1981 VW Rabbit Caddy TDI for sale

[Rickyracer99]

This truck belonged to my uncle who was a lifelong diesel mechanic. He passed away a few months ago and my aunt is looking to sell it. It was running and driving before he parked it to deal with his illness. He was in the middle of working on the dash which is why the instrument cluster is off(sitting on the passenger seat). He pulled the original 1.6/4speed and upgraded to a turbo diesel and 5 speed manual from a Jetta(don't know what year it came from). The truck comes with the original non turbo 1.6 diesel engine along with a lot of parts(even a GTI grill) as seen in the pics. This was his daily driver. It is on a non op with no fees. It has a clean title and is now under my aunts name so transfer of title will be clean and easy. The car is located in West Covina, Ca. I added the link to the Facebook marketplace ad so you can see the pictures there. I can get more pictures if needed. Feel free to reach out with any questions and I will try to answer them.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...h&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post

 

[02NBTDI]

The engine is a IDI 1.6 Turbo Diesel engine. Can't tell if it is a hydraulic lifter or solid lifter engine though.

 

[Rickyracer99]

The engine is a IDI 1.6 Turbo Diesel engine. Can't tell if it is a hydraulic lifter or solid lifter engine though.

Thanks for the additional info. I have been out of the Rabbit diesel life for almost 20 years. My daily in the early 2000's was an 83 Rabbit diesel LS with a 5 speed. I wish I kept that car. I had over 300K miles on it when I let it go. I wish I had talked to my uncle more about the changes he was doing on his Caddy back then.

 

[vwxyzero]

Solid lifters, rocker arms can be adjusted.

 

[oilhammer]

Solid lifters, rocker arms can be adjusted.

Once you find those rocker arms.... that's the tough part...

 

[vwxyzero]

Once you find those rocker arms.... that's the tough part...

@oilhammer Ha! You're absolutely right, I was thinking about the valve lash on a 4-cylinder Cummins.
The VW 1.6 L IDI TD has solid lifters and tappet shims to adjust the valve lash. My 82 Jetta GL TD has been parked in my garage since 2005 and I wasn't really thinking about it - time to do some garage cleaning!

 

[fatmobile]

I'm not on facebook.
What's the price?

 

[P2B]

I'm not on facebook

Don't need to be. Anyone can see the listing.

 

[UhOh]

For viewing FB stuff w/o a login just dismiss the login window by clicking on "x" (close).

 

[fatmobile]

Sooo $2700.

Usually that only works for a short time for me.
Then another window pops up demanding I log in.
This time a second window didn't pop up it was just a banner across the bottom.