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sharkytm posted:Pandemic meant low supply of trucks and the microchip shortage ain't helping. I'm still driving the '15 GMC. Maybe I'll buy a new truck in '21, but who knows. Holy poo poo congrats on the baby! I got COVID on a business trip to France in february 2020 (before covid was really a thing yet), really sucked! I cannot imagine how hard it must be to have your mom in chemo, I've had friends go through it, but ugh, a parent  So, I have too many cars (7? i think?), but I have always liked the Jetta ever since pipkin sold it to you. What are you looking to get for it?
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Well I have to say, this is probably one of the cleanest MK3's in newengland. As much as I don't need more cars, I'm adopting it into what amounts to a small radwood meet at my house. Everything I own is random stuff from the 80's and 90's, so this is going to fit in quite nicely.
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Apr 21, 2021 02:58
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En-route home: It's home safe and sound, among the rest of my radwood wetdream garage. I'll drag all the cars out to the same side of my house one of these days. Parked along with the biturbo, w123 wagon, chevy metro, and 2nd gen legacy, among others...
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Apr 27, 2021 02:40
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Took my wife for a ride over lunch, she loves the thing! Then it started getting really slow, hit a gas station and filled the tank, now it's fast again. I'm really glad I already know what's going on and have the part to fix it, holy poo poo. Your investigation into that issue did not look fun. I'll throw in the new fuel sender and she'll be mint. Really liking the car, it's super comfortable just cruising on the highway, etc.
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Apr 27, 2021 18:44
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sharkytm posted:Glad she likes it. Mine hated it, I'm in one of those soul sucking meetings with management, so I went out and put the new sending unit in. There is a lot of rust on the old one, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a pinhole somewhere in the pickup tube. I'll have to drive it back down under half a tank again, but I suspect the problem is gone for good.
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Apr 27, 2021 19:39
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sharkytm posted:Find any acorns? When I first took it out, the top of the tank was packed with them. loving chipmunks. There were some, not many. Likely just the acorns that fell down since you had it apart last. Blew it out with the air hose so i didn't get poo poo down the tank. Also I just noticed that the radio has one of the motorized LCDs. Between that and the 14" racing wheels with the dual valve stems, I feel like it's 2009 and I just won $2000 on a scratch ticket. I'm clearly touched, because the majority of my cars are 80's and 90's. One of my favourite eras for foreign cars.
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Apr 27, 2021 20:06
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I figured out why it had the issue below half tank. I'm in another one of these boring managerial meetings, so I went to take apart the old fuel sender assembly. I pulled the bottom end cap off so I can pressure test the feed tube, what I found is a big leak past the o-ring, disassembled view here:  That stock brown o-ring was a little bit hard, but it seems to have expanded and wasn't clamping down over the steel tube, so it was allowing a pretty big leak. There was also just a bit of rust around the o-ring seat, so I cleaned that up with some scotchbright. I replaced the o-ring with an HNBR o-ring out of my index for doing AC systems and put it back together, now it holds pressure and vacuum without an issue.  I also separately checked to make sure there were no leaks in the steel tube or the plastic tube from the bottom of the strainer thing, and both of those checked out fine. There was also a lot of grime inside the bottom of the pickup, that may have been slightly restricting flow which could have made the situation worse where it was sucking air around the o-ring, down the plastic tube and up into the metal pickup. I have no idea why they didn't just make the metal tube long enough to reach to the bottom... Literally makes no sense. I'm not going to bother putting it back in, but it's a great spare and I'm confident it's fixed. On the shelf it goes.
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Apr 28, 2021 17:11
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The lower quality adjuster seal on the injection pump was starting to have a rather voracious leak, so I went ahead and replaced that. Pump now seems dry, I don't think (hope it isn't) leaking at the head, that one isn't fun to replace. I've done them on other VE pumps. It's still weird to use a laptop when working on a diesel, I'm used to drip tubes, dial indicators, etc...  EDIT: I've also put in the whole new interior, cleaned everything, armoralled everything, it's looking really nice. It needs a good proper wash, but I'm really enjoying the car, it's a lot of fun to drive. Oh also, I found a wrench with a 10mm socket under the carpet. I think I win the internet. chrisgt fucked around with this message at 21:30 on May 1, 2021 |
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May 1, 2021 21:25
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I went and put in some elbow grease, I think I can do better, but it came out pretty well for a first pass.  
