[Vwdiesel] Collective Wisdom: help!

Sun Mar 29 15:47:22 PDT 2015

A strange thing happened to me on the way to the forum today...
B4 Passat:  Turn it off, leave a bit, come back and try to start the car (or just turn it off while sitting in it) then go to start it and it won't!  Pull the key out and the "alarm" starts beeping the horn.  It won't stop untid you put the key in the door, lock then unlock.  The.n it will start normally.
My wife said the door locks' vacuum pump had been running on recently.  Can a vacuum leak be the cause of this?  I never have figured just how this alarm system is supposed to work.  The only other thing we found that sets it off is if you open the door, through an opened window, while it's locked.

TIA
     Loren

-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent McBeigh <vrmcbeigh at gmail.com>
To: Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann at gmail.com>
Cc: VW Diesel Group <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sat, Mar 28, 2015 2:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 82 Jetta GTD

That's a very tempting ride. I wish I had an extra few grand to play with as I
could use a summer car. Good luck on the sale, and may she go to someone who
will love her as much as you do!

V

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> On Mar 28, 2015, at
09:29, Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Sounds very
tempting!!! If I wasn't pouring $$$ into my 1.9 aaz  82 Westy.
> Kolbenschmidt
pistons $549.00and other quality parts ,seals adding up to
> over a grand with
the machine shop showing me that my head is cracked as
> well. Someone will have
a nice ride, hope they care for it!!
>> On Mar 27, 2015 10:35 PM,
<dieseltdi at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> OK after injuring my right shoulder for
the third time, installing a
>> garage door opener (maybe I should just stop
working overhead), I struggled
>> for 3 days fighting the shifter and the
traffic driving back and forth to
>> work.  Finally on Wednesday evening, I
decided that this old body has
>> reached the point where a manual transmission,
although fun to drive, is
>> just not feasible anymore.  So, I went to my local
VW dealer and drove home
>> in a new Jetta TDI.  More on that later but now to
the real reason I am
>> writing.  I am going to sell the 82 and I wanted to
offer it here first to
>> those that really know what a diesel is.  I will then
list it on the SAMBA
>> and some local websites before heading to Ebay.  I won’t
take up too much
>> space here but as a reminder here are some of the specs:
>>
93 RA code GTD engine
>> CHD 5 speed trans (“freeway flyer”)
>> intercooler with
auxiliary water pump for the water cooled turbo
>> Auxiliary fans for
intercooler and AC condensor
>> Injector pump was redone by Giles in Canada and
can handle 15 psi
>> High flow GTD injectors
>> 4 new Firestone Affinity tires
mounted on tear drop wheels
>> 10 gallon Auxiliary fuel tank.
>> AC works but
needs a new compressor clutch as it only works on fan speed 3
>> or 4
>> From
seats are from a Corrado and are VERY comfortable and have many
>> adjustments
very good shape with no holes although one place on the drivers
>> side is
showing some wear on the vinyl bolster
>> Front suspension - Cabriolet struts
and brakes with a Scirocco 16 valve
>> front torsion bar and an after market tie
bar for the front suspension
>> (makes is tight and nice)
>> Rear suspension -
Scirocco 16 valve rear struts and disc brakes, stock
>> Jetta torsion bar
>>
Both front and rear have really heavy duty stiff springs, car isn’t
>> lowered
but handles like it was
>> Stock front bumper with collapsed shocks absorber
mounts (brings bumper
>> closer to the car), rear Rabbit euro bumper, slightly
trimmed to fit body
>> contours, with integrated Euro trailer hitch with 4 wire
trailer wiring.
>> Battery has been relocated to the trunk
>> Lots of other
stuff too
>> Not a bad car body is in decent shape considering I pulled it out
of the
>> grass in Pennsylvania.  I have found and fixed any rust spots that I
can
>> but there may be others lurking that I couldn’t see.  The strut towers
are
>> NOT rusted.
>> Paint is horrible but I guess that some might say it has
“patina”
>> As you all know, I just drove the car from here in Dallas/Ft. Worth
to Las
>> Vegas and back with no problems except for a wonky EGT gauge (I have a
new
>> one to replace that) and having the oil cooler/warmer leak.  I have
fixed
>> that with a Volvo oil cooler adaptor and 2 pass cooler.  The cooler
needs
>> to be replaced with one in better shape and more permanently
mounted.
>> It has a new radiator but I have saved the original and really
wanted to
>> put it back in the car after having it cleaned.
>> I also have 4
used GTD injectors and an extra turbo injection pump that
>> leaks from the cold
start area (I used this while I have the injection pump
>> rebuilt)
>> I also
installed good Euro headlights with relays to greatly increase
>> their
brightness.
>> Odometer has broken, AGAIN, but I have another one that will go
with the
>> car.
>> If your interested, or know someone who is, let me know.  I
will be taking
>> a full set of pictures tomorrow so I can send them out to
anyone who may be
>> interested.
>> I would really like to get $4000 for the
car, considering the new tires
>> and other stuff but…..make me a decent offer
above $3000 and we can talk.
>> If it seems that I can’t sell the car, then I
may just part it out over a
>> period of several months.
>> If you want call me
and talk, my number is 817 seven 91 two four 40.
>> Hayden
>> 
>> 
>> "God is
not a diviner being or a magician, but the creator who brought
>> everything to
life. Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion
>> of creation,
because evolution requires the creation of things that
>> evolve.” Pope Pius
XII
>> “There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there
is
>> no party of principle.”
>> “I do not know if the people of the United
States would vote for superior
>> men if they ran for office, but there can be
no doubt that such men do not
>> run."
>> “I cannot help fearing that men may
reach a point where they look on every
>> new theory as a danger, every
innovation as a toilsome trouble, every
>> social advance as a first step toward
revolution, and that they may
>> absolutely refuse to move at all.”  Alexis de
Tocqueville
>> 
>> Proud owner of:
>> 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel
>> 1968
Beetle
>> 1982 VW Jetta Coupe GTD "FrankenJetta"
>> And many, many, many VWs;
from a 1947 Beetle (13 Beetles total), to Vans
>> (5 - 3 splitties  2 bay window
(both were campers), 1 Vanagon Westy,
>> Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1), Jettas
(11), Passats (2), Dasher (1), New
>> Beetle (1), Rabbit Convertible (1) and
Rabbit Pickups (3) most now gone but
>> not forgotten.
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