Bungz first Dub - £250 Polo
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Been off here for a while, think my last thread was for my old Mk1 Octavia disaster.
I say disaster it still has a MOT and it still gets used but yeah if this gives me anywhere near as much hassle its going for scrap!
Anyway.
So I was flicking through FB market place while at work and had a gander at a very cheap Polo, usually I can discount a listing in a few seconds but this one looked fairly sound.
Recent MOT failure and was being sold for scrap value. Power steering fault and a coil spring. That was it.
Messaged the bloke and I think he was inundated with local takeaway drivers asking him for best price so he was happy to hold it for me till I got out of work.
Popped down and it seemed solid enough, very clean for its 21 years. So I took it.
Quick call to my dear old mum who lived a few miles down the road that I would be parking this on her drive and off I went.
Its a 1.9 SDI Polo Twist, has central locking, electric windows and air con ( which is in working order! ) and a cassette deck. Lovely.
What wasn't so lovely was the power steering worked when it wanted which made junctions a bit spicey but we got her home.
Think the MOT station had given the Gent I bought it off the impression it was a shagged rack. But it didn't really feel like that, just felt a bit heavy and under assisted at times rather than typically notchy or rough.
There also wasn't much online about failed racks or pumps on this era of VW.
No header tank or pump on the AUX belt, so did some digging as to where it all might be as I could see it was a hydraulic rack.
Can you spy it?
Seems Ze Germans thought putting it under the battery tray was the best spot.
And it was bone dry.
.
Luckily I was armed with a 5.99 bottle of Amazon fluid I bought on the off chance it was just a top up, slugged all that in and then put all battery box and associated plastics back.
Steering all sorted!
I will look out for leaks but there hasn't been any puddles so far.
Currently its on stands awaiting new front springs, had hoped I would get away with just a set of springs but top mounts were pooched and the strut is stiff on extension but pretty easy to compress.
Did contemplate putting a pair of 29.99 Starline ECP specials on it but I had messing with spring compressors so took the do it once attitude and got a pair of Sachs ones.
Not bad eh?
Well there is a little bit of a catch.
There is a super suspicious bit of sill behind the front drivers wheel that the MOT tester obviously didn't want to acknowledge.
Ahh!
I have a mig welder so will get a pattern sill and cut all that end off I think and make good it it despite the fact I reckon I could chance it by putting the arch cover back down! Its largely under a load of stone chip so shouldn't be too hard to make a half decent job out of it. The wing will prob need replacing but that's not important right now.
Will update as I go along!
I say disaster it still has a MOT and it still gets used but yeah if this gives me anywhere near as much hassle its going for scrap!
Anyway.
So I was flicking through FB market place while at work and had a gander at a very cheap Polo, usually I can discount a listing in a few seconds but this one looked fairly sound.
Recent MOT failure and was being sold for scrap value. Power steering fault and a coil spring. That was it.
Messaged the bloke and I think he was inundated with local takeaway drivers asking him for best price so he was happy to hold it for me till I got out of work.
Popped down and it seemed solid enough, very clean for its 21 years. So I took it.
Quick call to my dear old mum who lived a few miles down the road that I would be parking this on her drive and off I went.
Its a 1.9 SDI Polo Twist, has central locking, electric windows and air con ( which is in working order! ) and a cassette deck. Lovely.
What wasn't so lovely was the power steering worked when it wanted which made junctions a bit spicey but we got her home.
Think the MOT station had given the Gent I bought it off the impression it was a shagged rack. But it didn't really feel like that, just felt a bit heavy and under assisted at times rather than typically notchy or rough.
There also wasn't much online about failed racks or pumps on this era of VW.
No header tank or pump on the AUX belt, so did some digging as to where it all might be as I could see it was a hydraulic rack.
Can you spy it?
Seems Ze Germans thought putting it under the battery tray was the best spot.
And it was bone dry.
.
Luckily I was armed with a 5.99 bottle of Amazon fluid I bought on the off chance it was just a top up, slugged all that in and then put all battery box and associated plastics back.
Steering all sorted!
I will look out for leaks but there hasn't been any puddles so far.Currently its on stands awaiting new front springs, had hoped I would get away with just a set of springs but top mounts were pooched and the strut is stiff on extension but pretty easy to compress.
Did contemplate putting a pair of 29.99 Starline ECP specials on it but I had messing with spring compressors so took the do it once attitude and got a pair of Sachs ones.
Not bad eh?
Well there is a little bit of a catch.
There is a super suspicious bit of sill behind the front drivers wheel that the MOT tester obviously didn't want to acknowledge.
Ahh!
I have a mig welder so will get a pattern sill and cut all that end off I think and make good it it despite the fact I reckon I could chance it by putting the arch cover back down! Its largely under a load of stone chip so shouldn't be too hard to make a half decent job out of it. The wing will prob need replacing but that's not important right now.
Will update as I go along!
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