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Reply #15March 20, 2019, 10:09:44 pm

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Re: Black 85 Golf 2 door
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2019, 10:09:44 pm »
Well Its been a few months. I really do need to get around to welding up the exhaust.

Reply #16August 01, 2020, 09:50:41 am

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« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2020, 09:50:41 am »
I should add the heatercore has been replaced so i wont freeze this winter. Only took me 6 years to get around to it :)

Reply #17October 18, 2020, 10:23:49 am

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« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2020, 10:23:49 am »
Odometer broke at around 399,000 miles  ;D

Reply #18October 18, 2020, 02:16:35 pm

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« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2020, 02:16:35 pm »
Surely you can manually get another mile on it for an even 400K!

Reply #19December 17, 2020, 10:33:07 am

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« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2020, 10:33:07 am »
Im glad I installed the tdi starter on this thing. Made the 16 degree Fahrenheit cold start possible last night.

Reply #20October 13, 2021, 08:50:09 pm

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« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2021, 08:50:09 pm »
In other news if you have an 85 golf and the rear wiper relay burns out a #53 horn relay works just as well

Reply #21June 01, 2022, 03:54:51 pm

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« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2022, 03:54:51 pm »
Welp the pipe over the axle decided to rot out...Made a patch with exhaust tape and a clamp  in autozone parking lot but I really need to replace the whole setup as the rot is not looking pretty on the pipes...

Reply #22July 21, 2022, 03:45:16 pm

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« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2022, 03:45:16 pm »
Got tired of the old non/ac tentioner so I added a gear from a vw mk2 gas motor tension-er. Soooo much easier to tighten the belt now


https://imgur.com/a/DY9Ioyz

Reply #23August 27, 2023, 10:00:59 am

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« Reply #23 on: August 27, 2023, 10:00:59 am »
Fabbed up a new exhaust downpipe as nobody sells one for a mk2 with the doughnut exhaust flange anymore. Welded in the hyundai resonator I had sitting around so the golf would still be nice and quiet on the highway. Made an 80 mile trip for the first time in 3 months since battling the strut tower rot and repair. The 40 year old car still drives better than the honda fit I own.

 

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