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Wow! What a compelling story, excellent writing! I had a similiar journey but with a happier ending. I bought an 82 diesel westy on ebay, flew out to Seattle (I live in Milwaukee) and drove it back in January. The guy who I bought if from failed to tell me the heat did not work and I almost froze to...

Thank you Libbybapa and Coke for your info on installing the injector pump. I got it installed and it seems to be running fine, except for one problem: Now one of my injectors is bubbling diesel out where it threads into the engine. Do I need a new injector or is this a bigger problem like compressi...

Thanks Coke, I ordered a new tension pulley from this site along with everything else I needed. Thank you for the info you gave me. I made my own tensioning tool out of a small block of wood and 2 nails, seems to work fine. Now if I could just figure out a way to take off the IP sprocket without tha...

Hello everybody! I am new to this forum and can't beleive there is one dedicated to diesel VWs! Life is good! Last January I bought a 82 diesel Westy (Amber) stock 1.6na and have been working on her since. My current project is installing a new IP. I figured while I am doing that I might as well rep...