[urq] A new project : a 5000TD !

Danton J. A. Cardoso djacardoso at gmail.com
Sun May 9 19:51:32 PDT 2010


Hmmm... pull the ignition, and replace it with one from a wrecked one?  Then
again, with that vintage, it may be hard to find, however shokan.com, may
have one.  Or, what about a VW of the same year, such as a Jetta Diesel,
better yet a Quantum (Passat)?  What kind of magazine do you write/compose
Louis?

Cheers!

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Well, a reader of my magazine just offered me a car for free : a 1984 5000
> turbo diesel automatic !
>
>
>
> Car is in a garage since 6 years, no rust at all, it need a PS hose and
> some
> work on the injection system to help with the cold starts.
>
>
>
> But for now, the biggest problem is the keys : the grand-children of the
> actual owner lost the keys. They removed a door lock to have one
> re-created,
> but this key doesn't work in the ignition. So, for now, what I need is a
> way
> to unlock the steering column and have the car towed here so I can work on
> it a bit.
>
>
>
> Any tips ?
>
>
>
> Louis-Alain
>
> 1983 urQuattro
>
> 1984 5KTD
>
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