Boost Monkey's old Golf... (56k, go make some tea)

[boost monkey 0]

So, I finally pulled my finger out and have started my own thread, mainly due to nagging by CazzaVR :lol:

 

I will bear us both the embarassment and leave out the non-VAG wagons so the list is short.

 

Early Mk2 16v Golf

 

After eventually being able to afford it, I bought a mk2 16v golf off eBay without even going to see it first, mainly cos i'm mental and also cos it was only £500 with t&t (plus I liked the reg plate!):

 

I am actually mad too, which helps I think? :drinking:

 

I sold the 5-spokes ASAP for £50 and got some lovely black steels :D Also sold the badges and put Golf C badges on. Sleepers are so much fun, Junkie is right :lol: :lol:

 

 

So, I'm getting used to it and all, feels like a rocket ship after the car I had before! Engine had done 172k and I hadn't got round to servicing it or anything before I take it for an extreme blat up the M3 towards Winchester (I was living in Southampton at the time).

 

So i'm giving it some beans and suddenly thought it would be a good idea to drop it into 4th at 90mph and see what it would do (for those who are local, it was up through the chalk hill before newbury turning, that massive incline bit?). So i did. Next thing I know, the buzzer comes on. Yes, that buzzer. Low oil pressure. Arse. I gaze over at the hole in the dash where someone ghetto rigged a Tim guage, and sure enough the needle was dropping pretty damn quick, and settled somewhere around 20psi. Arse.

 

One small trouser accident later, and I'm pulled off the motorway a few junctions before newbury and I phone a good VW friend from a forum. He says it's prob ok, just limp it home, so I limp it ~10miles back to Southampton, the buzzer going on and off intermittently like some nervous blind man with a morse code machine. I get off the motorway and it's _really_ not happy, it does actually sound like a bad of bolts to coin a phrase! Keeps stalling out on me which makes the PAS lock up and i eventually get it back onto the drive after bouncing it off next door's fence post. God, what a night.

 

I get up the following morning and start the car, wondering if maybe it had magically fixed itself. It let me know very quickly in no uncertain terms it was quite ill:

 

It puked all over the floor. Not surprising, it had a rough night! mechanically hung over perhaps??

 

 

I tried to swap the oil pump out, but no. 4 bearing was literally silver fluid in the sump, that's how fine the dust from it was :shock:

 

Annoyed at my dead car (think i had it 4wks before it died) I sulked for a while then sourced an ex-show car engine on 10k (reportedly) and slung it in. I sold the old cylinder head to a tuner and dumped the block as it was the world's heaviest paperweight.

 

I hired an engine crane for a day, labelled up EVERYTHING vaguely enginey and electrical and got cracking:

 

A couple of phone calls to Dave(?) @ Storm and the engine was out. I literally called him up just to ask how to take it out. what a TOP bloke!! :thumb right:

 

Reusing gearbox so popped it off in the garage...

 

...and onto the new engine. Hooray!

 

A few hours later and it was back in the engine bay. Woo!

 

I reckon I had the whole thing done in about 6hours including lunch. Probs one of the biggest things i've achieved so far!

 

Had a few niggling issues with some sensors, plus the idle screw on the TB of new engine was all the way in, so it wouldn't idle. took me A G E S to work that one out! Also, the exhaust smoked for a while as I'd left some greasy hand prints on it which doesn't help. Ooops..

 

*about six months later*

 

The exhaust middle box was blowing and I knew the manifold was iffy, so I decided to buy an Ashley 4-1 cos it was cheap and also a VW manifold back new system cos working with rusty exhaust joints is just hassle!

Pile of bits

 

Comparison between Ashley and old exhaust. Poles apart.

 

 

This sounded awesome along with the K&N panel filter I acquired from eBay, but it was not long until The clutch died :(

 

After much fiddling around with a golf which stayed on axle stands for about 3 weeks at Prodigal Son's house, I eventually finished it. Initially, I had done it quickly but not lined up the flywheel dowels correctly and as such the gearbox wouldn't go back on. I threw a 2-week hissy fit and stayed inside :( :( :(

 

Stupid box :@

 

I built up the courage and finished it, and was rewarded by a clutch pedal with a bite point! Wow :D :lol:

 

Soon after that, it had it's MOT and I was told the back half was pretty rotten. So i patched it up enough to pass and then sold it to recoup the costs... It was a shame as I had big things planned...

 

Still have this book, it's actually quite fun to read! :lol:

[CazzaVR 0]

Nice one, Jon! :) Now, that really is crazy paving! What a mess :lol:

 

As I said the other day, that's very impressive work all on your ownsome.

 

Awaits pics of new Rado...

[ProdigalSon 1]

Awaits pics of new Rado...

And you know you've got to call it "The Legend of Jon Burgundy" :wink:

 

Heyo! :lol:

[CazzaVR 0]

Oh man... :lol:

[boost monkey 0]

Let the games begin!!!!

 

 

I'm very aroused...

[boost monkey 0]

3 leetest people officially online :shock:

[ProdigalSon 1]

Bro, funtimes ahead! Looking forward to giving you a lift to collect your C in a week or so, and convoying back down in style 8) :D

 

Now that my gloom has been sorted, feeling pretty good about the old girl :thumb right: (Corrado that is, not wife - I, er, always feel good about her *remembering she reads this Forum too*) :oops:

[CazzaVR 0]

BTT :lol:

[boost monkey 0]

Bro, funtimes ahead! Looking forward to giving you a lift to collect your C in a week or so, and convoying back down in style 8) :D

 

Now that my gloom has been sorted, feeling pretty good about the old girl :thumb right: (Corrado that is, not wife - I, er, always feel good about her *remembering she reads this Forum too*) :oops:

 

s w e e t e n e s s s.

 

We should get petrol up there, I have a feeling it is prob cheaper than Oxford aka London prices!

 

Photoshoot sounds good, back to Cazza's again?Or I guess we could play host and he could come here! :lol:

[ProdigalSon 1]

Hmm, not sure about a photoshoot until my car is back to a single colour! :lol: More than happy to take pics of you two posers though :roll:

 

Also now have a ND4 filter so that I can use nice slow shutter speeds for full 'wow-you-look-like-you're-drifting-at-700mph!' style pics :wink:

[boost monkey 0]

So, the burgundy 'Radley isn't quite in my ownership but thanks to all that have been helping me troubleshoot!

 

Next time the Prodigy and I go up, we'll be bringing it back regardless of whether the engine's running or not. Managed to pick up a spare KR at an awesome price too which is good news.

 

Will keep you posted :D

[Toph 0]

Flip me mate! Quiet the emotional rollercoaster!!

[boost monkey 0]

Ha ha thanks!

 

Yeah it's been an awesome learning curve, that's for sure. Did want to keep that car, but the rear end was falling to bits and I sold it after it just scraped past the MOT... :(