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May 2, 2021 01:05
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shy boy from chess club posted:Are you going to do a thread so I can follow and really regret selling that car? Also I want my 10mm back, dick. Though it could be mine, sharkys or other Chris's. I think a thunderdome type challenge is the way to go on that one though. For now, i'm just enjoying driving it around. I'm going to leave it as-is for the summer, just do whatever maintenance it needs. I'm trying to buy a house (sorry kastein, not that house), but if I have time this winter I'll definitely give it a new clutch at the bare minimum. I turned the fuel back up and HOLY SHITBALLS, it rips rear end first through third. Put the fueling back where it was to keep the clutch happy in 4th and 5th... I resealed the two top covers in the pump because the leak went from a dribble to a deluge, it was leaking more fuel than it was burning. The top seals take 15 minutes to change anyway, nbd. The biturbo is still faster, but I think this has the potential to blow its doors off with a clutch and some more work.... kastein posted:Holy poo poo you turned into Maine Paul Bunyan The car has been resprayed at some point and the paint is kind of meh, but black cars that are all dirty make me sad. It's a lot better now.
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May 2, 2021 01:31
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sharkytm posted:LOL. Yeah... I turned it down to save the clutch with the bonus of not ending up in jail or dead. I'm glad you got to experience it. South Bend it. Replacing the seal was SO MUCH EASIER than a mechanically governed VE pump, just go into vagcom and tap the QA until the IQ was where it was previously. Although I've done enough IP work on old boats and stuff I got it put back together within 0.4 mg/str of where it was previously. I'm good at getting things marked and back together exactly the same... Also, the pump head doesn't seem to be leaking, so I'm real happy about that. Can you put in an 11mm pump without a tune? Or does it absolutely have to be retuned when that swap is done. This pump eventually is going to need a replacement, so there's no reason NOT to upgrade. The clutch works for now, but yea, if it starts to slip or I have time this winter, south bend is going in. For now, I'm happy just driving the thing everywhere I need to go and enjoying it. So far I've driven it about 300 miles since buying it (on my sketchy temp tags that I got from a different state I printed out...). Such a nice car to just ride around in. Took a longer trip this weekend for some hiking, my wife really like riding in the car. It's comfortable, quiet, goes good, etc. I really want to get another rusty one (redundant) as a winter driver... and into the abyss I go. Oh also, I was looking under the car and found that it has a torn steering rack boot. Rockauto lists two different rack boots: TRW design and ZF Rack design, how do I tell what I have?. From the pictures, it looks like the TRW boots have fewer, bigger bellows, and the ZF boots have more, closer together bellows in the boot. Is that a fine way to ID what I have? It seems like the 3 or 4 different brands on RA follow that pattern. chrisgt fucked around with this message at 20:17 on May 2, 2021 |
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May 2, 2021 20:11
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Not sure why it took me this long to notice... but the radiator fans don't work. Tracked it down to a bad thermal switch in the radiator. Annoying that I have to drain some coolant, but nice that it's a $15 repair and nothing major.
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May 5, 2021 02:10
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I posted a thread on tdiclub, but shy boy from chess club or CommieGIR, you may know the answer as well. https://forums.tdiclub.com/index.php?threads/incorrect-temperature-readings.514922/ I know it used to work right because I was watching the coolant temp to get the engine fully warmed up before setting my IQ after putting new seals in the pump. Now my coolant temp sensor is giving me garbage, what I don't know is if this behavior indicates a bad sensor, or if it's a wiring problem. When I unplug the sensor, I would expect some constant negative reading or something like that, what I get is a value that wanders around (see details in above thread). You ever seen this before? EDIT: It's been raining a lot so I looked to make sure no water got in the ECU, it's dry. Checked all the wiring between the sensor and the ECU, looks fine. I have no idea but a new sensor is really cheap fro idparts... I'll just put a new one in there and see what happens. chrisgt fucked around with this message at 20:28 on May 6, 2021 |
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May 6, 2021 16:30
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I had to put a coolant temp sensor and MAF on the car, both were going wonky. The MAF had a cracked hotwire and the coolant sensor was full of coolant (but no wiring migration). Otherwise I really haven't done a lot besides just drive the car. I have put about 1500 miles on since buying it, I love every second of driving this thing. It's just a well engineered car that drives nice. It obviously passed safety inspection without an issue, since it literally has none. The tires are juuuuust above the wear bars. I need to replace them. Also, I got a good deal on some (kind of ricey) headlights that actually LIGHT UP THE drat ROAD. The stock lights leave something to be desired... Excuse all the pollen, black cars in springtime are kind of sad. 
