What did you work on today?
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Being tall, I was concerned about being able to get in and out of my Corvette repeatedly. And I definitely didn't want to destroy the steering column like people tend to do when a car is short or a truck is tall (it's a steering wheel, not a pull point, people!). I've actually found that it's super simple -- I just put my left hand on the door sill to push myself up and rotate out. It's completely natural.
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Coming home from work a few weeks ago, I got off the highway and when I pulled up to the light my GTI started having a loping idle like it had a big fat race cam in it. Yea thats no good. Limped it home and ignored it for 2 weeks as I already knew what it was.
New Year's weekend I decided to have a look.
As expected, timing has jumped and the intake cam is 2 teeth off. Next step was resetting the timing then a leakdown test to see if it was worth throwing parts at. Cylinders 1, 2, and 4 were great. Cylinder 3 not so much. Bent valves.
I bought this car with a blown engine due to timing tensioner failing. I replaced it with another engine that just had all the most updated parts put in it 100 miles before the car was totalled. I put 60k on said parts and the tensioner failed again. Decided to cut my losses and sent it on its way. Screw those german cars
New Year's weekend I decided to have a look.
As expected, timing has jumped and the intake cam is 2 teeth off. Next step was resetting the timing then a leakdown test to see if it was worth throwing parts at. Cylinders 1, 2, and 4 were great. Cylinder 3 not so much. Bent valves.
I bought this car with a blown engine due to timing tensioner failing. I replaced it with another engine that just had all the most updated parts put in it 100 miles before the car was totalled. I put 60k on said parts and the tensioner failed again. Decided to cut my losses and sent it on its way. Screw those german cars
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Went back to Japan for the replacement.
Pulled in the shop and started taking it apart to make a parts list. It honestly isn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
Now I'm waiting on parts.
Pulled in the shop and started taking it apart to make a parts list. It honestly isn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
Now I'm waiting on parts.
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From all I've heard it sounds like vw/audio have not improved much if at all since my 78 scirocco. Fun car to drive but went through two engines in that too.
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What model year was it? GTI was on the list for a future commuter car but having had a one previously and hearing this, wondering if it's not quite the "power move". Considering dropping it from the list.gots_a_sol wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:16 pmComing home from work a few weeks ago, I got off the highway and when I pulled up to the light my GTI started having a loping idle like it had a big fat race cam in it. Yea thats no good. Limped it home and ignored it for 2 weeks as I already knew what it was....
...I bought this car with a blown engine due to timing tensioner failing. I replaced it with another engine that just had all the most updated parts put in it 100 miles before the car was totalled. I put 60k on said parts and the tensioner failed again. Decided to cut my losses and sent it on its way. Screw those german cars
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Mine was an 09. That gen engine was used through 2014. Gen 3 started in 2015. I think they fixed the timing issues on that newer engine but there are some other issues with it, though they seem less catastrophic.
It was a fun enough car for a daily, just a bit fragile.
It was a fun enough car for a daily, just a bit fragile.
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Waiting on parts to put the front back together so messed with doing some other fixes.
When I picked it up, this clearly aftermarket led was flashing like crazy and I could hear a relay going bonkers under the dash
Pulled some dash panels and there is definitely non-oem crap there.
Ugh
Got it all ripped out and cleaned up/wiring fixed.
When I picked it up, this clearly aftermarket led was flashing like crazy and I could hear a relay going bonkers under the dash
Pulled some dash panels and there is definitely non-oem crap there.
Ugh
Got it all ripped out and cleaned up/wiring fixed.
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Man that's a pile of wires! It amazes me how some folks hook up electrical stuff so badly! Grounds and shorts waiting to happen.
I replaced my GF's garbage disposal this weekend. But the previous install, they had used 1 wire nut on the black and then just twisted and taped the other 2 and shoved it up into the bottom of the disposal. I removed the old one, cut/stripped the wires and made new connections, used some wire nuts and then taped each one up and bundled the wires away in the new unit. I am a crappy electrician but I did a much better job than the previous install!
I replaced my GF's garbage disposal this weekend. But the previous install, they had used 1 wire nut on the black and then just twisted and taped the other 2 and shoved it up into the bottom of the disposal. I removed the old one, cut/stripped the wires and made new connections, used some wire nuts and then taped each one up and bundled the wires away in the new unit. I am a crappy electrician but I did a much better job than the previous install!
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I've been building a house off and on since August 3. It's still in progress...
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I've been enjoying watching your progress. It's really impressive!
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