My son turned 17 at Christmas and has started driving lessons. Most dads would leave their son to buy their own first car or buy them a Corsa. Clearly that won’t do. So he agreed that a mk2 golf would be much better. So I found a solid 91 golf driver for him. Of course I could have left it that, but that won’t do. So it’s getting a full refurb front to back. And hopefully it should be good for another 20 years.
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Next plan is to remove rear axle. One area of rust on rear chassis leg is annoying but doesn’t seem to have holed. Need to nip it in the bud.
Rear arches are excellent
Thats excellent! 
Well, it was a slog but I’ve got the rear axle off. The axle mounts look great, just a bit of surface rust to remove. I’ll be leaving the task of removing the axle bushes to someone else. It’s an awful job.
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With hefty use of the cup brush on the grinder the rust on the rear chassis legs is gone and what’s left has been treated. I will paint it this weekend. I can see a touch of rust on the rear wheel arch lips so the plastic trims will be removed and that resolved over the next week.
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Given that the car is 32 years old I guess I had to find a rotten bit eventually. Hidden under the sealer
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Top quality work as usual Keith, Thanks for taking the time to share
The axle is powder coated. I use hydrate 80 to treat any surface rust and etch prime with an aerosol before top coating with satin black aerosol for small parts or satin black enamel with a brush for larger parts. Underseal is Dinitrol. Basically exactly what I did on the bug.
You of the worst areas for rust on a mk2 golf is round the filler neck. Although the car has very little rust I don’t want to take a chance. So the tank had to come out.
Very awkward but rust removed and steel treated. But I also found rust at the tank mounting points and the rear corner. So more grinding required.
Areas will get primed and painted tomorrow
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Looks great- do you use the air gun for the under seal or just paint it on?
No, just aerosols. Bit expensive but easy to use.
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