First Golf

Headlights sorted.......on to the next fix up.

The starter motor had been growling a little, so I pulled it to give the planetary gears a lube job. (Pain in the arse that you have to support the engine to remove the starter :mad: )

Pulled the outer case off the starter & the hard plastic ring gear just disintegrated into my hands.......no wonder it was growling, it was slowly eating itself. New starter required. :facepalm:

Brand new run from about $450 - $800 depending on brand.........Camden GTI to the rescue with a 2nd hand unit $165.


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Headlights sorted.......on to the next fix up.

The starter motor had been growling a little, so I pulled it to give the planetary gears a lube job. (Pain in the arse that you have to support the engine to remove the starter :mad: )

Pulled the outer case off the starter & the hard plastic ring gear just disintegrated into my hands.......no wonder it was growling, it was slowly eating itself. New starter required. :facepalm:

Brand new run from about $450 - $800 depending on brand.........Camden GTI to the rescue with a 2nd hand unit $165.

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Ahh man I have a spare starter you could have had for so much less than that. [emoji22]

Unfortunately I need it by tomorrow :duh:

So didn't have time to put the feelers out & arrange postage etc.

you wouldn't have a pair of outside front door handles, or at least one?

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you wouldn't have a pair of outside front door handles, or at least one?

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Nah i don't sorry mate.

YOu have a PM mate.

After both rear seat release pulls broke in the space of two weeks I decided to try a hack rather than try and source some second hand ones that would be as old as the ones that just broke.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0648-1.jpg



made a dodgy pull from some tie wire

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0652-1.jpg


http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0653-1.jpg




got that done and thought why don't I just drill a hole I the old knobs and glue the wire into the pull.


cut the old knobs down and then drilled a hole that was a fairly tight fit on the wire.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0650-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0651-1.jpg



cut the "wire pull" down till they where just long enough to allow the knob to sit right down into the seat.

this is with the catch in the lowest or engaged position.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0656-1.jpg

this is with the catch in the raised or top position.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0657-1.jpg




glued the knobs on with superglue, would probably use silicone if I had to do it again though.

released position

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0660-1.jpg

engaged position

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0659-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0658-1.jpg


lets see how long they last................