Recent content by Oper8or

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    Knocking noise investigation/engine rebuild

    At this point in time I could see a few people grabbing thier monitors and screaming NO DONT DO IT. I bet poor IJ bought had a heart attack. I made that mistake once man. Its a costly one.. even in a 1865cc vw :)
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    Knocking noise investigation/engine rebuild

    EH JUNK YARD?? what ??????????? # to contact junkyard please. The ones here dont have squat!!! And Hello IJ :) Long time not type!
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    Upper control arm

    yes that is very good to know. Thank you for posting. I'm going to check this weekend and see how fast the local can get one. I really appreciate your post. I've looked high an low here.. not one to found in junkyards, here anyway.
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    Upper control arm

    I appreciate the tilp and thank you. I'll check the site out asap. As far as tooling one up. No can do. I dont have the skills, shop or tools to do so. I wish I did, but there isnt a way for me to do it. One question: they say upper right or upper left control arm are they saying looking at the...
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    Upper control arm

    Well on the way to work today the wheel bearing went out. Called in to work.. got hom i've got the wheel bearing put in and the upper control arm balljoint is shot. I've looked around online and noticed you cant buy the balljoint itself I want to find a reputable company to deal with. Anyone...
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    Homemade "6mge" with ITB!

    HOly poop on a stick. Very very nice work man. I'm really impressed by the amount of time and effort you've put into your car... Has Malloy seen this?
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    Sudden drop in vacuum pressure

    You are correct. Its the relay for the vacuum line. I'll find one when I can. For now I'm just bypassing it.
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    Sudden drop in vacuum pressure

    Go away for Thanksgiving. Come home and may gas tank door is bent all to crap, the driver side door seal is torn. Fixed. I hate people who try to steal stuff. Got those two things done. Now I get up this morning and I have no vacuum pressure, anywhere. None, nada, zip, zilch. Thus no heat...
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    Velocity Tuner

    If anyone has had anything to do with VW's you'd know it was crap. I've seen people put undrive pulleys on the alternator and run the fan ducts to a modified carb cleaner. Of course they relocated the oil cooler. Just forcing a mute amount of air into your car does nothiing. It seems to me it is...
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    My knocking new ride...

    Cheap JDM replacement engines? Where the crap do you find them? I'd like to know. Instead I'm thinking of having mine rebuilt.
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    Grinding Crack Clacking Sound

    O'Reily's man. So far the past year they have had parts that DONT fail. Not one problem at all with thiers. Plus, AZ sucks.
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    cluch fluid sluge

    The way I did it was: I removed the cylinder from the firewall. Drained it of course, removed the line as well. Ran a lint free rag down inside the bowl and scrubbed, doesnt hurt to use a baby bottle brush. You can us brake fluid to flush it as well. That sludge caused mine to leak. Any Dot3...
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    Knocking...

    Dang. That is good advice. Never tried that.
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    Cold Air Intake Kit

    http://ma70.com/bishop/namod.html Hes got a couple things on his site that are good. Pics included.
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    Anyone ever tried an STS style turbo setup on an N/A ??

    http://www.ststurbo.com/home Interesting read. Facts.. love em. I'll search for a forum to see if anymore imput can be found.