Well after about eight weeks of rebuilding, a trip to Tennesee, and more scraped-up knuckles than I care to admit.. the Syncro is back on the road. its still...
"lifter noise", take the secondary vacuum pump push rod out and see if the noise goes away ... -- Terrible or not, difficult or not, the only thing that is...
Is there a funny looking thing bolted to the head near #2 & #3 spark plugs that has a hose that connects from the intake manifold, to this thing to the brake...
Nope... Remember When I asked the group about this engine before I purchased it if it was a problem that the Audi 5000 didn't have a vacuum pump? you replied...
Alright! I was the one who had the block-off plates made. Sounds like you might have a bad lifter. Get a can of BG Product M.O.A. run it for a few miles,...
... I'm with Scoty, unless you've really had this engine apart. My first Rx in such situations is to just give the thing some time. A few days, let it get nice...
give it some time... I like that! and was my initial feeling... thanks guys! soooooo.... whatdo ya think of my new road shiners? (headlights for you city...
Road shiners off of a scirocco? If so how much modification did you need to perform. Oh and it looks like a custom grill.shortened..vw logo delete. Michael ...
Correct, the 'rocco lights, aka "165mm" are the same as the 1982-1985 Q's 4 headlights so If you can find a good grille, buckets, bezels & turn sig assemblies,...
Wrong! they are NOT from a Sciraco. But I'll give you a hint , they are off of a VW product. as far as modifying and making them fit... Well as you can see... ...
They are vanagon lights (2nd guess) Michael From: syncronized@yahoogroups.com [mailto:syncronized@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of DLuddy Sent: Sunday, December...
Correct, VW Vanagon DOT lights. ... -- Terrible or not, difficult or not, the only thing that is beautiful, noble, religious, and mystical is to be happy. ...
To anyone who has done this; Can you get to the nuts on the exhaust manifold by removing the motor mount support, or does the down pipe have to come out? Some...
Ed, I used looo0ong extension on a 3/8 drive ratchet to disconnect the head pipe from the manifold, this will fit up parallel to the headpipe tubes. (I might...
Right on Michael, I'm pretty pleased with the look, the availability of new parts and cheap replacements, and the fact that they are all steel construction , ...
Hey, anyone no how to shut this bearing up? I'm thinking I got a bad one ... When I got it with the clutch set, I was thinking, "this looks kinda crappy". its...
In <1196642233.6709.74.camel@...>, on 12/02/2007 ... The nuts on my down pipe are way too rusted to get off without acetylene and pounding sockets on...
Yup, Replace it. ... -- Terrible or not, difficult or not, the only thing that is beautiful, noble, religious, and mystical is to be happy. Arnaud Desjardins ...
Close enough, leaking rear main seal after 5k since the guy did it wrong. ... -- Terrible or not, difficult or not, the only thing that is beautiful, noble,...
In <1196645274.6709.103.camel@...>, on 12/02/2007 ... Its not just more room. I don't how to heat nuts you can't see, or put a wrench on them after....
I thought about doing that with vanagon lights. So now that im talking to someone who did it.. When you talk about brazing on the turn signals, did you need to...
The little fork brackets were removed from the Quantum buckets and brazed to sides of Vanagon buckets after cutting a 1/2 moon clearance shape from bucket. the...
After a pleasant trip downtown for cashews (my wifes vegitarian cashew chile!) I let my 14 year old son drive the rest of the way home (the last 5 miles are...
When in doubt, Power out! ... -- Terrible or not, difficult or not, the only thing that is beautiful, noble, religious, and mystical is to be happy. Arnaud...
Speaking of first drives in the snow... I've owned my syncro now for a little over a month and have been chomping at the bit to get her up into some real white...
on the locking mechs... 1.)The lock lights on the dash come on if its engaged and the wires and switches are good, and there are no vacuum leaks. that said......
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