1984 Jetta , TDI WE MUST! (1.9 AHU M-TDI)

[8v-of-fury]

This invoice, for 1987 rocco calipers;



Gave me identical brackets to the ones on the right, the ones on the right are from my 98 jetta parts car.



No sending of wrong parts, my parts guy is a vw guru and i got exactly what I ordered. 16v rocco calipers. as can be seen on the invoice.

[CRSMP5]

the 16v, mk3, corrodo, 1st vr6 use same caliper... even audi 4000k quattro do... but 16v rocco, 4000q use same carrier where the others do not...

[8v-of-fury]

Right, I know that.. Which is why I ordered 1987 16v rocco calipers w/brackets lol!

They were identical to the mk3 10.1 stuff I already had. SOOO all I need for a future upgrade is the carriers then.

[8v-of-fury]

However.. This does still allow for the $34 snow tires on 13's..

[ToddA1]

Correct... but wouldn't you want to take that up with your parts guy?  Have him get the carriers you were supposed to get from the start.  

The carriers are getting hard to find.  They're approaching $100.  After I sold my carriers a few weeks back, I started second guessing my decision.  

-Todd

[8v-of-fury]

Must have been too good to be true then lol. I did not take it up, because after some light reading it would appear people were swapping the whole knuckle from cabby/rocco to the mk1 Rabbit/Jetta.

I have complete 200x40 mk3 rear drums to go on yet.. and it already stops too good for the tires.. so lol Lock ups come with ease, and there is no fade on a good long and hard stomp.

I may entertain rear disks yet as well...

[CRSMP5]

skip the rear disks... run the big drumbs... i have 11" roddo fronts on my kub with big drumbs.... the 84 coupe.. i started with rear disks.. then 10.1" fronts... imo rear drumbs way less issues...

need 16v rocco prop valvs.. nla... to keep the rears from locking up first... then they stl a lttle off tl yoou add the 10.1 up front.. then balanced again...

need to upgrade to a 22mm master on paper.. so booster and dick with pedal rod...

big drumbs with 10.1/11 fronts.. stock master still works..

you saw me say audi 4000 quattro is same carrier as 16v rocco right?? 84-88 buddy.. tons of them vs 16v rocco... so no small supply.. just need right parts bin...

[RabbitJockey]

Drumbs

[8v-of-fury]

The advantage to running rear disks, means I can keep the 9.4 fronts and still run 13" wheels for el'cheapo winter tires and what not. Whilst still having the braking power I desire or towing.

If I were to do it, I'd probably get the self adjusting prop valves in the cabin between the front seats and run new lines back to the axle.

Are the German mk1 and German mk2 different for what master they accept? I put a 22mm master from my 98 parts car in to our 90 German mk2 with factory 9.4's and big drums. It originally had the 20mm like most others.

[8v-of-fury]

So I am literally feeling like Lucas right now, where my car is being a real piss-off lol. I would sell it, but I know I wouldn't get $500 for it.. and it was my first car, so I'd literally be sad beyond sadness the second it happened.

Now I guess I have to look at it this way, I daily this 29 year old car. A minimum of 450km a week.. so for such an old car to do like 20,000 a year is fairly impressive as it is.

But alas, I am finding I need to constantly "overhaul" it, for lack of a better word. It is too much to do all at once, and again it is my daily car.. so Monday morning it needs to be on the road.

Right now I have to do:

-front struts
-rear shocks
-strut mounts
-springs
-internal steering rack bushing
-a better intake tract and filter location, have a hot air ram setup right now lol
-I'd like to do the rear trailing arm bushings.. but that looks like a nightmarish job to do, as it has never been touched..

The big one. The car is most recently decided it wants to rust away to nothing. A bunch of seams are rotting from the inside out. That siht is above my level of what I can do.. and it is steadily getting worse.. I don't know what to do.

[ToddA1]

What you need done mechanically, is mainly front suspension.  Not too bad. 

What I can't see is the extent of the rust. Sometimes it's easier to start fresh.

-Todd

[8v-of-fury]

picture most panel seams, rotting out. The trunk lid, the trunk floor to rear valence.. front valence, rear 1/4's..

nightmare. It needs stripped and done professionally.

[srgtlord]

 I decided to park my red diesel beast and start fresh with a southern golf. Im hoping the rust will stay away for at least 6 years. If it lasts longer than that Ill be more than happy But seriously , take a roadtrip to the states and pick up a rust free car. I started digging intot hte rust spots on my red car and holy crap...where you can see the rust is the tip of the iceburg. Once you grind down to clean metal you will find there will not be much clean metal left ....

[bbob203]

Are you still an advocate of munroe struts? I need some new ones on my passat and dont want to spend big..

[8v-of-fury]

I am not convinced the struts were crappy.. I am pretty sure the horrible (read barely any) spring rate of the crappy springs I had ruined them by constantly pounding them in to submission. When I put them in they rode great, and were a very nice feeling strut. I wouldn't get anything but the Sensa-Tracs.. Lifetime warranty too.

The rust isn't inhibiting my use of the car, just I can see it getting worse.. and I want to strip it and paint it.. but its my daily. so it doesnt really work out lol. ugh

Well I just ordered a set of Koni STR.T, so these should do extremely well with the H&R blue sports.. Probably better than my brothers Bilstein HD's. I'll give you guys a product review lol, same cars, same springs, same engine weight.. it'd be a fair comparison.