How did you do the corners with the new glass? Did you overlap each strip of glass to the intersecting? Curious as I’m doing the same repair to my boat. Thanks

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I've read its a good idea to change the foam roller every 5 min.

I like the vertical then horizontal then another light vertical roll.

Can you do this with an mk7?

Good build, thanks for posting.👍

You’re the first person I’ve seen use red thread locker of little tty bolts. Seen blue or without several times. Ever have any problems getting them out or do you hit with heat first or use very minimal?

You use that loctite 518 flange sealant on vacuum pump o-rings too? Never heard of that trick but sounds brilliant!

What’s that shiny stuff under the bonnet ?

See you got a lot of MK5 GTI vids! Suprised I haven’t came across your channel yet. Earned my sub for sure! 🤙🏻

Burn much oil mate? That 0w stuff is thin as. Love the BOOST! And you have pcv delete. Re fitted after pcv replaced?

can you come over and help me pull my motor

Why is there holes down on the bottom corners to let water in to rot out the transom ? WTF ? I cant even process that shoddy workmanship wow

Fantastic good work! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Heck of a well done job:)

good work /and not so easy/ , the reason for carb is overused pcv -oil separator - you should replace it asap otherwise carb will appear on the intake, valves quickly

They look ok, you could have made better use of the space, some rolling draws on one side would have been a better use of the space, all u can do now is pile stuff in very un organised. Don’t get me wrong you did a great job just think it through a bit more don’t just get stuck on they are boxes for seats on a boat u really need to optimise all free space. They will now end up having crap put in because u can’t put anything of value or fragile in them

Your corner radius is to small

Tip always use a structural mat for corner joints then overlap full sheets of chop for inside

Perfection in auto painting and home garage don’t go together

Nice job only fault is u should have spread a cabisol mix on with a tile trowl prior to fitting your half sheets of plywood. What it does is fill any voids that you will have due to the two surfaces not being dead flat. Otherwise your getting there. It’s the little things when doing this work. Have to say I didn’t like the look or how they were left open at the transom, the stringers. Youmist a opportunity to make sure you will get 0 water infiltrating

What's the opening temperature for that thermostat you installed?

NICE... a Land Rover Discovery and a Peugeot. Both my favs. I have a 96 D1 300tdi. Used to have a Peugeot 505. I'm also about to paint, but on aluminium.

Hey mate, I see you suggest HSY for parts but on their website it says they don't sell to the public and only to "Automotive Wholesale and Trade industry only." How did you get around this? Great content btw!

heyy you have an 205 Gti :) i had two of theese.... Flying coffin

Nice vid . Did u get what brand the factory thermostat was ? Mahle I think they are

Nice video !!

Bro what an epic repair job! Had you been present for the original build this repair would never be required! Wonderful eye for detail bravo!🙏🙏🙏

I know I am a Yank. lol But I have to say very impressive. I have done many many transom repairs. Your is a job above. Thanks

Guy’s in the gearbox there is 6 liter not 2 😮😮😮

Were you not tempted to remove the swirl flaps?

Insane level of detail! So impressive!

Amazing series of videos on this project! Absolutely love it and really appreciate documenting so much, very hard to find information condensed, thank you so much!

Is that a compact sheet ?

For the second top coat, no light sand , just the nor-clean. Is that right ? And top job.

How much money did you spend on the main transom rebuild? And any idea on how much time approx all up. Bit of a guess I know. Over how many days about. Cheers Mick

Great work. I've got a 200,000km mk5 gti that I started working on myself and have found this video invaluable. Your idle cleaning up makes me want to do the same for my chain and tensioner. Out of curiosity, where do you generally source parts from? I'm having trouble finding quality parts in Aus and have had to shop around heaps. Cheers.

Great video!

Very nice job!

Very good, nice work 👌

Any video of the engine running in the water?

Super robota

Superb tutorial, cheers mate, have to tackle this job on my edition 30. Thank you 🙏🏻

VW doesn't have pilot bearing in the crankshaft?

Did wet the plywood with resin first, then put glass down???

The links no longer work

Whats the band called running along the windows !? Obscuration was it !?

Honestly, To me this seems kind of backwards Here's why... Once you cut that outside skin off. You've ruined The factory gel coat That was sprayed in the mold before the hall was laid up, You basically Destroyed the value of the boat You're not certified And Even if you were certified you still ruin the value of the boat. You couldn't sell it! That kind of repair. Takes away all the strength integrity Of the original layup of the hull The moment you cut through all those layers, It doesn't take any more time to Pull the rub rail Pull the insert and drill the rivets. Pop the top, then Nothing's in your way. You cut the few layers of Matt They used to cap over the transom. On the inside Get some pie bars and wedges and remove the transom Along with inspect the stringers Makes sense To me What doesn't make sense to me? Is once you remove the outside Transom skin and And dig out the rotten wood. What do you do when you find out? The strings are rotted too Or need replaced glass to transom up just to cut the deck open. Or is that the point when you decide? Pull rub rail, insert and drill out the rivets, And do it right first time

Fantastic video but I think you've inspired me to sell it. Tons of works and parts I can't afford. My MK5 needs a clutch, flywheels, starter, brake issues, motor issues, headliner, wiper pump, new radio and some minor body work for starters even though it was driving not long ago...

very informative video! How much did the whole job cost roughly?