Rochambeau

Rochambeau@icanteventoot.help

Too many cars. Current garage: 1967 VW Beetle 1963 VW Beetle 1979 VW Beetle Convertible 1978 VW Type 2 Westfalia 1989 Saab 900 SPG 1987 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 3-door 1980 Mercedes 450SEL 1973 Mercedes 280C 2001 BMW 325i wagon 5-sp 1996 Ford E-350 Club Wagon 15 passenger van"Modern" cars: 2004 BMW X5 3.0i 6-sp 2007 Mercedes E350 wagon 2007 Mercedes GL450 2017 Ford Focus Electric

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Post #3006888
@vwdasher I&#39;m not sure what I&#39;ll do with it. I&#39;ll fix it and drive it and then decide. Maybe it could replace the Mercedes W211 wagon that I&#39;ve had for several years but has never really connected with me emotionally. I&#39;m pretty sure it won&#39;t replace my BMW E46 wagon, but that car is for fair weather only. I am also prepared for the scenario where the Jetta will be an unreliable nightmare and I&#39;ll end up selling it.
Post #3006887
@vwdasher Seems to be just the turbo being seized. That was the dealer&#39;s diagnosis and it fits the symptom, which is that the car won&#39;t go more than 20 mph. The previous owner, a non-gearhead friend of mine, says the turbo was just replaced a year ago but couldn&#39;t find the records for that repair. If that&#39;s the case then I&#39;ll need to figure out why it failed so quickly. Poor oil feed, torn air filter, boost not controlled... not sure what else might do it.
Post #3006886
@chris It&#39;s been a few months since I&#39;ve driven a Beetle so maybe I&#39;m forgetting some flaws but I think they&#39;re hard to improve upon. Id say start with a pre-67 body, add an SVDA diatributor, seat belts, stereo, and modern whitewall tires,. Keep stock-ish wheels. Drop spindles. Shock absorbers to taste. Then drive, drive, drive. Replace what you don&#39;t like.
Post #3006885
@chris Yeah, I like the looks of the covered headlights, small tail lights, and towel-bar bumpers. I have a &#39;67 which doesn&#39;t have the covered headlights but has 12V electrics as a consolation. But there are too many one-year-only parts on a &#39;67 so given the choice I&#39;d say go with the slightly earlier cars. CV joint IRS started in &#39;69 and would be nice to have, but there are parts available to limit the drawbacks of the swing axle.
Post #3006884
After a week of good progress, then two months of nothing, then 2 days of good progress, I have my recently purchased Diesel Jetta back together with its new turbo installed. On the shakedown run, a coolant hose that I had forgotten to clip spilled its contents in the driveway. But then I drove for an hour without incident. The particulate filter successfully regenerated and the warning light for it turned off, which was a huge relief. Then I spent a few hours cleaning it up. #vw #tdi #cars
Post #3006883
@bustletonauto I like it. Car designers are slaves to symmetry but this works.
Post #3006882
@autonerdery #5 injector not plugged in maybe?
Post #3006881
@lewis@weird.autos Here are some shots I took of my Sierra Cosworth&#39;s radiator installation. Kind of hard to see much because the intercooler is on top of it. Let me know if there&#39;s another angle you need.
Post #3006880
@lewis@weird.autos Yeah, the switch is on the bottom of the hot side.
Post #3006879
@dan
Post #3006878
@mllsc I always tell people that if you can only have one car, it should be an E46 generation BMW 3-series. Preferably the wagon.
Post #3006877
@wheeljack For me it&#39;s a phoenix yellow E46 M3. I&#39;ve come as close as being the high bidder with 2 seconds left in a BaT auction.
Post #3006876
@wheeljack @rootwyrm Close enough that I wouldn&#39;t turn them down. Especially the wagon...
Post #3006875
@vwdasher Harlequin Golf with teddy bear wheels! I love it. Whoever owns that car has pretty much conquered the car hobby.
Post #3006874
I had to disassemble most of the front end of my #BMW X5 to replace the condenser fan. These projects always cost me twice as much as they should and take me 10 times longer because I do things like decide the radiator support looks too rusty so I should buy another and then paint it. Plus new hood latches and cables. Looks better but I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s worth it with 220k miles on it. #cars
Post #3006873
@rootwyrm Yeah, it&#39;s not in great shape but I have to limit the project scope somewhere and the A/C worked fine this past summer. Well it didn&#39;t work so well at low speed once the fan failed, but that should be fixed now.
Post #211264
@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social Amazing and beautiful. Makes me wish I had a Citroen graveyard near me.
Post #186921
@tikibunnyimports@weird.autos Someday when my kids are grown and I just something to transport junkyard parts and birdseed, this will be my daily driver. Can someone please buy this and hold it for me until then? Thanks.