My Golf Project
- Thread starter L1J
- Start date
A lot of progress since I last posted in this - well done..
Just one thing really, will the paint be sufficiently hardened after only a couple of days? I would take it very carefully as it'll most likely be very delicate for a couple of weeks, especially if you haven't had it in an oven.
Looking forward to seeing it finished - good work.
Just one thing really, will the paint be sufficiently hardened after only a couple of days? I would take it very carefully as it'll most likely be very delicate for a couple of weeks, especially if you haven't had it in an oven.
Looking forward to seeing it finished - good work.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 11 Dec 2002
- Posts
- 10,872
- Location
- Darkest Norfolk
L1J said:Paint should be ok, will mask some potential contact areas with cardboard before putting everything in gently...
i'd be more worried about getting dirt on that engine bay to be honest - its damn shiney!! Maybe you should get it all waxed up before putting stuff in so its easyer to clean
Just read the thread all the way through and I am in awe. I feel my mk2 deserves this sort of treatment for its incredible good service to me but I can't bring myself (nor have the skills).
My recent ventures into mk2 maintenance included attempting to change rear discs and giving up after realising I was never getting the hub off without drilling it or other drastic action, and changing my speedo cable for one that made less noise. Not quite as good as constructing a whole new brake line system for what is basically a scratch built Golf!
Very impressive.
My recent ventures into mk2 maintenance included attempting to change rear discs and giving up after realising I was never getting the hub off without drilling it or other drastic action, and changing my speedo cable for one that made less noise. Not quite as good as constructing a whole new brake line system for what is basically a scratch built Golf!
Very impressive.
Todays update:
Had some help tonight so managed to do quite a bit.
Rear sub frame, painted steering rack, uprated ARB, engine mounts and wishbones in place
Chassis legs sprayed with Dynax Wax, every crevice we found was given a good spray
Big thanks to Bob for the help
Had some help tonight so managed to do quite a bit.
Rear sub frame, painted steering rack, uprated ARB, engine mounts and wishbones in place
Chassis legs sprayed with Dynax Wax, every crevice we found was given a good spray
Big thanks to Bob for the help
Excellent! Must be a good feeling starting to put stuff back in now! Amazing what a bit of paint can do, even the steering rack looks great
Each night when I check my OcUK mail folder I am chuffed to see more updates from you with yet more photo's for us to see, keep up the great work, we are all really enjoying seeing this car come together for you!
Each night when I check my OcUK mail folder I am chuffed to see more updates from you with yet more photo's for us to see, keep up the great work, we are all really enjoying seeing this car come together for you!
mark66 said:Excellent! Must be a good feeling starting to put stuff back in now! Amazing what a bit of paint can do, even the steering rack looks great
Each night when I check my OcUK mail folder I am chuffed to see more updates from you with yet more photo's for us to see, keep up the great work, we are all really enjoying seeing this car come together for you!
It feels really good putting stuff back together
Realised about 30 minutes ago I needed to paint the hubs before pressing them into the bearings tomorrow. So a dash to the garage for a quick painting session followed!
Hubs after the soaking in the deox bath, really impressed with this product.
Two quick coats of high temprature paint on the non contact surfaces
Lots of running around done today, getting parts, ordering bits, taking drawings to the machinist etc
Managed to do a few bits on the car.
Brake Servo before:
Brake servo after a good going over with the wire brush attachment, will be painted tonight.
A few bits in the parts washer. Degreaser was picked up this morning, it's made by Morris Lubricants.
Managed to do a few bits on the car.
Brake Servo before:
Brake servo after a good going over with the wire brush attachment, will be painted tonight.
A few bits in the parts washer. Degreaser was picked up this morning, it's made by Morris Lubricants.
Caporegime
- Joined
- 11 Mar 2005
- Posts
- 32,221
- Location
- Leafy Cheshire
Nice update
Looking good!
Looking good!
Associate
- Joined
- 8 Mar 2003
- Posts
- 1,297
- Location
- London
Awesome project. And I am not even into cars ... Just wandered into this thread by accident.
L1J said:
*Slaps wrists*, the shocks are the springs, they are the dampers. Thats twice tonight i have had to comment on us fellow brits talking like yanks.
By the way, for nice brake lines, start with a straight (or as near as straight) pipe, then use the a bar (i used the handle of my trolley jack) to bend the neat radius. Try to keep the pipes so all the bends are the same radius and get any little bends out by using the clamps you have in your pipe flaring tool.
Edit: ahh you have a bending tool, well thats obviousley better than a trolley jack handle.
Last edited:
andi said:
No, it is not. The shock absorber is the spring as this is the part that takes the shock. A damper is the oil filled cylinder used for removing energy from the spring, since a damper (in the physics terms) is something used to remove energy from an oscillating system (your car bouncing up and down), that is the oil filled damper. So a shock absorber is not a damper.
andi said:
I am very sorry to burst your little google search bubble my friend, but it appears the rest of the world is actually wrong as any real physicist/engineer will agree with me. The spring absords the shock and the damper removes the energy from the compresssed spring. The real name for it is critical damping- this is where and oscillating system is bougt to rest at its natural position in the shortest time possible.