oilhammer said:
Ya.leobg said:
I once eBayed a nice Nikon Zoom to a guy in England. He absolutely insisted on UPS. Oh boy. He had to cough out several hundred in brokerage fees ALONE. Normally I use the Postal Service In'tl priority where they don't ask for your first born in return for brokerage.volkswagendude said:Ya.
Just try to find a vendor who is willing to use your FedEx Account#. $9 flat brokerage fee.
UPS on the other hannd is on cloud 9 with their 3 digit at times brokerage fees.
You should instruct WI to ship using USPS to ship to Canada. It will go straight to Canada Post and thru custom with no problem and no brokerage fees etc.leobg said:
With USPS I will be paying only the goods tax which is 13% here, but for sure there will be no brokerage fee. I will call them to see how much shipping via USPS will be. Thanks for the suggestion TDI Power!T_D_I_POWER said:
I am kind of afraid not to offend him by asking for the parts only. I am sure he is no autoparts store and won't appreciate this.dhuddleson said:
), I decided to take recording of the sound of my car. FYI - the recording is taken with plastic shield from the top of the engine taken away and the accessory belt (alternator/ps pump/etc) taken off to eliminate any other extra noises that might "spoil" the sound.
Alright. I will take another recording following your recommendation OH! As soon as my alternator pulley shows up (thanks to this forum for helping me pinpoint this problem, I would never thought about a clutch in that pully!)oilhammer said:
On no, if you ask TDI POWER the VR6 chains NEVER fail.leobg said:
O - TDI POWER, believe me chain can fail! On my VR6 it happened at around 240K which is quite a lot for a car anyways. I agree not many people keep their cars that long or drive them that much. I'd love to change my car every year, but unfortunately this isn't in line with financesoilhammer said:On no, if you ask TDI POWER the VR6 chains NEVER fail.
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. When those things start making noise they slap and rattle all over the place and beat the crap out of the covers. I do not think the BHW can ever get that bad and still run.
. I consider myself lucky with the VR6 btw. What happened is tensioner failed and chain slipped couple of teeth on the cam of bank 1 (front). Problem happened at startup - obviously - tensioner had no enough strenght to push on the chain due to chain rail COMPLETELY worn off! Result was 3 bent exhaust valves (thanks God, they didn't fall inside the cylinders!) It took alot of work to fix, but nothing major was broken (especially cylinder head and engine block).
Timing belts do not have a series of endless metal links being drug across a plastic surface. It is common sense that chains' tensioners simply have a finite service life. It is just that the BHW's setup is shortened due to the fact that it is spinning at double crank speed and has a very small build for the task at hand.PlaneCrazy said:So the real root cause question: does VW have a chain problem, or a tensioner problem?
I guess it doesn't matter, the result is the same, and curable by gears.
But I do wonder because timing belts also have tensioners.
I bought a pair of Tannoy Eyris DC1 speakers in Toronto last Christmas, to complete my 5-channel streo system. I shipped by Canada Post, and got it here in 2 weeks. No custom and brokerage charge etc.leobg said:
Depends on how Canada Post (CP) is feeling that day..... they are supposed to process taxes and duties on behalf of Canada Customs, so do not be surprised if Duty is charged. Now the big savings is that CP charges a brokerage processing fee of only $5.00 on a package, as opposed to the shocking variable amount that UPS, FedEx and other Couriers charge...leobg said:
I am wondering why does the plastic cover look like vobbling like that (slowly). I guess it is video camera effect due to the FPS count and the normal vibration of the engine. Looks funny though!leicaman said:
I had the camera on the lowest quality setting to not make the file monster sized. I too noticed the wobling effect, but after I closely looked full screen at the others, they too do this. So I am not too annoyed with it.leobg said:I am wondering why does the plastic cover look like vobbling like that (slowly). I guess it is video camera effect due to the FPS count and the normal vibration of the engine. Looks funny though!
Leica, do you mind doing similar recordings with the lid closed, near the cetre lower area of the nose? This is where I can clearly hear my chain gliding (grinding) over the chain guides. I know it is too late to take the "pre-surgery" recording, but the post surgery would be nice.
