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Thank each and everyone of you for helping me out in advance. I was changing the shocks on the front right of my wife's 2000 Jetta TDI and managed to drop the shock and rip the wires from the ABS sensor. I tried sticking them back in but realized that they were not making contact. I then...

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Howdy, I am looking for a cheap car that I can drive around town. I am in Bryan, TX and have not had much luck with internet searches. If anyone knows of something that may fit the bill please PM me. Best, CK

Thanks guys. Unicorn juice, radiator, bushings, and O-rings for the diff cooler were $196 shipped. The core support is cracked just a bit at the bottom. I have a feeling that the plastic parts of the radiator were weak because it cracked at the top mount on the drivers side. I think I will...

My wife managed to pull her car up and on to a very tall curb. After work she got a few miles from work and the light for the coolannt system came on. I had her shut it down until I could get there. It was not leaking much and she was able to drive it 3 miles home without it getting hot...

Thank you all for the suggestions, links, and tips. I have a few weeks until I walk across the stage (a free summer, then on to another grad degree) so this is all prep and research. My father informed me that I changed the pads before I went to Iraq in 08, but I do not remember doing this...

Anomie, Looks like a reasonable price. I am finished with grad school this semester and I think I will tackle this job then. I think that this should cure some front end noise that I have been hearing on the front drivers side. I apologize for not posting a "thank you" sooner, but I have...

Before I start, I want to thank each and everyone that has helped me in the past. This is a wonderful forum and I am thankful for it. Now on to business....... It is time to get busy and change the pads on my wife's car. I know that the brake fluid has not been changed in a few years, and...

Sorry, completely wrong forum. That is what I get for trying to make a quick post between turning on Scooby and making hot coco for my kid. My apologies.

Hello, First off, thanks for looking at my thread. I am not doing this to be lazy. I have searched and read a number of threads. I know that the oil has to meet the 505.01 specs from VW. I have a 2000, auto, with about 187,000 on the clock. I live in Texas, and most of the driving is...

Yuri, You are saying that I can just use a wire to connect the wires that lead into the harness? Do this and then clear the CEL and I am good to go? That would be nice.

When I removed the other GPs I was using a 3/8th socket wrench, a 6 inch extension, and a 10mm deep socket. The GP in question just spun with zero resistance when I put the socket on it. After about the 3rd spin I knew that it was broken. When I got the head of it out it was clear that it had...

It seems like the safe thing to do is just wait a bit until I have the spare cash and then pull the head. I will have to live with the CEL on the dash, but things could be worse. Below is the GP head that was broken. The extractor in the middle is the one that broke. It snapped just about...

Thanks for the reply, and I apologize for not getting back to this but things always pile up on you when you are busy. I tried to use an extractor because the GP was broken. Before I put any real torque on the extractor it shattered, leaving a chunk on top of the GP. I more or less want to...

I may use a wire welder to try and tack on a bolt to a glow plug that is stuck in the head of my Jetta. Would this be safe to do so long as I take the leads off of the battery? The reason I ask is because my step-fater said that he once fried the computer on an 18 wheeler by welding on it...

Csstevej, I will look into trying to mod the harness so that the CEl does not show. Thanks for the input. I am sorry it took me so long to respond.

Cheers and THANKS. Once I get on my feet I will look into taking a trip down to H-town to get a class or two.