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General Information => User's ride Wall => Topic started by: 8v-of-fury on August 13, 2012, 01:51:22 pm
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I hope you notice the lack of rust, this thing is a beauty! German built '88 with 1.6TD 5spd :) Blue paint will buff out, so will the rest of this GEM. Got a full Bilstein HD suspension for it, when it gets here :)
$500 semi-running. Enough to limp 3 hours? Heck yes. This is my favourite part of VW ownership. That first sketchy drive home :D.
It is a steal, guess what is wrong with it? Fuel pump is leaking at the the distributor head so it cannot produce proper internal pressures. What do I specialize in? awwyeahh. ;D Its got a sunroof, power steering, power windows.. and may even have A/C oh god I hope so :) lol. My 84 is brutal where I live, I can't make enough heat in the winter, and no air for the summer.. BRUTAL. Got an M-TDI swap already lined up for it too! LMAO If that falls through, at least an AAZ. I can find those for like $200 running.
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so, you are taking the bilsteins back from Carolyn?!?!
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you can`t go wrong at that price nice clean car 8)
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This is replacing her twin double '90 1.8 3spd auto.
This picture was years back, and its got a lot more rust now.. with more issues than I care to tackle LOL! Plus its a 3spd Gas!
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Do your ladies WANT to switch over to an '88 1.6 Turbo Diesel w/5 spd?! Not only that but she wants to run WMO with me :)
A family that filters and burns Alternative Fuels together, stays together. ;)
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My Lady says Take a shower before you come upstairs you smell like a batch of overcooked chicken wings. Or French Fries.
Need to find the right place to vent it to the outside and be better filling it up i guess.
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I have been in constant touch with the owner, and he tried all day to get it to run properly. The main shaft leak has gotten worse since he parked it however long ago. A good and bad thing. May decrease the sale price?? :D But now I gotta fix it on the spot before I drive it home lol!!
A pump swap on a 1.6 is like a 20 minute (30 tops) job for me. So I am taking all the tools, another known good pump and a valve cover gasket with me. ;D
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Well that is going to really make the sale interesting. But like they say it isn't necessarily the problem with the car as much as it is the buyer knowing the solution. Hope you can get the lower price but then use the savings to rent a dolly, take it down the street, swap the pump and drive away from the PO. They don't need to know right away that you fixed it and are driving their "problem car" with no problems. Give em a week and let them know all is well but you had to struggle with it.
I read these starts but won't run thing all the time and I want to go over and look at the car and twist some wrenches on it so they don't have to take that 200 dollar loss.
let us know. DAS
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take belt too... if like 337 kubvan it will be all screwed up from the fuel...
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Pump, sprocket and key for key way.
Belt, tensioner, valve cover gasket, injector lines.
Timing tools, 17mm wrench, 13mm socket with extension on 1/4 drive.
Clean out bolt, new fuel lines and hose clamps.
Jug of water and hand cleaner so I don't dirty his sink even.. or even have to ask. lol
Jack and 4 good tires.
Plates, proof of insurance, and registration.
I've got it all covered, ain't my first time picking up a non-runner to drive home :D haha
Also Dale, He's the second owner.. Parents before him. He's happy to have it go to someone who will care for it and get it going again. He held it for a week for me, despite other offers and even spent all yesterday fiddling with it for me.. fluids topped, and tires filled. I picture a nicer older gentleman (maybe like yourself ;D), who I won't even ask for a lower price from just because he has been the most pleasant seller I've ever dealt with ;).
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Ya we be mellow old men with toys that keep us out of the bars. Neighbors have been complaining that they haven't seen the hood up on the car in a couple of weeks. Did I finally get it running right? Back to trying to get the home improvement stuff done as company is coming and they need a place to sleep.
Although the seats in the car lay back pretty good now that I think of it.
Hope you get a good sale. But my guess is if his folks bought the car he has way less gray in his beard than I. If any at all.
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just ask mike to borrow his penthouse if they need a place to sleep...
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so is it home yet??
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just ask mike to borrow his penthouse if they need a place to sleep...
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so is it home yet??
Nice tree tent ;)
Going to get it Sunday morning :) Only a three hour drive lol. I think she'll make it! If I had a hitch on my 84, I'd tow it home.
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Support vehicle is all loaded up. We are good to go as soon as the sun rises!
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woohoo, 4 hour drive there, fix car, get it running, 4 hour drive home. 9 hours total trip. Not bad at all. During the drive home, tach is a little off. It has the 4S code 5spd, which puts you at 2700rpm with the tires on it at 100km/h. I was hoping I wouldn't luck out with a crappy ratio, got lucky. Used less than 1/4 tank for about 245km. Theoretically that would yield ~1000km off of 60L.
