My bro, token Irish mate and me had a good session today:

Fuel tank + Axle fitted:

Rear brakes:

Also made a start on removing the 16v as heg is picking the car up Monday:

Engine and interior loom came out Sunday/Monday

*NOTE: That is not my foot.

Found a nice hole in the Mk4 engine bay

and then heg123 took the rest of the car away to tidy up his rally car.

So now all the loom is out I'm going to tidy my living room floor before laying out all the wiring and start chopping unessential bits.

Edited 9 May, 201214 yr by kerrly

Oooo, updates :-)

Wondered where this had got to.

Really solid work going on mate

what a wet 30mins that was lol

Thanks lads.

heg: Atleast you had the gun so we could do a amateur pit stop with my swanky jack.

a few pics of the mk4 ready for the scrap.

Nice work. Another hole in the inner wing on the drivers side haha

Not the best example of a MK4.

dayummm wish ud kept the top caps for the struts! lol

wacha done with the chassis legs?

I've never seen such a rottern Polo lol.

I need the bits the engine and gearbox mounts bolt to as mine are battered to cut these off quickly but will unstitch the parts off the chassie legs when i have more time.

ahh i see! cool!

Did rear suspension today - To low though, gonna raise it

Removed old engine.

Gearbox fitted:

Alternator, just need a Mk4 pulley.

Good work, loving the colour

Any more pics of the rear beam/brakes?

Not yet Sir, will do when i fit the handbrake and flex's etc

Completed the back axle accept for the brake lines.

Test fitted the wheels... they a little close

Did a little bit more work on the engine bay and underside.

Undersealed the drivers side of the floor pan and the gear selector/exhaust channel

Cleaned the engine bay a bit more

Test fitted the Golf GTI 16v master cylinder - with a bit of reshaping of the bulkhead it fits - tight lol

Aha, some pictures of the brakes. I do indeed have mine upside down What problems are you having with the hand brake then? I see you've chopped out the old mech to make room for a newer type one. With the brakes upsdie down, they seem to be the right length. I'm hoping the same will be true with them the correct way up

Have you tried fitting your handbrake yet? Take a look at where it runs and then where you need to put your adaptor. I've just found my adaptor fouls the rear beam

spray your inlet manifold blue to match the box!!!

Not yet, its on the back burner as i have not got either the later type parts or the Mk4 cables. So all in all i have moved to do jobs on the front end as i will have to take of the rear callipers off again to raise the suspension. Brakes will probably be the last thing i get up to except the copper brake lines in the next couple of weeks. Engine bay is the place of work right now.

I'm not gonna lie, i was hoping you would keep ahead of me and solve the problems!

spray your inlet manifold blue to match the box!!!

I have not tarted the engine up yet, but the blue will make appearances :-)

Well I can't seem to get my 36s to fit, as if i mount them the same as you, the handbrake adaptors will foul the beam as I've said above. I'm thinking I may have to keep them the same as I have them, and alter the flexi hose some way. I thought i may get away with swapping the stub axles over, but since the bolts have a pattern, this just results in the calipers being backward. May have to try and find some alloy ones, they seem to fit

Kerrly what blue is it that youve sprayed all the parts and its looking good so far man

Its Hammerite Hammered Blue, means i can just paint brush it on as its not the smooth finish.

What wheels are they dude ? Swear they begin with "A" :S