[Vwdiesel] Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] occasional stuck cold start cable?

[Nate Wall]

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Sounds like the kid knew something he did not tell you about. That drive
axle must have made a hell of a noise when it let loose!

--Nate

Gary Shea wrote:

>  Hi y'all, I've been the happiest camper around with my 'new' 82
> diesel
> rabbit, what fun.  After a vanagon, it feels like a sports car.  I
> guess
> that's kind of sad...
>
> Question and a story.
>
> Question: sometimes when I am about to start the rabbit, I grab the
> cold
> start cable and pull, it doesn't want to move.  It can be forced, but
> it's like it's really really stiff.  The cable feels like it's going
> to
> break, and it can't be pushed back in by hand if I do forcefully pull
> it
> out.  Happens every 20th start or less, I'm guessing.  As soon as the
> engine is running, no problem.  Some day I need to take a pump apart,
> maybe it's obvious then?
>
> Story: when I first went to look at the rabbit, I noticed that the
> driver's side cv bolts were half gone, and the boot had a hole in
> it...
> in the _metal_ part!  Weird, wonder what did that... huh.  Pointed it
> out to the owners, the kid who had been driving it mentioned that he'd
>
> replaced that driveshaft.  Ok, that explains the missing bolts, he
> didn't tighten them up enough.  A week or so later I'm putting on the
> new boot with the whole driveshaft out and I look a little closer...
> there's a hole in the side of the transmission right by the cv!  A big
>
> hole, about an inch tall and a quarter inch wide like a grinder was
> used.  Well... one pair of cv bolts had the strip of metal you often
> see
> joining each pair, and I guess you see the rest.  Urk.  I took PC7
> (gooey fibrous epoxy) and some galvanized window screen, cleaned the
> hell out of the transmission housing with mineral spirits, coated the
> window screen with a thick layer of PC7 and stuck it on there, spread
> the PC7 all over in a big gooey mess.  A few days later, it's still
> there.  I try not to think about it...
>
> Have fun!
>
>         Gary
>
>
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