Yes yes, recovering from my hangover saturday morning then fitting the (brand) new fuel tank which has had 2 coats of POR15 (lets see that ba****d rust now!!)

Then off over to doms to pick up the GT axel and rear lights then fitting new drums and shoes and that will be the back end finished allthough i still need a few brake parts and new bushes so that much have to wait a few days.

Still got the (show) cage to fit and bolt in (might paint it black yet)

Then I've got to have the subframe and sump back off to fit my winadge tray in the sump. and whilst thats off fitt the stainless exhaust manifold

and hopefully by the time thats done saf will be sending my stainless inlet manifold :-D

So yeh, busy times!

Hows the polo, still poorly?

Little bit, new water pump will cure it, nothing electrical thank god

Fancy a hand with any of that? Finish work at 4 on saturday then free all weekend

Nothing special but a few pics from over the last 2 days...

(Damm Cat)

Axel off (eventually, pain in the arse brakes)

Shiny new tank painted in anti rust stuff :-)

Quick question, why has my replacement tank not got a little flap inside the filler neck like my orignial one?

hey mate looking gd

just wondering how did u fix the bottom left harness strap down ? drill a hole and then bolt it up or is it bolted to the seat rail ?

have u got any pics ?

cheers :)

finally had a chance to read through this thread lol, this is going to be fucking tidy motor whens she's done. credit to you mate

I've not a bleeding clue why, but that cat is now named volcano cat.

Saturday, if i see it i shall see how it reacts to its new nickname

Tank looks almost sexual! How easy was it to get out? mines gotta come out when i swap the beam. Needs a good pasting with hammerite.

Its odd how strange the garden looks without the canopy thing.

See you sat dude!

Getting that rocker cover off Mr McLovin at 12, so should be round for 1 ish to get u.

hey mate looking gd

just wondering how did u fix the bottom left harness strap down ? drill a hole and then bolt it up or is it bolted to the seat rail ?

have u got any pics ?

cheers :)

I'll have to have a look mate, the backs full of crap at the mo lol

finally had a chance to read through this thread lol, this is going to be fucking tidy motor whens she's done. credit to you mate

Thankyou, and credit to you sorting that wiring out!! Say hi to toby for me on saturday

I've not a bleeding clue why, but that cat is now named volcano cat.

Saturday, if i see it i shall see how it reacts to its new nickname

Tank looks almost sexual! How easy was it to get out? mines gotta come out when i swap the beam. Needs a good pasting with hammerite.

Its odd how strange the garden looks without the canopy thing.

Why volcano cat??

Tanks a bitch to get off, and we need to allow a decent ammount of time to take the beam off doms, mainly because of the brake lines, mine were sooo stuck!

Really don't know why. Its the 1st thing that came to mind.

Maybe the colour triggered it, as i imagine volcanic ash to be the colour of that cat.

Sweet, you can help get mine off then

Will be doing everything at once with this engine swap. Few delays with getting it swapped, i shall explain why when i see you though. Its all good reasons.

Thankyou, and credit to you sorting that wiring out!! Say hi to toby for me on saturday

i couldn't of sorted it without the help of the good people of club polo tbh, 3 days of confusion, stress and at one point i think i sunk into a bit of depression (plus i actually had a nightmare about it ) all because of a blown relay... proper face/palm moment

i will say hi to toby for you mate, have you had any joy with those 'you know whats'?

Thankyou, and credit to you sorting that wiring out!! Say hi to toby for me on saturday

i couldn't of sorted it without the help of the good people of club polo tbh, 3 days of confusion, stress and at one point i think i sunk into a bit of depression (plus i actually had a nightmare about it ) all because of a blown relay... proper face/palm moment

i will say hi to toby for you mate, have you had any joy with those 'you know whats'?

On hold for the mo, i'll get round to doing somthing eventually lol!

Early spec tank, hence no flap???

Early spec tank, hence no flap???

God knows!

Picked up some more parts today, GT rear beam with anti roll bar, late spec tinted lights and a new bonnet which i intend to test a theory on lol.

Photos to follow when I'm not so drunk...

Edit: Bugger me look at the time lol

Edited 23 May, 201016 yr by Renegade440

Few picture of the stripping and painting of the GT rear beam and some pics of all the shiny new bolts and brake parts for the rear build.

Gt rear lights, GT steering damper

Inlet gasket for the carbs :-D

Oh and my remote central locking kit with modern style flip keys Ultra cool baby!

Looking good mate.

Will be great when everything is done!

Can you post a closer photo of the rear beam with arb please?

nice one danny boy, link me to the central locking kit :)

lol just google "right click" you lazyarse!!

Rear beam is looking sweet. Still gota do mine, its sat in the shed still lol.

Started stripping me engine though

Dude have you got the part number for the late spec starter motor by any chance, I need one badly!

Everyone keeps asking me that, unfortunatly I may have sanded it off when I painted the starter motor

Ahoy Hub spacers!

Few piccys of the work over the last week:

Pressing in new bearings..note hammer lol

New bearings in, lots of lithium based grease!

New cylinders, and shoes

And new drums and hub spacers :-D

Finally new brake lines

The brakets which the flexi brake lines and the copper ones connect through were missing off the GT beam so I out came the grinder and I whipped them off the old axel and had them welded onto the GT beam at work! (no pics unfortunatly and its raining so I'm not taking any now) I'll take some once they're all painted up like the rest of the beam.

Also been working on the fueling side of things

Still undecided whether to use a t-piece method or the fuel regulator I have

Almost forgot, new bushes and bolts!

Oh and a shot of the new company vehical, not that they'll let me drive it

Oh and one of me wearing a carnies tophat...because I was drunk and because I can.

Looking gooood!

How easy where them bearings to fit?

And how much did all the new springs set you back? Guessing you got um from VW?

I'm gunna do exactly what you have done here and build it all up off the car. Then all ill need to do is connect handbrake cable and brake lines :)

lol @ the bottom pic.