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Well its been like 4 years since the last post somehow, crazy how life gets in the way. Not much has changed tbh the golfs still the same as before but we did however manage to fully...

Have just pulled out all the wiring in the mk1 76 3dr GLS with the 1.6 getting it ready for full strip and body work. The wiring is pretty messy and was wondering if there is anywhere i could buy a...

Probably worth checking but it being under the seat i dont think it would be from there as when the windows are up you can barely smell it, only when the windows are down is when it smells pretty...

SOLVED: Injectors were shot all 5 of them, even though previous owner said they were new... They were defiantly not! Seems to run fine now however can still smell fuel when driving.

So i have finally figured out a consistent problem with the van. The first start of the day it never starts, it will sit around 500rpm for about 5 seconds then die, crank it again and it runs fine,...

I believe mine is the AET engine... all i know is the engine isn't low on compression at least, regardless though sounds like the head will need a rebuild.:facepalm:

Did a compression test today.
Cyclinder 1: 180psi
Cylinder 2: 180psi
Cylinder 3: 200psi
Cylinder 4: 200psi
Cylinder 5: 205psi

Not sure what the compression on these should be but that seems...

Thanks mate will try and hit him up, Cheers.

Thanks mate, Took it to Volkswagen to get it checked over as i wanted to make sure it was reliable, They came back with over $4000 worth of repairs needed.... I did all them myself for around $500...

Mines done just over 250,000ks, I do around 100ks round trip to work and thats it, doesnt get worked too hard will have to switch to thicker oil i reckon, problem is i have no idea what VW used in it...

Figured it would of been oil leaking in, didn't smoke just after i had bought it so id say previous owner had used a thicker oil as well, took it to Volkswagen to get it serviced and id say they have...

Will have a look at both these when I get home cheers guys.

Hi all I’ve recently purchased a 2000 t4 2.5 petrol lwb. Very well knowing the fact it’s going to have its problems I still wanted it to convert into a camper and travel up the coast in it. Car ran...

Have not realised it has been 4 months already jesus!!!.

Not much has been done have been super busy with work and other things going on...
Have stripped the majority of the interior and started...

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Havent done too much the last couple days, finally finished of the body work for the front right fender however its not perfect but at least i know its rust free and has fresh body...

Was in longreach, home of quantas, was pretty cool seeing a massive plane like that in the middle of nowhere!

Thanks mate its getting there slowly will update when gaurds are primed hopefully a few more days work.

Well its been a while... The rotisserie is 90% complete a few more adjustments need to be made.
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Haven't done much to the golf however only recently i have got off my arse and did some...

*UPDATE* Not much done to the golf been busy building an over engineered car rotisserie with the old man i reckon this thing could hold a 1t body up with ease when its done. Hopefully can start...

*UPDATE* I have the weekend off for once decided to keep looking for rust/bog made little progress but its a start at least, worst spot so far has been the drivers side rear guard must of been hit...

Thanks mate Im keen to get started on it just so busy with work at this time of the year haha will attempt to get some work done on my 3 weeks off. Spotted some rust that needs fixing im sure theres...

Hahaha not quite dad had owned it for the last 2 years finally got posted back to amberly here so we kinda new the condition of it, the whole trip we were switching between cars, we also had a little...

Yep sure did with coilovers and some hard recaro seats hahah was pretty bumpy and pretty much restricted to a 100kph the whole way took us 4 days car never missed a beat though.

After a long drive from Katherine to Brisbane the 2 door mk1 is finally home, Made the whole trip with no issues at all however after a rebuild 10 thousand ago we should have expected it. Have plans...

Anyone know?