good to hear your back and ready to restore a wonderful beast of a motor
defo put up some pics and keep us all updated

ease of uploading pics is another problem too especially from my phone as keeping tech info handy for everyone was one of the most useful thing the forum is for too easy for it to go missing on fb

ike wise i will probably buy a spare just in case
ive noticed over the last fear years a good many spares are now being discontinued
time to stock up

i remember fitting a shorter cable or at least trying to fit one to my rocco and it was a no go
the golf has a shorter cable
when i fitted the south african clutch conversion kit, the link bar for the bulkhead bracket to the pedal was too short and had to make some lomger ones for that reason
i ...

get yourself a cheap oil pressure kit and remove the sender in the head to test the oil pressure, no point guessing your actual oil presure as your current sender might be telling the truth

nows a good time to be doing it as its much hotter, the plastic wont be as brittle but yes you do have to split the casings in order to fit through the scuttle.
removing the wiper mech is a good idea and as above a good chance to refurb the wiper mech.
take your time and it will be a fairly straight ...

https://www.classic-vw.co.uk/ignition-b ... 4705-p.asp
ide buy one of these then get an original key cut to suit so it looks genuine

lovely looking motor

is this the door seal that goes around the entire frame? or just the metre long bit that goes from the the top down the A pillar?
if its the latter i used https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275814562078?_skw=d+seal+9x11&itmmeta=01JVC4YCQ00XTR656PRN7QEH6K&hash=item4037d4391e%3Ag%3AOHMAAOSwLclkRKPN&itmprp=enc ...

its a real pain but inside there are rubber moulding you have to force out part at a time
it will come out and if i can find the trim i removed from crusty i can put a photo of the clips
this add you can see the profile i mean, its easy to push in but a pain to remove
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm ...

some people still around

@mark1gls any more info on this?