Author Topic: I'm getting rid of my Turbo Diesel :( (picture heavy) (Read 43011 times)

lord_verminaard · « **Reply #30 on:** July 09, 2007, 09:59:51 am »

I'd be wary of an $800 bodyshop quote. Heck, the custom shop I work for recently got $1200 for painting a motorcycle. It was custom, but still. We charge about $1000 for a basic paint job on a car, and that's without fixing anything. We are currently repairing rust on a 63 Mercedes and I bet we have 80 man-hours in it already and we haven't even welded in panels yet!!!

Good luck with it, you'll need it. But I always love to see people giving rotted out cars another chance instead of junking them.

Brendan

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #31 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:28:33 am »

the body shop he is using has little to no overhead

bevboyy · « **Reply #32 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:30:27 am »

Tyler, why not add the adenoid onto the NA pump and set the timing to 1.00?

Otherwise, a nice set up. With the k14 your boost will come on much sooner (read:usable) and pushing 15psi intercooled will provide you will nice results power wise with decent reliability....

burn_your_money · « **Reply #33 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:05:19 am »

The goal of the truck is economy so I think I'll get more without the LDA. Also, selling the pump will get me closer to a shiny new DP

bevboyy · « **Reply #34 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:52:32 am »

Yep - that works as well.

Jetta Fan · « **Reply #35 on:** July 09, 2007, 02:14:37 pm »

Demo, I mean dismantling, of the caddy is really moving along Tyler. Looking good. Interesting pic looking out through the strut tower.

burn_your_money · « **Reply #36 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:49:17 pm »

Got some more done but I think it might be the end of the project, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Let me know what you think

When you see black *** piled up like this on the inside of the car by the PS fender/strut tower you know it's not going to be good

bevboyy · « **Reply #37 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:53:39 pm »

oh lawdy lawdy....that's nasty.... :shock:

Jetta Fan · « **Reply #38 on:** July 10, 2007, 08:04:57 am »

Eeewwwww....not a pretty sight at all.

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #39 on:** July 10, 2007, 09:21:04 am »

:lol: you guys aren't into aircooled eh? keep pluggin any caddy is a good caddy.

lord_verminaard · « **Reply #40 on:** July 10, 2007, 09:33:23 am »

Quote from: "BlackTieTD"

:lol: you guys aren't into aircooled eh? keep pluggin any caddy is a good caddy.

LOL cept you cant call up JC Whitney and get all new sheetmetal for a caddy for $100.

Brendan

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #41 on:** July 10, 2007, 10:43:22 am »

LOL burn is the JC whitney of mkI/IDI diesel

Jetta Fan · « **Reply #42 on:** July 10, 2007, 10:46:00 am »

No, not into the air cooled VWs, but I am from Nova Scotia, where you can watch your car rust and on a quiet night, you can hear it rust. :twisted:

That's why it's so hard to get a good, older car around here. I'd love a rabbit or caddy, but finding one in good shape is not an easy feat.

Tyler, it's nasty looking, but with any luck, you can get it fixed up.

burn_your_money · « **Reply #43 on:** July 10, 2007, 03:47:28 pm »

Quote from: "BlackTieTD"

LOL burn is the JC whitney of mkI/IDI diesel

HAHA thanks Lanny.

I'm not giving up on the truck yet. It is my ideal/dream vehicle I won't let a little rust and a shobby repair job from the last guy stop me.

I am afraid to remove the windsheild though, I think it might fold in half when I tow it to the body shop if I take it out :lol:

blkboostedtruck · « **Reply #44 on:** July 10, 2007, 07:49:34 pm »

Hey Tyler,
just utility knife the rubber seal on the windshield!! looks like that was the reason the roof and kowl rusted out was from a bad old rubber seal ! It's amazing how that if the seal fails it can destroy the body in such little time and you won't even know it! thats also the biggest cause of electrical failures on the A1 chassie! well good news the seal is still available! hey you sure you don't want that chassie i got ? it hasn't been touched before so you could be the first one to do the repairs?
thanks Duane