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From: tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tom Guptill)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: A dealer to avoid???
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:45:22 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <c4vR02Af1bQX01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> dld80@ccc.amdahl.com (Don Dusza) writes:

[dealer troubles]


	Hmm...My Mom has had similarly poor experiences with a Volkswagen
dealer in Concord, NH.  (Granite State VW/BMW/Huyndai).  She bought her car
at a dealer which folded soon after.  (She paid $11,000 for a Wolfsburg
Jetta w/ A/C, sunroof, stereo, cruise, etc...)  GSVW seems to have developed
a reputation for poor treatment of customers who purchased cars at other
dealers.  They have even gone so far as to try to say that her warranty was
invalid because _they_ didn't do the service and they couldn't get the
records from the bankrupt dealer.  (Threats of a phone call to VWOA took
care of that problem.)  All-in-all, though, they've been rude and attempted
to take advantage of her every chance they've gotten.  Luckily, she's pretty
good about checking over receipts and asking people she trusts when she sees
something she doesn't understand.  But she shouldn't have to deal with
things like that.  If there's one thing that would make me decide against
buying a VW, it's the poor dealer service.  Is this a universal thing?

-- 
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From: tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tom Guptill)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: An Enigma
Date: 24 Jul 92 01:54:47 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

My first guess would be the OXS.  Can't explain the fuel filter angle,
though...


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Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: jspinnow@netcom.com (John S. Pinnow)
Subject: Looking For Aries Phone # or advertisement
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 18:30:14 GMT
Organization: Tmoh Research, Milwaukee, WI


I am looking for the phone # for Aries. They sell do sell pistons and
such. I am specificaly looking for rings for the Aries pistons.

Any help would be appriciated,


-- 
Tmoh Research       | Net :  jspinnow@netcom.com     | Usmail: Ask
John S. Pinnow      |        alumn123@whscdp.whs.edu | AT&T  : (414) 761-1537
Milwaukee, WI 53221 |                                |
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: scholz@osf.org (Carl Scholz)
Subject: diesel Rabbit mysteries (we didn't do the engine swap)
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:48:34 GMT

About a week ago, I asked questions about swapping engines in a '80 Diesel Rabbit.  Thanks to all who responded.  It turned out that my brother and I never did the swap because we were able to get the 'dead' engine running.

We have a few questions:

1) There is a generous amount of steam (? it's not oily and it's white) puffing out of the oil fill hole (with cap off) and the air intake (with filter off).  We were told in passing by a previous owner (not the seller) that the car had a "cracked block" (that's why we were going to swap the other one in).  But, we found that the "good" engine puffed a little steam also (not as much).  Are they both cracked and is this coolant entering the combustion chambers or is this normal for diesels?  Do we care, as 


long as it runs (beater car)?  

Note:  The car had been sitting for almost a year.  We drained the old fuel and put in fresh diesel, but we haven't had a chance to run it much since then.

2) We are having trouble with the starter solenoid.  Most of the time when you turn the key to start, the + lead terminal on the solenoid (directly from the battery) arcs to the radiator fans housing about 1-2 inches away (it snaps a nasty spark).  At the same time, the solenoid just clicks, but never gets the starter spinning.  Occasionnally, it works normally.  The engine block and start housing seem to be grounded (checked with a voltmeter).  The radiator fan housing is also grounded.  What could be the


 problem?

BTW, we thought it was a bad solenoid originally and so we swapped in the solenoid/starter from the other car.  It worked fine while we concentrated on getting the engine running for the first time.  After our test drive, when we tried to restart, the solenoid acted up again.  We thought we'd blown a second solenoid due to some other problem, but then it worked again.  We're confused.
 
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Carl (and Eric)

_______________________________________________________________________________
Carl S. Scholz                           Open Software Foundation
scholz@osf.org OR uunet!osf.org!scholz   Cambridge, MA   (617) 621-8996
"Them that takes cakes which the Parsee-man bakes makes dreadful mistakes." -RK
 [Disclaimer: just me yapping, not my employer]
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: msirota@ee.rochester.edu (Mark Sirota)
Subject: Odometer on Corrado SLC
Reply-To: Mark Sirota <msirota@socrates.ee.rochester.edu>
Organization: University of Rochester Department of Electrical Engineering
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:29:26 GMT

A friend just bought a Corrado SLC.  Question -- is there a mechanical
odometer, or is the electronic one on the dash the only one?

