[Vwdiesel] Well, I cheated a bit today...

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

Yesssssssss!
Sounds a bit like my story from a couple weeks ago.  Glad you finally have
yours running so well.
I am constantly tinkering on mine too. Always something to sort. PArt of the
allure I suspect.
Enjoyed reading your story Bryant.
WTG !

Mike in NB


Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryant Baecht" <bbaecht at sunflower.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 2:29 AM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Well, I cheated a bit today...


> Hi all,
>      OK, getting under time constraints, I called my local VW guy and
asked
> if he was busy today.  Since we just had the snow storm the answer was no,
> so I towed my diesel rabbit in for the inspection to get tags, and then
over
> to his shop.  Since I'm REALLY slow doing something the first time, I had
> him do the timing belt and check the valves since the valve cover was off.
> He called me at 5:45 tonight to let me know it was ready and running good.
> >From where I left off, the poor thing was running, but not idling very
well.
> Got down there and we fired it up.  Smooth as silk!  WOOHOO!!!  He also
did
> some digging and had the fast GP relay, so we put that in in about 5
minutes
> and hooked up the bus.  Fired up the GP's and my led was working now too!
> It went out and it fired on less than a turn over.  SWEET!!!  He showed me
> the old belt and it was worn pretty darn bad.  Plus the IP gear had jumped
a
> couple teeth.  YIKES!  Hence the bad idling.  We put my tag on with a Das
> Autohaus tag frame and I hooked it up to tow it home.
>      Got it home and drove it a around a bit.  I also stopped by the FLAPS
> and got some bulbs ( my blinkers aren't working, but have a bulb out.
Also,
> one of the reverse lights is out.  Also picked up a gallon of phosphate
free
> antifreeze for flushing soon, and the bottom hose that was cut for a
warmer.
> The hose on it seemed bigger and it looks like that's where the leaking is
> coming from.  Found out I need to replace a CV boot ( I'll probably just
do
> the whole axles/CV's as I have a front clip that I can pull them from ),
> springs in the rear are pretty bad, lower ball joint needs work as well.
> So, got a list of things to work on!  But I'm so stoked it was running so
> nicely!  Anyway, just had to post.  Be doing some more mechanical things
to
> it as the weeks go by and I'll post what I wind up doing.  All in all,
> having fun here in Kansas and loving my rabbit!
>
> Bryant
>
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