Recent content by whamblen

I really don't know. It's only happened twice, both times when the engine was pretty cold. It was before replacing the iced up fuel filter so one could speculate that was related. But I really can't say for sure. It hasn't reoccurred enough to troubleshoot. It sort of felt like when you...

The windshield is original and in term of general wear it is what you'd expect. No cracks or anything like that. - Bill

For anyone who is interested, I started a new thread with pictures and as much detail as I could think of. - Bill

And the interior shots. Plus a headlight lens because I am so amazed at how well it came out.

As promised in my other thread, here is a real For Sale posting. We bought this car brand new in Dec 98 and it has served us very well over the years but it's time to move on to a bigger vehicle. It's Atlantic Blue with the grey interior. It currently has good studded winter tires. I have...

Hi again everyone, I'll have pictures and a more complete listing up by tonight. Unless I get blown away by an offer I probably wouldn't accept anything till late on Friday. Assuming I get offers. ;-) Garrett, no worries about a low offer. It was 50% more than the dealer and I've pretty...

5 speed manual.

Thanks for the response everyone. I think I will pass on the dealer's trade offer and put together a real For Sale posting with pictures of the faults. It's not worth $5k - as Oilhammer points out it's a 14+ year old car that has been in New England it's entire life. On the other hand, my gut...

Hi, We're about to trade this car in and the dealer, who hasn't seen it yet, offered $1000 subject to inspection. Blue book is probably around $1300. I hate selling cars and don't mind losing a little money to avoid the hassle but I'm afraid I might be leaving $1000+ on the table and I...

Please delete This got posted with only the salutation. I cannot figure out how to completely delete it, but hopefully the new subject line will keep people from wasting time reading the post itself.

We've lost two in 88,000 miles (haven't replaced the second yet). The first time around the passenger side was also gone. I'd always just figured someone took them but if other people are losing them too... - Bill

A couple people have used the Exide 78DT72 from BJ's Wholesale Club. See Battery FAQ

Hi Dan, "DT" in that part number (78DT72) does mean dual terminal: it has both side posts and top posts. The top posts are in the center of the battery but the cables reached easily. The side posts faced forward but didn't interfere with the plastic box around the battery (and they were...

Hi Dan, I just bought a battery for our 99.5 Jetta from BJ's last weekend. I went for the 78DT72 (Group 78 battery). I thought it fit very well and we got more CCA too. The front clamp wasn't perfect (clamp has a "bump" that fits into an indentation on the OEM battery) but it definitely...

Hi TDI2b, I'm curious what you find. We do not have power windows or mirrors, but our 99.5 Jetta has one door which fails to lock about 20% of the time (driver's side rear) and the fuel door only opens once per 100+ attempts. We've been driving around with the fuel door open all the time for...