Is fixing VWs an illness . Or therapy.

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On May 19, 10:29 am, "none2u" <non... DeleteThis @notrealatall.bye> wrote:
> I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
> driveshaft, A frame bushings, Sealed the fuel pump, two glowplugs,
> Aluminum
> honeycombs. Charged the battery and it fired right up , even forgetting to
> leave the glowplugs on . Unfortunately the front of the drivers seat is
> just
> about to fall through the floor. The cross brace is below floor level.
> Granted this car has been totaled twice, I must have an illness. Anyone
> think fixing old VWs is an illness. Or therapy.

Emphatically, therapy!

When you attempt to actually drive such a beast as you describe on
public streets - THEN, it becomes an illness. This seems like the
perfect get-around-the-farm vehicle...

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA .
_ _
>>I'm afraid a bumpy farm might finish it off. I just took it over to
BestBuy to see about getting a new TV .Because it will fit in there.
Unfortunately they stopped making CRT TVs that are 32-36in. range. Who
would've known. I've had offers so someone could drive it around the steel
plant because they could pilfer diesel fuel in there. The local teenagers
seem to be after it. They keep bugging me to sell it, because they have a
complete ground effects kit. Really I think its too far gone to sell. Which
is why I keep piddling around with it. Plus it really is good in the snow,
and it keeps the salt from rotting my 2005 Toyota. I'm thinking of getting
me a yield or stop sign to weld in a new floor. I had a four door Rabbit
break in half on the freeway once right behind the seat. It split straight
up to the roof. It had to be flat bedded. Because they couldn't jack it up
high enough to get the floor off the road. So I'm not really afraid of it.
 >> Stay informed about: Is fixing VWs an illness . Or therapy. 

I vote you buy another body for that diesel engine, or sell that diesel
engine where it sits!
I had to let an '89 Jetta dieselget away from me after the body got totalled
a few years ago. I had no space for the diesel engine at that time.

Therapy for an illness! That is my story and I am sticking to it! lol
--
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)

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> <pfjw RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> On May 19, 10:29 am, "none2u" <non... RemoveThis @notrealatall.bye> wrote:
>> I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
>> driveshaft, A frame bushings, Sealed the fuel pump, two glowplugs,
>> Aluminum
>> honeycombs. Charged the battery and it fired right up , even forgetting
>> to
>> leave the glowplugs on . Unfortunately the front of the drivers seat is
>> just
>> about to fall through the floor. The cross brace is below floor level.
>> Granted this car has been totaled twice, I must have an illness. Anyone
>> think fixing old VWs is an illness. Or therapy.
>
> Emphatically, therapy!
>
> When you attempt to actually drive such a beast as you describe on
> public streets - THEN, it becomes an illness. This seems like the
> perfect get-around-the-farm vehicle...
>
> Peter Wieck
> Melrose Park, PA .
> _ _
> >>I'm afraid a bumpy farm might finish it off. I just took it over to
> BestBuy to see about getting a new TV .Because it will fit in there.
> Unfortunately they stopped making CRT TVs that are 32-36in. range. Who
> would've known. I've had offers so someone could drive it around the steel
> plant because they could pilfer diesel fuel in there. The local teenagers
> seem to be after it. They keep bugging me to sell it, because they have a
> complete ground effects kit. Really I think its too far gone to sell.
> Which is why I keep piddling around with it. Plus it really is good in
> the snow, and it keeps the salt from rotting my 2005 Toyota. I'm thinking
> of getting me a yield or stop sign to weld in a new floor. I had a four
> door Rabbit break in half on the freeway once right behind the seat. It
> split straight up to the roof. It had to be flat bedded. Because they
> couldn't jack it up high enough to get the floor off the road. So I'm not
> really afraid of it.
>
 >> Stay informed about: Is fixing VWs an illness . Or therapy. 

"none2u" <none2u RemoveThis @notrealatall.bye> wrote in message
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>I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
>driveshaft, A frame bushings, Sealed the fuel pump, two glowplugs,
>Aluminum honeycombs. Charged the battery and it fired right up , even
>forgetting to leave the glowplugs on . Unfortunately the front of the
>drivers seat is just about to fall through the floor. The cross brace is
>below floor level. Granted this car has been totaled twice, I must have an
>illness. Anyone think fixing old VWs is an illness. Or therapy.
>

For the working poor that are lucky enough to have an older functioning VW
that gets 30ish mpg, maintaining such a vehicle is a necessity. They can't
afford a new vehicle that gets those mpg numbers.
--
Dave
 >> Stay informed about: Is fixing VWs an illness . Or therapy. 

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> "none2u" <none2u.DeleteThis@notrealatall.bye> wrote in message
> news:376dna8ReedbE6zVnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@centurytel.net...
>>I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
>>driveshaft, A frame bushings, Sealed the fuel pump, two glowplugs,
>>Aluminum honeycombs. Charged the battery and it fired right up , even
>>forgetting to leave the glowplugs on . Unfortunately the front of the
>>drivers seat is just about to fall through the floor. The cross brace is
>>below floor level. Granted this car has been totaled twice, I must have an
>>illness. Anyone think fixing old VWs is an illness. Or therapy.
>>
>
> For the working poor that are lucky enough to have an older functioning VW
> that gets 30ish mpg, maintaining such a vehicle is a necessity. They
> can't afford a new vehicle that gets those mpg numbers.
> --
> Dave
>I drove it two days. You are right . Now the motor wont shut off all the
>way. I've taken the start stop solenoid out twice. The slider acts like
>its got something in it, I put it back in and it works once or twice and it
>half shuts off again. The passenger wiper arm is stripped out. Brand new
>Air conditioner condenser has a hole in it where they welded a bracket on
>it. Right out of warranty. Autohauz Arizona trash parts. I think I got
>dirt in the pump changing the front seal and its getting in the solenoid
>slider. And the glow plugs are working right, but the dash light is doing
>weird things, or doesn't come on. So I have to just time it myself . I was
>feeling bad, but a coworker came over begging for the car. Because his wife
>is driving an Explorer around getting about 15 mpg. And wont drive a small
>car. I just ordered the parts, for next weekend. I,m not fixing the AC
>again.
 >> Stay informed about: Is fixing VWs an illness . Or therapy.