Greetings from Brazil!!! Great job, this MK1 looks beautiful, too bad we don't have this car in Brazil. Here we only have it from the MK3 and here the Golf is a very appreciated car!
Hallo Memphis, die achteras jongen dat heb je weer netjes gedaan ikzelf heb in de garage gewerkt en als ik zie hoe jullie dit doen vind ik helemaal prima en zeker als je die leuke uitleg er ook nog eens bij doet, dit noem ik nou gewoon hobbyen met eenvoud. Groeten Herman
My project is quite old & rusty - when it comes to fasteners. I soaked those 4 nuts holding the rear beam pivots, in pbblaster several times - over several weeks- and wire brushed the threads, nervous I would shear a stud off. After a few weeks of multiple soaking of pbblaster, those nuts came off without an impact, just broke loose with a ratchet by hand. I'm so glad for quality videos like this Memphis.
Weer een stukje vakwerk ! Leerzame video daar ik geen enkel idee had hoe zoiets nu in elkaar steekt en moet je zeggen dat het wel veel werk was, maar dat het eindresultaat meer dan oke is ! Alles ziet er weer als nieuw uit en dat geeft een mooi aanblik als je onder de auto kijkt. Vakwerk dus en m,n complimenten !!
Great video. Props from Westchester NY. I respect the time you take to make these videos. I have a buddy of mine I’m Canada who makes Volkswagen videos too. I’m definitely going to upload one soon. Take care and cheers
Yeah, it's depends from country to country, he(memphis) lives in Belgium and here we pretty much can't do anything to our cars. But there is a light, they are redoing the oldtimer law's
Weer een top video Memphis, ik leer veel van je: bij mijn 83iger GTi moet ik dit ook eens gaan doen, dankzij jouw video vertrouw ik erop dat ik dat komende winter mooi eens kan gaan aanpakken. Keep up your good work!
Watching you work is both inspiring and relaxing: one of life’s little joys. You did such a great job with the rear axle. I’m always stunned by your knowledge and ability. The commentary is pretty awesome too 👍
You need to push up the spring-loaded wedge of the automatic brake adjuster before taking off the brake drum. You can easily reach the wedge with a screwdriver through a hole for the wheel bolt in two o´clock position. After this, you can take off the drum with one hand.
Brought back a lot of memories when I rebuilt the rear end on my Mk1 Jetta Gli Coupe. I would have like to have seen you push in the new rear main bushing onto its hanger bracket - that was a pain in the butt for me! Great job overall! BTW - go over to Imgur and search for "my 1984 Jetta GLi coupe" for some pics I took of my car. Cheers from Canada!
Great video again! I had done several same things to my project mk2 Polo, its more fun to put everything back together with fresh paint on parts and finally see results how old car slowly turn back to new 🤟 Greetings from Finland!
Hello and hope this msg finds you well and safe. Iove the work you've been doing to your rabbit plus that garage you and your dad built, it's just awesome. I live in New York Long Island and if your ever in the neighborhood let me know would love to chat about your car. If you were close I would lend you some tools lol. It's too bad you are so far, anyway keep up the great work, good luck with everything and take care.
Very nice video and a really good looking result. All that was missing was a test drive or at least your opinion on the new rear axle after a driving it for a bit. I gues you’ll probably do that in one of the next golf videos. Im very excited for the engine swap!
Looks great I love the results, I typed a huge comment but youtube deleted it. Anyways you may want to consider ball joint extenders to retain control arm geometry and and big rear bar depending on how tail happy you want your Mk1 to be. I usually run my Mk1 without a front bar.
I did this in early 2023.. It is tedious for sure.. I even samdblasted big parts in the garden..😭.. but eventually I went for powdercoating everything. I wanted to epoxy prime,.and 2K paint them, but powdercoating is a shortcut and relief after so much preparation. You have a very nice mk1 (I am not sure if you still have it, but if yes, pls keep it forever 😉). Cheers!
If I may give you a tip. The silver caps are not impact resistant and can split or even break into pieces. Best that you take blow resistant caps, these are usually black and much stronger for these jobs. I also work a lot on cars and motorcycles. Speak of experience. Greetings from Antwerp
Good to see you working on this car. Can I ship you my cabby? What a great job. The black and silver with red springs make it look really amazing. You did a fantastic job. 👍
i got paint that takes a week to dry (so you can touch it) and you can not chip that its like a second layer of metal. the longer the paint takes to dry the better it will protect/stick
Thanks for that vidéo that will help me in the restauration of the Golf 2 of my grandma 😁
this is the most productive car channel on vw, everything is transparent and easy to understand, great camera angles well done
Good idea to uprade to an axle with an anti roll bar. Personally I would have gone a bit further by installing poly bushes.
Memphis, take a look at the left hand brake Cable. It is rubbing against the Wheel!! (24.29 in video) The right side seems to be ok.
great job spotting that
I see That to 🧐🧐
You’re A Lifesaver ❤️
So satisfying watching all those fresh parts go in
'Going to start by taking everything apart'. **A wild angle grinder appears**
Excited to see more of the Golf!!
