[Vwdiesel] 89 Jetta NA diesel experience?

Fri Apr 16 22:40:44 PDT 2010

Ray

I just looked at Roger's diagram for the make your own harness.  Nice.  Just
follow along on that, you can't possibly go wrong.  

-james

From: raymond greeley [mailto:rgreeley2 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 9:13 PM
To: jhsg at sasktel.net; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] 89 Jetta NA diesel experience?

Hello James and all, just a question or two.

How does one know that he is looking at a german built vw.

second. the headlight conversion, I am interested in such a 
swap. How would i know the type of relay and is there a wire
harness available with the lights you mention.

ray

> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:04:03 -0600
> From: jhsg at sasktel.net
> To: doyt at buckeye-express.com; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 89 Jetta NA diesel experience?
> 
> Doyt.
> I had a td 89 german production Jetta.
> 
> Just buy it.
> 
> That has to have been the best chassis they ever made from the longevity
and
> robustness standpoint. It handles well, corners well, never gave me a
> minute's grief. I sold it with original motor, at 560000km, and for all I
> know, it's still going. The only motor work ever done was 2 cam followers
> at 570000 (still by me for the second owner), and the usual maintenance.
> Hands down, the best car I've ever owned.
> 
> There are a couple weak spots. The usual leaking windshield killing the
> fuse panel/ glow plug relays thing. I built a silicone dam so if moisture
> ever got that far, it was diverted... BECAUSE, the plugs on the relay back
> are kind of flaky, and are subject to corrosion. In fact, that would be
the
> first thing I would do, is de-battery it, and pull the fuse panel, remove,
> clean, and dielectric grease each plug on the fuse panel back. Second
> would be to install relays on the headlamps, particularly the high beams,
> but the lows aren't hurt by that either. This pretty much turns the
> headlamp circuit into a signal wire only, which will head off any
resistance
> heat- fuse block melting to wiring harness plug issues.
> 
> On that note, the DOT headlights do indeed suck, and are worthy of a Yugo
> award. There's no help for them, maybe glass ones from China, but they
have
> to go, they're dangerous, horrid light polluting POS. I acquired a gti
> style conversion grill that housed the 2 big 2 small round headlamps. 100w
> in the small driving lights, 80/100 in the big high/lows make for good,
safe
> night driving. There's lots of deer here, and without light, you hit them.
> You can use them to remove paint from your garage door too if necessary,
> just park close, and hit the high beams...
> 
> Hope you get it. The A2's are a wonderful car.
> -james
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> > On Behalf Of Doyt W. Echelberger
> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:37 PM
> > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Subject: [Vwdiesel] 89 Jetta NA diesel experience?
> > 
> > I have an opportunity to acquire a German-production 1989 Jetta na
> > diesel
> > at 97,000 miles, and would appreciate input from owners of similar
> > vehicles
> > regarding characteristics and eccentricities of the model.
> > 
> > My own experience is with TD Jettas and na Rabbits from the middle
> > 80's.
> > They were relatively responsive cars.
> > This one doesn't feel that way.
> > 
> > I wonder if I could (safely) improve performance a little bit by
> > swapping
> > in the turbo from my 85 Jetta TD, and run it with the na injector pump
> > (because the special TD pump from the 85 is leaking and would require
> > an
> > overhaul.)
> > 
> > I drove it for about 20 minutes and found it to be alarmingly
> > underpowered
> > for pulling out into traffic and accelerating to highway speed. It
> > sounded
> > like it was reving really high while cruising in 5th gear at 60mph. And
> > the
> > sound level was high at all speeds. The ride was very good and the
> > steering
> > and handling precise, with good braking and a working emergency brake.
> > 
> > A part was missing from the module that adjusts for altitude....some
> > kind
> > on aneroid device that included what looked like a vacuum advance that
> > you
> > would normally find on a distributor. I saw the picture, but the device
> > was
> > missing from the vehicle.
> > 
> > The heater and blower worked, but the AC was only slightly noticeable
> > at
> > Max setting.
> > 
> > Wipers, horn and lights all worked....no bad glass, interior 9/10. Ext
> > 8/10. Several rust spots...one at lower edge of windshield driver
> > side,
> > one the size of a fist below the door sill on the driver side.
> > 
> > Tires look 9/10 but might be old. The car was towed behind a motor home
> > for
> > much of its history. It has a set of tow bar eyes welded into the front
> > bumper, and a rear trailer hitch for a trailer that weighs about 150
> > lbs.
> > 
> > Real cash value estimate would also be appreciated.
> > 
> > 
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