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  1. Powder Hound

    Rear axle wheel bearing failure at 65k mileage

    Find a new mechanic. This one does not realize that if you have an ABS sensor warning, then you should look at the ABS sensor, not the wheel bearing. That said, wheel bearings can go bad. On this planet, we mortals have not yet reached perfection. But good companies these days are very very...
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    WTB New Beetle (MKIV) Parts

    Particularly when you realize that nobody ever sits back there anyway. Well, not if they've got legs that is... Cheers, PH
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    300K in a Mechanic Desert, the end is near

    I think your car is junk and you must sell it to me for one dollar. Cheers, PH
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    Smoke at start up

    Is the smoke white and smells like diesel? Or like coolant? Blue and smells like oil? A fuel smell would most likely be an injector problem as you think. It could be a number of things, but you'd need to see someone who can pull the injectors, pop test them, and then you'd see what needs...
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    Not mine: 2000 TDI bug Truck Conversion, $12k New York

    It is excellent. The Smythe guys had a structural engineer with racing experience go over the design and stipulate the structure and specify materials that would at least duplicate the structure being removed for the build. A few accidental crash tests happening to customers have confirmed the...
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    2014 vw jetta tdi no tune dpf delete?

    There are at least 2 temperature sensors, and at least 2 pressure sensors. The ECU then gets before and after readings, and those differentials will allow calculations to tell if things within the DPF and catalysts are working. Just stripping the innards won't get you what you want. The tune...
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    What would you do with a 2004 golf?

    Get ready to be patient. Last comment I recall reading from Franko6 is that he's got a 3+ month backlog on head work. And that, gentle reader, is because there is none better. But it is also true that he will zero time the head for you, including fix the GP threads that failed. It sounds...
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    Date stamp on timing belt - yes or no. If not, what is this?

    If the belt has been sitting outside, uncovered, in the desert outside of Phoenix, Arizona since it was manufactured, then maybe you should worry. Otherwise, sitting in a climate controlled warehouse inside of its shipping packaging, I don't think you have anything about which to worry. But if...
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    Something Broke

    I concur on a replacement joint and boot kit. Even if all the balls are available, reassembly after cleaning the old CV joint depends on lining up the races with the original partners. The placement of the balls does not seem to be troublesome, but the instructions in the manual require you to...
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    For Sale Damaged 2002 Jetta Tdi Sedan

    PM sent. Cheers, PH
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    What did you do to your MKIV today?

    I bought an '04 Jetta 5sp a couple of months ago for a future project. In the meantime I am working on little driveability issues, so when the project starts I don't have to worry about them. First was brakes. 4 days ago. It was really noisy in the right rear, and the parking brake didn't...
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    Cooling fan question - ALH, AC removed, bypass pulley

    The fans should both be running. Both or none. They are not triggered separately. So you have one dead fan. If you do some research, you should find some articles on how to repair one of these fans. Sometimes it is just a matter of replacing a brush. Sometimes the (crummy plastic) piece...
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    My Smyth-Utes build thread

    No hoodliners. Irritating rodents have made all of them fall apart and require removal to keep them or chunks thereof out of the belts and other running gear. This is all good advice though. Anything to interrupt sound conductance or resonance helps! Cheers! PH
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    My Smyth-Utes build thread

    I was able to go on a very short test drive and the sound insulation worked - it is much quieter inside now. Yay! Now I jut need to find some adequate contact cement. Cheers, PH
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    My Smyth-Utes build thread

    Today I decided to get going on the finishing of the cab. Of course, some it is done, such as the headliner is covered with new material. Next is adding sound dampening so that I am not hearing exhaust and road noise right in my left ear while driving. Not only did that make me wonder if my...
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    jettachero build

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    My Smyth-Utes build thread

    Over the last couple of days, I have reinstalled the mirrors (now with newly painted covers), the door seals, and the aluminum top parts on the bed sides. I thought about why the mirror covers were so <bleep>ing hard to take off and then put back on, to the point where they refused...
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