PakProtector
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I have noticed it is quite painful to sum up the CC interest payments once the card is cleared.
Douglas
Douglas
What did you do to your MKIV today?
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Mozambiquer
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- Versailles Missouri
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- 2004 VW Touareg V10 TDI, 2012 Audi Q7 V6 TDI, 1998 VW Jetta TDI. 1982 VW Rabbit pickup, 2001 VW Jetta TDI, 2005 VW Passat wagon TDI X3, 2001 VW golf TDI, 1980 VW rabbit pickup,
All comes down to where you want the pain... I personally do not use a credit card, never have. If I've got the money, I can buy... If not, I save up until I've got it. Much less stressful for me!
last couple days been putting a stupid $70 chinese t3/t4 piece of spinny-junk on there
now it's loud
gotta get down to work and weld together a resonator and such, I'll wait until they're near closing time so I'm not in anyone's way
now it's loud
gotta get down to work and weld together a resonator and such, I'll wait until they're near closing time so I'm not in anyone's way
JDSwan87
Black Swamp Thing
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- Michigan near Toledo
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- 2001 Jetta TDI, 5 speed Lagoon Blue Metallic(sold); 2005 Jetta TDI Wagon auto
We followed the baby steps and got completely debt free. Almost cost our marriage because I was working a LOT. Now we have 1 car payment, a van we bought new and plan to keep forever. That will be paid off after 3 years of a 4 year loan.
I digress... today I drove my Golf and smiled.
CanadianALH
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T3/T4 on a ALH? Sounds interesting… can you elaborate? Maybe some pictures.
I didn't really take any pictures, it's on one of those chinese t3 cast manifolds for 8v gas motors, it only fit together one way, I wanted to run an HX40 I've got but it was going to be about 2" past the firewall.
Looked at he341cw clones for a while before remembering I had this junk on the shelf, and it barely fit.
ebay ad says it's 50.5/76/65.5/55.9 (comp inducer to turbine exducer) with a 0.57 a/r housing
Not intercooled because I didn't want to mess with plumbing. Might get an air/water at some point but it'll likely just get filled with coolant and plugged for thermal mass.
The T25/he221 combination is a lot more reasonable.
Haven't beat on it yet, most I've seen so far is 12 psi. Wakes up after 2700 with a relatively clean smoke map, probably running too much advance too, which will slow the spool, it's around 8-10 deg in that area which is probably way too much. No lift pump. little tiny pp764s and a 10mm pump
CanadianALH
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What is the advantage? Like beside costing less?
Mostly for laughs, but also autism.
Exploring if I wasted a bunch of my life on compound turbos when big singles may well have been a much better/easier path.
CanadianALH
Veteran Member
With turbo technology these days it looks like a decent sized single may be the way to go. From what I understand they are able to get a 76mm turbo to perform really well. Like guys on larger turbos are going down to a more efficient smaller turbo.
GlowBugTDI
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- 2001 Beetle GLS TDI (BIODSL). 01 original Glow Bug TDI (sold)
The pictures my buddy sends me from kalispell are absolutely gorgeous. So much beauty in the area. Lots of river fishing in the mountains catching huge trout and salmon. The lake fishing is just as well. He's been trying to get me and the wife to move out there with him and start up a practice. Other then the community I live/around in I would much rather live there then MN.
CanadianALH
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We definitely might consider moving there one day. Again we have an awesome friend, family and church community around here which is hard to leave.
GlowBugTDI
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- 2001 Beetle GLS TDI (BIODSL). 01 original Glow Bug TDI (sold)
Same for us in all those reasons. It would be hard to leave. We have been here our whole lives and many of our friends do all the same things we like to. I would definitely miss some of the boy's, we raised each other lol.
The only downfall of kalispell is it's a more expensive area, but if you move outside of there a little way's things are much more reasonable.
GlowBugTDI
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. May need to paint that up to make the engine bay just that much cleaner.
pkhoury
That guy with the goats
What did I do to my mk4 today - I made DSOL identical to DSEL. Finally got back my transmission this past weekend after waiting about a year and a half! Figured I'd install it. Didn't think I'd knock out the job in 10 hours, including test drive. Last time I pulled out an 02J, it took me a week to get it back up and running. Also changed out the flywheel so I'd have a proper TDC hash (note to self - NEVER EVER EVER buy Eurospec SMF's again). The first flywheel (one of two spares) had centering pins that were off, so I had to take it off and reuse my only pair of bolts again, and the second SMF worked.
I only made it down the driveway and back, because I'm operating on one fog and one highbeam (need to replace the wiring harness inside the driver side headlight, and replace some bulbs as well).
I only made it down the driveway and back, because I'm operating on one fog and one highbeam (need to replace the wiring harness inside the driver side headlight, and replace some bulbs as well).
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pkhoury
That guy with the goats
Oh, and next on the list is doing the TB for DSEL about 9K miles early, along with the accessory belt pulley, belt and tensioner (learned my lesson from my Florida trip). I'll probably tackle DSEL this weekend or early next week.
I crawled under my Jetta to find out why the heat shield over my right CV joint was rubbing on the inner hub.
It turns out that the shield was still tightly installed, but the aluminum that the steel mounting point reinforcements were supposed to protect had worn away over the years, so the bolts were hitting the reinforcements while the aluminum shield was vibrating around and wearing itself until it eventually started dragging on the inner CV axle hub.
Removed for now, fixing the screeching noise, as well as some mystery rattles if never managed to isolate previously.
