93 cabrio repairs...

[Jarred]

and thus the project budget gets blown out of the water! hahaha

nice one. good too see it getting close..

[roccodingo]

and thus the project budget gets blown out of the water! hahaha

Wouldnt be the first time either...

Finally got the paint on, thought the colour looked a bit dark so took the paint back to the supplier with the original guard as a sample... by the look of it it still looks a bit to blue compared to the rest of the car, but will suffice for now...



The bonnet is still to the left a wee bit ( check gaps..) will have to sus that out later...



managed to get the block striped out and into a hot tank, removing all the rubbish out of the water passages in the block, have replaced near everything else with the cooling system, so grotty block needed sorting..



and thats the robowash... caustic hot tank is a different set up by far...

well all the bits came back to my shed, painted the block, then began the reassembly..

the caustic eats the whitemetal auxillary shaft bearings, so they needed replacing ...



had the puller guides from a previous car rebuild, so makes short work of it..

got the crank in...



all the pistons, rods etc are in , clearances checked and torqued up..

Sump is on, front mount, rear dividing plate and the pressure plate..have a couple of alloy pipe flanges that need blasting, so they will go on during the week..



more tomorrow.....

[dubsweeper]

nice work from the caustic part !!!! and roccdingo i can get a bigger cooler than that !! ingersolrand..lol

[Golf Loon]

Thats a proper job Grant.
Keep the updates coming.
Its gonna be a brand new car when you are done.

[Jarred]

Nice work Grant. Defiantly the most comprehensive patch up I've seen!

[roccodingo]

Thanks Lads, yeah going to town a bit as i want to use this over the next winter / summer, the daily rocco needs some serious bodywork doing to it...so reliability is the deal

Had a spare head, gone to the machine shop for a small amopunt of water jacket rot repair, a lick across the face and the new guides reamed and valve seats cutting. Have some injection bits coming over from Techtonics in the next few days.

Still loads of wiring, dash and body work finishing to do yet...

[Typ53]

Wow, I'm speechless

Really well done Grant, I think your Scottish girlfriend will be very happy about this awesome ride!!!

Greetings from f.. cold Germany and go ahead with your perfect work

Cheeers
Mario

[roccodingo]

Hey Mario !!! long time no speak !!! you lost that Queensland tan yet ..

Yeah, its coming along slowly, but can only spare the free time that i can get...

Currently awaiting a few small items from offshore to complete the engine assembly, so re attaching the flares, extension sills etc at present..

[roccodingo]

Finally back into this project after taking a month off with my visitor from o/s, crook back and generally getting run ragged...

With the body painted, re installed the factory guard liners, a bugger to fit but when i took them out, i couldnt believe how little amount of debris and lack of corrossion there was underneath..Good idea VW only about 20 years to late to save a lot of early golf/ scirocco's..



next came the 'bay ' sorting out wiring, cables etc..



Took a while as a lot of the wiring tags had fallen off, one thing the late K jetronic isnt is short of wires...

Managed to get the engine assembly under the car and hauled into position, hanging by the bracket and right side mount here...



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[roccodingo]

with the engine on a sideways tilt, hooked up the transaxle and hoisted into position...rear mount on, front one will go in when the starter is bolted home..( got to steal it back from the daily rocco first..)



have the manifolds on, still plenty of K jet stuff to re-install along with heater plumbing, radiator, alternator etc...