What did you do to your cabby today?

[jsmyle1%...]

I am jealous..

needs a wash...

[hyperlightboards48]

mid 70s! it got in the twenties today so i figure it would be a good day to park and tarp mine

[Run_That]

Yeah it's unfortunate. The car sits in a garage most of the time but can't avoid getting dirty on wintry roads.

I just cleaned the airflow plate area and fixed a intake boot issue. And shortly will be tending to an exhaust rattle at the sway bar. I must be one of the only around here to be driving/fixing things in the winter.

[Bama420]

Easier and less destructive way, pull down the fuse panel, locate the single wire yellow connector and unplug it. DRLs disabled on your MK3 without bending/damaging tabs, and can easily be re-enabled should you decide you want them, or to sell the car.

The cabby only got caught in the background of this pic as I worked on the wheels for the MK2 project, last night.

GLH pizza cutters?

[yellorado]

not very much since she's sleeping for the winter, its -1000 deg here and theres 100 ft of snow everywhere

well not really, but it sure seems like it to me!!!

i did go for a drive with the wagon and picked up two full sets of used 195-50-15's (one yokos and one toyo proxes) so i have good rubbers on all three set of mags i rotate on it during the summer months

[Cmethvin]

Changed the valve cover gasket, and the intake gasket (2.0 aba Mk3) ... Unfortunately, lost one of the hex bolts while taking off the back bracket/bolts.... Dropped it in the undercarriage and couldn't find it on the ground , so hopefully it'll fall out.. Everything else went smoothly, cept I found a bit of water/moisture inside the valve cover (let's hope it's because it's 10 degrees F up here.)

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[lil_squeeker]

bought it. threw a battery in it. then drove it home.

only hiccup was a small coolant leak from the rad.

[happybunny]

I picked up this to put in it-

[87CabrioSK]

Brushed off a foot of snow. Started her up...
Sat in her for 15mins with a beer, dreaming of spring. What a machine!

[Spokane Pepe]

Ordered a Euro plate - should be in next week.

[CajunSpike]

Got a call from my kid last night who was out in Etienne #2. Seems the passenger side axle came off on the tranny end, spilling its guts all over the road.

Loaded the tools, jack, and a spare cv joint into the pickup. Found that 4 of the inner cv joint bolts were missing and the two bolts left had snapped leaving the remainder of the bolt in the hole. Was able to get one of the broken bolts out.

Went to auto store, bought 5 of the 1.25x45mm M8 bolts.
Pulled off the inner cv joint that fell apart, reinstalled the one I brought with me.
Put 5 new bolts in place using lock washers, dropped it back to the ground and the kid drove it away.

Need to find two of the plates that go on the axle bolts as they are missing.
Ordering new bolts from germanautoparts as well as a shifter rebuild kit which this car needs.

Another day in the life.......

[matty kirk]

Pulled my tranny ( in the rain ) so it can be sent for a rebuild. Stupid pinion bearing. All in all it went pretty smooth, considering the weather, and the fact that I'm working with an 1/8th of the tools I normally have available.

[briano1234]

Got a call from my kid last night who was out in Etienne #2. Seems the passenger side axle came off on the tranny end, spilling its guts all over the road.

Loaded the tools, jack, and a spare cv joint into the pickup. Found that 4 of the inner cv joint bolts were missing and the two bolts left had snapped leaving the remainder of the bolt in the hole. Was able to get one of the broken bolts out.

Went to auto store, bought 5 of the 1.25x45mm M8 bolts.
Pulled off the inner cv joint that fell apart, reinstalled the one I brought with me.
Put 5 new bolts in place using lock washers, dropped it back to the ground and the kid drove it away.

Need to find two of the plates that go on the axle bolts as they are missing.
Ordering new bolts from germanautoparts as well as a shifter rebuild kit which this car needs.

Another day in the life.......

When I lost the axle plates I just used 2 washers. 2 years no issues.

[briano1234]

Did nothing but Drive it today............

[Cmethvin]

Did nothing but Drive it today............

Isn't that half the fun?!?

[Run_That]

Ordered some new injector seals and also placed an order for some parts to spruce up the interior/exterior.

[lil_squeeker]

stripped the interior of the 92 carat i just picked up.....it was completely destroyed

but i found no rust.

[Bama420]

Refurbished the grill, front emblem (which will be redone with better paint), rear pan, and front lip. Pictures don't do much justice. It looks ten times better in person.
Before:

After:

Before:

After:

[CajunSpike]

Your top isn't folding correctly...probably because the side straps aren't installed right. On that last photo, you can see the side strap laying there, not attach to anything. Those help the top to fold correctly when its in the down position. The padding IS folding right.

This pic shows the top folded right, as far as I know.

[happybunny]

I got halfway through scraping the ice off of the windshield then realized that thanks to my leaky windshield seal I had just as much ice on the inside of the glass. I was starting to run late for work so I swapped keys with the wife and took her car.

[Eastep]

Yesterday I swapped out my old cracked center vents for a "new" non cracked vent. Ditto with the dash facing. The dash face doesn't have the chrome stripe, but that's okay, I wasn't a fan of it anyway.

[Bama420]

Cajun: Hmm, never really thought about that. I'll look into it. Thanks.

On topic: washed it today. Looking good.

[nicktcfcsb]

installed wing vent windows!

[Run_That]

Put new plugs in. It was a little overdue for em.

[static-psi]

my car found a new friend and let my dog go for a ride

[BIGDAVE1050]

Today I replaced my crank position sensor. Love the looks you get when you have the tool box out in the parking lot and the front of the car jacked up. now I'm back on the road again.

[YJSAABMAN]

Yesterday I swapped out my old cracked center vents for a "new" non cracked vent. Ditto with the dash facing. The dash face doesn't have the chrome stripe, but that's okay, I wasn't a fan of it anyway.

Met this guy and saw his Cabby Wednesday night at the local GTG.

GLH pizza cutters?

Yeah, or something. Turbo Dodge wheels. The other two are gonna need a little more work than these two.

[static-psi]

picked up a euro rear bumper.

[They_Call_Me_Bob]

Topped off the tranny fluid, replaced all the bulbs (but for the headlights), cleaned her thoroughly, and conditioned the top.

[happybunny]

Did this yesterday, but finally had time to post it today- picked up a set of euro bumpers

[YJSAABMAN]

Picked up one of those little Honda half sized radiators at the 'yard. Sadly, it's too tall.

[CabbyScott]

Took a picture of it and started dreaming of spring.



Still need to get some paint for the lower portion of the windshield frame and put the new windsheild in.

[Cmethvin]

Backed her up, and pulled her back in the garage, cuz I was working on the garage opener.... Then wished it was spring.

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[denniro]

Bought about $1200 worth of parts. Clutchy, timing belty, struty, suspension bushingy, motor mounty, brakey kinda things.

[mileycyrus]

i drove mine.....