944 design faults / flaws
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944 man
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ORIGINAL: craiginuk
I agree - and they are under £1 each - treated mine to some new ones the last time I had the seats out
ORIGINAL: edh
Today's frustration...the soft cap head screws that hold in the seats....why do people re-use damaged ones? []
I always replace them with stainless cap head bolts. Series one cars were worse though, with nasty 10mm hex headed M6 bolts - the passivated cap head M6 bolts in series two cars are a massive improvement.
Trying to open the boot to get to the battery when the battery is flat!
The cracked dashboards.
The pain in the a** to change the clutch.
A car full of exhaust fumes if you have a dodgy hatch seal.
The pain in the a** fuel pipes that only rot above the torsion tube beam.
The early metal petrol tank that cracks on top requiring the gearbox to be removed to repair/replace.
The fact that the plastic fuel tank is not an easy swap for the metal one.
Gearboxes that whine.
The Porsche immobiliser.
The extra thin standard steering wheel.
Tricky cambelt tensioning arrangements and numerous noisy pulleys.
16V camshaft chains, sprockets and tensioner.
The inner sills not having any paint protection.
Wipers on the wrong side on early cars and rear wiper just an ornament.
Just a few niggles, but I love them really.
The pain in the a** to change the clutch.
A car full of exhaust fumes if you have a dodgy hatch seal.
The pain in the a** fuel pipes that only rot above the torsion tube beam.
The early metal petrol tank that cracks on top requiring the gearbox to be removed to repair/replace.
The fact that the plastic fuel tank is not an easy swap for the metal one.
Gearboxes that whine.
The Porsche immobiliser.
The extra thin standard steering wheel.
Tricky cambelt tensioning arrangements and numerous noisy pulleys.
16V camshaft chains, sprockets and tensioner.
The inner sills not having any paint protection.
Wipers on the wrong side on early cars and rear wiper just an ornament.
Just a few niggles, but I love them really.
George Elliott
New member
lots of scope in the crossover linkage to the master cylinder
per Mk1 Golf
George
944t
Regarding the whining gearbox, mine did just that when I first bought the car in 2002,
I changed the gearbox oil, still whined like mad, although not a great believer in additives I added some slick 50 PTFE gearbox treatment, it completely silenced it, it remained so in daily use until taking the car off the road 5 years ago, I hope to be back on the road in a few months and expect it to still be quiet, I cant remember the precise name of the product (other than it was slick 50) but I do remember it was about £15.00 in 2002 and you get a tiny amount, anyway it worked perfectly on my car.
stevie d
New member
Removing the wing mirrors on oval dash cars . This requires inserting a screw driver into a hole in the mirror housing to engage some hard to find teeth in order to turn a stiff bayonet locking mechanism that may or may not release the glass . Its all too easy to break the mirror and the gears whilst trying to pry it off . Once thats done (and you've bought a replacement mirror off ebay) you then have to disconnect all the wires from the multi plug to feed the cable out .
Also there's no wash function for the rear wiper
Also there's no wash function for the rear wiper
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