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She's pretty clean, been undercoated all of its life. Receipts to prove it, and timely oil changes. She was loved. Beside the support vehicle and my daily on the way home, had to stop for RoadMcDicks. Just gotta on road trips lol.
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She made the trek without too much issue. There was a few times coming up to a stop light depressing the clutch would cause a stall, and the car is so quiet and doesn't rattle I couldn't tell! haha. embarrassing that is. I started off with an electric pump to see if it would run and where it was for sure leaking. I had to replace the pump lid (not the distributor head seal) as a result, as it was leaking from the throttle shaft, bushing is right out of it. So we drove it back with a mildly accelerating 1.6TD bottom and 1.6 NA lid pump. Had the LDA line blocked, but it would only blow smoke some of the time. Something is up. At home to rest after a long day. Looks like rust under the washer bottle, its just tree crap. Only rust is the back door on the passenger side.
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I am legitimately jealous. All of the mk2's around here are overpriced rust buckets. I'm beginning to think I'm living in the wrong neck of the woods.
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over priced rust buckets? Horrible. Lotta clean mk2 mk3 and mk4 near me for cheaps.
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Well Thursday evening I did a new water pump, timing belt, tensioner, accessory belts and an oil/filter change. Didn't bother removing the pump yet for a reseal, as it was producing perfect amounts of internal pressure and doesn't loose prime at all or have any leaks. So I'll leave it for now ;).
Previous owner had the belt really loose, and I am pretty sure the timing was extremely retarded. Like the one stock setting of like 0.87mm or whatever lol. It was down on power, smokey and hard to start. Even at operating temps you had to use the cold start handle to start it.. super retarded timing. Dunno where she is now, but she runs good and doesn't clack too much.
So now.. It is a perfectly running, fully functional (sunroof, power windows, power locks..), clean as all hell ~$580-600 car :);D
Be Jealous.
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Been commuting in the car for work, 100km daily. 4.5L/100km, oh yeah baby. A 55L tank even at 6L/100km is still roughly 916kms to a tank. If you could maintain a steady 95-100km/h highway for the entire tank of fuel, I see no reason not to break 1100km on a tank.
Full driveway of Volkswagens :). Two Mk1, Two Mk2, an Mk3, and an Mk5. Three in the top of the drive are all diesels ;D. 1.6 TD 88, 1.9 TD 84, and 1.9 M-TDI 84. The other three? They are gas, and we won't even talk of them lol.
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When we brought it home;
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Just this past week; SHINY
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440,000 kms?! Says who lol. Minimal shaft play, and a beauty looking cam.
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Full driveway of Volkswagens . So you should say, Drivers Wanted? I bet your neighbors would like a few to drive away from the driveway. Looking like a used VW lot to me. But still looks good.
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They're all plated and daily'd ;) so the neighbours can kindly piss off. lol. But yes, they do feel that way. I'm in a very uppity rich end of town too, so its not the best place to be doing motor swaps in the driveway and car stripping LOL!
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If they get grumpy tell them if you aren't taking parts off the cars in your driveway you will take them off cars in theirs. How can you have that many drivers in one place? Condo rental? 6 roomies?
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HAHA They don't all stay here permanently ;) Only the two silver mk2's and the red and black mk1's.
Me (black 84), Bro (red 84), Gf (two silver mk2's)
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Leave it to the lady to have the style and class and the guys the crass.
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Gotta hand it to you for getting such a hidden gem.
That car looks fantastic! In some ways i miss my mk2 jetta TD, but in so many other ways i'm enjoying the small creature comforts of my mk3 tdi.
part of me wants to find another jetta like yours just to work on.
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Gotta hand it to you for getting such a hidden gem.
That car looks fantastic! In some ways i miss my mk2 jetta TD, but in so many other ways i'm enjoying the small creature comforts of my mk3 tdi.
part of me wants to find another jetta like yours just to work on.
Why thank-you! Part of me wants to find a car just like yours!! :) Car just logged 910kms to a not fully full tank of diesel, didn't have time to wait for the foam. So from near empty it took 49L and then back down to the same spot it did over 900 kms! ;D!
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Just went to canadian tire, to get a warranty replacement on the 4 year old battery that was in the car when I got it. IT was dead when I went to get the car, but has held a charge since August with no issues until last week when temps started really plummeting. I have a small drain back issue with the fuel, and the glow plug system isn't up to snuff (yet lol) either so it has extended cranking periods.
