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Thread: What did you fix/replace on your Mk1 today?

  1. #951
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    Yep, my mount on the Cabby broke off completely recently...
    Still got me home though...
    '90 Mk I Cabriolet 1.8L - My toy... err... Daily driver... - Replaced with ‘93 Mk1 Cabriolet 1.8L <- Soon to be mine...
    '99 Mk IV Bora V5 <-- RIP - Replaced with ’10 Tiguan 147kw <-- Wife's Daily Driver
    '05 Volvo T5 S60 - 2.5L Turbo AWD Replaced with '09 Ford LV Focus Sedan <-- Used by the kids

    '07 Eos 2.0 TFSI - Project Eos...

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    Being the tight arse that I am, I decided to build a replacement roof securing handle...

    A few scraps of metal, a drill/grinder/welder, and some paint, and now I have this...


    Apart from the average welding, it looks great, and works even better...
    '90 Mk I Cabriolet 1.8L - My toy... err... Daily driver... - Replaced with ‘93 Mk1 Cabriolet 1.8L <- Soon to be mine...
    '99 Mk IV Bora V5 <-- RIP - Replaced with ’10 Tiguan 147kw <-- Wife's Daily Driver
    '05 Volvo T5 S60 - 2.5L Turbo AWD Replaced with '09 Ford LV Focus Sedan <-- Used by the kids

    '07 Eos 2.0 TFSI - Project Eos...

  3. #953
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow_Rusty View Post
    Yep, my mount on the Cabby broke off completely recently...
    Still got me home though...
    I looked up your thread and see what you mean by coming right off, I have never seen one come right off! That really would have been a stressful drive. Mine was only just moving around a little and only in the bottom half. But still it really feels sharper now that the very small amount of movement is gone.

    And here is my recent mod, new turbo oil drain location on the ABF, this time above oil level. Not an easy location to drill through 7mm of cast iron with engine still in car.

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    Found an easy way to get rid of dash creaks - jam a cut-off rubber doorstop in the gap between the underside of the dash and the structural panel just beneath. Works great, takes all the weight off the middle area of the dash. Now I can hear other creaks I couldn't previously hear..

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    Fitted an Inline Cigarette Socket so I could charge my phone...
    Apparently they are optional extras and mine didn't come with one...

    Oh, and then drove it to Wollongong and back...
    Didn't miss a beat, and 8L/100km on the highway...
    '90 Mk I Cabriolet 1.8L - My toy... err... Daily driver... - Replaced with ‘93 Mk1 Cabriolet 1.8L <- Soon to be mine...
    '99 Mk IV Bora V5 <-- RIP - Replaced with ’10 Tiguan 147kw <-- Wife's Daily Driver
    '05 Volvo T5 S60 - 2.5L Turbo AWD Replaced with '09 Ford LV Focus Sedan <-- Used by the kids

    '07 Eos 2.0 TFSI - Project Eos...

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    8L/100km on the highway?

    I'm averaging 6.4 on my way to work and that includes driving through Canberra to get to Civic.

    I think I can get the Ford wagon to do 8 on the highway.
    Last edited by sports racer; 22-05-2014 at 05:25 PM.

  7. #957
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    Replaced an inner CV boot that had melted at the recent VW Supersrpint (and spat grease over the back of the block and onto the dump pipe). It really is one of the most unpleasant jobs on the car, there is just no way to do it without ending up covered in grease. It didn’t help that the CV was on the spline really tight, and as I was knocking it off it decided to spit out a couple of balls, arghh..

    Anyway, done, and I have made a heat shield to prevent it from happening again. I have about 4-5 heat shields in various places now.

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    Replaced brake booster, master cylinder, discs, calipers, pads and drums, along with a full brake fluid flush and bleed. Then new wheels and tyres to finish it off. Boo yeah! Now the damn thing won't idle haha
    77 Mk1 GLS 2 door - That sinking feeling
    76 Mk1 Swallowtail 2 door - Replace that BMW & 76 Sweetheart

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    So I picked up my '76 LS two days ago, drove away and the car died within 5 minutes.. I was very upset HOWEVER, it turns out that the previous owner had just cleaned the spark plugs and one was loose -.- so after he came to my rescue with a new set of spark plugs, we popped them in and re-adjusted the timing (it was WAY out).

    If this had been my daily, and not the fun weekend car, I'd of been furious... but because it's a car that I expect to break down and enjoy popping the bonnet whenever possible, it was actually very fun to learn how to adjust the timing...

    This truly is the best car to own for an enthusiast

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    Having a car you just bought break down, expecially down the road sucks! Id feel so bad as a seller and that happening. Anyway, and LS hey? Give us some pictures already! Unless you already have started a thread

    Sent from my HTC_PN071
    Its the little things..

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