Is fixing VWs an illness . Or therapy.

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none2u - 19 May 2008 15:29 GMT

I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
driveshaft, A frame bushings, Sealed the fuel pump, two glowplugs, Aluminum
honeycombs. Charged the battery and it fired right up , even forgetting to
leave the glowplugs on . Unfortunately the front of the drivers seat is just
about to fall through the floor. The cross brace is below floor level.
Granted this car has been totaled twice, I must have an illness. Anyone
think fixing old VWs is an illness. Or therapy.

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pfjw@aol.com - 19 May 2008 15:50 GMT

> I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
> driveshaft, A frame bushings, Sealed the fuel pump, two glowplugs, Aluminum
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> Granted this car has been totaled twice, I must have an illness. Anyone
> think fixing old VWs is an illness. Or therapy.

Emphatically, therapy!

When you attempt to actually drive such a beast as you describe on
public streets - THEN, it becomes an illness. This seems like the
perfect get-around-the-farm vehicle...

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

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none2u - 20 May 2008 01:03 GMT

On May 19, 10:29 am, "none2u" <non...@notrealatall.bye> wrote:

> I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
> driveshaft, A frame bushings, Sealed the fuel pump, two glowplugs,
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Granted this car has been totaled twice, I must have an illness. Anyone
> think fixing old VWs is an illness. Or therapy.

>>I'm afraid a bumpy farm might finish it off. I just took it over to

BestBuy to see about getting a new TV .Because it will fit in there.
Unfortunately they stopped making CRT TVs that are 32-36in. range. Who
would've known. I've had offers so someone could drive it around the steel
plant because they could pilfer diesel fuel in there. The local teenagers
seem to be after it. They keep bugging me to sell it, because they have a
complete ground effects kit. Really I think its too far gone to sell. Which
is why I keep piddling around with it. Plus it really is good in the snow,
and it keeps the salt from rotting my 2005 Toyota. I'm thinking of getting
me a yield or stop sign to weld in a new floor. I had a four door Rabbit
break in half on the freeway once right behind the seat. It split straight
up to the roof. It had to be flat bedded. Because they couldn't jack it up
high enough to get the floor off the road. So I'm not really afraid of it.

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dave AKA vwdoc1 - 20 May 2008 02:56 GMT

I vote you buy another body for that diesel engine, or sell that diesel
engine where it sits!
I had to let an '89 Jetta dieselget away from me after the body got totalled
a few years ago. I had no space for the diesel engine at that time. :-(

Therapy for an illness! That is my story and I am sticking to it! lol

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dave
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> On May 19, 10:29 am, "none2u" <non...@notrealatall.bye> wrote:
>> I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
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> couldn't jack it up high enough to get the floor off the road. So I'm not
> really afraid of it.

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Dioclese - 20 May 2008 13:12 GMT

>I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
>driveshaft, A frame bushings, Sealed the fuel pump, two glowplugs,
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>below floor level. Granted this car has been totaled twice, I must have an
>illness. Anyone think fixing old VWs is an illness. Or therapy.

For the working poor that are lucky enough to have an older functioning VW
that gets 30ish mpg, maintaining such a vehicle is a necessity. They can't
afford a new vehicle that gets those mpg numbers.

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None4You - 29 May 2008 03:08 GMT

>>I got the 86 diesel rolling again. Its been parked since last fall. New
>>driveshaft, A frame bushings, Sealed the fuel pump, two glowplugs,
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> that gets 30ish mpg, maintaining such a vehicle is a necessity. They
> can't afford a new vehicle that gets those mpg numbers.

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