So the other day I pulled off the fuel hose at the bottom of the tank... fuel came gushing out, as expected. But then the flow slowed down... pretty...
... According to EKTA, you do have a gravity valve. Here is a screen shot of the appropriate EKTA page: http://www.blarg.net/~racertod/tank.jpg . The valve...
Todd Walke
racertod@...
May 1, 2004 7:20 pm
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Jake, Since you are the only A1 Diesel guy on the list, you or Mr. Bentley would be the experts. I am sure the fuel system varies from gas to diesel. Did you...
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I hate Stupid People!!!!!!!!!!!! Rant ON------------------ Over on one of the SE-R list some dude is complaining about getting creamed and finishing 7th. Says...
Not sure if you're interested in Rabbit weights, but I just weighed my FSP Rabbit ('81 4-door with turbo-diesel engine and power steering) and with 1/3 tank of...
Jake, A fuel cell also requires; "The car meets all applicable Solo 1 safety standards, including those for rollover protection and the installation of a fire...
R D
somanycones@...
May 7, 2004 5:56 pm
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... Or you can get the drums turned to the maximum diameter. I don't know how much weight you will save there. The only difference I can think of are the...
PS - is there much weight to be saved going to a fuel cell? Would it be legal in FSP to put one in a Rabbit spare wheel well (I'm not sure how to interpret...
... Jonathan, for kicks, I would be interested in seeing a weight on the 200mm drums. I will weigh the 180mm drums next convenient excuse I have to do so, and...
... I've seen them twice...once on a junkyard car at a u-pull-it in Augusta, GA..the other I don't recall where I saw it. ..david -- David Raistrick...
... I saw a Rabbit front drum brake earlier this week -- in a dream. I s**t you not! Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking Pepsi... CP...
... the ... All right, I weighed a used set of 200mm drums and both of them came in at 12 1/2 pounds each. I'm curious to see how much the smaller drums...
I tried to do a search of the archives but no luck, the search would only look at the last month of messages. I just got a new single axle open trailer to...
Jim, The tongue weight should be 10% of the total trailer weight. If this squashes the springs on your tow vehicle, you can add air springs to the rear, ala...
Well, the clutch started to slip pretty badly this past weekend, so its time for a new one. I was looking at BSI's 210mm setups. 16v pressure plate and 4 or...
I am using a 4-puck, solid center in my Rabbit Turbo-Diesel. The make of the 4-puck is "F&S" (The S part of that I think might stand for Sachs?) anyway it's a...
if the holes in the wheels are big enough you can get wheel straps and hold it down that way. Lots of wreckers tow cars this way that are difficult to tow...
... (WOW! that's a heavy trailer...my 16' tandem is about only 1200# w/brakes) I set up my trailer by slowly rolling the car forward until the trailer nose...
... I'd try axle straps over the control arms and then straight forward. Let the suspension on the car work. I would think 6' tie-downs is all you would ever...
... I'll add to this that the green Rabbit uses a 190mm setup with a 4-puck disc, and has never had any trouble with it (although you'll probably end up with...
I was trying to install used Konis in my HS 84 GLI and as I tapped the insert into the bottom of the strut tube I noticed that the top of the Koni ended up...
... Yes - the PO chopped off the dumb protrusion, which is about .5" long. It is there for the "German" tubes, which have threads on the inside. If you leave...
Thanks Iain. I'll call Koni-NA tomorrow and get some metal rings shipped out to me. Hebron, Kentucky is close to South Carolina I think ;) I knew there was a...
... A nice guy named Eduardo from Sacramento - he's picking it up this weekend. ... Nope, but I did order those dog gears... -- Kevin Wenzel kwenzel@......