r/GolfMk2

I started disassembling my '85 Golf. Got some floor pan rot to take care of. More parts to take off until I can get it to a shop to repair the pans.

My Golf 2 GTI (8v 87') has a broken light on one of the high beams, but I can't seem to figure out how to replace it, or what to even replace it with... It has a ground cable, but the power cable is just this wire that's soldered(?) directly to the light prongs.

Anyone had it done?

Im starting to die 🤣

Just looking for general recs of garages preferably east Yorkshire, general costs, did you do it yourself?

Recently I asked a question about fitting an mfa panel in my 1.3l nz golf. It's possible but I Recently had a look and I thing my engine is not able to fit the oil temp sensor and vacuum line that goes to the mfa cluster. I have been having some trouble with my engine and I am kind of testing the waters of swapping it. I have the ability of buying a 1.8l engine with the gearbox and axles for around €500, engine seen in the picture. He says the engine code is dx but I can't find any reference to that code. Does anyone have any experience with swapping a mk2 engine? Is it worth it? Please let me know.

Hey all! Where should I start on my mk2? This is my first project car

Who is taking them out as well?

Check it out on my channel Supercarlsunday! No production team no bs just a man with 30+ years experience doing what he loves the most amd sharing his skills with you lot and some free entry competitions along the way to thank subscribers for there support 👌

The first one was disconected, foto 2 and three is (the same cable) disconnected. What do these cables do. And what does the second cable plug to?

Ive been busy this week, and I can tell you, it has been hot here in the UK! It hasn't stopped me though, we have most of the golf now in a Novol epoxy primer. I got a video coming to the channel at 3:30pm today so check that out if your interested. Only a couple more videos left now on this Mk2 Golf GTI series so I will soon be picking a winner for the R-tech welding mask! I have a load more stuff I will be giving away in future videos including a diagnostics tool! So look out for those! See you all soon 👍

He fellow MK2 owners!

I'm working on a gadget for my car, but unfortunately it's away from me (and will be about a month) and I cannot do the a dasboard dummy switch measurements myself.

Can you please give me a distance from both edges till the closiest point of the box and the a height from the front surface to the place where it meets the dashboard? (x, y, and z). ?lso a hole height and width for the dummy in the dashboard.

Thanks a lot! I will do a separate post about the device one done

I've recently purchased myself a golf 2 and when I took it to the road to drive it home all was well did the highway for about 60-65 kms, when i returned to the normal traffic lower rpms the engine suddenly failed and stalled. The engine refused to retart and eventually the battery died. Got the car home jumpstarted the battery and the engine started, after talking to some people trying to figure out what the problem is thinking is was maybe a bad alternator or a bad battery. After checking them both with a multimeter they both seem fine with the battery reading 12.5 volts with engine off and 14.5 with engine running indicating that the alternator should be working. After thinking further people suggested that maybe the carburator might have gone bad or might be filthy. The problems that I have is that when idling after the while the rpms goes to a solid 900-850 but always seems the stutter the slighest, The rubber pipes getting really hot not really sure if that's something concerning, not knowing why the engine suddenly failed after driving that distance and then there is this noise after the engine has been running for a bit and reving the engine the slighest or when it drops back down. I'm personally a complete complete noobie to cars but trying to learn myself bit by bit. Any suggestions is greatly appreciated or any advice what best maintenance bits I could be doing to make the engine run a bit smoother or keep the car healthy.

Car is a Golf MK2 from 1991, is a 1.6 engine and is from the EU

Some clips on the mk2 gti resto. Its coming together slowly.

Ok so, I have this mfa panel of which I needed the speed sensor for my cruise control. The speed and rpm gauge didn't work which is why it was extremely cheap. But I think the mfa computer does work. I took it apart and I want to know what I need to transfer to my own cluster to make it work. Except all the sensors and wiring and stuff, for now just what do I need from the cluster. And I don't want to hear "oh it's so hard and nearly impossible." I know it's hard. I just want to know. 1. Is it possible? And 2. What do I need from the mfa cluster?

How fucked am i, and how can i fix this