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.where would i fasten it?. just ziptieing them together would not help 
anyhow. the prop-shaft is back on, as is the left CVaxle
i don’t have the heatshielding anymore. so i’m grinding the cables underneath the car aswell. thats one of my problems oh well. need to find a solution. maybe weld in a stud, and use some rubber coated fasteners.. hmm
like these:
I started a small project a while ago, the centre console I wanted to have my 3 gauges there, so I did some mods, which are documented earlier in this thread, and here is the result
Its a bad picture, but its hard to get a nice picture of it with flash, and theres not enough light in my bathroom to take the pic without flash
anyhow, I painted it black with a rattlecan with some spray that cracks up if its dried in a warm place (there for in my bathroom) :p
this is the outcome, looks way better in person then on the pic though
my valvecover is undergoing the same treatment now, only this in red
I just painted it half an hour ago, and there is about 48hours drying time on these parts
aaaaaaand its finally back on all 4 wheels
here’s how the valvecover turned out, not finished tho. going to paint the insert of the VW logo blue
bought a new lower radiator hose, since the old one looked like **** and was rotten, and about to start leaking
new one installed, its a bit too long, but doesn’t matter, but its the right part
old hose, i’ve been cutting it to drain the water, but you can see that it have had a hard and long life
but the main part, its back on all 4 wheels
Did some other things today aswell. got the transmission filled up with fluid, filled the engine with oil. refilled the Powersteering. and changed the dip-stick funnel, as mine broke
oh, and another thing ive done today, replaced the subrame of my fathers 86 MKII golf, it was rusted beyond all that is normal. need to get this passed inspection so it can be sold
only things left on that one now is replace one of the rear shock absorbers, both brakehoses in the front, and both rear brakepipes and it should be good to go
pic of the 86’s engine bay, 1.6 carb which hasn’t been cleaned for more then 7 years
aaaand its almsot there
only missing the charger and some minor interior details (new speakers, bought as a complete set for the golf II, dash, door and rear speakers)
some bad news. my diff seems to hate me, and won’t let me drain and refill with fresh and new fluid 
the drainplug is too damaged to get it opened
and at some point the diff has touched something hard while driving. and more or less fused te casing and drainplug together
tried using my dremel to reshape the 17mm allenkey hole. but didnt work, the hazet tool i used just wasn’t doing its job
damn this
lalala. oh yeah, slow going
just started to fix the cog-wheel on the crank-pulley :p
it has been damaget at one point, and the serpentine pulley was wobbling like crazy. so need to adress that
probably gonna use some dowel-pins. if i could locate the proper ones here in norway 
some pics..
my guess is that the oilseal has been changed, along with the cog-wheel. but reused the M14 centre bolt
no damage to the cog-wheel
Try http://www.rosten-performance.com/ as they do a diamond-impregnated friction shim for just such a problem:
hah, finally got that stubborn drainplug for the rear diff out today think this was a good thing. because i doubt the oil ever has been changed there before
