these VW's...they are like a bad curse...

[catlin_cava]

Hopefully it will be the former rather than the latter. It needs to last until the spring, then I'm going to put the cars' original heart back in it. Just rebuilt. 

it will love that, just keep reminding it and she sould keep going

[diesel smoke]

Hopefully it will be the former rather than the latter. It needs to last until the spring, then I'm going to put the cars' original heart back in it. Just rebuilt. 

it will love that, just keep reminding it and she sould keep going

  Will do.

[Rabbit on Roids]

from my experience, they blow up when you mention anything about a re-power.

[8v-of-fury]

i think my 84 just realized its getting stripped of its goodies and replaced by an 81 :O its starting to screw around on me...

[burn_your_money]

Mine got me on the weekend. I thought to myself "You know it's kind of silly that I'm going to tear apart a perfectly good running car." Just then the glow plug light went off and I started cranking. No start

[diesel smoke]

I yelled at mine to smarten the hell up and stop leaking coolant. Another seal didn't fix it, so now I'm replacing the whole sensor and a brand new seal. It's being punished by sitting at home tomorrow while I take the truck to work. And maybe the next day too, just to show it what's what. Also had to argue with the dealer to get the right sensor.

"I want the early one, one to fit a A4 '99, the 4 pin square one. It should be blue since the black ones are flaky. And not the Green round one."

"Can I have the VIN?"

"Why? I just told you exactly what I needed."

"I need the VIN, and won't send it without it."

  

Lets hope DHL gets their stuff together and it gets here soon.

[maxfax]

I picked up the head for my new engine a few days ago, and threw it in the back seat....  The crack engine that has been running amazingly well finally started spewing all kinds of oil into the coolant..   Little $#&*($&#(

[rabbitman]

I picked up the head for my new engine a few days ago, and threw it in the back seat....  The crack engine that has been running amazingly well finally started spewing all kinds of oil into the coolant..   Little $#&*($&#(

Aw that's too bad, have you seen if the cracks opened back up?

[8v-of-fury]

I picked up the head for my new engine a few days ago, and threw it in the back seat....  The crack engine that has been running amazingly well finally started spewing all kinds of oil into the coolant..   Little $#&*($&#(

So back to Epic fail eh? That is too bad Brett I thought she was gonna make it out alright..

[maxfax]

Well, we are at least at the "Fail" mark....  She's still running okay...   

I may pop the head off after it's out of the car just to see if the cracks reopened..  I'm kinda curious.. 

[diesel smoke]

Well. I figured out the true issue with the problem child today after I blew $45 needlessly on a sensor and seal. After I put the seal and sensor back in, I took it for a quick drive. And just as I got home the damn coolant light came back on.  So in desperation, I took the vac pump out to get a closer look. And to my surprise there was a weee little crack in the small air bleed line. The one that lets the air out of the head when you fill with coolant. It returns it to the tank.

So 2 spring clamps and a small piece of new hose, and the problem child is back in business... hopefully. 

[maxfax]

Okay, I think my VW is conspiring with snowplows now....

IN the beginning of December I parked the Rabbit for the whole crack thing and drove my 91 Crown Vic..  It got broadsided by a snow plow.. Still perfectly functional but of course it was deemed totaled and now has a salvage title.. 

Fast forward 2 months and the crack mobile is spewing oil where it shouldn't again.. It goes on limited duty (which is fine I hate FWD in the snow)..  I reluctantly pull the 99 Vic PI out of it's winter hibernation. Last week, BAM, rearended by, yes, a friggen snow plow... Once again it's still drivable but about a foot or so shorter than it used to be..  It'll probably be totaled too..

I opted to then take the shop car today (POS Sable) and beat that about, till the alternator took a poo...  This happened immediately after jump starting........A snow plow truck..

So now I have the Chevy 2500 back from my dad..  I fear it's days are numbered...

[Rabbit on Roids]

pffft, its a chevy, it can live with some abuse from a snow plow. i guess snow plows just dont like fords or something?

[catlin_cava]

Okay, I think my VW is conspiring with snowplows now....

IN the beginning of December I parked the Rabbit for the whole crack thing and drove my 91 Crown Vic..  It got broadsided by a snow plow.. Still perfectly functional but of course it was deemed totaled and now has a salvage title.. 

Fast forward 2 months and the crack mobile is spewing oil where it shouldn't again.. It goes on limited duty (which is fine I hate FWD in the snow)..  I reluctantly pull the 99 Vic PI out of it's winter hibernation. Last week, BAM, rearended by, yes, a friggen snow plow... Once again it's still drivable but about a foot or so shorter than it used to be..  It'll probably be totaled too..

I opted to then take the shop car today (POS Sable) and beat that about, till the alternator took a poo...  This happened immediately after jump starting........A snow plow truck..

So now I have the Chevy 2500 back from my dad..  I fear it's days are numbered...

BAHAHHAHAHAHAH sorry man, thats funny, lol.

its a chevy, getting wrote off would be its best day of its life lol.

So my problamatic MK3 2 door I got that wouldn't start and has a battery drain as the PO told me...Starts everytime and the battery that was in ti when I got it that I charged is still charged lol.

I so pictures of its new heart this morning thou 

[maxfax]

 (zipping up flame suit) I may have been less upset if the VW bit it over the Vics..  I have the little smokey bas...bugger  in many many many pieces in hopes of ending it's wrath..  

The Chevy, well it's my last drivable vehicle, otherwise I wouldn't care.. It is a Chevy after all....  Sound's like I'm getting the '99 Vic fixed though, and that wasn't the best news of the week..  The old man says the Sable's going unless I wanna put an alternator on it.. DOHC engine = 4 hour alternator change    Can you guess what's going to happen to it??  

Now if some rust free body parts for a '91 Vic would fall in my lap this week would be stupendous..   At least in that accident I did get a bit of a warm fuzzy feeling when they had to call a wrecker for the plow truck..  Viola (yeah I name cars occasionally) took the plow right off and slammed it though the grill of the Chevy 3500..  

I wish I had pics of the municipal truck...  But here's my heavyweight http://s295.photobucket.com/albums/mm124/maxfax3/Crown%20Vic/plow/