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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.
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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 :)
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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
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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!
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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.
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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
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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...
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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
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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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Reply #24Today at 10:58:24 pm

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« Reply #24 on: Today at 10:58:24 pm »
The Golf definitely does not get driven as much as it used to anymore. At this point there is a bunch of little things that need attention

-rot around the wheel wells
-the main coolant metal pipe needs replacement
-the paint is sad
-rot in the spare wheel well needs to be addressed
- the axles need replacing after 100k and vibrate something awful after a few minutes

On a positive note it still starts up after sitting for months on end. Not in terrible condition for a car built in December of 1984 and has over 400k miles. There are no vw mk2's left in this area so Ill keep patching the rust and continue driving the beast


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