What did you do to your cabby today?

[tinygiant]

Installed front door speakers

[tinygiant]

i'm prolly going to have to redo my door cards.. the paint wont dry for some reason... idk if it has to do with its on vinyl or what.. but its still sticky and can smudge anyone have any ideas to get it to set?

I've had it for two days with the top down to air it out and hopefully have the sun get it to dry .. but no luck so far

[happybunny]

i'm prolly going to have to redo my door cards.. the paint wont dry for some reason... idk if it has to do with its on vinyl or what.. but its still sticky and can smudge anyone have any ideas to get it to set?

I've had it for two days with the top down to air it out and hopefully have the sun get it to dry .. but no luck so far

Use vinyl paint. It's usually marketed as cloth/vinyl/carpet paint.

[happybunny]

Installed a new brake master cylinder today.

[tinygiant]

Use vinyl paint. It's usually marketed as cloth/vinyl/carpet paint.

prolly will try that. sucks that the other stuff didnt set.. i'll get the vinyl version and test it out before doing the whole door card thing again

[happybunny]

prolly will try that. sucks that the other stuff didnt set.. i'll get the vinyl version and test it out before doing the whole door card thing again

I had no problems with the vinyl paint drying on my interior or on my top.

[86DEATHWISH]

primed the core support, and hood

[Glumrug]

Today I decided to do a full tune up on the Cabrio I bought last week. It had a bad misfire when cold.

I should have taken pictures, spark plugs 1 & 2 were obviously never fully threaded in (both were over 1/8 inch away from being in all the way), 3 good sized cracks in the distributor cap, and the rotor insulation was coming apart. Oh, and the cap was on backwards. No wonder they thought the engine was shot. 3 of the wires broke off inside the distributor cap (cheap wires maybe?) but I was replacing it anyway.

I also cleaned my throttle body to take care of a P1582. Man there was alot of build up in there. Despite the fact the PCV seemed fine when I looked at it, there must be something wrong with it, its obviously letting way too much oil into the engine.

I'm honestly surprised the car was running at all when I bought it.

[Mykul01]

Finished the majority of my engine and trans swap and got Her all shined up for the week

[tinygiant]

^^^ i want your interior!

[Mykul01]

^^^ i want your interior!

Thanks for the complement! I designed the color scheme. Cream vinyl with charcoal tweed inserts and heated seats. http://www.mtmfg.com/ is who built it!

[tinygiant]

Thanks for the complement! I designed the color scheme. Cream vinyl with charcoal tweed inserts and heated seats. http://www.mtmfg.com/ is who built it!

i sold my 08 yaris and bought the cabby to free myself and my budget from paying off a hefty car loan... this cabby isn't making saving that money any easier..


I just took the covers off a donor pair of back seats. I'm going to try my hand at making new covers.. if it doesnt work out. I'll probably order from that site.

[NPoulos24]

So a week ago my intermediate pipe broke and the mufflers fell off so monday night I put a new Exhaust on the car then at work on tuesday I left flr lunch and discover my windshielf cracked it serms my work never ends for all the repairs I could be putting gas in my truck lol but I do enjoy driving this car

[tinygiant]

installed a 10" POLK Woofer with 200w generic amp. Works great!

just need to grab one more set of speakers for the back to give me some more power in the mid/high

Or maybe that and a set of tweeters in the front too.

Will snap a picture tomorrow. basically just cut a piece of plywood for now to cover the spare tire area so i could put the amp and sub on top. Surprisingly enough the car doesnt rattle from it. (probably because it rattles on its own just from running lol)

[vwagogo]

Passed Smog!

[Cmethvin]

Passed Smog!

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/IMAG0248.jpg

Really? On an 85 they still have you test? Damn, that sucks. Glad you passed it though! Time for a

[tinygiant]

Decided to clean up the rear Glovebox today "P

put down a 1/2" thick sheet of insulation cut to fit over the spare spot



Then I wrapped a piece of thin plywood with some white vinyl and placed it on top. Screwed the amp down to that and positioned the sub.

I didnt take a picture but i also made a little protector for the amp that covers the front of it.



Top Shot:



Monday I will be grabbing a complete set of white rear and front seats

[CajunSpike]

Son was driving the car to his graduation last night. Something happened to shifter, got stuck in 5th.