Brilliant video as always mate. Good work
I love that you said “take a gander” that’s such a cockney term! Brilliant!
Great video. I'm a MK1 owner currently replacing brake drums and backing plate. First attempt. This video has been very helpful.
Greetings from Brazil!!! Great job, this MK1 looks beautiful, too bad we don't have this car in Brazil. Here we only have it from the MK3 and here the Golf is a very appreciated car!
Hallo Memphis, die achteras jongen dat heb je weer netjes gedaan ikzelf heb in de garage gewerkt en als ik zie hoe jullie dit doen vind ik helemaal prima en zeker als je die leuke uitleg er ook nog eens bij doet, dit noem ik nou gewoon hobbyen met eenvoud.
Groeten Herman
My project is quite old & rusty - when it comes to fasteners. I soaked those 4 nuts holding the rear beam pivots, in pbblaster several times - over several weeks- and wire brushed the threads, nervous I would shear a stud off. After a few weeks of multiple soaking of pbblaster, those nuts came off without an impact, just broke loose with a ratchet by hand. I'm so glad for quality videos like this Memphis.
Weer een stukje vakwerk ! Leerzame video daar ik geen enkel idee had hoe zoiets nu in elkaar steekt en moet je zeggen dat het wel veel werk was, maar dat het eindresultaat meer dan oke is !
Alles ziet er weer als nieuw uit en dat geeft een mooi aanblik als je onder de auto kijkt. Vakwerk dus en m,n complimenten !!
Woah, 86k subscribers and rising well done and thoroughly deserved Memphis this is a great channel 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧😊😊
Definitely need to do a rear disc brake conversion when swapping in that 2.0 you talked about, gonna need all that stopping power :)
Not true, rear drums are good enough. front brakes though need upgrading.
Just watched the video great restoration on rear axle , is worth doing a stonechip paint protection to axle .
Great video. Props from Westchester NY. I respect the time you take to make these videos. I have a buddy of mine I’m Canada who makes Volkswagen videos too. I’m definitely going to upload one soon. Take care and cheers
me who likes Volkswagens, especially golfs: *happiness noises*
Nice work, but why not directly go for a disc brake upgrade in the rear? :D
I think that is not allowed in Belgium
Illegal sadly
We live in Europe and the car must be as stock as possible or you will not pass inspection
@@dorinbugnar5930 I live in Europe my country allows such conversions. i did that on my audi 100 c4 last summer :)
Yeah, it's depends from country to country, he(memphis) lives in Belgium and here we pretty much can't do anything to our cars. But there is a light, they are redoing the oldtimer law's
Weer een top video Memphis, ik leer veel van je: bij mijn 83iger GTi moet ik dit ook eens gaan doen, dankzij jouw video vertrouw ik erop dat ik dat komende winter mooi eens kan gaan aanpakken. Keep up your good work!
Your followers from Saudi Arabia, great content
Awsome job. i did the exact same upgrade and restoration on my mk1 only did electrostatick black paint on the beam and red on the anti roll bar.
Watching you work is both inspiring and relaxing: one of life’s little joys. You did such a great job with the rear axle. I’m always stunned by your knowledge and ability. The commentary is pretty awesome too 👍
You’re a great young man if only there were more like you!😊
Very well done! Watching from Pennsylvania USA. I own a 2010 GTI with 6 speed manual and a 2008 Jetta Wolfsburg 2.0T with the DSG.
Hello Carl.. How are you
You need to push up the spring-loaded wedge of the automatic brake adjuster before taking off the brake drum. You can easily reach the wedge with a screwdriver through a hole for the wheel bolt in two o´clock position. After this, you can take off the drum with one hand.
That refurbished axle looks great.
Great channel, good editing and relaxing to watch
You done a terrific job on that sub frame nice posting :-)
Another excellent video. Very satisfying to watch!
YES!! an excuse not to go to bed! Great video - fascinating to see your impressive skills in action. :-)
Great work, keep it coming!
Very nice video, too bad we can't do disc brake conversions congrats and have fun with the car
Brought back a lot of memories when I rebuilt the rear end on my Mk1 Jetta Gli Coupe. I would have like to have seen you push in the new rear main bushing onto its hanger bracket - that was a pain in the butt for me! Great job overall!
BTW - go over to Imgur and search for "my 1984 Jetta GLi coupe" for some pics I took of my car. Cheers from Canada!
Great job,well done!
Great video again! I had done several same things to my project mk2 Polo, its more fun to put everything back together with fresh paint on parts and finally see results how old car slowly turn back to new 🤟 Greetings from Finland!
Hello Memphis, just so you know, gti's come with rear anti roll bars from the factory ! Great video keep up 😉
Great video again, admire your attention to detail.
