My sort-of restoration

[Golf Loon]

Nice work man. Ticking noise is probably hydraulic tappets. they need to bleed up as the motor has been sitting around for a while. Just run it for 20 minutes and give it a couple of revs and noise should go away.

[GeorgeMK1]

So the noise should dissapear after a good run? thats good to hear.
Spent today looking at how to wire the fuel pump etc so thats almost done.

The question of today would be the gears. I can only select 1st, so obviously i need to do something. Iv been told it can be purchased over the net, but what exactly do i need for the 5 speed change? Or what can do i do to make the gears go in etc. What is the exact thing i need. Is it easier bought, or am i able to make it myself (slight mods etc).??

[GeorgeMK1]

So i kept thinking the fuel pump SHOULD be working and not flooding constantly. I felt like the biggest D***head when i realised i had put the fule line in the wrong hole to the carby hahahaha. I guess it comes to prove dont do things when its late and you're tired! All is good now and my problems with the carby are now fixed !!!!! started up the car today and let it run. Im very excited for the week to come n get it going.

Also, thanks to Ian (16v80) i got this mad picture of what id like the orange beast to look like!
Looks great IMO

[Jarred]

that looks good as!

wheels suit it perfectly!

[mrlex]

Wow! Looks the nuts. Nice wheels

[Stephy]

Wow - it's just gorgeous!

[GeorgeMK1]

Today finally got the engine going for a period longer than 2 minutes.

Fuel pump working fine and not flooding carbi. The fuel pump also stopped worked due to me changing the hose a slight bit bigger and took me 2 hours to figure why it wasnt working, i think due to the bigger diameter/width of hose it lost pressure. Engine starts on first crank although needs to be adjusted to advance or retard, at the moment it starts on a slight bit of advance if i remember correctly. Seems to be idling at 1000 revs and doesnt seem to die down. No leaks so far so it all looks pretty good.

Although a bit of smoke comes off the block, im guessing from when i first cleaned the engine with degreaser etc.
I let it run for about half and hour and no problems were seen or heard. LOL the only gear that goes in is first so gearing is the next thing im tackling as well as wires. Wont be long till its going again.

Heres a vid for fun (sorry for the poor quality, i must have degraded the quality on the cam)

[JoshFair]

Good work man! Couln't imagine the thrill you would have gotten from the ol girl firing up!! i'm hopefully getting mine going on the 8th of May. booked some mates with the know how to come over so i hope i have a result similar to yours!! good on ya

[GRN_VAGN]

Love the bumpers black, considering doing this myself to the set i have.

Had them on the green golf but it has no other chrome on car so looked funny, maybe all black it will be better!!.. what did you use to paint them?

Im thinking a quick sand, etch primer, then a satan black

[GeorgeMK1]

To be honest i just gave it a quick sand, cleaned it and gave them both a few coats of Matt Black with Australian Exports. Its poor paint quality i know although i just wanted to see the result.

Im going to hopefully get a proper job done soon, once i straighten the bars out or get new ones.

As for the looks yeah i love it. Im going for a black/orange look so i love the black bumpers. You got any pics of the black/green? That sounds pretty good.
Should have kept it IMO its pretty different and un-common.