Adi's GTI powered '86 golf GL

The only place you can get away with a 5 door is lincolnshire, it helps fit bails/sheep/dogs/pigs/goats/llamas/shetland ponys in the rear

damn fucking right same, thats what is so good about this county.

we need to find a llama to put in the back of your car liam,you can bring it to the meet

If you brought a llama to the meet I would take it back to lough with me and do a show and tell at uni. Im not sure if a llama can navigate the spiral staircase leading to my base though

i_am_me wrote:we need to find a llama to put in the back of your car liam,you can bring it to the meet

that would be so cool

As of this morning I have a laid flat rear wiper, and at the meet I got a weighted mk3 shift rod. What a difference!!!! Every mk2 owner needs one!

good to see the beast in the flesh today and ashamed to say i was trying my hardest to keep up with you on the way home!

Good to see yours too, been looking forward to it. That guy who sold me the roof bars earlier had a jade green CL, and I'm happy to say it looked a bit rough I have to say when I drove my 217k mile donor car home I was impressed, it pulled as well as any other gti I've had and the engine runs just as well in my car

So now my golf has discovered its inner workhorse, I thought some pics were in order...

Marmite mod time! I had a ZX volcane once with this on and I thought it was quite cool. I found some red rim tape in my garage so put it to use on the dash and doors

i quite like that

Most of the chrome was worn off so it was worth a go. Go faster stripes FTW

I do like the chrome on this car, looks bitchin

GL style homie

Looking good bud

I need to get my hands on one of those mk3 shift rods, wanna feel it for myself

:O where did u get that red tape from, I needs to re do my grill + bumpers

I bought it years ago, can't remember where from. I still have enough left to do your bumpers and grille. If you can wait till next meet you can have it. You'l have to use a hairdryer on it though for the corners and curves.

aye great

Cant wait for the next meet...Klause will be there, come hell or high water

Wiztic wrote:aye great

Cant wait for the next meet...Klause will be there, come hell or high water

tall order that, if neg can make it klause can

Oh and PM jacko for a weighted shift rod, he has another 2 or 3 of them, good mod for a fiver and it takes 2 minutes to change, I did mine at the meet

Well after a driveshaft decided to come off today and screwing the threads on the gearbox flange, I'm going to have to sort out my 4+E gearbox and get that back on. Was unlucky it happened with a sofa on my roof though

bad news dude

Me and Gary managed to get 4 flange bolts out of 6 back in, but I don't trust it to be honest, plus I want the extra MPG's from the 4+E, and it has no 2nd gear syncro syndrome Just gotta get the clutch rod back in, gonna take the end cap off the box tomorrow and hopefully whatever dropped in there will go back together, then I can just swap it over. Any tips for gearbox removal for a weakling such as myself? Out the top or out the bottom? The whole front end was off before so it was much easier but I don't wanna be taking all that off just for a gearbox swap

Good news, the 4+E box it back together and ready to go on the car tomorrow, so no more 2nd gear crunch and hopefully better mpg's

adi wrote:Good news, the 4+E box it back together and ready to go on the car tomorrow, so no more 2nd gear crunch and hopefully better mpg's

bad news about the driveshaft-ala-sofa...hope the swap goes well

ooo, quick question while we're on gears... the gear knob (golf ball)...I dimly tried to unscrew it today, not realising its push on... whats the deal with that? I want to get myself an eight ball knob but how can I fit one on without threads?

Should be screwed on? Are the threads knackered?