What did you do to your car today?

[Gregataustin]

I drove from Austin To SA because the sealership in Georgetown markes up stuff, like $60 extra for a vacuum pump.

 

[CSM Jetta]

i got my timing belt, water pump, oil filter, serpentine belt and temp sensor replaced as well as ordered a new Bilstein suspension set and new tires.

thought i'd share real quick. I finally figured out the cause of my poor milage and poor performance in my '02 auto jetta tdi. the temp sensor was faulty and was telling the computer that the engine was cold so it was always running rich which explained the poor milage and performance. Thanks to Brad at the digital chassis in durham everything listed above was fixed and the car runs great now!

 

[Fixmy59bug]

Just installed my European LED tails.

Bought them about a week ago and got them custom smoked. Got them back tonight, borrowed a wire terminal removal tool from a tech, and did the swap.

Looks great. I think maybe they are a little too dark, but it is also dark outside right now. Tomorrow will be better for me to test the lights and see if they are still plenty visible.

Ohh yeah. I just bought my car for month #2. LOL. (AKA I just made my first payment).

 

[KROUT]

Installed a new 17/22 new cam and lifters into the golf. Should have it running in the morning. Dont know why I let it sit so long. I am ordering a sbc stage 3 240mm clutch for it. I wont drive it long with the spec clutch. The spec clutch still works great but is noisy as hell and stiff. After driving my jetta for 30k with the sbc stage 3 I got to put one in the golf.

 

[shagin'wagen]

Went to friends house tonight after it rained whole day and ended up getting stuck by his house. While trying to take usual short cut thru field instead of driving around. When was making right turn car ended up understeering and slid into soy field where it was very muddy & soft dirt. I couldn't get out on my own so had to have Kevin pull me out with four wheeler. It was quite fun experience off roading on my tdi, too bad my tires are not good for it, otherwise could have got out on my own probably.

Here are some pics I took on way back home on parking lot. Spent like half hour washing of sticky mud and still didn't get all off of the suspension, axles, & inside of wheels.
http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb63/losha64/?action=view&current=0903092220.jpg&newest=1

Welcome to my world.

 

[Ookpic]

New plate sticker was overdue. Totally forgot on my bday. Also was unpleasantly surprised that I needed a "drive clean" cert. So I dropped my "clean" tune in a la Q-Loader. Took it in. Passed with flying colours and then dropped my power tune back in before leaving the parking lot. Dropped some soot in the open bay door on my way out. <grin>

Also picked up a couple of new plate covers as they were getting a little hard to see through.

 

[TDICADDGUY]

Took it out for a nice ~340 mile round trip cruise over into Cheesehead land with the wifey. No big plans, just a nice drive on a beautiful day.

Picked up a 6'er of Spotted Cow and a case of assorted microbrews. Beer...one of the few things WI is good for.

 

[TDikook]

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Picked up a 6'er of Spotted Cow and a case of assorted microbrews. Beer...one of the few things WI is good for.

Like Sprechers. OHH that is my FAVORITE!

 

[classen]

I replaced the pump head seal on my injection pump which started leaking at about 57,000 miles. Probably should have taken 2 hours, but I had to keep running inside to find duct tape, vaseline, sewing needles, paper clips etc so it took the better part of a day. My wife was starting to wonder what the heck I was up to. I used dieselgeeks kit. It went very smoothly except the head got a bit hung up on the custom 55mm tool that Jim supplies with the kit so instead I used the regular torx bolts to back the head off being real careful to not go too far. I really didn't want to remove the whole IP.

 

[Farfromovin]

Drilled and tapped my race pipe to put my w/m nozzle further away from the intake manifold. I was skeptical about tapping as I have fubar'd aluminum by tapping in the past. This time I got a nice drill bit and new tap, practiced on a spare chunk, and everything turned out perfectly! About time I learned LOL.

Also secured my Devil's Own w/m controller to the side of my dash right next to the cluster with some 3M trim tape. That stuff is strong. I feel like I could hang a 25 lb weight off my controller without it falling off the dash!

 

[KROUT]

got my golf to come to life again after sitting since I got the jetta. I still cant drive it but put it on the trailer and brought it home from the shop.

 

[BolaB4V]

prep'd and painted lower side panel from wheel to wheel rt side.
here's how I did it:
a)sanded rust areas 60 grit on power sander
b)treated with rust stripper
c)clean w/ distilled water
d)spot putty /sand
e)wet sand 400 Grit rinse
f)3 coats primer /wet sand in between
g) spray two med. coats "acrylic enamel "within 5 minutes
Rec. using distilled water for rinses and getting some auto masking tape
and an air compressor for air blowing is useful.
NAPA did a good job of mixing the coded paint for my car(#is on the door panel) my color happened to be Black Magic Pearl metalic.
Its not professional work but it will fool the eye from close up.
A clear coat is not recommended for the Acrylic Enamel unless it is aged-then maybe. GL
some pics...http://www5.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=344711026/a=370771026_370771026/

 

[aja8888]

looks like I have to have a Snapfish account to view your pics.

