Official Hawaii Chat Thread - No Drama!

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Nice

[K3V11N]

Quote, originally posted by avw4me »

Going back in time, 515 og miles!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...f355e

Saw that in the Car Lounge. It will get higher than $20k!

[wagenbob]

Quote, originally posted by K3V11N »

Saw that in the Car Lounge. It will get higher than $20k!

That GTI would be perfect if it didn't have the red interior.

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That is what makes it unigue.

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Issue: Garage door has been open the last 3 days and our cars werent there.

Does anyone in the Ewa area or any other suburbs for that matter have issues with other people in the area having the same garage door openers? I know they run on a commercial frequency and eventually sometimes someone might have a remote with the same frequency. Does anyone know how to protect yourself from this?

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You could always disconnect the door from the chain... Just press the button to cycle the door open and closed (make sure it runs the whole cycle) and that'd do it. Pain in the ass but it'd work!

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I guess there is a lock button inside the garage, but not on my remote.

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Well getting that wired to your remote couldn't hurt...

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I am going to look into it. Probably going to re-program it, that way I hopefully dont have the same issue anymore.

[maotsetung]

Seems pretty dead here this weekend.....

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Yeah it has, wtf.

[maotsetung]

I wonder when I leave you guys are still going to the meets...It was pretty slow when I first start coming out and had a hard time getting everyone to come...hmm..

But anyways..almost picked up a 87 scirocco this morning..well, pretty much its mine..just the owner is leaving the island tomorrow back to japan so gonna have to wait til I come back from deployment..Its weird that it did not want to crank. Even tried to jump it. Battery is fairly new...hmmm. Any of you guys know?

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When you supposed to be rolling out?

[maotsetung]

Quote, originally posted by Island20V »

When you supposed to be rolling out?

Early December. I'm on the last lift. So hopefully make it out to the GTGs before then.

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Bummer mang. I wish I could get a deployment. I love that check every month

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Quote, originally posted by Island20V »

I am going to look into it. Probably going to re-program it, that way I hopefully dont have the same issue anymore.

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Isn't it passed your bedtime?

[maotsetung]

Quote, originally posted by Island20V »

Bummer mang. I wish I could get a deployment. I love that check every month

Yeah man, cant wait to leave already...and over with. Gonna save me some cash and hopefully to able to buy that scirocco I looked at today and source out a vr6/1.8t engine w/bt...Hopefully its possible to do..seen one already with a mkiv r32 engine.

[avw4me]

Quote, originally posted by Island20V »

I am going to look into it. Probably going to re-program it, that way I hopefully dont have the same issue anymore.

craftsman has a receiver that you wire in and comes with a remote with rolling code. Don't know if it works with all brands of openers.

[wagenbob]

Quote, originally posted by maotsetung »

But anyways..almost picked up a 87 scirocco this morning..well, pretty much its mine..just the owner is leaving the island tomorrow back to japan so gonna have to wait til I come back from deployment..Its weird that it did not want to crank. Even tried to jump it. Battery is fairly new...hmmm. Any of you guys know?

Break out the volt meter. Are you getting voltage to the starter? Have you tried jumping the starter with a screwdriver (make sure it's out of gear)? Are the battery terminals tight and clean? All grounds connected?

Is this an 8v or a 16v?

[maotsetung]

Quote, originally posted by wagenbob »

Break out the volt meter. Are you getting voltage to the starter? Have you tried jumping the starter with a screwdriver (make sure it's out of gear)? Are the battery terminals tight and clean? All grounds connected? Is this an 8v or a 16v?

Its 16v..Did not have a volt meter at that moment...and how do you jump the starter with screwdriver-never done it before. and the battery terminals were tight and clean and its also the cleanness engine bay I've seen for a 22 yr old car. I'll try talking to my girl's dad if he can talk to her uncle so I can take a look and try getting it started. Sux her uncle is leaving tmrw really wanted to get it off his hands when I saw it.

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Quote, originally posted by maotsetung »

Yeah man, cant wait to leave already...and over with. Gonna save me some cash and hopefully to able to buy that scirocco I looked at today and source out a vr6/1.8t engine w/bt...Hopefully its possible to do..seen one already with a mkiv r32 engine.

That outta be fun.

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Quote, originally posted by avw4me »

craftsman has a receiver that you wire in and comes with a remote with rolling code. Don't know if it works with all brands of openers.

Yeah mine is Craftsman as well. For right now, the lock is working for me. Cannot use the remotes or plug on the wall until you disable it from inside the garage.

BTW, finally someone with a post count around these parts

[wagenbob]

Quote, originally posted by maotsetung »

how do you jump the starter with screwdriver-never done it before.

Follow the positive lead (it's a chubby wire) from the battery to the starter solenoid. There's a second wire on the starter solenoid, and that's from your ignition switch. Use the blade of a flathead screwdriver to bridge the two. Yes, it will throw a little spark, so keep your hand on the screwdriver handle.

If it doesn't crank, your starter is probably screwed (you can take the starter to Checker afterwards and they will test it for free).

If it does crank, then you need to check the ignition switch side of the system.

[maotsetung]

Quote, originally posted by wagenbob »

Follow the positive lead (it's a chubby wire) from the battery to the starter solenoid. There's a second wire on the starter solenoid, and that's from your ignition switch. Use the blade of a flathead screwdriver to bridge the two. Yes, it will throw a little spark, so keep your hand on the screwdriver handle. If it doesn't crank, your starter is probably screwed (you can take the starter to Checker afterwards and they will test it for free). If it does crank, then you need to check the ignition switch side of the system.

Alright, thanks I'll go talk to my girl's uncle if I can look at the car one more time

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Quote, originally posted by Island20V »

Isn't it passed your bedtime?

It's been a long few weeks... needed some unwind time.

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You out with the Oxford Suites ladies again...

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Haha, no. Felt pretty bad for Shawna though a few weeks ago. She went to the bar that just opened up here and some dude straight up man-punched her in the stomach and chest then kicked her in the knee. Pretty funny sounding to say it, but messed up that a dude would do that to her.

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WTF? Thats messed up.

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Yeah, I felt pretty bad for her. It was kind of funny to listen to her tell the story about it though because she was WASTED. About every thirty seconds she'd say, "Did I tell you I got punched twice and kicked once!? Yeah he hit me in my stomach and chest, RIGHT HERE, then kicked me in my knee! See the mark!? Do you wanna make out?" Thirty seconds of silence and then the same story over and over.

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I see she hasn't changed. Those were the days... I miss my free beer and tatas.

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Yes... the tata's... There's always Kandace though and her 32G's... I smile every time I think about it.
Oh, the beer is good too.

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You $TFU!

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Quote, originally posted by Island20V »

You $TFU!

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Dude, go to the PNW forum, I submitted one of your photos for the WW calendar.