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Thank you. I will try that this weekend. I did notice that the climate controls are not connected correctly. So labeling on the heat, vent are all wrong. So the a/c controls most be working the fan. I did notice that the fan always kept running after I turned off the engine, but does not do that now...

Yes I think it will be funnier to me after I fix it! It is true any ideas what it could be? I am not familiar with the A/C, it was removed and I don't remember having A/C is my Rabbits when I was a much younger.

Ok the inside climate fan is now controlling the radiator fan. If I turn it off the radiator fan turns off and if I turn it on radiator fan goes on. This never happened before. How can that be? TY

Hi TylerDurden,
Yes it does have AC and I will check when I get home, but I never had that problem before.
TYVM

Hi Guys, All of the sudden my 1981 Diesel Caddy Radiator fan is always running. It starts running the second I turn the key, even before starting. I replaced the Auxiliary Fan Switch and still have the same problem. What else is controlling the fan? Could it be a bad replacement Switch? I am no expe...

That is was my fear. Thank again for all the help!

According to the bottle it can. I am being told if the rings were frozen or bad the smoke would be much worse than I am getting. I will try the seafoam anyway.

I was told the engine overheated and the owner put water in and it cracked. I found out that the owner had a 240 thermostat that caused the over heating. The owner told me many things some true and some not, so I am not sure what to believe about the engine before I bought the rabbit. The engine nee...

Called my mechanic and he assured me the compression was good. He did the head gasket and said it was very good after. The timing could be off. I will look into seafoam. Thank you!

It has not gotten very cold here yet, I think the coldest was 48. It started right up without a problem.

Hey Guys, I have a 81 VW 1.6 pickup. It was not running when I bought it but is now. I had the timing belt, water pump head gasket and many other issues fixed. It was smoking quite a bit at first. I was told to drive it for a while and see if it gets better. Well I have driven it for about 800 miles...

Thank you for the info. I will look into the provided fix. I should have mentioned that all other gears including second is really easy to shift in to.
Thanks again!

Hey Guys, I am new to the forum. I just got my new 1981 5 speed Diesel Caddy running. :) Overall she runs great but I do have a few issues I need to resolve ASAP. The first issue I am having trouble getting into first gear, at times is it is harder than other times. I have read some articles but do ...

Thank you, I have it my location on but it is not showing up. I am in NJ near Philadelphia.

That came with the truck! LOL