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May 22, 2021 23:53
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sharkytm posted:Dude, those actually look good IMHO. Glad you're loving it. I kinda miss it, but I'm so happy it's in a good home. Yea, I'm quite pleased with the lights. They have a nice sharp cutoff and the high beams are really bright. Sot today, I was sitting in traffic on the interstate and the clutch started to engage kind of funny, felt like my last subaru whose pressure plate sorta gave up on life.... Next time I had a chance, I stood on it in 3rd gear and... badly slipping. So while I have the transmission out, what else do I want to replace? I'm going with the stage 2 daily driver south bend clutch and SBC flywheel. I hear that maybe it's a good idea to put a new release fork in at the same time? There's a rear main seal in the box of parts, so I'll put that in. I've done the RMS on the ABA engines a few times without problems, this looks like the same procedure. The kit comes with new flywheel and pressure plate bolts as well as a throwout bearing, so I should be good there. I sorta didn't feel like doing this job right now, but I'll be glad to have a nice new SBC, then I can turn the fuel back up 
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May 30, 2021 23:23
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CommieGIR posted:The connector on top should be the MFTS (Multi-Function Temperature Sensor), so it has the AC temp sensor and the gauge temp sensor, IIRC its a thermistor so if you have any wiring issues it can read odd. It was the G62 sensor, goes to the gauge and the ECU, it was filling with coolant. The element for the gauge was at the top, so it was not wet, yet. So I was pulling the car into the garage and idling around trying to get it up on the ramps in the right place to pull the transmission when I noticed a massive puddle of diesel on the floor... Last time I drove the car it DID smell kind of diesely. Pump head seal gone :| I got the new o-ring in, then it was late. Will do the rest of reassembly today and hopefully it works and doesn't leak. Also: 
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sharkytm posted:Man, I feel bad. Clutch and pump... Nah, don't feel bad. These issues were coming sooner than later, i'll fix it up and have it better than ever. I'm excited I can turn the fuel back up and start breaking axles or whatever EDIT  
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Jun 3, 2021 14:09
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So I have to admit, that job really kicked my rear end. This is why I have avoided FWD cars, I just hate working on them. Anyway, I got to add a new sticker under the hood, so it's all worth it  I made it about half a mile from home and a thunderstorm started, so I had to turn around to go fix some things that didn't want to get wet. But man does it drive nice. The clutch engages right off the floor and it's buttery smooth. So glad to have that done and installed, can't wait to put more miles on it.
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When I put the pump back together , i got it a bit further toward more fuel; accidental hammer mod. I have more pictures and complaining about the job to post, but my desktop computer crashed the other day and I can't do anything useful on a tablet thing, and my other laptop is messed up. Maybe I'll fix that stuff one of these days. Anyway, it drives great. i want to follow the break-in procedure and not beat on it too much before I go crazy, don't want to glaze the new setup out of the gate. Pain in the rear end job, but so totally worth it. If i ever had to do this again, it would take 1/3 the time...
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Jun 6, 2021 21:29
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shy boy from chess club posted:Did you have to take the passenger side flange off the trans to get it out? I forget what years need that but before I figured that out there was much, much anger trying to get the trans out trying every possible twist, jiggle and cuss word. I'm fairly certain that would have made the job easier, that stupid thing was right up in the flywheel's business. I ended up putting a chain to one of the bolts on the differential side of the transmission, lifting it up by the diff and dropping it out sideways. I probably spend an hour-and-a-half getting the thing out. The whole time I was thinking "oh gently caress.... this is NOT going to go back in easy..." Then it took me about 15 minutes from workbench to bolted-in. That transmission is really light, I picked it up off the floor and threw it on my workbench with minimal effort.
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Jun 7, 2021 11:15
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Suburban Dad posted:Now you're a man, M-A-N man! No, it's probably the titties
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sharkytm posted:Any updates? Clutch broken in? Broken any axles yet? I drive the car everywhere I go and love every second of it. Nothing else has broken, it seems to be doing really well. Good thing. I've been really busy with a lot of other things lately.
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I have driven the car about 5000 miles since I bought it. This weekend I went to look at a house I'm not going to buy and drove it up mt. washington. Then I took it to an autocross at Canaan motor speedway, which was a complete blast. 
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Aug 30, 2021 10:58
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chrisgt posted:Then I took it to an autocross at Canaan motor speedway, which was a complete blast. I think this is around where I hit the top of third and shifted into fourth. This autocross was FAST. 
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The Golf I bought for parts (https://i.imgur.com/cPRXykfh.jpg) had ecode side markers. These look infinitely better than the yellow ones. The golf was tdi swapped (and had a brand new, not reman, injection pump 12k miles ago), had rear disk brakes, and a bunch of other goodies. It was too good a deal to pass up... chrisgt fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Sep 28, 2021 |
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sharkytm posted:Nice! Too bad it wasn't an 11mm. You gonna swap the discs over, I assume? You have the option of doing what I always liked: Golf front end swap! I certainly thought about it. I think it's just headlights and grille? I have the golf stashed somewhere for now. I have no room for more cars here, but i should be buying a house and moving before the end of the year, then I can have all the cars in one place. Yea, wish it was 11mm, but I am thinking about using the engine in a tracker or ranger or something small for offraoding. And a spare 02a transmission can never hurt, those are getting real hard to find for a good price.
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