What did you do to your Quantum today?

[InSaNeBoY]

Quote, originally posted by DubbinChris »

Had it towed home....

ohhhh a red one! Had mine been red I might have worked harder at keeping it. (although the brown interior was kinda cool). Now I'm stuck in a silver car BLAH how boring.

[DubbinChris]

Quote, originally posted by InSaNeBoY »

ohhhh a red one! Had mine been red I might have worked harder at keeping it. (although the brown interior was kinda cool). Now I'm stuck in a silver car BLAH how boring.

I'm pretty fond of the brown interior as well. It's the only vinyl I've ever seen in one also. I'm sad to say that I haven't sone much that one since I've gotten it. It sat in my girlfriends back yard for a while until I moved into a new place. At least it's at my own house now. I've managed to sand and primer some rust. Once I get the red one running I'll be pulling your old one in the garage to pull the trans. I'm hoping it's just a trans seal. After that I'll have some decisions to make.

[InSaNeBoY]

Quote, originally posted by DubbinChris »

I'm pretty fond of the brown interior as well. It's the only vinyl I've ever seen in one also. I'm sad to say that I haven't sone much that one since I've gotten it. It sat in my girlfriends back yard for a while until I moved into a new place. At least it's at my own house now. I've managed to sand and primer some rust. Once I get the red one running I'll be pulling your old one in the garage to pull the trans. I'm hoping it's just a trans seal. After that I'll have some decisions to make.

Trust me, that trans is toast. I tell ya though, old school automatics like that are so much better than the chictronic in the passat I got as a replacement. Never ever shifts when I want it to, at least non-electronic ones have predictable shift points so once you get to know the car you can get it to shift when you want. I think the only thing that keeps me sane is most of my commute is on the interstate so its in one gear and I forget all about it being an autotragic(has its down sides too, like slamming on the brake thinking its the clutch... wow B5 passats stop fast though )

[DubbinChris]

Quote, originally posted by InSaNeBoY »

Trust me, that trans is toast.

Really b/c when you sold it to me you were trying to convince me that it was just leaking and I should bring a few gallons of trans fluid with me and drive it back to Ohio.

[JohnBarleyCorn]

He just wanted you to be able to find your way back by following the trail of red stinky fluid and clutch band pieces
I do know there a diesel wagon autotragic with a bad motor for sale in FL right now asking $1k with about 80/90k on it......

[DubbinChris]

Quote, originally posted by JohnBarleyCorn »

I do know there a diesel wagon autotragic with a bad motor for sale in FL right now asking $1k with about 80/90k on it......

You're evil!

[JohnBarleyCorn]

Quote, originally posted by DubbinChris »

You're evil!

Duh....

[InSaNeBoY]

Quote, originally posted by DubbinChris »

Really b/c when you sold it to me you were trying to convince me that it was just leaking and I should bring a few gallons of trans fluid with me and drive it back to Ohio.

I was trying to convince you to get the fluid so you could test drive it and get it on the trailer. Because that car drove REALLY nice until that seal failed. Luckally, it managed to move under its own power onto the trailer...

You might get away with just replacing the seal... but I really think that trans is toast.

[InSaNeBoY]

Quote, originally posted by JohnBarleyCorn »

I do know there a diesel wagon autotragic with a bad motor for sale in FL right now asking $1k with about 80/90k on it......

there ya go chris. just what you were looking for!

[JohnBarleyCorn]

And if that's what you really want you can buy my 84 TD wagon with some rust but 129k and a magnificent drivetrain (5-spd)....then you'll have a non-rusty shell and a great engine with your choice of 5-spd or autotragic....or just buy my 84 and swap the drivetrain into your auto wagon.
Did I mention you can buy my 84?

[JohnBarleyCorn]

Before it had these on it:

Now it looks like this:

I was missing the rubber hood trim strip and the under light trim, but I threw my euro grill in there and apparently it's the same as a USA late model grill....or at least it looks to be. So I rewired the 9004's in there and have to wait for some turn signal parts to finish that, but who needs those anyway
I had to move the relay on the driver side since it was kind of in the way of the bulb connector. So I found it lines up perfectly with the next set of holes and draw-tited it in there and it's nice and stable.

Just getting to the wiring for the passenger side was a PITA, but it all worked out.

Also don't forget to drill out the rivets for the metal trim on the hood or you'll smash your lights closing the hood. Just 3 rivets on either side. and you can unscrew and peel off the plastic leading edge trim on the hood too to replace it with the rubber trim form the new models.

I also have yet to relay the lights, which will happen sometime very soon.
And if you're lazy, you can buy a relayed plug 'n play harness to convert to 9004, but you'll still probably need to connect in the turns yourself...haven't looked at my 86 yet to see the connector.

[JohnBarleyCorn]

Oh, and the lights/turns/everything else are already heading to my buddy in Germany. Sorry, folks, but these early model ones suck anyway...IMHO, of course.

[DubbinChris]

Quote, originally posted by JohnBarleyCorn »

And if that's what you really want you can buy my 84 TD wagon with some rust but 129k and a magnificent drivetrain (5-spd)....then you'll have a non-rusty shell and a great engine with your choice of 5-spd or autotragic....or just buy my 84 and swap the drivetrain into your auto wagon. Did I mention you can buy my 84?

I think I'm done buying cars for a while.

[JohnBarleyCorn]

What's the matter? Are you a quitter?

[VW Nevada]

That two door Fox Wagon looks GREAT!

[DubbinChris]

Quote, originally posted by VW Nevada »

That two door Fox Wagon looks GREAT!

Thanks...too bad that's not it's good side. Had a little fender bender a few months back. Other wise it's never been into an accident. Put a new fender on but the sheet metal underneath still needs a little work so I can put my smoke marker that's missing in that picture.