 

[BolaB4V]

sorry I dont know whats going on there I just set it up today..
my email show when you click the link?
new <a href="http://s741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/bolab4v/?action=view&current=S5002594.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/bolab4v/S5002594.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

 

[aja8888]

Looks good. I didn't know you could still buy acrylic enamel auto paint anymore.

 

[Bob_Fout]

Turned 111,111 miles today

 

[BolaB4V]

Looks good. I didn't know you could still buy acrylic enamel auto paint anymore.

The guy at Napa recommended it for my situation instead of a base coat/sealer coat. As far as I know its a one stage acrylic enamel that they mixed and put in a spray can according to my paint code of LC97 (black magic metalic) it sprayed on beautiful and temp/humidity were good today. I thought it turned out pretty good for an ametuer.

 

[tothemax]

DRL Delete

 

[tothemax]

Very nice line up indeed..... but what's that thing in the middle of the driveway?

This isn't really what I did to my car, but my kids are home for the weekend (dog, too). And when I came home last night I said to myself, "nice lineup."

The A2 is a gasser. And my black A3 is missing. But still a decent array.

 

[Farfromovin]

Found a good spot in the town next over (30 ish miles) to get some good B20 at. It's the closest bio around and I like to keep the injector tips well lubed

 

[aja8888]

The guy at Napa recommended it for my situation instead of a base coat/sealer coat. As far as I know its a one stage acrylic enamel that they mixed and put in a spray can according to my paint code of LC97 (black magic metalic) it sprayed on beautiful and temp/humidity were good today. I thought it turned out pretty good for an ametuer.

Nice job.

 

[oldpoopie]

Very nice line up indeed..... but what's that thing in the middle of the driveway?

 

[aja8888]

Nice BIG picture....of what?

 

[oldpoopie]

tribbles!

Sorry didnt realize it would be such a big pic!

 

[IndigoBlueWagon]

That's Parker, my Tibetan Terrier.

Today (yesterday and today, but I just got home) I drove down to the Fest. Left at 4:15 Sun. AM, got there before Noon. Jetter-Sprinta entered me in the show-and-shine so I cleaned up the Passat (a little). Got to visit with a bunch of folks for too little time, and drove home. 1010 miles, no fueling stops. I have about 4 gallons left, not bad since I saw 80 MPH most of the way down, 75 on the way back, A/C on about 1/3 of the trip.

Remarkably, this was the first long-ish drive I've made in the Passat since bringing it home from NoLa 3 years ago. If I'm going to use it for many trips I want to make some changes. I have to check and see if I have gas-pressurized struts, and if so I may swap them out for Koni Reds to smooth the ride a bit. And it needs either larger diameter tires (speedo is about 4 MPH fast) or a taller 5th, or both. This car gets a bit loud over 2500 RPM, although it does smooth out at 3000 (85 MPH). This car was driven mostly on short trips its entire life and I think it may need more exercise to smooth out. I started doing my DBW break in procedure of running it to redline in 2nd and 3rd coming out of toll booths. I think it liked it.

I'd also like to add some sound deadening. I'm thinking better carpet in the cargo area and some strategically placed dynamat would go a long way.

But the seats are great, driving position excellent, smoothest shifting transmission on any TDI I own, and you gotta love that range. And space.

 

[IndigoBlueWagon]

I just filled the Passat, 1015.1 miles, 22.6 gallons. 44.9 MPG. That was driving between 70-80, some traffic, some A/C. I'm impressed.

 

[Farfromovin]

What a tank size!!!

 

[IndigoBlueWagon]

It still had 5 gallons left. Not in reserve when I filled it. I could have easily gone another 200 miles.

 

[uncah91]

Installed my Audi S3 shifter, tdiclub.com window decal, tdiclub "It's a Diesel" license frame and threw my keys on my tdiclub keychain.

It was more like "Logo Day" than "Labor Day"

 

[90hpisntenough]

Adjusted my boost controller to hold a steady 17 psi because of my new found torque from RC. Come to find out my clutch didn't like that too much (refer to link)

http://pics.tdiclub.com/data/500/medium/Clutch_Slip.png

So know I'm kind of depressed that I can't experience the full potential of my car...