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• Bad day in the Caddy.....I want to CRY by Mikeyworks on 16 Nov, 2004 14:58
• Picture this...
  
  I-95 about 3 miles from my house....all of a sudden the oil pressure drops on my '81 Caddy TD and before I can pull over and get it to the side of the road there is a very unhappy, very loud noise that culminates in a loud BANG!!!!!!  
  
  Summary:  OIL AND WATER DO NOT MIX!!!
  
  I think the threw a rod and the block is toast. I will find out more in the next few weeks as I tear it all apart again and build anew!!!  
  
  Anyonw know of a 1.6 or 1.9 TD Laying around that they want to give me?  :confused:
  
  Anywho, as is the rule, here's the pics.
  
  
  
  Bow your head for me if you will and keep a poor young lost TD in your thoughts!!!!
  
  Mikey
• #1 by AntonUK on 16 Nov, 2004 15:12
• Sorry to hear that Mikey...Hope you can get it sorted soon...have you considered putting a tdi engine in? Thats what Im hoping to do in the future but for now my dreaded 1.9TD problems keep my mind of it.
• #2 by Mikeyworks on 16 Nov, 2004 15:17
• I'm actually scoping out a TDI as we speak....may be within range!!!
  
  
  Mikey
• #3 by VWRacer on 16 Nov, 2004 16:58
• Bummer about the blown motor, Mikey, but I'm stoked about the TDI...!  :mrgreen:
• #4 by lord_verminaard on 16 Nov, 2004 21:36
• Oh no!  Big time pisser.  The prospect of a TDI swap is promising though.  I hope you go through with it, we can compare notes when I start my Scirocco/TDI project!  (it will be a while for me though)   :cry:
  
  Keep us posted.
  
  Brendan
  84 Scirocco 8v  <-- about to take a journey to Ohio
  00 Camaro L36 M49  <-- about to get sold!
• #5 by Rat407 on 17 Nov, 2004 02:56
• I can feel your pain.  Way back in 1988 while driving my 79 rabbit diesel home from a friends home in Va, it started to make a loud sound like the exhaust was coming loose, then it just stopped and I saw the water pump belt go fling off in the review. Pulled over and popped the hood only to see a connecting rod pushed threw the block and pushed out the water pump.  When I took it apart the nuts came off the connecting rod cap. They were down in the oil pan. The engine was the original one with 135k on it.  I found a used 82 diesel for an expensive $750 and stuffed it in. Ran great after that.
  Needless to say it was an early morning, I was 3 hours from the base, I'm in the Air Force, and I had to be at work by 4 that day.  I had to call a friend up and have him drive up 3 hours to pick me up and get the vehicle towed to a friends house and then drive back to the base. I made it to work just in time. Made for a long day.
  How hard is it to put a TDI in? Time to do a search on here.
• #6 by fspGTD on 17 Nov, 2004 10:06
• Mikey - shoot man, feel for ya.  I wonder what happened to your motor...
• #7 by Red Rabbit on 17 Nov, 2004 11:57
• Sorry about your engine....that is one sweeeet lookin' Caddy....
• #8 by Mikeyworks on 17 Nov, 2004 18:27
• We will see what happened to the Caddy motor. I hope to pull it on Sunday and see what the hell let loose.
  
  I am working on some logisitics for the TDI engine, but in the meantime, I have found a TD donor Jetta for $500 locally....for the whole car!!!!  I think I will probably make up my money plus some on parting it out the donor Jetta.  I will let y'all know when the parting begins.
  
  Thanks for the kind words.
  
  Mikey
• #9 by BlackTieTD on 18 Nov, 2004 13:47
• Quote from: "Mikeyworks"

  I have found a TD donor Jetta for $500 locally....for the whole car!!!!  

  
  
  right on :!: