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Ok, I'll fiddle with the unused fuel and air connections on the old marine tank, the guy probably sealed them up. He was good with the fabrications but was lacking in understanding of some of the other issues. The aux pump should be on a relay too. The switch burned out pretty quick when I used it a...

I'm been running a 81 Rabbit for 6 months. It came with a decent wvo setup and I bought about 50 gallons of filtered veg oil from a guy a month ago. It's been a decent test but I have lots of little questions. In the last few days I've noticed that I haven't been running proper temps, my thermostat ...

I just picked up an 1981 Rabbit Diesel C myself last week. I'm pretty jazzed about mine. It's the 3rd diesel I've bought and the most road worthy and in quite good shape. I first picked up an 82 caddy that had cab rust through but a rebuilt engine. Some of the rebuild stuff was a bit sloppy though. ...

I did some comparing between my pickup and my hatchback. There are 3 less bracket pieces on the pickup (which is giving me alignment trouble) than the hatchback. The hatchback has a bracket coming off the alternator bracket. It also has a beefy bracket on the block behind the IP that is completely m...

I don't want to disassemble anything since I don't want to monkey with the perfect timing. I tried snagging the bracket with a flare wrench that I could put a bar on and give a little bend. When I hand cranked the engine, the belt seemed to be wandering again. I ran into another problem so I haven't...

One of our local car lots had a red diesel pickup show up that I stopped and looked at. I was looking it over even though they said they are holding it since it needs welding and they may sell it on eBay blah blah blah. Anyway, I was looking under the hood and noticed there was a brace type bracket ...

I have a 82 diesel pickup with a rebuilt motor I plan to sell soon but I noticed the timing belt is running wide on the IP sprocket and chipping away the belt on the intermediate pulley edge guide. It seems to hang off the sprocket 1 mm or two. I've only seen the problem referenced a few times and t...

As long as they are just spacers, I'm sure I could find substitutions. Roaming the farming section at Fleet Farm comes to mind right away. I could probably find someone in there that'll work. The mount looks toast anyway the way it's pushing out. The motor was rebuilt by a previous owner. Either he ...

The first picture is of the mount in my diesel Rabbit hatchback, each side of the mount has some rubber sticking out that seem to be spacers. http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6789/cimg2650sc0.jpg The second pic of my shaky Rabbit pickup that vibrates bad during braking, in reverse or some shifting...