What did you do to your Scirocco today?

[California 16v]

yesterday I bought this for the 78



# 10416 resonator


to make the drive to Cincy a lot quieter

[woody16v]

nice!

bought some more transaxle parts... very close to having all i need, and i have a few accidental duplicates. next step is detailed inventory, then acquiring a bench press, and making some press sleeves.

its moving along, but the pace is veeeeery slow

[Chris16vRocco]

I fixed up the headlight wiring, so now they work correctly and have relays.

And then I cleaned the interior out for the first time ever. Lots of random parts, supplies, safety glasses, sweet 80s aviator glasses, etc. Even a credit card slip dated 1988 from the previous owner. And a raffle ticket from 1994.

[red16vdub]

I readjusted the fuel mixture now she pulls like the monster she is hahaaaa

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[red16vdub]

Took her for ride to RI for Mother's day

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[jrpgdavies]

^^^ Droooooooooooooooooolllllll

[ANSAracingb]

Washed it.

[freshapple]

I've got a 9A tranny sitting here...
Pulled it from my old '85 GTI

LMK if you are interested.

Makes it kind of a pain in the ass to get into the garage (my normal parking method) without reverse....
So, I will, for the time being, replace a major PITA with a minor PITA (pushing the car out of the garage to leave.)
And, ah, "strategic parking."

Unfortunately, this puts all projects on the car on hold, so that I can budget for a trans rebuild.

[cuppie]

Hmmm....
What kind of shape is that 9A box in, friend? (Please, be honest here. My current plan is to get a slightly-broken box from Randall, and drop that off with Brian (Broke) on the way home (unless he comes to Cincy, in which case he takes it home for rebuild.)

And, is it MkI compatible? Some are, some aren't...
See here: http://www.brokevw.com/020mount.html

[California 16v]

Was driving my 88 and stopped at my storage unit early today at 2:22am and the odometer read 360022 km

[Rocco_julie]

I FINALLY wired in the ISV. Makes cold starts a lot easier.
I though the tough starts were because I didnt finish that section of the install.
Right. The software was trying to run the ISV, but it never responded... Due to NOT being wired in.

Go figure...

Yesterday I noticed the CPU fan was facing the wrong way, so out the computer came, 2 screws and it would cool the CPU. Not bad.
But, a wire/ground touched the PCI video card and blew it out....
I just ordered a new PCB (since PCI is rare). Dual Atom @2.13ghz, 4 GB ram and onboard dual video......

The rest I'll leave up to your imagineation..... Flux Capasitor next....

[ANSAracingb]

I FINALLY wired in the ISV. Makes cold starts a lot easier.
I though the tough starts were because I didnt finish that section of the install.
Right. The software was trying to run the ISV, but it never responded... Due to NOT being wired in.

Go figure...

Yesterday I noticed the CPU fan was facing the wrong way, so out the computer came, 2 screws and it would cool the CPU. Not bad.
But, a wire/ground touched the PCI video card and blew it out....
I just ordered a new PCB (since PCI is rare). Dual Atom @2.13ghz, 4 GB ram and onboard dual video......

The rest I'll leave up to your imagineation..... Flux Capasitor next....

Wow. Julie, that was way over my head. Except for the flux capacitor part. Lol.

Today, I decided to upgrade from the 65a alternator to the 90a alternator. I figured I'd try my hand using a junkyard alternator off a Cabrio, since I didn't have one already. I used my alternator's VR because it is fairly new and still has good brushes. Made my own 4-gauge power B+ cable, and also replaced the signal wire while I was at it, since it was looking pretty shabby with cracked/broken insulation in some areas. Also had to modify the pulley setup using a shim in order to get the correct length for the belt.

Aaaand, the alternator I chose is apparently defective. I've checked all the wiring I made and it is good. Absolutely no voltage loss from alternator to the battery (+) so I know that is good. I think the junkyard unit itself is bad, so tomorrow I will get another one and try it out.

[ANSAracingb]

Got the new alternator and it works great. So I have officially checked "upgrade to 90a alternator" off my mental list of things to do.

[Juice87]

Race day!

http://www.windycitybmw.com/photo.aspx?aid=673

[ANSAracingb]

Race day!

http://www.windycitybmw.com/photo.aspx?aid=673

Sweet! Cool to see someone represent VW there; it looks like they were all BMWs (and one Mini Cooper).

*Yesterday afternoon I removed and replaced my timing belt, crank seal, cam seal, intermediate shaft seals, passenger side engine mount, valve cover gasket (upgraded to the rubber gasket with studs). I got it almost all back together last night except I decided I should replace the V-belts.

*Today I went to the parts store and got my new V-belts, installed those, adjusted timing, rotated tires, and took for a test drive of about 80 miles this afternoon. So far so good!

[Giraldus117]

Well, thursday and friday I changed out my water pump and fixed the valve cover so it sits correctly. Saturday I filled up the gas tank from empty ($60 F#CK!). And today I rolled it forward exactly 5ft.

[Michael Bee]

Took the rake and shovel that was leaned up against it off.

Needless to say, I didn't put them there.

[H2oWerker]

Giving her a bath before Scooters GTG


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[woody16v]

arranged purchase of a used shop press... one more step on the long road to a rebuilt 020.


...step number next: make press sleeves for the various bearings, sleeves, and races. sure you can probably buy them, but they're silly expensive and hard to find. even using the almighty google


besides, how hard could it be.......

[TBerk]

Today I brought my Potter-People 'Official' "Pressed from the Original Molds"
Front Air Dam (x2) into the house from their previous duties as tarp paperweights.

Now the patio can have a proper Bar-B-Q and a few chairs w/ a table. Mmm, burnt offerings...

[ANSAracingb]

Carefully removed the interior door panel fabric. Both sides are really shabby as you can see, so I want to get some different material and make replacements.

[nuctech]

Installed the scch shift base 1

[MacGruber]

1. Tracked down an odd noise I have never heard out of it while just driving away - a squeak squeak noise as wheels turn.
2. Found my missing vice grips - still clamped to the axle for a CV joint check.

[ANSAracingb]

Every time I look at the front of my car I see the dull gray headlamp bezels, and they just don't match anything else. Yuck. So, I figured I'll paint them black. Tonight after I got home I removed the high beam bezels and cleaned them up really well. Too late and windy tonight to paint them but I figure I can do it tomorrow or this weekend.

I have euro lights but need to get/make some adjusters and also need to do the wiring. But this will look good for now anyway.

[Rallyracer1]

Washed, detailed, fixed the thump in the trunk (X2 12" in pioneer 400W subs with hephonics amp), and found out why the car wouldn't stop shaking. (passenger side motor mount was put in upsidedown by the previous owner)

[Sanityana]

After a bunch of little repairs and maintenance I got to go for my first night time pleasure drive

[red16vdub]

Nothing absolutely nothing lol

bajan 4g

[MRJackUGP]

Building a Bike rack since the mk1 racks are so hard to find used

[H2oWerker]

Installed some Clarion speakers in the doors, and changed the 93oct infused oil.
Ready for Scooters GTG or not... Here I come!!!


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[Sanityana]

Enjoyed it!

[Scirocco16]

Changed the oil and primed the wheels. Paint to go on in a few minutes.

[ANSAracingb]

Finally got my headlamp bezels painted and installed. Also bought new high beam lamps because they didn't match each other and one had bad condensation in it. So much for "sealed beam"...

[red16vdub]

I love the look nothing wrong wit n/a beams

bajan 4g

[cholland_]

Getting closer...

[etsd311]

clutch, oil pan, axles, wheel bearings, air filter, and spark plugs.