After the ceremony, I managed to get 3rd and 4th working, drove it home with only those two gears.

Today, jacked it up. Found the end of the shorter shift linkage rod had pulled off(the ones with ball joints on the ends). Dug thru my old used parts and found another one that had been removed. Put it back on, voila, shifter fixed.

Also worked on 99 passat. its pulling code p1338. changed cam position sensor, same code. now need to verify timing is spot on.

[YJSAABMAN]

Also worked on 99 passat. its pulling code p1338. changed cam position sensor, same code. now need to verify timing is spot on.

2.8V6 or 1.8T? I've seen some bad spots/broken wires cause cam sensor codes in the V6 cars.

As for the Cabby, I piled more stuff in front of it in the garage yesterday to make room to get my friend's '01 Cabrio at least part way in to change the timing belt.

[Glumrug]

I changed the fuel filter.

At 133k it looks like it still had the original one on there. VW/Audi stickers on the filter, and factory clamps. The fuel tank side drained a nasty green sludge. I'm starting to think that none of the previous owners of this car knew what preventative maintenance is. Everything I check needs replacement.

[YJSAABMAN]

Today I got my friend's 3.5 running better and was rewarded with his set of euro fenders from his abandoned MK1 project.

[MissHood]

New to me 92, I did lots of cleaning today. filled and changed fluids. and lots of other things!

[CajunSpike]

2.8V6 or 1.8T? I've seen some bad spots/broken wires cause cam sensor codes in the V6 cars.

1.8t Was running perfectly until the accident.
If you didn't hear, barely had it on the road 7 days when it was the middle car in a 3 car pancake.

After got hit, it ran semi rough but we got it home.
top edge of the timing belt cover was cracked and broken by the hit. belt itself does not appear damaged.

Parked it for a couple weeks till ins figured things out. went to move it under the carport. ran real bad..died 1/2 way thru the move. had to push it under the carport. put in brand new cam sensor..still same error.

it will crank over fine...occasionally sputter, but no start. clear code, comes back. I didn't think the cam sensor plug took any pressure, but who knows. guess I should check the wires closely for continuity.

I've pulled off all the damaged parts, put it back together..about 2/3rds done. Just need it to run again.

[tinygiant]

traded/bought/installed white leather seats today. also replaced the ashtray that was broken

[mAutopsy]

Broke my clutch cable, lucky I was only a couples miles from home. ordered a new one. Have to repair the firewall as well. A good holiday weekend project, though I was hoping to install the new top

[lil_squeeker]

drove it.......stopped at a wawa......came out to a no start.
waited a good 1.5 hours .....tried again.....no start.
called for a tow....10 minutes later....started.

automatics suck.

[tinker6468]

Started painting:

[BIGDAVE1050]

Bought coilovers today. Should have them next week

[SK VeeDubR]

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Well actually did this a couple days ago, but have been busy with life since then.

Today I treated any signs of rust, repaired some odds and ends, cleaned and lubed the frame, made my side cables, and am about to repair the top pad with some fresh material

edit: oh, and color-matched my visors to my new headliner

[briano1234]

Washed, polished, and waxed the blue bunny.... It said ahhhhhhhhh thank ya.

[YJSAABMAN]

drove it.......stopped at a wawa......came out to a no start.
waited a good 1.5 hours .....tried again.....no start.
called for a tow....10 minutes later....started.

automatics suck.

No Ford-style remote solenoid for the heatsoak fix, yet?

[Glumrug]

Today I fixed the trunk release lock. It obviously hadn't been used often or lately, and was completely locked up. Had to think creatively to get it apart without it breaking.

The lock cylinder was clearly supposed to be turned to be removed. (Seriously, why do they do that. If the lock was in working condition, I wouldn't have to remove it; unless it had to be rekeyed at which point, you still face the same problem)

I also cleaned the passenger seat and seat belt very well. The seat looks great; the belt properly retracts now. Its just a little slower than I would like.

[SK VeeDubR]

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New headliner installed, repaired the damaged top pad, had a beer

[saveFred]

Drove one of them for the first time in a few days cause the Mk5 is down for repairs haha

[lil_squeeker]

No Ford-style remote solenoid for the heatsoak fix, yet?

nope not yet.