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Mine has the plastic bushing on the inside was starting to crumble, but I put it back together with the old pieces anyway. Put a zip tie on the inside so it couldn't ride up and a hose clamp on the bottom so it couldn't fall out. It works, but with more play in it now, it must be on it's way out. Th...

I just bought one of those mk1 steering column bushing repair kits from mk1engineering.com . My hack job is still working, but starting rattle sometimes at idle so picked one up to fix it right some day. That kit is a real blessing for the price, https://www.ebay.com/itm/182893002005?hash=item2a9545...

Awesome!
The value of those rides is jumping, too. I browse Craiglist at used car prices, they're going up fast. Diesels more.
That cup is becoming the holy grail (eh). Not many older vw's at all, just bugs. The few mk4's are the lame gasser autmatics.

Wonky thermostats and/or thermo-switches have cause a lot of watercooleds to lose their heads. The radio shack temp gauge in the dash doesn't help much for early warning. Maybe a sacrificed reservoir with a tire valve epoxied into it would be the next-level shop equipment. Bicycle pump for the offic...

It sucks that early vw diesels have such a minimal cooling system for as hard as they work.
Bigger stock radiators would have added a lot to their reliavility

Well it's an interesting point. Fel-pro clearly has put some thought into this "An improperly sized or placed hole can create a shortcut which prevents coolant from following the correct path through the engine. If the coolant takes a shortcut because a coolant hole is too large at the front of...

just glad there is a vendor that still keeps warehouse space for vw parts that others don't bother to stock anymore.
Being ONLY vw helps keep those parts on the shelves, and using oem part numbers makes HANS a go to site
for part searches even if it's only for reference.

I used this one, https://hansautoparts.com/068103383FMHeadGasket.aspx + hylomar spray. ARP's re-torqued 2 or 3 times Maybe that cheap gasket squeezed down to a 1ntch, but it's working Those felpro ones are nice, but when I needed one they were out. 2-notch gaskets are hard to find for some reason.

Dang.
A sobering reminder that the universe is not static.
I'm looking forward to learning something about this. There are a few internet discussions about this type of issue,
but are brief and don't explain much - a veil of the automotive occult.
Thanks for drinking of that cup, EH

the flat anti-rattle clips on my S1 kept falling off. I started putting a dab of silicon caulk on the ends to hold them to caliper, helps but has to be redone every time the brakes get worked on. Seems like there are a lot of different opinions on re-torquing the stretch bolts. I was just looking at...

I always try to take it easy until the engine warms and pretend that helps.
Those old mating surfaces, aluminum head on steel, 20:1 compression.
It will be interesting to hear this one may come to light.
Thanks for keeping the thread going

Just in time for Independence Day! Nothing says automotive sovereignty like a good running vw IDI.
Congrats on the creation !!!

I'm surprised these seems to only be one design from china sold anywhere. Ebay has em for 66$ , HF for a bit more. The idea is so simple it's silly. Any suitable cone with a center divit balanced on a pointed metal rod would work, I'm sure there are some precision hillbilly balancers out there "...