Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

My alternator idler pulley had some lateral play in it and I suspected it was making the noise I was hearing between 2800 and 2900 RPMs, so I wanted to replace it. The dealer lists this as NLA (unobtanium). They want over $200. I said, "Nein Danke". The pulley is part # 068 260 940 for my ...

I have an 1986 Jetta Turbo Diesel, which is missing the plumbing from the air filter housing to the passenger side fender. I believe that this should have a rubber boot on the air filter housing inlet that runs to some sort of fitting screwed onto the passenger fender. There is a hole in the passeng...

What kind of cetane booster do you use with WVO? I am not aware of any off the shelf cetane booster that is VO compatible. Elsbett asserts that only canola oil meeting specific criteria are known to run reliably in single tank converted IDI engines. They do advocate blending as necessary to avoid ge...

It is prudent to use a diesel fuel additive to try and improve the lubricity of the fuel. Our IP's were designed to run on a fuel formulation with sulfur in the fuel, and the fuel is the sole source of lubrication for the IP... So, most of us use a fuel additive from Stanadyne or Power Service (Walm...

Fatmobile wrote:I couldn't find anything using that search over on the samba.
Maybe you could post a link,.. to your search results or posts.

Search for his entire email address using the "advanced search" feature on the samba. He has 10 ads there, and is apparently located in Grapevine, TX.

There is a bare TD air box posted on the samba for $75. The additional plumbing you have would add value to that base. I have seen these posted for as little as $65 in the last 6 months for the bare air box.

Mr. Natural - The car doesn't have cruise control. I wish it did though. Are there any old manual diesels that DO have cruise? I've read about other folks doing aftermarket cruise control setups by tapping into the alternator, but this is all unknown science to me. Yes, I have seen a few NA MK2 Jet...

Does this car have cruise control?

I am looking for the cruise control bits that attach to the injection pump.