Working on a turbo set up for it as well.

Quote, originally posted by JohnBarleyCorn »

What's the matter? Are you a quitter?

No quitting here man! Just concentrating on the fleet I already have.

Anyway for Quantum content. Today I did some more research on wiring the MC up in my QSW. Would love to take a nice winter road trip in this this season.


Modified by DubbinChris at 9:01 PM 9-26-2009

[DubbinChris]

Pulled the air box from one....to test fit into another.

Anyone have a QSW airbox? I'm suspecting they are slightly different than the non syncro couterparts.

[turbinepowered]

Today I did nothing /to/ my Quantum, as it was raining a bit hard to do any of the paint stripping and priming in preparation to temporarily refitting the spoiler on the back.

So instead I began tearing apart a lightly cracked Quantum dash, with the intention of refinishing the surface and adding a built-in panel for three important gauges that won't look like it was slapped on later.

Pics may follow.

[JohnBarleyCorn]

Sold the TD wagon last night (and all my extras for the wagons & 4-cylinders) for $1500. Got a good new owner and he made it back home and is happy.

[eurowner]

Removed summer wheels, gotta pull the center bearing support, new one was 3 years ago [less then 15,000 miles].
Installed this

[4doorhoor]

Fitting some corrado steelies with studded snows.

[dieseljosh]

This morning as pulled out of the driveway to make a several hundred mile trip north to work on my other diesels, I noticed a brake pedal oddity that led me to a small leak coming from the brake proportioning valve on my diesel sedan.

Longitudinal has a previous post about swapping in a rabbit's "monoblock", so I'll see about stealing this from my '79 rabbit. Anybody else have suggestions to share for working around this apparently oft-failing component?

I seem to recall having a discussion about this at some point with a group when I was fixing the same prob on my wagon years back, but I can't find the thread. It may have been elsewhere.

[JohnBarleyCorn]

Just won an auction for a set of winter wheels for the QSW.
NOS 14x6 black Intra Phone Dials. Would prefer silver, but we'll see what I come up with. They're right down the road from me (like a couple miles!), so no shipping. 200 smackers. Maybe I should just sell them for a profit? Nah. I've got a new set of Blizzaks to throw on them, might as well.

And I didn't know what to fill the dials in with in the photoshop picture....so I went with grey, but it stil looks weird. But you get the point of what they should look like.



Modified by JohnBarleyCorn at 3:36 PM 11-19-2009

[wolfderby]

I sprayed some rust converter on a lot of places but primarily down here, in the front of the passenger rear wheel well.

and here's a link to my thread on the project:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4666835

[JohnBarleyCorn]

Got my new driveline today! So maybe the build can start sometime in late spring....

[skopek]

I had problem with water inside the roof.
This 2 pics was temp. Roof was dry but was very irritate me. So...

my second roof

Now water going where be should.

[vwbowler1986]

looked up some prices today for new lenses and hatch struts for my 82, new battery coming soon, and some hella fogs too!

[turbinepowered]

I swapped starters, cleaned and gapped the plugs, tightened the timing belt and checked the valve clearance.

Also cleaned the battery posts and toyed with installing the timing belt covers like they should be.

Ordered new brushes, regulator and bearings for the alternator, as it's starting to howl. Going to rebuild a 90 Amp unit to go on instead.

[turbinepowered]

Ordered some parts for the Q.

Random annoying fueling issue means that I'm replacing the hybrid A-platform/B-platform K-basic fuel system in it with the entire KE-jet system from a Fox.

So I bought all the consumables that will need to be involved: filter, hoses, some new clamps for said hoses, new fuel tank sender gasket, throttle body gasket, intake manifold gasket. Loads of fun.

Also ordered the remainder of the consumables for the rear brake conversion, plus new lug bolts for the rear end; I'll buy them for the front when I have reason to take the fronts down to the hubs.

Found my spare gasser timing belt and tensioner, I think I'll also replace that while I'm in the process of installing the plastic covers.

Put the cleaned, rebuilt, and painted alternator back together; it will be installed once the fuel system swap is done. Need to finish welding the broken mount for it, anyway: stress cracks through ancient steel suck!

[eurowner]

Ripped out the evaporator-the last of the AC stuff, instated non-broken glove box, tightened heater core hose clamps, undercoated floorboards, tightened up dash screws, vacuumed before carper padding went in. New fuel filter. Snaked sunroof drains out with old inner speedo cable. Re-installed drivers mirror glass correctly-hope no vibration. Installed new front control arms & ball joints, new outer front CV boot kits, fully bled brake & clutch system with 3.5 pints of fluid. Gratuitous tire rotation.
tired now. Alignment on Monday

[JohnBarleyCorn]

Bought an 85 4-banger autotragic wagon to part out....I think.

[sttngboy]

Finally finished my brake and lamp inspection on my 87 Non QSW. Now I finally have plates. Sunday going to clean and buff the paint out. Pics to follow.

[JohnBarleyCorn]

Had the new parts car dragged back to the house. Total cost: free with AAA gold towing.
Pics to follow.

[QuantumRallySport]

Installed the Euro-Lights that have been sitting in storage for many years.

I got fed up with the original lights that have both been cracked and half full of water for the past year or so.

Still no front turn signals/parking lights...
Also changed the oil, reinstalled all the nice UHMW & aluminum radiator shrouds my brother made for his late Turbo QSW and talked real nice to her...

1986 QSW, Blue, no sunroof, power nothing

[JohnBarleyCorn]

(Yesterday) Tore a whole bunch of interior parts off the blue wagon and stripped the doors down to nothing. Hopefully today I can get some time to start pulling the HVAC system and the exhaust and prep the engine bay for the subframe drop. Should make it a lot easier to pull engine parts when the body is free from it.