Ryans MK2 GTI

[Surfpig]

saw this at dovw, looks good man!

don't raise the back looks good how it sits now

[M M]

I like that, looks great man!

[ryana89]

So tackled somthing I'd be putting off for a LONG time.

Found rust in the upper right corner of the 'inner' arch.

First impressions...






Cheers to the person that filled it full of bog and ignored it


Started wire wheeling back,



First cut/section...


2 of the 3 patches welded in,



Positioning of the 3rd



Had a work colleague do the welding for me, he's currently working on a cool Datsun 1200 ute resto.
Will take some more pics of what I'm up to now next chance.

[RedMk2Gti]

It doesn't look too bad, Ryan. Ya better fix it sooner better later.

[Jarred]

*goes out and checks mk 2's for rust in the same spot*

Good work! better sooner rather than later.

[Wezza]

Nice man! Looks good.

[ryana89]

Cheers for the feed back, been to scared to take the other guard off haha.

Final Stages,



Cold gal, primed and painted with some seam sealer.



Bit of under-spray to neaten it up.
Some assembly required...

[ryana89]

Just an idea for any MK2 owners or anyone with older A/C systems.

I recently had my A/C dump its charge out the back of a its HP/LP switch.
So, I replaced it, but of course the system was empty by then.

For legal reasons, I will state this,
ALL A/C WORK WAS CARRIED OUT MY A QUALIFIED, LICENSED PROFESSIONAL*

So, I found myself a

Vacuum pump/Manifold Guage set

And this,


A/C now works okay (car must be moving lol) and I've got 1 tin left

Gonna look into acquiring some Hychill though.

[golfmeup]

Nice job with the aircon
What does a pack set you back?

By the way your Enkie's look awesome man!!
They really suit the silver mk2.

Hmmm (ponders photoshop onto black gti)

[ryana89]

Havn't updated this in a bit,
Been distracted by this black boat,



Another CV boot split, so instead of the continuing "replace a CV boot every year trend" decided to replace both axle assemblies.
Also redid the tranny output seals as last time forgot to put this cap in,

Which resulted in this CV having its grease washed out....(thats straight out of the car, no cleaning lol )


So out comes the lower ball/rod joint (must FULLY remove pinch bolt, as I found out) and drive shaft slides out, after removing that big axle nut.


Ahhh, young seal we meet again...


Seals replaced and cap INSTALLED this time


New shafts/joints greased up with my DIY 'grease gun'
Whipped cream anyone?


Just gotta find a way to torque this axle nut back up now
195Ft/lbs btw.