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[Jordie]

I recently bought a MK2 golf as a new daily driver.

 

 

It had its problems but is sound body wise, needs a good polish.

 

Problems

- high idle / running on intermitantly

- wiper stalk broken

- bit of interior trim missing

 

Today i sorted the wiper stalk with a new one, rewired the mess that someone had done putting in the CD headunit and wired in all speakers, including 2 6x9s on the rear shelf.

 

The 6x9s were given to me, they are magnet brand with a seperate unit just before the speaker which splits the tweeter and speaker freq.

 

Head unit now turns off with ignition, but memory 12v feed doesnt seem to work, I will have another look when I get a new headunit fitted.

 

Ive had a spy at the engine, theres a rubber mount under the carb/throttle body which is split and loose. I will replace this and then see if idle improves etc.

 

Jordie

[Jordie]

Picked up this today, bargain. Was supposed to be ex display model, but got there and it was brand new / sealed. Woman said it hadnt been out of box

 

[Tamworthbay]

Picked up this today, bargain. Was supposed to be ex display model, but got there and it was brand new / sealed. Woman said it hadnt been out of box
 

Was that at halfords? I noticed they were on sale at £129 last week and was very tempted.

[Jordie]

Yes, but alot less than £129.....£49 (only stock was 30miles away but worth the ride out).

[Tamworthbay]

Yes, but alot less than £129.....£49 (only stock was 30miles away but worth the ride out).

That's a great price, how did you find it at that price?

[Jordie]

Going thru all the clearence ones online n checking for local stock

[Tamworthbay]

Going thru all the clearence ones online n checking for local stock

Nice one, none local to me but a Sony DAB pretty close

[Jordie]

Some pics..

 

Wiper stalk replaced

 

Interior (need speaker grills)

 

Magnet 6x9s filling holes in shelf.

 

Magnet tweeter/speaker seperator box thing :/

[Jordie]

Ive got a sony one with bluetooth reserved at another store, just incase this wasnt there when i went for it. The sony bluetooth one isnt boxed though, the store phoned me about 20mins after reserving online. Dont need it now anyway.

 

Jordie

[Jordie]

Ordered some vacuum pipe and silicone vacuum hose to replace some of the perished items.

 

Jordie

[Jordie]

DAB radio fitted after wiring in a new ISO cable (power cables were a total mess, so cut the lot out).

 

DAB internal aerial fitted to NS windscreen.

 

Blends in better than the silver unit previously installed...

 

Changes colours, i set red to match the car (have since changed it back due to unable to read in direct sunlight)

 

Jordie

[Jordie]

Put the high idle down to a mix of poor vac pipes/hoses, rubber block split between inlet and carb and also autochoke not working correctly due to water flow into inlet manifold. Ive ordered inlet gasket with coolant seal also, inlet to carb rubber block and new pipes. I hear removing the inlet can be abit of a pain, so best get the mini out if it turns out to be awkward.

[Jordie]

Vac hoses replaced with new red and red silicone connectors.

 

Carb rubber mount replaced.

 

Still got inlet gasket to do.

[Jordie]

Fitted air filter at dinner time, but was far too hot to do anything else.

 

Got plugs to change later this evening if it cools down. Also got a new temp gauge sender to fit to get my temp gauge working again.

 

Jordie

[Jordie]

Managed to source a piece of trim I was missing....