Cheers Pete. I pulled it off the road a few years back with the intention of doing rust repair, paint, a new engine and pushing it much further than it was. I was making good progress on it then covid, a garage build, Lee's Jetta etc got in the way. I don't have the time or money at the moment to get it where I want it for this year and I'm going mad not having something to enjoy so this MK2 is filling that gap this summer. Hopefully lol.That is very cool.
What’s the craic with the mk3? Just had your fun with it or further evolution?
not wrong lolMk3 doing Mk3 things. Being a parts car
it is indeedIs that external set up still with you?
it is indeed
Get in the queueMay i ask what your plans are for it? If you decide to sell would you let me know?
Get in the queue
Is there much left of poor Otis? lol
Bloody hell, didn't know he bought a MK2. Hadn't heard about it
Anything I've taken from Otis was all getting stripped anyway. With an underbody resto I'll not be reusing the original tank or fuel lines. The engine I have a 24v sitting to replace it and the brakes I want to go to 310mm phaeton disc anyway. So no panic lol.Is there much left of poor Otis? lol
Yeah it's brutal. I'm genuinely glad to remove most, if not everything, they've done to this car.Just reading this and listening to the podcast. It’s flipping mad the hack that was sent back to an unknowing customer.
Now the air is in and working, I decided to get at the wiring. I'd kinda got into my head about doing this (I don't know why cos I enjoy wiring) so I finally decided I had to tackle it.
So the loom should run through the firewall. But because all the holes are gone I want to run it in the wings. I need to lengthen it to do this but I wanted the engine running first with the loom to make sure any issues weren't my doing.
The windscreen doesn't sit right and needs refitted so Stefan and I decided to pull it out and run the engine loom through the windscreen opening.
Half way through getting the glass out, guess what happened:
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Back at the start of this build thread I mentioned the wiring to the clocks had been "reworked" for the very professional install of a standalone ECU wires cut and left lying bare (presumably to stop the water and oil gauge going nuts with the standalone fitted), other wires with insulation stripped (presumably to probe) and left bare and others soldered to and just taped up.
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I dropped the fuse box down and unplugged the loom to bring it into the house to work on it in the heat.
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I cut out all the bad bits, soldered the wires, used heat shrink over the joint the wrapped the loom in cloth tape
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Much better and less **** to worry about now
Connor
Yea, as said yesterday that wiring was a bit of a mess alright. Good to see it a lot neater going back in.Now the air is in and working, I decided to get at the wiring. I'd kinda got into my head about doing this (I don't know why cos I enjoy wiring) so I finally decided I had to tackle it.
So the loom should run through the firewall. But because all the holes are gone I want to run it in the wings. I need to lengthen it to do this but I wanted the engine running first with the loom to make sure any issues weren't my doing.
The windscreen doesn't sit right and needs refitted so Stefan and I decided to pull it out and run the engine loom through the windscreen opening.
Half way through getting the glass out, guess what happened:
View attachment 423703
View attachment 423702
Back at the start of this build thread I mentioned the wiring to the clocks had been "reworked" for the very professional install of a standalone ECU wires cut and left lying bare (presumably to stop the water and oil gauge going nuts with the standalone fitted), other wires with insulation stripped (presumably to probe) and left bare and others soldered to and just taped up.
View attachment 423705
I dropped the fuse box down and unplugged the loom to bring it into the house to work on it in the heat.
View attachment 423704
I cut out all the bad bits, soldered the wires, used heat shrink over the joint the wrapped the loom in cloth tape
View attachment 423707
View attachment 423708View attachment 423709View attachment 423710View attachment 423711
Much better and less **** to worry about now
Connor
It's mad Paul. Like I'm some dickhead doing a better job in his living room. I'm just glad to put it right.Bodged wiring looks very familiar to what I had to sort out too!
Can’t beat doing it right with soldering, heat shrink and cloth tape! Great work.
Still love a mk2 golf!!
Yeha it's Stefan's but I'm 100% buying one. I'll never go back to a corded one.them wee milwaukee soldering irons are a good job
gutted about the windscreen can you get a replacement handy enough ?
Yeah I'm much happier about that wiring. Couldn't believe it when I seen it.Yea, as said yesterday that wiring was a bit of a mess alright. Good to see it a lot neater going back in.
I did the exact same to my windscreen taking it out, was gutted as it still had toll stickers from the early 90s on it when it was in Austria etc. at least they're handy enough got still.
Thought about a heated screen?
@cormac81 lolthem wee milwaukee soldering irons are a good job
gutted about the windscreen can you get a replacement handy enough ?