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Exhaust C clip installation tool - Two 2" exhaust clamps "C" clamp removal tool. Zelenda wants $64.00 for three pieces of flat steel. What was that saying Barnum said? Here is a tip for the same function tool, no need for the tabs, a bolt or flat steel will do, of the correct length,...

cLAYH wrote:. Any idea on price for parts? I'm a HD mechanic so I'd do the work my self.

Thanks!

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The host here sells vw diesel parts, check the name of the forum, and the heading at the top of the board, or click here.

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Should fill you in on parts and their prices.

Homemade Valve Spring Compression Tool link.

http://www.pureluckdesign.com/vw/vsc/index.htm


Story of how his gasser hit 600,000 miles.

http://www.pureluckdesign.com

Super, thanks for sharing Steve!

slowjett posted this at the VWvortex forum DIY Front Bearing Replacement. DIY Wheel Bearing (front) Take your hub assembly off. Use a torch to heat up the outer of the hub, and a mallet (preferably wooden) to pound out the inner hub and bearing. Once you seperate the pieces, take them into you house...

towser42 posted this information at the vortex forum. Just thought I should tell people that I discovered that a 3" brass Stanley door hinge (in the closed position, of course) is a perfect fit for locking the camshaft while changing the timing belt on an '81 diesel rabbit. I assume it would wo...

www.VWvortex.com

Great site for anything VW, forums galore on every VW interest, from each engine to each model of car ever built. From bodywork to detailing.

Enjoy.

Nothing compares to this forum for keeping the old diesels running though for DIY's like us.

Trick question?
Diesel is formulated differently for each season. That is why your mileage is not as good in the winter. A home heating fuel and diesel dealer explained the finer points to me.

jetta90 later contacted me back channel that you can also use a wheel bolt.

And Vise-Grips?

Wish I had known of this before I bought the socket from J.C. Whitney.

I need to add fluid to my tranny and don't have a socket to pull out the plug on the tranny. What kind of wrench or should I say socket to pull that plug. 1981 caddie Oh and what year and make vw's are compatible with the front half of that truck? thanks eddy you don't need to buy any tools - find ...

I've been working on Volkswagens for years. I've been cussing and bitchin' about those stupid c-clamps for twenty years since the first one appeared on my new Rabbit GTi in 1984 (as I promptly removed the whole damn thing to install a Brospeed.) I've tried the official factory tool (I used to work ...

Everyone if you enjoy maintaining your VW, and have a homemade tool that does the trick without purchasing a Zelenda or other highly priced tool here is the place to post it. jetta90 has a neat trans. filler plug removal tool he has agreed to share with us, checked with him back channel. "C&quo...