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kentishboy Kinda New Posts: 3	1991, Golf GTD kentishboy @kentishboy
	Sept 16, 2011 23:39:13 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hi Guys and welcome to my new love affair with my Golf GTD. 03/09/2011, finally went to Leeds to buy my new toy, 100,389 miles and 12 careful owners. Only know problem is the oil cooler is leaking oil into the water. Seller seems like a nice genuine guy, his mum even done us a nice cuppa. 03/09/2011, about an hour or so after picking her up and only one hundred miles of my epic journey back to essex there was a total lack of power fluid everywhere so a call out to the very nice man from the AA. 10/09/2011, Time to find out WTF has happened to the Golf, hopefully it's oil cooler related!!!! Afraid not, the cooling system must have had a shed load of radweld, The head was cracked in several places, and due to to over heating the cam is now caked in melted plastic.


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Tom Majeure Part of things Posts: 345	1991, Golf GTD Tom Majeure @tommietee
	Sept 17, 2011 7:23:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Wow, epic first journey!! Hope it's not too much to sort, how hard are complete heads to find down the scrapper?
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kentishboy Kinda New Posts: 3	1991, Golf GTD kentishboy @kentishboy
	Sept 18, 2011 7:38:06 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	It sure is a a shed load of work mate, lucky for me I have got a couple of top mates helping out too. Managed to find a complete engine at a VW breakers 20 miles away. So should be up and running soon.


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kentishboy Kinda New Posts: 3	1991, Golf GTD kentishboy @kentishboy
	Sept 19, 2011 21:10:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	17/09/2011, picked up the Golf's new engine yesterday from Steven's VW in Boreham and new header tank. So now is the time to get the block out and the new motor in. All the wires carefully labeled up with trusty masking tape. Out with the old......and in with the new. Mmmmmm the plastic is not melted over this cam, a good sign!! 18/09/2011, mission is to remove the inlet manifold and turbo from the head and change over the gearbox, clutch and alternator to the new engine and drop it back in. All sorted, with a lot of help from some friends and loads of sweat and dirt. Just had to get a new fuel return pipe and vacuum from the pump to the turbo and she runs like a dream. Not bad for a weekends work. Well happy. Just need to sort out some electrical gremlins and some new drive shaft bolts.


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jamin008 Part of things Posts: 229	1991, Golf GTD jamin008 @jamin008
	Sept 20, 2011 10:08:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Looking good mate. Was hard work but well worth it. These GTDs are fetching good money too so worth saving rather than donating its bits to a caddy! 100k is uber low mileage too.


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