I had thought that by law, a mechanical odometer must be in the car.  I
think I formed this opinion because my Dad's '84 300ZX Turbo had a fully
electronic dash (gross), with a little mechanical odometer in the corner.

I tried to find the speedometer cable and follow it up from the transmission
(the gearbox is completely different!), but I couldn't find where the cable
came out of the transaxle.  Either it's well-hidden or there isn't one.

Anyone know the answer?
-- 
Mark Sirota - Department of Electrical Engineering Systems Staff
University of Rochester, Rochester NY
 Internet: msirota@ee.rochester.edu
 UUCP:     rutgers!rochester!ur-valhalla!msirota
From: lcs@icad.com (Larry Stone)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: Comprehensive Bug Rebuild ???
Date: 24 Jul 92 00:00:18 GMT
Organization: ICAD Inc., Cambridge, MA

In article <1992Jul20.214903.3603@nrtpa038.bnr.ca> j11coop@bnr.ca (Larry Bizga coop 8972) writes:
>The best tool I have found for removing stubborn wheel nuts when I rebuilt
>my Bug was a simple plate with a 36mm 6-point socket cut out of one end and
>a flat surface for a hammer on the other end.  The thing was fairly thick
>(about 3/4 inch) and had a place for a 1/2" breaker bar to be inserted, but
>I usually just put the tool on the wheel nut and hit the other end with a
>small sledge hammer.
>
>Scott G.

K-D Tools has a device like this.  Many independent auto-parts stores
carry K-D tools, and can probably order one if they don't have it already.
It's exactly as described above, although the steel it is stamped out of
is only about 3/8" thick.  The breaker bar is handy to hold some tension
on the plate while you whack its ear with a hammer.  It looks roughly
like this:

                         ear--> .___  _____
                                |   \/ __  \
  "[]" is the 1/2" square       | []  /  \  |
  cutout for breaker bar        |     \__/  |
                                +___/\_____/
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: baw2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Bruce A Weisberg)
Subject: Pre-1968 bus wanted
Reply-To: baw2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Bruce A Weisberg)
Organization: Columbia University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:05:31 GMT




	Should have titled this PRE-1968 BUS FOUND!

	Many thanks to all who responded, and especially Dale Chidester.
	I have *found my baby*.  Love you all!  

	Now starts my next series of posts..."1967 bus body work"...

  	Bruce
From: Tom.Larson@f9.n347.z1.therose.pdx.com (Tom Larson)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: transmission oil
Date: 27 Jul 92 05:47:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: therose.712324336.F00001

At about 100k on my 1983 GTI I decided to change the transmission oil. Sears
sells the wrench for about $10 (17mm hex key). Techtonics sells the oil I used
(Spectro 75-90W GL-1 synthetic). The oil that I drained out was an evil, viscous
mess. The difference is very evident, it shifts and engages much more smoothly.
I'd recommend this over conventional oils, but haven't heard anything about
Redline except on this echo. Synthoil also makes a synthetic transmission oil.
 
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: dali@milton.u.washington.edu (David A. Lee)
Subject: Re: Karmann Ghia info sought
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:24:07 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.064945.4298@bb1t.monsanto.com> bjgaed@bb1t.monsanto.com writes:
>
>I doubt if you would find a Ghia in a junkyard.  According to H. of G. 
>there are a steadily-increasing number of Ghias on the road as more 
>are restored and registered.  
>
>--Bruce Gaede
>

Actually there are quite a few Ghias in the junk-lot at Cambell Nelson 
Volkswagen up here in Seattle.  Some look pretty good too.

David
1970 Squareback

-- 
"There are hundreds of tiny balls in every machine, and hundreds of machines
in every pachinko parlour, and a pachinko parlour on every block in every 
town in Japan; so there are billions of little balls falling forever, like a
chromium-plated hailstorm that never melts."  - from "Clive James in Japan"
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gayla Ann Greis)
Subject: Re: releace of the eurova
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: rec
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:24:14 GMT

In article <1992Jul11.1548.7036@dosgate> "tom neumann" <tom.neumann@canrem.com> writes:
>
>In Message-ID: <1992Jul06.231254.27161#wes.on.ca>
>   tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen) writes:
>The long wheelbase Westphalia camper (Called the "RV" camper here)
>has been cancelled indefinately.
>
>Tom Neumann

Same here in the US. I guess when VW started putting the pop-tops on the
LWB Eurovans, it flexed the frame too much...