Anyway, the glovebox had a warranty paper in it. Thinking AWESOME! Its for the battery that is in this car! Nope lol. I didn't figure this out till I had the battery in the store on the counter trying to gather the warranty. So The guy says they will still give me something based off the code on the battery as a trade-in. Not full value of what the warranty would be, but still more than the $15 battery trade-in. So with the date code being early 2008 (!!!) I was expecting maybe $30 trade-in.. I got $65 for the battery I didn't even have papers for!! AWESOME. My $130 battery now cost me $76.50 after taxes ;) 3-year free replacement no questions asked, 9 year pro rated, and unlimited road side boost assistance for the 3 years too.
It needs the new battery and the 650CCA just doesn't cut it up here at anything below -15c. What I ended up getting is literally the largest capacity battery that will fit the tray of the VW's that Canadian Tire offers. It is a Motomaster 1100CA 900CCA :o ;D Yeahhhhhh buddddddy.
Got some new glow plugs, and they are going to be pimped at the same time ;) Going to switch it over to a full synthetic oil as well, this thing is going to love winter when I am done with it tomorrow.
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Aww Yeah,
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Also, this is how we Canadians deal with winter car work ;)
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Claw-hammer, lol.
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Only using it to pop the pump and camshaft pulley off ;)
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Also, this is how we Canadians deal with winter car work ;)
Supposed to be the first freeze of the season here tonight, and I'm a bit scared!
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Was a cool 36 degrees F this morning. I found out the Rabbit will start on 2 GP's but it took some crankin. Found a couple burned fuses and 1 plug bad with the meter once it got above 45 degrees. Cool tooties out there today.
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That is what I am doing in that picture where I have 45,000 BTU's aimed at my backside! LOL
GP's, 50% pimping wiring, pump came off to get winter serviced and checked out for the first time since getting the car in August. I am also installing an mk1 style 1-in 1-out fuel filter to eliminate a leaky pre-heat valve, on top of a 12v electric fuel pump I am awaiting... lol
(side note, M-TDI starts no issues with no plugs at -15C no problem last night.)
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I didn't notice the portable propane heater until you mentioned it. I tried some wiring and compression work today and finally decided that my feet were cold enough after the sun started to fade and I went in to the workbench and some wiring diagrams. Seems the relays I purchased have the red and black wires backwards. Small wonder I could figure it out.
The Wondernet is interconnected.
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The infra-red heater makes a huge difference in my productivity in the garage & shed. Not exactly like a warm summer evening, but reduces the constant attraction to the cozy house. (The tools warm up a bit too.) Even a heat-lamp in a clip-on fixture can help a lot.
Props to the outdoor die-hards.
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I have a 30,000 btu "salamander" type heater, powered by none other than diesel ;D
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What kind of "efficiency"?
I think a $25 20lb propane bottle will get me 12 hours at 45,000BTU and 15.5 hours on low.. which is still enough to melt you at 7-8 feet away.
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Sorry, was very wrong about the BTU rating, it's 75,000. It's probably overkill, but it's all I've got besides freezing.
Not sure how long a 10 gallon tank lasts, probably 20 hours. I'm sure it isn't as efficient as propane but in a 40x70 barn it can warm things up pretty fast. I only use it if I'm gonna be out there awhile. I point it at me and the car from about 10 feet away. It is good for unthawing a vehicle.
I've been wanting to enclose and insulate an area big enough for 1 car and put a propane furnace in it, more efficient and wouldn't have to heat the whole area that way (and worry about CO2)
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Breathing CO2 is OK, But I think what you meant was the more lethal form of Carbon monoxide. One oxygen attached to the carbon molecule. CO. That is what results from combustion as the O gets used to make things get hot.
You could get one of those cheap Carbon Monoxide monitors and keep it out there to keep you from getting over whelmed as well. The gas generally makes you sleepy and would put you over the edge if you decided to take a nap.
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That's what I meant, CO :D
I've never had it happen, but I know getting sleepy is an indicator. I kind of figure as draft as the barn is there won't be a lack of oxygen. An insulated, sealed area would be different.
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VIDEO >> Running like a damn top :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE3KPzG1noI
Type 34/78DT fits the mk2 battery tray perfectly, its actually smaller width wise.. so it frees up some room from the fender making the negative easier to get jumpers on lol. Next upgrade on my list is 00 awg battery cables, because you can never have too big of battery cables. I don;t know if you can see it in the video, but I did a super ghetto pimping of the glows ;) I used the stock 10g wiring from the firewall to click on a universal 40A automotive 4 pin relay. 10g wiring from battery through relay to the copper buss bar. Copper cleaned up and slathered in die-electric. I also put the relay's power to #3 glow to "equalize the power flow" ;) lol. I used what I had, free upgrades! I also had 4 good used Duraterms I put in to it as well.
