What did you work on today?
Re: What did you work on today?
Being tall, I was concerned about being able to get in and out of my Corvette repeatedly. And I definitely didn't want to destroy the steering column like people tend to do when a car is short or a truck is tall (it's a steering wheel, not a pull point, people!). I've actually found that it's super simple -- I just put my left hand on the door sill to push myself up and rotate out. It's completely natural.
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Coming home from work a few weeks ago, I got off the highway and when I pulled up to the light my GTI started having a loping idle like it had a big fat race cam in it. Yea thats no good. Limped it home and ignored it for 2 weeks as I already knew what it was.
New Year's weekend I decided to have a look.
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As expected, timing has jumped and the intake cam is 2 teeth off. Next step was resetting the timing then a leakdown test to see if it was worth throwing parts at. Cylinders 1, 2, and 4 were great. Cylinder 3 not so much. Bent valves.
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I bought this car with a blown engine due to timing tensioner failing. I replaced it with another engine that just had all the most updated parts put in it 100 miles before the car was totalled. I put 60k on said parts and the tensioner failed again. Decided to cut my losses and sent it on its way. Screw those german cars![LOL :lol2:](./images/smilies/lol2.gif)
New Year's weekend I decided to have a look.
![Image](https://photos.smugmug.com/Mobile-uploads/i-ZZsGXQ3/0/c20707a0/X2/FB_IMG_1705169544256-X2.jpg)
As expected, timing has jumped and the intake cam is 2 teeth off. Next step was resetting the timing then a leakdown test to see if it was worth throwing parts at. Cylinders 1, 2, and 4 were great. Cylinder 3 not so much. Bent valves.
![Image](https://photos.smugmug.com/Mobile-uploads/i-qfmCDq5/0/69f298e0/X2/FB_IMG_1705169650592-X2.jpg)
I bought this car with a blown engine due to timing tensioner failing. I replaced it with another engine that just had all the most updated parts put in it 100 miles before the car was totalled. I put 60k on said parts and the tensioner failed again. Decided to cut my losses and sent it on its way. Screw those german cars
![LOL :lol2:](./images/smilies/lol2.gif)
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Went back to Japan for the replacement.
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Pulled in the shop and started taking it apart to make a parts list. It honestly isn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
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Now I'm waiting on parts.
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Pulled in the shop and started taking it apart to make a parts list. It honestly isn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
![Image](https://photos.smugmug.com/Rav4/i-x36wJ4X/0/23e9b318/XL/PXL_20240111_234034478-XL.jpg)
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Now I'm waiting on parts.
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From all I've heard it sounds like vw/audio have not improved much if at all since my 78 scirocco. Fun car to drive but went through two engines in that too.
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What model year was it? GTI was on the list for a future commuter car but having had a one previously and hearing this, wondering if it's not quite the "power move". Considering dropping it from the list.gots_a_sol wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:16 pmComing home from work a few weeks ago, I got off the highway and when I pulled up to the light my GTI started having a loping idle like it had a big fat race cam in it. Yea thats no good. Limped it home and ignored it for 2 weeks as I already knew what it was....
...I bought this car with a blown engine due to timing tensioner failing. I replaced it with another engine that just had all the most updated parts put in it 100 miles before the car was totalled. I put 60k on said parts and the tensioner failed again. Decided to cut my losses and sent it on its way. Screw those german cars![]()
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Mine was an 09. That gen engine was used through 2014. Gen 3 started in 2015. I think they fixed the timing issues on that newer engine but there are some other issues with it, though they seem less catastrophic.
It was a fun enough car for a daily, just a bit fragile.
It was a fun enough car for a daily, just a bit fragile.
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Waiting on parts to put the front back together so messed with doing some other fixes.
When I picked it up, this clearly aftermarket led was flashing like crazy and I could hear a relay going bonkers under the dash
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Pulled some dash panels and there is definitely non-oem crap there.
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Ugh
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Got it all ripped out and cleaned up/wiring fixed.
![Image](https://photos.smugmug.com/Rav4/i-X7M5SZh/0/4d133cca/X2/PXL_20240114_214631262-X2.jpg)
When I picked it up, this clearly aftermarket led was flashing like crazy and I could hear a relay going bonkers under the dash
![Image](https://photos.smugmug.com/Rav4/i-NDq5k69/0/25541ad6/X2/PXL_20240114_202046142.MP-X2.jpg)
Pulled some dash panels and there is definitely non-oem crap there.
![Image](https://photos.smugmug.com/Rav4/i-mFzNfrs/0/a0bb0274/XL/PXL_20240114_203609503.MP-XL.jpg)
Ugh
![Dry :dry:](./images/smilies/dry.gif)
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Got it all ripped out and cleaned up/wiring fixed.
![Image](https://photos.smugmug.com/Rav4/i-X7M5SZh/0/4d133cca/X2/PXL_20240114_214631262-X2.jpg)
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Man that's a pile of wires! It amazes me how some folks hook up electrical stuff so badly! Grounds and shorts waiting to happen.
I replaced my GF's garbage disposal this weekend. But the previous install, they had used 1 wire nut on the black and then just twisted and taped the other 2 and shoved it up into the bottom of the disposal. I removed the old one, cut/stripped the wires and made new connections, used some wire nuts and then taped each one up and bundled the wires away in the new unit. I am a crappy electrician but I did a much better job than the previous install!
I replaced my GF's garbage disposal this weekend. But the previous install, they had used 1 wire nut on the black and then just twisted and taped the other 2 and shoved it up into the bottom of the disposal. I removed the old one, cut/stripped the wires and made new connections, used some wire nuts and then taped each one up and bundled the wires away in the new unit. I am a crappy electrician but I did a much better job than the previous install!
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I've been building a house off and on since August 3. It's still in progress...
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I've been enjoying watching your progress. It's really impressive!
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