I recently got the itch to feed my VW fetish again. It never turns out good, but for the 5 minutes that they run and drive well they're just so much darn fun.
First I picked up this turd for WAAAAY too much money:
Then after pulling my hair out for a while and causing a mini explosion in the parking lot... well see, what happened was... the plunger on the fuel distributor got stuck at max flow, and the fuel pump relay was jumpered to always on... so, the engine filled with fuel. When I pulled the plugs to blow the fuel out of the motor I neglected to take the necessary precaution of unplugging the coil. Giant cloud of vaporized gasoline mixed with spark= heart attack!!! Thankfully the flames were extinguished quickly and at least it was dark out so it looked impressive! ...so I finally got it running, but it runs like crap.
Enter Cabby number 2:
Got this one for FREE and it's 100x better than the first one. lol. The top is better, the interior is better, and all I had to do to make it run was put a battery in!
The downside is- some shoddy, half-assed body work on the hood and front pan, and the PO was sort of an IDIOT. the steering wheel's splines were worn, so naturally he fixed it by making a spacer out of CARDBOARD! Should be exciting to find all the little surprises on this thing! lol
The plan is to make a driver out of Cabby #2 with parts from cabby #1. Or just crush them both when I get pissed. Either way it should be entertaining!
First I picked up this turd for WAAAAY too much money:
Then after pulling my hair out for a while and causing a mini explosion in the parking lot... well see, what happened was... the plunger on the fuel distributor got stuck at max flow, and the fuel pump relay was jumpered to always on... so, the engine filled with fuel. When I pulled the plugs to blow the fuel out of the motor I neglected to take the necessary precaution of unplugging the coil. Giant cloud of vaporized gasoline mixed with spark= heart attack!!! Thankfully the flames were extinguished quickly and at least it was dark out so it looked impressive! ...so I finally got it running, but it runs like crap.
Enter Cabby number 2:
Got this one for FREE and it's 100x better than the first one. lol. The top is better, the interior is better, and all I had to do to make it run was put a battery in!
The downside is- some shoddy, half-assed body work on the hood and front pan, and the PO was sort of an IDIOT. the steering wheel's splines were worn, so naturally he fixed it by making a spacer out of CARDBOARD! Should be exciting to find all the little surprises on this thing! lol
The plan is to make a driver out of Cabby #2 with parts from cabby #1. Or just crush them both when I get pissed. Either way it should be entertaining!
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