On top of that the fuel filter, clear lines, electric lift pump, governor mod and pump reseal :)
I do not know why, but it has an immense increase in power right now that I just didn't have with the NA lid. I couldn't even get it to blow black smoke at all, even off boost with the NA lid.. I really wanted to get the TD lid back on there for no reason other than to get the idle bump back on the cold start. Cold weather demands it!
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Sounding good. ;D
+1 on the battery. The group 34R is the biggest one I could find that wouldn't interfere with the PS reservoir or radiator shroud.
I might upgrade that GP setup tho... a 40A relay is a bit small for the 50A those GPs pull. Busbar is a pain, too.
Got an engine heater? The Kats 14400 is sweet.
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Just saw the pic of your "garage". Piles of snow with propane heater. That is about the time that I start dropping nuts, small wrenches and the like under the vehicle.
Nice car btw.
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Yes, the car has a powerful block heater. Can make the rad warm up too! The glows only pull more than 10A upon start up, but being that they are duraterms they self limit their own amperage/voltage once they heat up. Plus, eh I don't expect it to last 33 years ;). Nothing is heating up excessively, so its probably all guuud.
I do all the important little stuff in the garage, its essentially big enough to fit 4 mk1's. It is a super deep model, with a German architect back in the early 80's who designed it as a one off. But this big girl and all my CRAP takes up most of the space,
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I don't pamper myself with a heated shop, mainly because I live with my mother! LMAO and it is her house haha. The propane is only this years addition, every year since I have been out there in 7 layers doing engine swaps lol.
You like the car eh? Looks a lot like somebody else's I know ;) lol! Also I cannot claim such a beauty, it is my womans car, I drive this beast! ;D
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Does it still have the sequential blinkers. Is yours a 289?
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Does it still have the sequential blinkers. Is yours a 289?
All original sequential system, fully operational. :D If it were factory it would be a 289, 3 on the floor. I dunno if the picture conveys it, but those big fender flares on the back hide a near 12" drag radial.
It is probably the furthest thing from a numbers car.. LOL The drive train is pretty much an entire setup from an '87 F150, including the AOD 4 speed auto. It is a 5.0L H.O, forged internal, roller motor with the best OEM heads on the market available in the 80's, ET7E to be exact ;). The beast breathes through a 650 Holley Quad, down in to a Edelbrock Performer RPM, out through some big primary long tube headers, and finally dumps from some cherry bombs before the rear axle, which I am to believe is a 3.00 or a 3.50.. ??
It runs a stock ignition system, so I guess that should be my next upgrade.. although it doesn't really give any trouble.
I wish my Volkswagen had this clean of a setup! lol
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Nice!
What is with the fuel line going through the upper shock mount?
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Nice!
What is with the fuel line going through the upper shock mount?
Unhooked from the fuel line, its in winter storage. So I drain the tank and lines. Also why the battery cables are undone lol.
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Glad that you pointed out why it was like that. After all you are the fuel specialist. Restored my faith in you.
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She smokes a little bit right after a cold start, but not a stumble to be heard.
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This blue spot is the cars only flaw...
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Came with chains!! COOL. Didn't need them, even when we got dumped on by 16" of thick snow. This thing walked through it
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Because I had these on it ;) hjaha
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If that blue spot is spray paint, it will come off and not hurt a factory finish underneath. I will let you know if you are interested. If there is something under it that they were covering then it is a different story.
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Some dick in a parking lot.. not covering a thing. Whats the word? I was thinking of just some like 1500 sandpaper wet sand
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Nice car! I enjoy seeing threads like this :)
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1500 wet paper might do the trick, Jeremy.
I would me inclined to use some polishing or rubbing compound first.
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I would try oven cleaner before sanding. There's a good chance you can get the blue off without hurting the clear at all. Just apply and scrub off every 10 minutes until it's gone. Should take two or three applications.
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compound, ah.. never crossed my mind haha.
oven cleaner might do the trick too..
I have heard brake cleaner.. as well.
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U might be surprised how easy that comes off
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I really would just start with an ordinary polishing compound and powered polisher with a foam wheel. It'll either get really shiny or just come right off. You can do the rest of the car while you're at it! ;)