Golf MK3 16V - The Bottomless Moneypit

[Benjaholic]

Well.

I sold my wheels.

Still can't decide what to run but keep checking up for updates this Spring/Summer.

[cressidodd]

Mwaaaaah, salad shooooooters

[DawsonLiri]

Modern, modern, modern!

[thirtynine]

I reversed the car out of the unit on Monday and suddenly lost reverse gear and now the stick wont select anything other than first gear, in which it wobbles around freely. I think it's the gear linkage so I'm going to bring it indoors and see if I can bodge fix so I can drive 4 miles up the road and put her back in the lockup. Then I'll be using some of my next wage to buy a replacement... JOYS haha.

This sounds terminal. Best course of action here would be to sell the car to me and move onto something less troublesome, haha

Really got a hankering for another Mk3 ABF and this car is only adding to that!

[YesOuiSi]

This sounds terminal. Best course of action here would be to sell the car to me and move onto something less troublesome, haha

Really got a hankering for another Mk3 ABF and this car is only adding to that!

I'm not far south of the border and have a GTI in *that* metallic purple...

Merely an 8v but it has a lumpy cam, stainless exhaust, superchip etc. Cracking drive and pulls like a train. Currently lowered on Konis.

Just been dailying it while I decide whether to sell it or make it into an even better B-road car than it already is... So it's still on those fucking gopping wheels. Got a set of Avus 2s to go on and space out a bit...

[thirtynine]

I'm not far south of the border and have a GTI in *that* metallic purple...

Merely an 8v but it has a lumpy cam, stainless exhaust, superchip etc. Cracking drive and pulls like a train. Currently lowered on Konis.

Just been dailying it while I decide whether to sell it or make it into an even better B-road car than it already is... So it's still on those fucking gopping wheels. Got a set of Avus 2s to go on and space out a bit...

Tell me more.... Haha.

[YesOuiSi]

Tell me more.... Haha.

PM sent

[Benjaholic]

This sounds terminal. Best course of action here would be to sell the car to me and move onto something less troublesome, haha

Really got a hankering for another Mk3 ABF and this car is only adding to that!

Hahahaha if only
She's staying with me 'til death

[Benjaholic]

So, not much recently...

Bought some bigger spacers for the rear and in turn putting the 25mm that was fitted, onto the front.

I finally fit the standard airbox that I had laying around for ages and replaced the oil breather pipe. Also took my battery out and painted the tray and the shifter ballast as they were a bit scabby.



Going to remove the bumper ducts and get them sprayed gloss black, along with the grille. My rear lights also decided to stop working so I'm going to have to check the wiring/fuses. JOYS

[Benjaholic]

Don't know how interested everybody is, but I'm going to start putting updates on for my daily driven Estate too, most of my time at the moment is spent on her due to sorting out rattles/niggles, interior trim I'm not happy with and also, fixing the previous owners bodges, i.e. hacksawing the anti roll bar off for scene lows .

I had 6 hours under the car the other week as I've got the mot coming up and wanted to fit an anti roll bar to get it through, dropped the subframe and removed the remaining middle piece of the old ARB, fitted my new large hoop one and short drop links (that I thought would be okay and avoid any rubbing issues) I was wrong.

Cut a long story short, I've been driving around with a 50mm raised front end looking like a melt because I'm sick of it rubbing, I've bitten the bullet and bought a TT MK1 ARB (that goes under the driveshaft this time) so that should be here Friday and will most likely be going on on Sunday, I've also bought some new Polybush front strut mounts, and front roll bar bushes. I'm hoping, really really really hoping, that this should sort the issues and I can have hot boi stance once again

If not, I fear that my car may be "accidentally" stolen and torched haha.

I'll post on Monday if the mission is a success, also got a 4motion lip coming as I h-a-t-e the JOM Airblade one it came with.

Here is a picture of my friend Chris holding my subframe like a fisherman.

[Benjaholic]

Soooooooo.

Not posted in a while.

Lemme get you up to speed.

Got the MK3 out about a month ago and was using it as a daily after my MK4 decided to eject the turbo out of its exhaust. FUN! MK4 is fixed again now, after a weekend of Turbo fun.

Not really done much to the MK3 recently, but realised I need to do a few jobs just to bring it back to shape ready for summer. Now its back on the road I'll be posting little updates.

In other news, I got sick of fixing the MK4, so I have sold it as of yesterday in favour of buying a small Petrol daily. Probably a MK2f Polo Coupe.

I'll continue to post updates of my daily and the MK3 too on here, but for now, say goodbye to Vera. She's gone to a friend of mine so I'll still see her around, (and probably still be fixing her every week helping out my mate hahaha)

Insert sad emo music here:

[Benjaholic]

I DID A THING!

I'm scared, confused, excited and my arms are killing because there's no power steering





Stay classy xxx

[DawsonLiri]

What did you do!

Congrats man

[white out]

This thread really does follow the "bottomless moneypit" theme. Great to follow.

[Benjaholic]

This thread really does follow the "bottomless moneypit" theme. Great to follow.

To further justify your point I'm going to throw this spicy update in...

Had lots of fun driving the Saloon around for a couple of months and posing like a scene kid.





Absolutely mint little motor. But there were a few underlying issues with it. We found rust. And when I say rust I mean like, full on titanic style, bottom of the ocean, not been touched for 3,000 years style rust. I'm not too phased by rust personally as I've had my fair share of experience, but I just couldn't justify having two projects and I wanted it to go to somebody who would give it the attention it needs.

Anyways, my friend Rory has been on the lookout for a project for ages, and has taken it off of my hands. SAD times but I'm happy with my decision .

So then I'm on the lookout for another daily again and guess what pops up?

I say "pops up" loosely. Basically I got rather drunk one day and decided to persuade my friend to sell the car back . Shockingly he agreed, tbh I think he would have kept it but his girlfriend thought it was too noisy haha!!



But yeah. BOUGHT the Estate back again. YAAAAAAS!

Disclaimer: I did not drive the car home whilst I was spangled haha

Guess I missed it Yes, I know it betrayed me a few times, but tbh, I'm so glad to have her back. (Even if I did have to replace a steering knuckle at the side of the road after the first week of having her back

Me and Chris working out of the back of his TT in the rain





Happy boy.