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by surfcam
Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:24 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Installing a Header on a diesel
Replies: 18
Views: 11055

I wouldn't feel to sorry for me. I get 6 month on the water and then go ice surfing with a sail or kite. I'm suppose to be testing wet suites for a surf shop manufacture out of Santa Monica. Glazier feed lakes are idea for this. Water 33 and air 75. Don't fall or you get a ice cream headache. Hosers...
by surfcam
Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:13 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Installing a Header on a diesel
Replies: 18
Views: 11055

You just put the muffle clap inside the C-clip. Then spread the C-clip by turning turning the nuts on the clap. Of coarse you have to have the nuts the wrong side for use on a muffler. I notice the link in Tech FAQ Thread to Home made specialty tools no longer works. It would be nice to get this goi...
by surfcam
Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:19 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Heavy Duty/Longer Shocks
Replies: 16
Views: 8704

I guess anyone can go for the pricer off the shelf if you want to send the money on it or have the money to spend on it. I always get a charge out of recycling the used stuff as much as possible. My thinking is that if I get some beefer springs to begin with an little wear on them shouldn't hurt. 4B...
by surfcam
Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:43 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Heavy Duty/Longer Shocks
Replies: 16
Views: 8704

Hey arfalberg have you figure anything out for the rear that would beef it too where the front is with the T-1000's. I really like this idea. Chevette are common sight at the wrecker around these parts.

4BTA 3.9 Cummins Stepvan
86TD Golf
91TD Jetta
by surfcam
Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:29 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Installing a Header on a diesel
Replies: 18
Views: 11055

Rather than buying the special tool for the job witch will work fine. You can take a 2â€
by surfcam
Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:12 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: RIP "Old Blue"
Replies: 106
Views: 528489

Hay CoolAirVw we need your expertise to make old blue do the rumba when the axle lets go. That makes me shutter just thinking about. I own a blue Golf thats a close relative.

4BTA 3.9 Cummins Stepvan
86TD Golf
91TD Jetta
by surfcam
Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:27 am
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: whats missing here??
Replies: 25
Views: 11728

I went to the back page of the form and turned my monitor upside down and I still couldn't find the answers. Now where's Waldo.

4BTA 3.9 Cummins Stepvan
86TD Golf
91TD Jetta
by surfcam
Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:33 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Brake Saga
Replies: 16
Views: 11928

I was thinking to myself that the PO had crimped the rear brake lines. But he really knows how to hide this tracks. It would be niece to get a picture of him. We could post it under a listing of dead beat curbers.

4BTA 3.9 Cummins Stepvan
86TD Golf
91TD Jetta
by surfcam
Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:08 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Interesting info that may pertain to geling.
Replies: 6
Views: 3619

I use to work for a big oil company. Most of the pipe lines were insulated from the well head and battery facility. They used unions with plastic insert and plastic insert for flanges. Then one end was hooked up to power and the other end grounded to a catholic bed of sacrificial metal. I was always...
by surfcam
Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:05 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: whats missing here??
Replies: 25
Views: 11728

It looks like your missing wires that go to the a heater. Its in the vent line that comes off the top of the valve cover but its located at the end that goes into the intake. Its important in cool weather to keep the vent open not pressurizing your crankcase and loosing oil. 4BTA 3.9 Cummins Stepvan...
by surfcam
Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:33 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Anyone rebuilt a turbo?
Replies: 18
Views: 10313

So I guess if the impeller hits the house the turbos a write off.

4BTA 3.9 Cummins Stepvan
86TD Golf
91TD Jetta
by surfcam
Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:07 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Charge light woes....
Replies: 6
Views: 3801

If you have a Bosch alternator its easy to remove the brushes and see if they meet the minim spec for length. If you have a different kind it still doable but much more work. I had something like this going on and I found half a peanut shell jammed in the brushes. I wasn't even close to Jimmy Carter...
by surfcam
Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:17 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Struggling: Ideas from the Gallary Please! 82 Caddy Diesel
Replies: 23
Views: 12122

There's a lot of on line places to list as well that are free. I've had better luck with them than classifieds in Alberta. Cragslist, Kijiji, Buysell.co., Google has local adds as well. Your right about Ebay and car parts its getting scary.

4BTA 3.9 Cummins Stepvan
86TD Golf
91TD Jetta
by surfcam
Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:43 pm
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: Struggling: Ideas from the Gallary Please! 82 Caddy Diesel
Replies: 23
Views: 12122

You can put the head in the Want Buy-sell-trade section of this form. Theirs quite a bit of that stuff moving on Ebay as well.

4BTA 3.9 Cummins Stepvan
86TD Golf
91TD Jetta
by surfcam
Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:55 am
Forum: VW Diesel (General)
Topic: eco diesel vs power?
Replies: 28
Views: 14119

I seen them doing some thing similar in an old Mother Earth New. You might be able to find it in a search in the archives. This system that the Finns are running looks a little more sophisticated than what they had. They were explaining it a bit in Mother Earth. They talked about how wood doesn't bu...