Anyway, with no angle grinder I decided to resort to my trusty old dremel! After about an hour of cutting I'd only managed to get this far and I couldn't feel my fingers from the vibration 
I decided to admit defeat and ordered an angle grinder which would arrive in a couple of days
Seeing as I couldn't go any further with that job I decided to turn my attention to the steering UJ boot. The old one had long since perished and dropped off while the car had been sitting in the back garden. Over the years various snails and mice have ventured into the car through the steering column hole and stolen bits of the underlay for their nests!
First of all I unbolted the UJ and lubricated the joint. It's been sitting uncovered for years so was pretty crusty!
This is the new UJ boot. It was advertised as being for a LHD Golf but I figured they can't be that different to a RHD boot.
Lo and behold, it fits!
After a couple of days the new angle grinder arrived and I set to work chopping that poxy bolt out! It took a whole two minutes and I had it out
With the stubborn bolt and captive nut gone I could pull the arm out!
The whole reason behind this endeavour!
With the old one out I could slot the new arm in and then nut and bolt it in place
With that job done I could move onto something I've been wanting to do for ages! Remove the rather dead Toad alarm and anything else that has been wired into the loom over the years!
To make sure I didn't start, realise it was a pain in the
and then change my mind, I did this! No going back now
I figured the easiest way to access everything that had been spliced into was to just remove the dashboard. I've got other things to do behind there so it was going to come out at some point anyway.
I managed to find all the alarm wiring and cut it out. I also found plenty of other redundant aftermarket bits spliced into the loom which I cut out at the same time.
With all that out of the way I decided to strip all the old insulation off and re-wrap everything
With loom wrapped and looking neat and tidy I called it a day. I'll do another update tomorrow on what else I've been getting up to
I decided to admit defeat and ordered an angle grinder which would arrive in a couple of days
Seeing as I couldn't go any further with that job I decided to turn my attention to the steering UJ boot. The old one had long since perished and dropped off while the car had been sitting in the back garden. Over the years various snails and mice have ventured into the car through the steering column hole and stolen bits of the underlay for their nests!
First of all I unbolted the UJ and lubricated the joint. It's been sitting uncovered for years so was pretty crusty!
This is the new UJ boot. It was advertised as being for a LHD Golf but I figured they can't be that different to a RHD boot.
Lo and behold, it fits!
After a couple of days the new angle grinder arrived and I set to work chopping that poxy bolt out! It took a whole two minutes and I had it out
With the stubborn bolt and captive nut gone I could pull the arm out!
The whole reason behind this endeavour!
With the old one out I could slot the new arm in and then nut and bolt it in place
With that job done I could move onto something I've been wanting to do for ages! Remove the rather dead Toad alarm and anything else that has been wired into the loom over the years!
To make sure I didn't start, realise it was a pain in the
and then change my mind, I did this! No going back now 
I figured the easiest way to access everything that had been spliced into was to just remove the dashboard. I've got other things to do behind there so it was going to come out at some point anyway.
I managed to find all the alarm wiring and cut it out. I also found plenty of other redundant aftermarket bits spliced into the loom which I cut out at the same time.
With all that out of the way I decided to strip all the old insulation off and re-wrap everything
With loom wrapped and looking neat and tidy I called it a day. I'll do another update tomorrow on what else I've been getting up to
