Mcgink
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2004
- Location
- South of Boston MA
- TDI
- I-Red,"The Passat formerly known as Harlequin" 97 B4, a non VW GTDI too
SOLD!!!
I'm changing up the fleet a little and will be selling my B4V and or Golf. I'm located south of Boston in MA.
My B4V (AKA "The Family Waggin") is Windsor Blue with Sahara (tan) Cloth int. It has the moonroof and is of course a 5spd as they all were. It has 15" alloy wheels and wears 195-65-15 tires. It has ~180K on it. This car has had a lot of love in my ownership but it needs more. This has been my FL roadtrip vehicle of choice for the last 3 yrs. It's using more oil than it should (1qt ~500mi) so I'd want the buyer to be aware of that. While on my last roadtrip in FL, I had the turbo replaced thinking it was bad turbo seals. So, it has a new from Idparts Turbo in it ~2500mi ago.
Known issues:
Oil consumption
Temp gauge inop (Temp OK via Vag Com)
Driver window sometimes flakey (regulator OK)
Rear wiper inop (tries to work but nope)
Noise/vibration from front (wheel bearing?)not terrible but there.
All other electrics, windows, door handles, central locking, cruise cont. etc. work well.
It has the following mods:
RC3 chip in the FA ECU, 5 Brakelight mod, Turn signal repeaters in the frt fenders, Has the fog position headlight switch (no fogs yet), and of course ventectomy.
The VIN# is WVWHG83A6VE012584. I'm the 3rd owner and I bought it in 2009 w 155K on it. I've done some of the work to it and it has also been worked on by local TDI Gurus. I've bought parts almost exclusively from www.idparts.com so I'm confident about quality. I don't have every record for it, but there's a lot. I'll try to list the major work that's been done from most recent. It got filters and such as needed.
Late 2011, early 2012
Rear Tires In MD after a sidewall failure
Turbo Replaced, Supply/Return lines insp.
Bilstein TC frt struts, mounts, dust boots, and an alignment
Frt rotors (warped)
Late 2010
Frt & Rr brake pads and rotors. Rear also got new calipers and wheel bearings.
A/C condenser replaced (Radiator Classics) and system charged (Blows Cold)
Early to mid 2010 The trials and tribulations starts around post #12 here http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=267569
With a great amount of help from a New England crew Guru and from From Idparts, The head was removed, reworked and reinstalled. GP#4 got new threads. The intake was cleaned. The GP's and Harness were also done as I had GP issues since day one. Post# 94-98 here http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=204372
The Timing belt and related components (harmonic balancer too) was replaced a second time when the head was R&R. The crank D pulley was checked (OK) and a new bolt was used.
New front tires (Sidewall fail)
2009
Timing Belt kit done right by a B4 Guru
Clutch master and Slave cylinders replaced
Injector#3 replaced with a used one due to the needle lift solenoid failing.
Rear steel brake-line replaced (the one that goes from left to right over the suitcase muffler) due to corrosion failure (Common issue with these)
Major repairs from the previous owner were The downpipe and Catalytic converter, radiator, and Battery
I'll be asking for $3900 for it and will edit this thread with full info and pics as I work on it.
This is a pic from 09 in Florida
I'm changing up the fleet a little and will be selling my B4V and or Golf. I'm located south of Boston in MA.
My B4V (AKA "The Family Waggin") is Windsor Blue with Sahara (tan) Cloth int. It has the moonroof and is of course a 5spd as they all were. It has 15" alloy wheels and wears 195-65-15 tires. It has ~180K on it. This car has had a lot of love in my ownership but it needs more. This has been my FL roadtrip vehicle of choice for the last 3 yrs. It's using more oil than it should (1qt ~500mi) so I'd want the buyer to be aware of that. While on my last roadtrip in FL, I had the turbo replaced thinking it was bad turbo seals. So, it has a new from Idparts Turbo in it ~2500mi ago.
Known issues:
Oil consumption
Temp gauge inop (Temp OK via Vag Com)
Driver window sometimes flakey (regulator OK)
Rear wiper inop (tries to work but nope)
Noise/vibration from front (wheel bearing?)not terrible but there.
All other electrics, windows, door handles, central locking, cruise cont. etc. work well.
It has the following mods:
RC3 chip in the FA ECU, 5 Brakelight mod, Turn signal repeaters in the frt fenders, Has the fog position headlight switch (no fogs yet), and of course ventectomy.
The VIN# is WVWHG83A6VE012584. I'm the 3rd owner and I bought it in 2009 w 155K on it. I've done some of the work to it and it has also been worked on by local TDI Gurus. I've bought parts almost exclusively from www.idparts.com so I'm confident about quality. I don't have every record for it, but there's a lot. I'll try to list the major work that's been done from most recent. It got filters and such as needed.
Late 2011, early 2012
Rear Tires In MD after a sidewall failure
Turbo Replaced, Supply/Return lines insp.
Bilstein TC frt struts, mounts, dust boots, and an alignment
Frt rotors (warped)
Late 2010
Frt & Rr brake pads and rotors. Rear also got new calipers and wheel bearings.
A/C condenser replaced (Radiator Classics) and system charged (Blows Cold)
Early to mid 2010 The trials and tribulations starts around post #12 here http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=267569
With a great amount of help from a New England crew Guru and from From Idparts, The head was removed, reworked and reinstalled. GP#4 got new threads. The intake was cleaned. The GP's and Harness were also done as I had GP issues since day one. Post# 94-98 here http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=204372
The Timing belt and related components (harmonic balancer too) was replaced a second time when the head was R&R. The crank D pulley was checked (OK) and a new bolt was used.
New front tires (Sidewall fail)
2009
Timing Belt kit done right by a B4 Guru
Clutch master and Slave cylinders replaced
Injector#3 replaced with a used one due to the needle lift solenoid failing.
Rear steel brake-line replaced (the one that goes from left to right over the suitcase muffler) due to corrosion failure (Common issue with these)
Major repairs from the previous owner were The downpipe and Catalytic converter, radiator, and Battery
I'll be asking for $3900 for it and will edit this thread with full info and pics as I work on it.
This is a pic from 09 in Florida
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