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I'm interested in a radiator. I have an 85 golf 1.6l n/a with ac. I believe this requires a 26.75" core. Please let me know if you have one. Thanks. I finally got around to checking, and it looks like I have a smaller core than than: it's around ~24" (depending on where you measure from)....

dleesel wrote:I'm interested in a radiator.

I have an 85 golf 1.6l n/a with ac. I believe this requires a 26.75" core. Please let me know if you have one. Thanks.

I'll check the size and PM you this weekend...

Completely understood!

(and now you've gotten me thinking about a two-post lift!)

Yup, back in Pittsburgh. If you decide you could use the TD, let me know and it's yours for whatever you feel like giving me. :) I'd be more than happy to deliver it the next time I'm down there, which is about every six weeks. I'd rather see it go to a good home than elsewhere... I hope that I get ...

Well Volks, I've finally given up on my project to convert my 1971 VW Bus to a TD. Long story short: I got close to getting it working - actually drove it a couple hundred miles - but a combination of factors has made me throw in the towel. Its mostly a matter of not having enough spare time and the...

Well Volks, I've finally given up on my project to convert my 1971 VW Bus to a TD. Long story short: I got close to getting it working, but a combination of factors - not the least of which being the fact I was using a tired engine - has made me throw in the towel. Anyone need a tired 1.6 TD from an...

Here's a little trick invented by me but claimed by another to be his :roll: Put your engine at say 45 degrees BTDC and remove gauge plug. Insert a bolt that you have marked with a file towards one edge like a clock hand. finger tighten till you hit piston. A blunt point ground on the end of bolt h...

If it was running ok before, and all you changed was the head gasket, then I would think you put the belt back on one tooth off. Even with the pump locked, there is still enough movement to do this. Also, you could have moved the crankshaft when putting the belt back on, its easy to do. Yeah, I'm a...

Too advanced could take injection out of high compression area, resulting in your symptoms. Be inventive try 0.8mm or lower... What are your injectors set to ? I was wondering if that might be the case. I don't have a dial gauge handy - I have the adaptor, but the gauge is in another state - but I'...

Thanks for the replies, Volks. Did some more digging, watching, and musing. Taking a closer look at everything, it looks as though I've got some fuel leakage at the injectors - just a tiny bit, but easily enough to introduce air into the system. I'm going to make sure my injectors are torqued to spe...

Got the engine started, got it up to operating temp, then retorqued the head and reassembled. Re-started it tonight, but it's still not starting easily or running well: needed the block heater and lots of turning it over to get it started, followed by lots of white smoke once it was running. I tried...

Wait, let's back up a bit..... You said you had low compression and then changed the head gasket. Did you do a compression test after the new head gasket? A bad head gasket usually shows up in one or two cylinders, not all four. Did you put new rings in when you had the head off? I would verify com...

Just double check that the line on the back of the IP sprocket is visible when everything is at TDC. The line on the back of the IP sprocket? I'll have to look for it. I used to do paint (or nail polish) too, but lately I've been using a sharpie, which isn't nearly as effective. Need to get back to...

Does your IP sprocket have the two holes in it where you can lock it to the IP bracket, or only the one locking hole? If you didn't line up the notch on the back of the IP sprocket, then it's 180 degrees out of time. Have you verified this also? Two holes, and I believe I used the right one based o...

Also verify that your fuel supply line is connected to the supply fuel banjo on the IP, and that the return line is connected to the "out" bolt on the IP. I've swapped those before and had a dickens of a time getting it to start and run. It did, but not well. I believe they are, as I didn...