[car_overhaul] Project Gti 1.9

[laser_GTI 1]

Mate doin a superb job!

 

I'm aiming to do the bumpers on mine when we have a few dry days. What paint did you use on the bumpers? Did you bother with primer though?

[GTIJIM 10]

Mate doin a superb job!

 

I'm aiming to do the bumpers on mine when we have a few dry days. What paint did you use on the bumpers? Did you bother with primer though?

 

thanks

after sanding i used Hycote plastic primer then a few coats of simoniz satin black

[GTIJIM 10]

got the new carpet in today

 

after taking allot of the interior out i had a little peek under the carpet

about an inch of water in the drivers footwell not a very clear picture though

so after grinding the nut off the passengers seat out comes the old smellt holy carpet

and the state of the floor

after a little scrub

water has been leaking in somewhere , so hovered the floor and sanded down the rust, then treated it will Hammerite Kurust

then painted over (only paint i had was anthracite )

[GTIJIM 10]

and new carpet in

and centre console

that's how i left it for tonight

[peterjohnson6037 0 2 Cars]

Doing a great job I'm enjoying following the story, it's come along way

 

Don't forget to find the leek or your new carpet will be wet also

[GTIJIM 10]

thanks:)

traced the leak to the door seals as they have perished so just got to replace them

[GTIJIM 10]

got the interior in today passengers seat took ages due to the frame being bent a bit but still got there in the end lol

 

gave it a wash

and interior

63,000 miles

[Fox 3]

Looks great! Keep up the good work!

[damien 22 1 Cars]

 

 

dont want to be nick picking but shouldnt the top hose from the expation bottle go to the top of the rad? yours looks like its resting on the engine. also your only using one of the PAS mounts, just bend the other one back to the slam pannel and jobs a goden.

 

your doing a great job on this, keep it up

[GTIJIM 10]

 

 

dont want to be nick picking but shouldnt the top hose from the expation bottle go to the top of the rad? yours looks like its resting on the engine. also your only using one of the PAS mounts, just bend the other one back to the slam pannel and jobs a goden.

 

your doing a great job on this, keep it up

 

thanks

the one on the left of the expansion bottle goes to the top of the rad and the right one goes to the bottom of the throttle body but the previous owner has bypassed it to the top of the thermostat as the fixing on the bottom of the throttle body has snapped off, doesn't really matter as its only for cold starting so shouldn't affect the running:)

the tab for the slam panel has been severely bent out of shape so im going to have to try and get it to fit, looks like someone has stood on it and it got flattened lol

[GTIJIM 10]

well today was eventful, first i had to help my brother with his cambelt then when i went to my car for tools i saw that the passengers mat was wet, so i lifted it up and

oh dear

 

so after pouring a bucket of water over the car a substantial amount of water came from the sunroof so i peeled back the headlining and

its was missing the drain pipes from both sides so water was draining into the headlining and onto the carpet

so a bit of garden hose and a jubilee on both sides later

all fixed

[GTIJIM 10]

right got the exhaust welded up today

not the prettiest of welds but its really strong , just need some exhaust assembly paste and a new conical gasket for the front and it should be a leak free exhaust

[GTIJIM 10]

Hi all

had the front off the car again today to try and fix the radiator:)

only had a tiny hole so filled it with milliput

all back together and no more leaks :thumb:

 

only a temporary fix so i can run the car without it over heating when im trying to set the timing / air,fuel mixtures:)

[GTIJIM 10]

just got a bit of cleaning done today

waiting for the service kit and some pipes to come tommorow

 

first off cleaned the passengers side door shut, was pretty nasty before

and after

 

and then onto the boot which i have been putting off for a long time lol

here's before

rubbers off

a bit of APC and a soft brush got me here

and hosed off

[GTIJIM 10]

Hi all

got my service kit today £48 thats spark plugs ht leads and an airlfilter plus

the downpipe gasket and some exhaust putty

here they are

heres the old gasket, took ages to get it off lol its been on there so long it was

nearly part of the manifold

and the nice shiney new one

fitted

and finnished fired it up and it was nice and quiet for a change

just got to get the few pipes i need and get it timed up and it should run like a beaut

[GTIJIM 10]

took a trip down the scrappy the other day and got me this pipe

its off an astra 16v but its perfect for what i need it for

 

so got the front end striped down (again lol)

and fitted

all back together but its still running rich and misfiring and wont idle but at least i know i have all the pipes now lol

 

got these form the market aswell all of them for just £6.50 :thumb:

and finally a picture of the back of it in the rain

[GTIJIM 10]

decided to take a bit of a break from the engine so got the front bumper done

 

here it is at the start

plate off

red strip off

lights out

grill off

and masked

then i put the first coat of satin black on

and finished

even did the horns

unmasked

[GTIJIM 10]

lights back on

grill and number plate on

then the all important red strip

looking much better in my opinion

 

then decided to try and get the engine sorted, finally got it running again(dodgy earth) and took a picture of the smoke (started clearing when i took the picture but it smells like pure fuel )

started mesing about with all of the screws and found out that the AFM had been messed with so did a little tweeking and the engine started to run better then it ran out of petrol:lol: typical lol

will get some more petrol tommorow and hopefully get it running proper

[GTIJIM 10]

set the timing today as it was slightly off and i really thought it would help it run better but sadly it hasn't i have a new theory now which is its either the AFM or something ignition related, but i tried unplugging the AFM and it didn't make it run any worse or any better so i think its gone

anyway here's a look under the rocker cover

and the smoke when running

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Are you sure thats smoke in the picture? It looks like Slimer from Ghostbusters.

[dcc 855]

I think I have an untouched AFM from a 309 gti, not sure if its the same as yours, but its yours for postage if you want it?

[GTIJIM 10]

Are you sure thats smoke in the picture? It looks like Slimer from Ghostbusters.

lol definitely smoke

[GTIJIM 10]

I think I have an untouched AFM from a 309 gti, not sure if its the same as yours, but its yours for postage if you want it?

 

Pm'd

[GTIJIM 10]

decided to strip and clean the throttle body today

 

pipes and AFM out of the way

bolts undone and throttle body off and look what was inside:doublesho

a mixture of petrol and dirt/oil :wall:

 

also this is the snapped bit but its only used for heating the throttle body on a cold day so its been bypassed

and cleaned

and in the plenum

and all back together

not tried starting it yet though i shouldn't imagine it would make much difference but at least now i know its clean

[GTIJIM 10]

and then decided to move on to the steering rack, its developed a serious problem which is if you turn the steering wheel the wheels don't turn and the rack makes a noise like cogs grinding :doublesho

 

so after some investigation its either the universal joint or its the rack itself which i don't really fancy changing as 1 its hard to get to and 2 its a power steering model which is very rare to find

so to investigate i decided to take the rack off so...

cowling off and some more dodgy wiring , going to strip the dash out and replace all the dodgy wires soon

steering wheel off and the 4 bolts that hold the rack on undone

just got to undo the two star bolts tommorow that hold the bottom of it on and it should just pull out

Edited June 26, 2011 by GTIJIM