Oh it was out and I aware, but the '02 wagon has two tails per side. So I let it ride
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time to build out a cow catcher bumper for it, lol
had to scrub the contacts around to get them to conduct through the steel backplane contacts/traces, or did they knock the filaments outta the other two bulbs while handling the backplane?
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Him and I both apparently
me too, tore the bottom off the core support, didn't kill the radiators thankfully even though the rad and condenser are pushed like 6" back in the middle they aren't leaking...
Then I'd want to integrate a set of tow-bar mounts into it because of how towbar friendly the manual transmissions are in these.
But it'll prolly never "get done".
I thought it might be a contact issue too, after some meter time, and Dielectric grease, found out it's a wiring issue. Got them up and running again, but might have to cut and resplice (when it's warmer).
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DivineChaos
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That is the plan. With intigrated skidplate
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If you guys would just quit run-in' into stuff...
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Can't too much free meat out there
.On a more serious note that would be nice. First crash, hopefully last. Never had a problem until I moved to the cities. Now close (ish) calls are sadly a weekly occurrence with the people i meet on the roads down here. No blinkers, sudden lane changes, 70 in a 60 with icy roads.....ect.
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Out here I don't have to deal with other drivers much- It practically requires a conspiracy to have a multi car crash out here.
MidwestLoon
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With this cold blast do any of you prep? Like add antigel or do you trust gas stations winterized enough?
DivineChaos
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Hey. Was snowing, white birm that a plow left across both sides of the hwy. And it was hard. Not just that but it was ice under... Yes I'm normally the guy passing everyone. That everyone says they'll see me in the ditch. Cm on now. The birm shouldn't have been left.
*Hrumph* *angry incoherent babling*
DivineChaos
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Just keet the tank plum full normally. And I use holiday fuel. It's treated very well.
I have noticed when I'm driving through Wisconsin that there are some straight #2 diesel pumps at QuikTrip. So just look for a sign on the pump that it is winterized.
Better than the days of mixing #1 and #2 in a 1978 Diesel Rabbit.
Now they actually do change the formula for winterization through the winter months, so if you haven't filled up for a couple months I would definitely add some Antigel to an existing tank.
Better than the days of mixing #1 and #2 in a 1978 Diesel Rabbit.
Now they actually do change the formula for winterization through the winter months, so if you haven't filled up for a couple months I would definitely add some Antigel to an existing tank.
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I'm on a small town city council which means I get to do stuff like find water leaks and plow snow at times. We've got a diesel tractor for that and a hundred gallon diesel tank which sometimes takes months for us to use up, so we try to buy fuel for it in the winter so we get winterized diesel with the minimum biodiesel content.
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What's up everyone! This seems to be the popping thread on here. Just like the Chicago sub was on the mk6 golf forums I came from. I actually bought my jsw in Minnesota so it would be funny to come across the previous owner on here.
It's a moonrock silver jsw 6mt. Had 107k miles when I bought it. Supposedly mechanic owned. They said they were a Toyota tech.
It's a moonrock silver jsw 6mt. Had 107k miles when I bought it. Supposedly mechanic owned. They said they were a Toyota tech.
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DivineChaos
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Welp. Body shop had a estimate. $7500 to fix it. So. I'll buy it back again and fix it. About 5-700 to get it running again then it's just plastics
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How much is it gonna cost you to buy it back?
DivineChaos
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Anywhere from $1,500 to 2,500. It's stage 4 so I'm buying it back...
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Oh yeah, way too much invested to let that slip away and get junked.
DivineChaos
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Yeah. About 8k in parts. Not including tuning
DivineChaos
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Well, just got the call from insurance. They're going to give me $8,800 for it. Buy back is $1,000 and my deductible is 500. So I will still get $7,300.
DieselBunny
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Not bad. Should be plenty to fix it back up with that much. And maybe add some more fun stuff to it.
DivineChaos
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It's stage 4. To get any more power I have to up the fuel regulator to higher pressure get bigger injectors and a bigger turbo. There is maybe five more PSI within this turbo. With the current setup with bigger injectors there may be 20 more whp 40 ft lb
nice
you should hit more snow banks if it pays that well
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I've seen some pretty crazy insurance pay outs recently. My buddy got ~11,500 for his 01 jeep cherokee that he had ~4500 into. Weird stuff. It was a clean jeep for MN with like 160k on it, slight oversized tires and a 2" lift. His "upgrades" they decided made it worth more however that is.
funny, my luck they'd use any modification as an excuse to cancel my coverage