I think is time to restore that workbenck too, great video man
Great attention to detail
Can’t wait to see the 2.0 litre engine going in
Hello and hope this msg finds you well and safe. Iove the work you've been doing to your rabbit plus that garage you and your dad built, it's just awesome. I live in New York Long Island and if your ever in the neighborhood let me know would love to chat about your car. If you were close I would lend you some tools lol. It's too bad you are so far, anyway keep up the great work, good luck with everything and take care.
Amazing video once again mate!! Keep up the good work, really looking forward to the exhaust on the e28!
Very nice video and a really good looking result.
All that was missing was a test drive or at least your opinion on the new rear axle after a driving it for a bit.
I gues you’ll probably do that in one of the next golf videos.
Im very excited for the engine swap!
You did a really good job! Congrats! the Golf looks amazing and it's super nice! greetings from Spain my friend :)
it looks like the brake line is touching the innerside of your rim (last shot)
nice work! looks as new from the factory
nice work and is awesome to have friends to help wish i had friends like y'all great job cant wait for more be safe buddy
24:24 isn't the cable touching the wheel?
Or is the wheel farther away from that cable when the car stands on the ground?
Yeah i noticed that
Great work, looking forward to the engine swop 👍
Notification squad! Always happy to see your upload. Just the very beginning shows how much your video production skills have improved
Very nice video. I want to do the same in my polo 86c and you give a lot of motivation. Keep the great work. Greetings from Greece
I'm in love with that little car
24:25 cearful wheel dragging in to hand brake cable.
Great work as always. Many thanks for sharing
Looks great I love the results, I typed a huge comment but youtube deleted it. Anyways you may want to consider ball joint extenders to retain control arm geometry and and big rear bar depending on how tail happy you want your Mk1 to be. I usually run my Mk1 without a front bar.
perfect timing, just starting mine this weekend
Really nice work, waiting for more of your vídeos.
Cool! A new Video from Memphis! Let’s see what he did on the golf:)
Nice! Why no upgrade to rear disks? It would improve brake response a great deal.
Goed bezig !!! Bin there done that years ago ;) You build an complete garage, next decend workbench.
In the BIN... lol... Nice work Memphis!
Nice to watch hope the fix was good as you did not take a spin to test it
I did this in early 2023.. It is tedious for sure.. I even samdblasted big parts in the garden..😭.. but eventually I went for powdercoating everything. I wanted to epoxy prime,.and 2K paint them, but powdercoating is a shortcut and relief after so much preparation. You have a very nice mk1 (I am not sure if you still have it, but if yes, pls keep it forever 😉). Cheers!
That was a really satisfying video to watch! Great work!
Hey you forgot to mention if the ride is much better then before! Again it was nice to watch 😊
Mooi gemaakt top job geweldig 🧐👏✊
Very nice improvement to the Golf. We want to know how it drives now!
Thanks for your vids. That table looks like it needs a bit of TLC :)
Ooh man, wat een verschil! Heerlijk om te kijken👌
Nice video! And we are waiting for the 2.0 litre engine conversion !
Whats the engine code of this 2 litre ?
Good work....you rock man!
Can't wait to see when you hiting the limits on the Nürburgring.
Memphis, if you want to swap to a 2.0l engine maybe you need to think also about a upgrade of the rear drum brakes to disc brakes. :-)
Greetings from the US Missouri thumbs up number 81
If I may give you a tip. The silver caps are not impact resistant and can split or even break into pieces. Best that you take blow resistant caps, these are usually black and much stronger for these jobs. I also work a lot on cars and motorcycles. Speak of experience. Greetings from Antwerp
man this is perfect timing im going to be doing mine!!
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beau travail, et surtout belle caisse
Very nicely done
Good to see you working on this car. Can I ship you my cabby? What a great job. The black and silver with red springs make it look really amazing. You did a fantastic job. 👍
Nice work 👍 that ARB seems pointless though being completely bolted to the solid axel only
SAFETY GLASSES when grinding or removing springs.
this is the most stressful channel for that... always grabbing and poking at crazy rust with their bare hands as well.
Love this content Memphis 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍
Thank you for using the protection guard on your angle grinder.
i got paint that takes a week to dry (so you can touch it) and you can not chip that its like a second layer of metal. the longer the paint takes to dry the better it will protect/stick
when are you going to restore that table? :D it looks a bit wobbely :D
Great to see that Eddy approves :-)!Wauw!
Nice video man!!!👌👌
Looks so good!!
Nice job there.
VW golf Mk 1,my first car. A good car and reliable.
it looks great good work
Great video😃🇳🇴
Next time you should use bilt hamber deox c and gel for your next restoration... Will save all that grinding 👍
Stralen, en daarna alles poedercoaten scheelt niet alleen heel veel tijd, maar het is zoveel beter behandeld...😉
Is needed to use copper spray for the springs of drum brake pads. Just suggested
Awesome as always. Just one gripe though, why didn't you convert it to rear disc setup?
Very nice, great work.
Great job👍
Haha eddy wally. Wat een show!
Love it!!!