Hi all, my name is Iain and I'm putting my 1987 GTi back on the road after over 20 years off the road. She's been garaged so in general good condition. Looking for advice, etc and hopefully be able to contribute to your forum.
Hi Lain welcome to the forum.
thanks SCS, my first job is getting the fuel system sorted. Unfortunately left fuel in the tank too long and looking at the lift pump the rubber parts have disintegrated. Will need need to sort out the hoses, sender unit and fit a new fuel pump. Parts seem to be in short supply these days, can you recommend any good suppliers for fuel system parts, etc ?
I Iain, welcome along.
A few years back I restored an 8v from the ground up and can definitely recommend Autodoc for parts.
They have a wide range of parts for nearly all mk2s.
You just have to allow for a week or two on delivery as it all comes from Germany.
thanks Monkey, I've ordered a fuel lift pump and a fuel filter from Autodoc, I'll see what delivery and parts are like. 👍 Certainly prices are very competitive.
Hi all, my name is Iain and I'm putting my 1987 GTi back on the road after over 20 years off the road. She's been garaged so in general good condition. Looking for advice, etc and hopefully be able to contribute to your forum.
Welcome to the group
Hi Iain,
Welcome to the group. I have an 87 16V which has been garaged for 25 years, and was taxed, MOT'd , and running to the shops and back when I took possession of it. It had just had a decent ding in the front, so I stripped it down, and also pulled the engine out as I couldn't get to a nut to change the cam belt. Then it seemed rude not to strip the engine and - well, a minimum rebore and new pistons while it's out, new oil pump, refurb the injection.... oh, and a Quaife.....
Meantime, a light respray had turned into a mouldings, door shuts and windows out job. And that's where the rot really started to show itself, I found myself needing to strip back more and more to follow all the corrosion - much more than I (or some experienced friends) had envisaged from what looked a solid car. The lifelong underseal hid a few bits of mischief and all. The cars are well built and disguise it well, but they can rot. away in the background until it shows, and then you can be facing a significant cost to repair and repaint.
So my first advice would be to start by stripping down the car as much as you can to find any corrosion, and spend your money on sorting that first!
But it is worth it, btw. Mine looks a million dollars now, and it's not even fully finished yet! So good luck with yours. I hope you find it rewarding and worth it all,
Hi EJYT, thanks for the reply and info.
My first goal is to get her running after sorting out the fuel problems and anything else that comes up.
Then I will investigate for any serious unexpected corrosion.
I've had her since new and she appeared to be ok underneath before being laid up in the garage, but you never know 🙂