It turns out that the shield was still tightly installed, but the aluminum that the steel mounting point reinforcements were supposed to protect had worn away over the years, so the bolts were hitting the reinforcements while the aluminum shield was vibrating around and wearing itself until it eventually started dragging on the inner CV axle hub.
Removed for now, fixing the screeching noise, as well as some mystery rattles if never managed to isolate previously.
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pkhoury
That guy with the goats
I got SO much crap from @alphaseinor for installing those when pulling transmissions/replacing CV's and whatnot. I don't think I have one on either one of my Golfs, but I also have both straightpiped, so in theory, the exhaust should be running cooler with no restrictions.
100% sympathize with your post, as I've had the same happen to me (and have gotten replacements from the junkyard).
pkhoury
That guy with the goats
Forgot to add that I also put in a new ballpin, OEM clutch fork, spring, and throwout. The old throwout actually looked fairly worn with only about 20K miles of use. The old clutch fork was non-OEM, and I made that mistake once, so I'm glad I had a reason to pull the transmission out. The old ballpin still looked relatively new, but I don't see the point in keeping the old one, when it's really easy to put a new one in the replacement transmission. Also didn't feel the need to recalibrate the shifting linkages. Reverse needs to make sure you're really into it, but the other gears seem to shift okay, though I only got into third on my test drive, due to the short distance. Hopefully I'll go back to rotating cars after I get my headlight problem solved, as I really do drive both cars regularly (or have one connected to a trailer and the other one not at various times).
Also refilled with Redline Lightweight Shockproof, aka Smurf's Blood, per a past recommendation from @Whitbread. I've been fairly happy with how it works on these transmissions over that standard fill (I think it's GL9? I don't remember now).
Last thing I forgot to add - the transmission code is EUH, so some gears are slightly taller and it matches what I have in DSEL, including my .717 fifth gear. Now I get to see if it increases fuel economy any bit or not, as DSEL definitely tends to get a little bit better, though not lately with the AC needing to be on every single day (unless I'm lucky and the temp drops to under 78 late at night).
Also refilled with Redline Lightweight Shockproof, aka Smurf's Blood, per a past recommendation from @Whitbread. I've been fairly happy with how it works on these transmissions over that standard fill (I think it's GL9? I don't remember now).
Last thing I forgot to add - the transmission code is EUH, so some gears are slightly taller and it matches what I have in DSEL, including my .717 fifth gear. Now I get to see if it increases fuel economy any bit or not, as DSEL definitely tends to get a little bit better, though not lately with the AC needing to be on every single day (unless I'm lucky and the temp drops to under 78 late at night).
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The summer I bought my 03 beetle, did tons of research and got the biggest battery I could squeeze in there, it was a Canadian Tire Motomaster brand AGM. No problems for 6 years, but silly me I figured new TB, clutch, alternator and other things, let's get a new battery, so last weekend I gave away the battery... Now I don't remember what it was... I remember it was a tight squeeze
I bought a new coolant bottle after mine leaked.. The trick is to spray Krown over everything, can't tell it's pretty or notFound a new coolant kettle at the junk yard and got it for a minty price. Installed it in the wifes wagon and now my WWF resivior looks like trash. Can't ever win
pkhoury
That guy with the goats
I'm guessing it was bigger than an H7? Maybe an H8? I've used H6's before in a pinch (what you'd find in a mk5), but they're obviously slightly shorter in width.
GlowBugTDI
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- 2001 Beetle GLS TDI (BIODSL). 01 original Glow Bug TDI (sold)
I got a 94... I wanted bigger but couldn't remember when I got there.I have a 31P in mine
Today's progress. 2 steps back.. MOLD!
Can anyone tell me which mount goes where? And why I have 6? Is it beige on bottom? Nevermind, I ordered 2 new that's the long slotted one, and black one are notched
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that's a surprising amount of battery for that little space
I don't know about the center ones, but on mine it was the bottom ones in the pic on top and the top ones on the bottom, but it's a g/j, so maybe the middle ones go on the bottom in the beetle
Can anyone tell me which mount goes where? And why I have 6? Is it beige on bottom?
GlowBugTDI
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Ya, the PS reservoir just kind of floats there now as it doesn't bolt down. It doesn't need to be bolted down though as the hoses support it just fine. The battery barely fits and is the largest you could make fit in the space on the beetle. It couldn't be more perfect especially considering the 1000cca power for the winter. Best part is the battery only cost 120$.... well 3 years ago at least.
I am pretty sure the beetles are the same as the G/J. It's been a while since I had mine apart, but I think what you said is right.
P2B
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Only 4 required, slotted ones at the bottom. Not sure why it's designed to pivot, but it is.
The Cream Dolphin
Veteran Member
Where does one get a harness? I am suspect of mine due to certain symptoms and one bared wire that I can see. Do you know of any howtos/sources? I have been doing my best but struggling to find info.
ALH lift pump install how to?
Please excuse the noobish question, but what's the reason for retrofitting a lift pump to an ALH? Is it to support engine mods? I know this is an old post don't beat me up... Just a couple other good reasons for adding a lift pump would be to make fuel system priming a lot easier after running...
P2B
Top Post Dawg
mk4 ALH BEW lift-pump install
here's how i do the wiring for an mk4 ALH install of a BEW lift pump. the bulk of the work is in making a nice drop-in harness. and with this harness made, the only tools needed are a de-pin tool, flatblade srewdriver, t20-t25 torx bits, 10mm socket; it's essentially drop-in :) first thing is...