Yeah, I'm still on here. I only have the one '86 16v, and an earlier
('83 or '84?) 8-valve, but neither is currently licensed nor
roadworthy. Yes, I DO need to change that, and get them running!
My daily driver, until about a month ago, was a 2000 Jetta with
1.8t and manual shift. I overheated it BADLY in a construction zone,
with nowhere to pull off, and damaged the engine; will need to move a
friend's Jetta from my jackstands & ramps, in order to put mine there
for teardown and evaluation of what exactly needs to be done. It has
214,000+ miles, and is essentially all factory-original - the water pump
was replaced at about 90k miles (plastic impeller version replaced by
cast iron one), and the alternator was rebuilt - but it still has
all-original shocks, struts, axles, rotors and calipers, etc., etc.,
etc. It has NEVER had a major repair of any sort. I figure that it
deserves to be repaired or replaced by a very similar car, given the
reliability and the fun factor. It is ready for quite a number of
maintenance items, like strut bearings, struts & shocks, rear axle
bushings, and the exhaust is finally going bad, so I'll need to consider
the alternatives pretty carefully. I'm driving a borrowed four-wheel
drive Suburban that is an absolute pig in several senses of the term,
but I've been busy trying to get lawn and garden under control after
years of neglect due to working long hours with a 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 hour
[daily total] commute time. I retired in April, so that is finally
behind me... The only VW project I've done since was swapping a
friend's Jetta transaxle last Saturday.
On 6/15/2011 10:26 AM, Michael Pelletier wrote:
wow darner you still are on here ? so cool how many gti's do you have in your
stable these days?
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