1987 Monza Blue Mk2 Golf 16v

[LukeyBabes]

Thanks guys Yeah everyone needs cruise control. The original mk2 system is very smooth. Didn't really expect it to be that good when I installed it.

[LukeyBabes]

The 20vt isn't happening to this anymore which some of you will be happy with. I knew it would have been wrong to do. So I bought a new shell to do that to. But that is in another thread.



Got my Digifiz back from having the milage corrected by the very generous Trev16v. Chucked it back in today. Woo correct milage. Forgot how cool it looked and how good the old Blaupunkt Sounds.







Want this back on the road now. Anyone know good weekend car insurance?

Also found that my passenger door handle had snapped. Anyone have a new one I can buy?

[LukeyBabes]

Just going over this car to potentially bring it out for some sunny driving. Noticed the high beams weren't working, so I checked the headlight upgrade loom and the relays have rusted. Wiggled them about a bit and then they started working.

Then they started to melt.



I urge everyone that bought one of those cheap £5 headlight upgrade looms from my recommendation to go check theirs. Or even the expensive ones.

[DeltaAlpha9]

Well that's terrifying... Also that digidash is awesome.

[LukeyBabes]

Thanks. Its just where the connector went a bit rusty. A bit of grease on them will sort that on the new one.

[Dutch]

Aviva might be worth a shot for short cover insurance man, also, how does the cruise work with the older engines? Assuming its too old for a separate ECU doodaderymajig?

[MuggingMeatballs]

Dude your car is simply inspiration to a VW lover like me, keep up the good work!

[LukeyBabes]

Thanks guy. I will give aviva a try. Yeah the cruise has its own control module. It's very simple really, It's a vacuum system. It just uses a speed signal and turns the vacuum pump on to increase throttle and then opens a release valve to decrease the throttle. To keep the speed signal steady. It actually works really well.

[LukeyBabes]

Right. I fitted a new headlight upgrade loom and a new passenger door handle today. Gonna try and get an MOT tomorrow as my mini decided to give me trouble again. Been meaning to get this back on the road anyway, Just given me an excuse to.

Swapping the lock over.



This spring is a pain.



Good as new



Gave it a clean and the wheels a polish after this as well. Forgot to take pictures though.

[LukeyBabes]

Whoop. This is back on the road. Feels slow AF though.
Will be at GTI international and the Mk2 Owners Club national meet.

The Mini was being naughty so this will be my daily for a week or so.

[Nicl]

I read your 15 sites on this theard. It's a awesome theard! I have the same passion - mk II.

I love this color and the engine 16v <3 In germany is this combo very rar. I have the same seats in my mk II. Your upgrades are soooo awesome in this car! Very, very nice! Have fun with your car!

[LukeyBabes]

I read your 15 sites on this theard. It's a awesome theard! I have the same passion - mk II.

I love this color and the engine 16v <3 In germany is this combo very rar. I have the same seats in my mk II. Your upgrades are soooo awesome in this car! Very, very nice! Have fun with your car!

Thanks for reading it all. Love to hear people still read what I type. I try and put as much detail as possible but I think it puts some people off of reading it. lol.
Thank you very much!

Couple of bits done for hashtag inters prep.

Full on cleaning shesh, about 5 hours for this result











Also used this iron X stuff on my wheels. Great result!




And I got round to fitting the new door trim. Had this for about a year. lol. Old one had a tiny scuff on the edge where it had been knocked into a wall or something.



Spent so long waxing and back to blacking the ground dried underneath me lol

[LukeyBabes]

It feels like it looses power after around 4000 rpm so I started doing some health checks.

I know these first ones shouldn't really affect the performance but I found out my 5th injector wasn't working even though it gets power when cranking. And defiantly had fuel getting to it. Got another one but I thought id soak both of them in fuel overnight and tap them to try and get some gunk out.

Also soaking the idle air valve as I thought the idle was a little high. When I unplug it the idle drops to around 900 instead of 1100. It is buzzing with the ignition on though. Worth a clean while its off.




Popped into TSR performance since I am local to them to ask how much to set the fueling up, £80 including a rolling road session. But first im going to check all the air hoses for leaks, possibly fit new inlet gaskets, new idle screw O ring, maybe get the injectors cleaned/try and get some new ones, and check the ignition and valve timing.

While driving to Gti international last weekend and from driving a modern car for a while, made me realise how terrible the mk2 wiper motor is. Not sure if I just have a bad one but i had the one from a mk4 golf i broke recently and thought id compare them.

Turns out they are a direct fit an even the mk2 plug, plugs straight in! Result.

Mk4 top and mk2 bottom in most pictures apart from the one of the motor.







Mk4 motor on the mk2 mechanism



And here is some videos of a spare mk2 motor i had and the mk4 one. Doesn't look like much difference in the videos. Maybe i just have a bad motor on the car. But the mk4 wipers were very good when I drove it. Cant hurt to swap it over.

Click for videos

Mk2

Mk2 by Luke James, on Flickr

Mk4

Mk4 by Luke James, on Flickr

Will post proper results when I fit it to the car.

[LukeyBabes]

Did a little tinkering on the 16v today after work, Checked all the spark plugs, inlet hoses for splits, ignition timing, and refitted the 5th injector, which is now working.

And I refitted the ISV. Idle is still a little high though. 1100ish. The ISV buzzes and gets warm like it should though. So maybe that isn't my issue. Tried adjusting the idle screw on the throttle body but couldn't get it any lower without blocking off the ISV.

Thought i'd check that the temp sensor was working correctly for the ISV control module. Thought it might just think the engine was colder so was idling higher. I checked one but then got distracted because the spade connection broke off one of the sensors. Checked one of the 2 for the ISV module though.
I had to rob one off of an ABF engine I have (not for this car).

The RPM did drop when I unplugged one of the temp sensors though. Clue for anyone? And the rpm drops when I unplug the ISV itself.
How does the ISV that buzzes actually operate? does anybody know. I cant find much info on this type of ISV. Can find how the older version works. But not this one.

[LukeyBabes]

Drove the mk2 today and I have to say doing the timing on it has improved it so much. Very happy!

And I swapped over the mk4 wiper motor. Literally a 5 min job to swap the motor over. Why hasn't this been done before? Didn't even have to take the whole mechanism out. And it's a massive improvement. Very happy with the mk2 today!!

Fastest on mk2 motor. (Click picture for video)

mk2 by Luke James, on Flickr

Fastest with mk4 motor. (Click picture for video)

Mk4 by Luke James, on Flickr

One of the best and easiest upgrades I've done I think. Early type mk4 golf wiper motor. Literally plug and play. The plug is different on the newer ones I think. I hope I don't have to use them this weekend though. National meet time! Whoop Whoop.