83 MK1 jetta 2ltr valver

Hello all, my names shaun a new face in this here forum I bought a mk1 jetta a few months back, after seeing a few at shows and thought i'd like to get one.
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Bought the old girl of a member on the caddy forum for a fine fee of 500 quid.
Shes a non runner at the mo but she'll be running soon as i've fitted the carb seal, gonna be ordering some konigsports on monday to drop her nicely onto some mk2 gti banded steelies.heres the spare wheel non banded.
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In good time i'd like to drop a 16 valver in, but i've gotta concentrate on the caddy first.
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I'll be posting progress pics as and when.

Hello there welcome to the site and nice rides.

Good to have you with us.

Nice one mate , good to see more mk1's turning up on here .....

love the stels on there man, good idea with the colour combo

Welcome aboard. That looks a tidy example

hello and welcome

welcome bud nice motor

Sweet buddy ive got an iffinity for that colour on a mk1 keep us updated on the car

MK1's rock , welcome

well things have changed it been a while since i've been here so I'll keep it quick.....


Firstly coilovers.....

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Rims and new GTI spats

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zender spoiler which i'm still yet to fit

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with my mates mk1 gti

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MOT failed so need some welding, whilst the rear axle was off some new powerflex bushes were added along with brake lines and bearings

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fresh from the MOT it looked like this

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Mk1 scirroco wheel, original standard interior ( the way its gonna stay)

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I thought the wheels were too big so they were swapped with some 13's banded to 8 all round.

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also changed the steering rack to accept a five speed box at a later date, new wishbones with poly bushes all round

so now she stands loke this

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Low and slow....... sorry about the long posts......

Shes coming along really nicely buddy i see you decided to go with just black on the steelies why did you decide not to go with the blue bands?

Wasn't really feeling it basically, so they went all black. Looks loads better on the 13's me thinks too.

Just sourced my self a five speed box tonight, so gonna pick it up next week...... should be able to to 60 comfortably then ???

Sweet buddy keep us posted

what you doe with the roof rack that you took off? been looking for 1 for my mk1 jetta for ages!

Love the motor just spot on... There is nothing better than being on 13s my polo handles like a rollerskate on 13s what did you do with the 14s any for sale? Just out of interest were did you have the banding done?

Looking great on the small rims mate, i was thinking bout 13x8 wella's but the lenso's i have on kinda fell in my lap for basically nothing !!

Keep the updates coming

Well its been a while...... so after this...

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I found one of these

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Painted it up, welded up and droped it in here....

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After all the new tanks pumps wiring plumbing and all the rest of the boring stuff it left me here

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Shweet buddy how much more ya got to do befor shes out?

Not much now, I had a few cam belt issues and worries about shells etc....
Well first a video of the problem in question.....

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So after stripping off the cam belt and the rest of the gubbins I found the problem...

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So I put it all back together again checking that none of the other pulleys rubbed anywhere on the plate....

Fail, the squealing had gone but there was still a rubbing somewhere...... then found the belt was rubbing on the cover plate where it peels off the tensioner.... so I cut that off....

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Built it all back up again to check, which left me with this....

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Which makes me a happy bunny :music:...... now to the next problem...

1/ Leaking radiator, one of the fixing slots to the top panel is leaking (nothing i've done) already have a remedy for it.

2/ Leaking rocker cover gasket.

3/ Align gearlinkage... what a bugger.

4/ Bleed brakes.

5/ Replce copper washer on fuel pump to accumulator line.

........ at the present speed.... I'll be done next month..

Cool buddy sounds like you are getting there lookin forward to seeing this car reminds me of my last Mk1

Ant wrote:Cool buddy sounds like you are getting there lookin forward to seeing this car reminds me of my last Mk1

its there..... Well today was the infamous maiden voyage, well underpowered but i'll put that down to ignition timing.... hopefully sorted soon. Also gotta sort the wiring nest out in the passenger footwell, and got a bit of a leak at the water hose where it joins the heater matrix hoses. No biggie though. the joiner pipe I used had no beveled edge, well thats what i'm hoping the problem is..... May still have an oil leak too, tomoz i'll know more, the wet patch will tell me i'm sure.

been following this on the mk1 forum.

what size where those first set of banded steels you had on?

keany221 wrote:been following this on the mk1 forum.

what size where those first set of banded steels you had on?

13x8

Its been a while since i've updated....

Shes now running sweet as a nut. I had a full powerflow exhaust done last weekend, it has 2 boxes so its nice and quiet till you open it up and it purrrrrs. which was exactly how i wanted it. Today was the dreaded MOT and it passed with flying colours and NO advisories , I am one happy chappy.

The Tester also commented on how solid it was and that he'd like to test "this sort of car" all day as there more interesting the todays modern boring cars..... and finished off the conversation telling me that he wanted it....

Leg-end !!

I'm pretty sure that its one of only cars i've owned that has passed the MOT first time, and I'm pretty sure its the only one never to have had an Advisory.

And its the oldest one I've ever owned.

(shint phone pic sorry)

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Finally.. New brakes Vauxhall 256mm, Genuine 16v Discs, Green stuff pads... also refurbed the N/S hub and fitted a new bush.

I now have brakes, and cannot recommend this set up enough to anyone rolling with the utter tosh that was issued with the mk1 chassis.

old and new

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bolted up, sorry for the crap pic (Blurry)
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