to purchase it?
IF anyone can help me with these two questions i have, it would be VERY much appreciated.

(once again, sorry for the sideways pic)

[Golf Loon]

Looks like you need to undoo something to give that driveshaft enough clearance to fit in there.

Either drop the engine down a bit, or undoo the strut on that side.

5 speed you will need to grind a bit off the shifter box under the car to allow enough room for the 5th gear. THe linkage bars are different too, I`d just buy a 5 speed linkage kit from the net and slap it in.

That Booster and master are either Mk2 GTI or Mk1 GTI. But its a good thing. Bigger is better in this case.

Sounds like you are getting close.

[GeorgeMK1]

Matt i did what you told me with the letting down the engine AND take off a strut. what i did was let the engine down but it was no good. the mk3 inner cv's are 5mm bigger than the old 1600 ones meaning that is an extra 10mm and i cant fit it in properly.

i decided to undo the suspension and control arm to let it slide in, and now i cant put the control arm and suspension back together. the inner cvs are just to big, and i think the only way i can get them in properly, would be to have a negative camber to allow the extra 10mm.

if you have any ideas at all just let me know as im willing to try anything at this moment. a mechanic friend told me to perhaps shorten the cv rod thing and that will take away that extra 10mm from the new inner cv's. but i dont know, no matter what i try it just doesnt seem to work.

[Jarred]

are they mk 1or mk 2 driveshafts?

cause only mk 1 driveshafts will fit.

[GeorgeMK1]

nah they are my old mk1 driveshafts and matched up with a pair of mk3 inner cv's. i had to get the driveshafts machined to get the cv's to fit. Pete Jones suggests when i got them machined that the bearings might have not been packed together properly, hence the stifness.

Ill have to get them checked out, guess i wont be making tmoro, although i think in the next hour or two (after nandos haha) the engine might be started. atleast some good news.

[GeorgeMK1]

The last steps are here, can anyone please tell me where some of these hoses go. I think that i dont need a few of them due to it being from a mk3 but i still dont have a clue for some of them??
Im not susre if they are in the correct place, and some of them i dotn know where to put them in at all.





Does this have to be sealed off or how do i go about it?

[GeorgeMK1]

Hi guys, seems i have been fiddling with the fuel pump and i came to a hold. Im pretty sure it needs something of a regulator of some sort or somthing or other. Im unsure on how to wire it. What iv done is run a fuel hose into the front of the fuel pump, then have two split up after that, one going to the carby and one returning to the tank. Although the only way to wire the external fuel pump would be to the accessories, meaning everytime i turned the egnition the fuel pump would start sending fuel. And im sure thats not how its done.

What is the proper way to set it up, and how do i regulate the fuel accordign to fuel/air ratio and acceleration etc?? (unsure how to explain it).

[Preen59]

Dude.. That's your crank case vent isn't it? You need to run that tube back to the inlet or to a catch can..