Mk2 GTi Syncro Build - Operation MOT

Mainly because I’m lazy and hate wiring so it would plug in and my fuel gauge would work. Plus, means I’ll easily be able to use the standard fuel door as the cell will be under the car I can design that in on one edge.

I don’t like the in car design at all, not even sure why I mentioned it

 

Let me see what I can find

 

Please do, I'm getting sick of shifting them around the place

 

No car pictures so here’s a picture of Japan.

 

Well a 320 mile round trip to Silverstone for their ‘Lap of lights’ last night has well and truly reignited the flame.



Santa bought some presents.



And today I got out in the shed, cleaned up and painted my MC, started to clean the bottle, and had a look at my engine that’s in pieces.
Although I did forget to take some pictures.

 

I’ll need this in the not to distant future. It’ll get swallowed on my pictures

 

Queue Eminem…



Ignoring the mankey mount, it’s so shinyyyy. Took the rear arms off to finally fit the new bearings this week.



Sent the cross member and other front stuff for powder coating, need to make my way to Mr Newman to pick up my wiring as I forgot he had it

I also need a good rear bumper iron.

 

This evening was heater matrix. With some foam from hobby craft and some sticky stuff.

No idea why everyone complains so much about this, it’s super easy to remove.



ew that’s nasty! 1986 forbidden dust.



oh that’s better!



and we are done! New heater matrix, just need to get some foam from work for the bits that bolt on and we are golden. Ready to be fitted.

 

its becasue one of the earliest guides has you levering off all those metal clips from hell, and leave the blower housing in. when its so much easier to undo 2 more nuts and pull the lot out together. plus go the extra step of removing all 4 vent housings and the associated pipework its literally a doddle dash in or out.

yes definitely wash the matrix thoroughly. some are coated in really nasty stuff, it sends plumes of acrid smoke out of all the vents and will stink the car out for weeks. ask me how I know

 

I didn’t have any problems with my last one but I’ll definitely run this one through. Can’t ruin my traffic light smelly

 

was bloody terrible on my 1.6, I couldn't even sit in the car just had to have blowers on full and leave it running till the smoke cleared. proper eye watering stuff

 

Not a huge amount today but it’s now all fully sealed. Just paint tomorrow, hopefully find my ARB brackets then that can go on and then the subframe will stay on. So I’ll tighten everything up.



It’s nice stuff



Spent most of the afternoon sorting dads car ready for the MOT as he just keeps putting it off.

So we bled the clutch, bled the brakes, fixed an earth issue. Now it’s just get the washer jets working and off to an MOT.

I also fitted his GTI engineering wheels