Ah.. My '91 rabbit isn't even running yet. Currently the car's in the driveway, and the rebuilt engine's on the garage floor... But with luck, it'll be up and running on waste veggie oil in a few more weeks, or months (3 months and counting so far)
On 10/27/05, Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Twicky Wabbit > > As I recall, those things bear a good cooling system flush frequently aw > well... > > Ed Hall wrote: > > Food for thought. > > > > I have a '79 Rabbit. I recently put in an ammeter mostly out of curiosity > > and because I had one lay'n around. > > > > The bolts that hold the alternator bracket to the block broke off one night > > (non-spec bolts + cyclic fatigue over time). The alternator is the belt > > tensioner for the water pump. By losing the tension in the belt, the water > > pump stopped pumping. Over heating is the weak link in the otherwise amazing > > VW diesel engine. > > > > Fortunately the ammeter indicated something was up, I pulled over to have a > > look and was surprised to find my alternator dangling. The idiot light never > > came on to indicate that the alternator was no longer alternatoring. > > > > I could have easily cooked my motor that night. > > > > Macgyver trick: the rubber gasket in the lid of a 5 gallon bucket is a great > > emergency fan belt. I doubled one up and ran it around the main pulley and > > water pump pulley. I found one in a nearby dumpster. Once again, I found my > > salvation in the bottom of a dumpser. > > > > Happy motoring! > > > > > >>From: Kurt Nolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >>To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >>Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One > >>Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:33:51 -0400 > >> > >> > >>>>From the picture the engine looks the same, but could be the same > >>>design and smaller displacement I suppose. The non-working > >>>temperature guage is concerning, because overheating a diesel with an > >>>aluminum head and cast iron block usually means putting a new head > >>>gasket in it -- as least in the VW diesels. But that's pretty easy to > >>>add a new temperature guage. > >>> > >>>Zeke > >>> > >> > >>Yeah, if I do end up getting it, I have a whole suite of gauges and meters > >>that are going in it. Head temp, Oil temp, Voltmeter, Ammeter (Iffy about > >>putting this one in, unnecessary work.), stuff of that nature; I've been > >>scrounging up meters for a while now. If it doesn't have a tach I'll see > >>what I can do to pick a tasteful one up, instead of those gaudy "racer > >>style" tachos. > >> > >>Still flirting with the idea, guess I should my act together and make a > >>decision, eh? > >> > >>-Kurt > > > > > > > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Biofuel mailing list > >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >> > >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >> > >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > >>messages): > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > > messages): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
