1990 GTI MK2/ABF/5dr/Alpine White - Au - Mission Complete 1/7/2016

Mike I trust you took my comment with jest... sadly no VW on the rental car list, so Honda Accord it is!

Will seek out any mad dubs and snap them if I can while here... lots of toyotas so far!

 

Is that sand on every flat surface?

Car looks and sounds great!

 

Just like the red dirt in our own desert, yes that is sand... there are so many sand scratched cars here, some even seem to have clear coats blasted off too.

Lots of dodge chargers, i am yet to head into the city where the real cars will be... so stay tuned. Had an overwhelming experience last night lost in dubai.. two hours of circling to find the hotel...

And if you think we cant drive back home, you should try here. Driving 60kph in a brand new honda accord feels like 160kph anywhere else and there are tyres screaching hitting brakes everywhere, not to mention horns that should be banned... they all need to drive in sydney traffic to get a taste of what it can be like to go no where fast.

Add to that the FM radio, imagine two wogs like me having a full noise debate over something while a double length bus is trying to squeeze in a gap the size of a mini. Cars double parked everywhere with oncoming traffic and Im driving on the right side... 2 hours of lost driving has taken me all night and half the day to calm down...

Nothing short of a wild adventure, thats for sure!

Cigarettes are cheap
Hotel is beautiful, food delicious too!


Working up enough courage to go for another drive...

 

Luke took some pics

 

Stupid door locking system on the driver side.

Item number9 seems to have a tab broken, it central locking and someone's done a bodgy on the actuators before me. Now the linkages are fallingoff and cant lock door.


Advice appreciated... Do I get a coat hanger and try and bend something if my own, or is there method to this...



Will grab pics.

 

Straight back at it Harry

What's your plan now ? If there is one ?

Regards Mike

 

Mate, need to get a job and get back into a normal groove, otherwise all good. Dubai was not what Google said it was.

 

Thanks John, will go check now!

But one of the ears on the plastic is broken and the rod will slip out too... but thanks for the tip on mounting it on the block, I was looking at it wondering, will look closer now!

 

Thanks john, got the lock working again, now onto the mirrors.. for some reason no power to the switch...

I looked up faq, and fuse 14 is ok, perhaps a loose connect on the back of fusebox you think?



Bodgy on actuator?
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Welcome back Harry. Are you back in Brissy or on the central coast?

Cheers

Paul

 

Paul, Brissy...

Sorted the mirrors out, dropped fusebox and saw i had forgotten to reconnect red multi pin plug under dash... now to look into bleeding brakes properly...

 

Mt Nebo Shoot October 2016

Back to real life and hunting work, the good news is the MK2 has been so well behaved there's a sense of truth that if you care for an ABF and cross your T's dot your I's you'll be fine.

There's only a few things to do:

1) Find a way to stick the brake light to the rear windscreen permanently. Luke and I have tried nearly every double sided tape we can get our hands on and it keeps falling off. Mainly off the light pad, but two nights ago I cleaned it all down with Acetone, added a small strip of double sided and used black silicon. So lets hope!

2) The glove box, thanks to Mike for sending me a nice one, but it's for a NON AC car and it's way too deep. Also, I've lost the latch fitting that goes under the dash and have to hunt it down, if anyone knows of where to find one, would appreciate it, but I have a bentley and hope I can get a part num for it. Shouldn't be too hard to find.

3) The guard still protrudes, I've been busy with lots of other things to deal with and I will get onto it with a dremel and widen to holes to get it to mount flush. But seems some idget thought they'd fix it for me and thwapped it with their hand and dented the guard. No big deal, but working on it.

4) Lastly when I get a chance, I'll paint the door inners as we never painted them in the shop. I regret it but also understand how that makes for a larger scope and budget, Im happy with it.

5) Brakes are still spongy and never knew of clamping the bias valve, will try that. The brakes are much better and bite better, the rear caliper doesnt leak so all good there. However, Luke did say the car let the tail out when he stomped the brakes and I suspect there's an air bubble trapped there.

Life's good and she gets LOTS OF LOOKS!








Tks to all for the support.

h

 

Nice one H , the cars looking great ( none of that faded pink paint )
Hope you get sorted with some stimulating work that pays ok
Regards S

 

Im going to have a look at this shortly.. thanks Nige.

 

I did the above adjustment and my brake pedal is much nicer now with the free-play removed.
Loosened lock nut, adjusted barrel until it just touched the brake light switch and now the pedal has no slop.
Brake feel is now more responsive.

Thanks Nige!

 

Excellent !!

Make sure you don`t go too far, otherwise the pads will drag on the discs. You need a tiny amount of slack to be safe