Erik & Rupert: The Tale Of Two MK1s

[GeorgeMK1]

Every mk1 ive owned has had them cut off - So i just remove it. I believe its something got to do with emmisions control ?

[Gipson]

that's a carbon cannister for the exhaust gas recirculation gear, there is another under your driver side front guard throw them both in the bin rust loves to take over behind them! project is looking great

[Jarred]

Saw those ATS on YJ ages ago, they were tempting me for so long!

They will look dope polished up and restored on the mk 1!

[JoshFair]

This looks awesome!! its inspiring me to buy another mk1...

[HuH]

Every mk1 ive owned has had them cut off - So i just remove it. I believe its something got to do with emmisions control ?

that's a carbon cannister for the exhaust gas recirculation gear, there is another under your driver side front guard throw them both in the bin rust loves to take over behind them! project is looking great

Thanks, blokes. It's going in the bin for sure. I suspected emissions but the hoses on it seem way too thick for that. Whatever the case it's gone.

Saw those ATS on YJ ages ago, they were tempting me for so long!

They will look dope polished up and restored on the mk 1!

I hope so! Got them for a good price. They're not my favourite wheels but they suit the VW and should be easy enough to flip for the same money if I fall in love with something else.

This looks awesome!! its inspiring me to buy another mk1...

Do it! Can't wait to be driving these again.

The green car should be running again this week if I can spend enough time on it. Got some important stuff done over the last few days.



Got the fuel tanks out of both cars to swap them over. How bizarre is the normal fuel setup in these old MK1s?



This tank has eight outlets/inlets on it. Five of them are for that breather/expansion tank thing in the top of the rear wheel arch. It seems like total overkill to me.



I got lucky and found 20 litres of fuel in the yellow car which I wasn't expecting. That was a nice bonus.



The tank that's going from the green car to the yellow car for the 16V is a Golf Diesel tank. Much simpler



This is the external pump for my setup.



I have a question about this rear swaybar thing. Does it actually do anything? It's not braced to the body, just the two sides of the rear beam. Surely the thickness of the beam itself and the big gussets it has should be enough for strength? I ask because the yellow car doesn't have this swaybar, and I'm not sure whether I should move it across or not.

The green car has it's pedal box back in, steering column switches fitted and dash loom in. With the fuel tank sorted we'll be putting the engine in and will hopefully have it running ASAP!

[hiho]

do this simple test: undo one of the swaybars outer mounts, support the beam such that the long edge is on the trailing arms are vertical. Wobble the rear beam and see how much flex there is. Now use your hand to clamp the swaybar to the trailing arm (where you removed the mount) and wobble it again. You will be able to feel how much stiffer it is.

[HuH]

I don't really understand what you're saying. There's no way I would be able to flex the beam itself with the swaybar disconnected.