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Good call did not think of this route, Gonna hit one of the very few junk yards that are over here , the Germans recycle very quickly , Thanks

Got Gigged buy the German inspection on my 91 golf for the rear tag lights being inop, found that I had a bunch of bad splices in the wire bundle going from the hatchback lid on the left hand side into the roof of car ,hope this fixes it ,is this a common problem? Also the bulb lenses are all cracke...

Thanks Quantum , Gonna get to VW Dealer also tommorow if time permits ....

Alright folks , my rear wiper does not work , squirts great , how do I turn the wiper on , the right hand lever has several decals on it but since it has never worked I do not know which position to pull or push for testing, Are there any inherant problems with these units ? Been workin tons of hour...

Just got word , we are off this weekend , 3 weeks straight through, 12 hour days , gotta work on Pixie to get these light s brighter , the low beams are kaput as far as distance , high beams are well, illuminating great gonna check voltage and tweek bulbs up a bit . driving home I have been testing ...

Ok when I had Timing belt done "Franco" who did it for me (Guy is a riot but nows these little suckers) said front pads are getting slim. said rotors and pads are gonna need replaced soon. Think I am gonna just do pads and am wondering if the part # 's I get on US sites are the same, I pla...

The lowbeam lights on my Golf are of a differant flavor then I am used to, this is is a German spec Golf and when you look at them from the front they just do not look like US headlights I am used to. Anyway the low beam illumination is well ,frankly terrible and I was thinking of getting new ones ,...

Here is an update , drove car to the Black Forest and France Sunday,(got 600Kilos on a half tank of fuel which is amazing I love this little sucker) stopped for WC break and was walking towards front of car and the drivers side headlight was illuminated , car off lights off ,key out of ignition. wel...

OK went to VW dealership here in Mannheim and got filter # 068 115 561 B, from what I have researched this is the larger capacity unit and I should be good to go. Any opinions out there on this unit .... and the flood gates open....

He folks all I can get on the army post over here is mobile one " turbo diesel truck" oil 5W-40 . Just wondering if this will be ok , gonna change the blood in Pixie this week the only filter I can get on the economy with out going to VW dealership is a Parts Plus PH2815 seems everything I...

Thanks for all the effort keep you updated

took pixs with Black berry tonight will try and post , does not want to flicker or stay lit when car is at a stop or I would get out and beat on hitch recepticle to see if i get some deutch out of the light , more later

Thanks for the heads up , will give it a once over for that .
Any preferred anti freeze/coolant that I need to use?

Inspected timing belt on the new '91 today ..whoa!! gotta change pronto , found local shop that can do it for a fair price (friend of one of the local nationals here) I will probably help him in his shop this Sat. Need a list of items to change while I have it a part IE: tensioner, water pump are th...