>  DeLuxe 1.21 #350  I sell Volkswagens.
				So do I... :-)

>Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario/Detroit, MI
>World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044

Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw,rec.autos.tech
From: lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se (Stamos Stamos)
Subject: Re: Re: Audi fuel pump??
Organization: Ericsson Communications Inc. Montreal, Canada
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:31:56 GMT

>From: larrymc@tekig5.pen.tek.com (J Mcclellan)
>Message-Id: <9207231636.AA14723@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
>To: lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se
>Subject: Re: Audi fuel pump??
>Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech,rec.autos.vw
>In-Reply-To: <1992Jul23.155024.24847@exu.ericsson.se>
>Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
>Status: R

>First cut:
>Black smoke => too much fuel => fuel pump is delivering 
>fuel;

I was talking to guy here who drives a VW, he says that in his
manual it says that if the fuel pump fails it causes an over 
rich condition(in bose systems). Could this be so???

>check for a stuck-open injector or a broken or loosened 
>fitting that leaks fuel into the manifold.
>The clicking noise would be from the pump running continuously 
>to try to supply the extra demand.

The pump hardly makes any noise now, when I try to start the car, 
which is a bit difficult to hear over the racket of the starter motor.
So I checked the wire, which produced 11.5v when you try to start,
also the pump vibrates a little (as if its working).


>Possible cause could be a stuck pressure regulator => high 

Fine, I'll check this. Where is it?

>pressure in the fuel log breaks something, also causes fuel 
>pump to sound funny.

>Good luck, these things can be awfully frustrating.



Thanks



--
Stamos <lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se>                        Ellas
Ericsson, Cellular Design
Montreal, Canada.
From: dld80@ccc.amdahl.com (Don Dusza)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: A dealer to avoid???
Date: 29 Jul 92 05:08:53 GMT
Reply-To: dld80@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Don Dusza)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

I took my '91 Jetta GL in today for it's 7.5K mile checkup.  I gave them 
a list of things:  7.5K mile inspections (rotate tires, check belts, brakes,
etc.), the left turn signal wasn't cancelling as the steering wheel was 
straightened, the cruise control quit engaging this weekend, and the inside
of the windows gets a foggy film when the A/C is turned on.  They took my
beloved VW at 7:30am (I work until 12:30am) and promised it by 3:30pm.

So, I went to a friend's apartment and waited.  I called at 3:00pm to check
on the progress.  Not finished yet.  They told me it was looking more like 
4:30pm.  Hmmmm.  Wait some more. Called at 4:15pm.  The 7.5K stuff is done, the
turn signal is fixed (bad switch in the steering column), the cruise control
is working, but it has _worn_ vacuum switch which they have ordered, due in 
on Thursday (I have 8,010 miles on it and hardly use the cruise), and last of
all they didn't have time to get to the fogging problem.  They try to tell me
that I can pick it up at 5pm.  Slightly aggrivated (sp?), I tell them I need it
for work and will be there to pick it up at 4:30pm.

I get there and pay the $36 for the checkup stuff and drive to work. Later aftertaking my SO out for dinner, I notice somthing wrong with the hood of the car.
The passenger side of the hood is sticking up about 3/16" above the edge of
the fender.  Likewise the driver side is about 1/8" below the fender.  I pop
the hood to see if it is just resting on a hose or somthing. Nope.  I try to 
find reasons for the misalignment.  The hood isn't even resting on the rubber
bumper on the pass. side.                                

I'm pretty upset about the whole deal.  I was supposed to see them Friday for 
the vacuum switch and the fogging, but I am visiting them tomorrow (Wednesday)
to find out who bent my hood (I looked for signs of prying, scratches, etc.
The hood fit properly on Monday night, and no cars have hit the Jetta).  I had
trouble in the form of ultra hard-core sell tactics in November when I was look-ing to buy, but I bought the car elsewhere, swearing never to darken their 
doorstep again.  The dealership is Stan Antonio VW/Hundai in Sunnyvale.  Am I 
just having a bad first impression, or should I go to another dealer after
this episode?  Has anyone else been to this dealer and had similar problems
with the service and/or sales departments there?  I can post the outcome if any) 

Donald L. Dusza         |    __^/_      Someday, someone will be able to

with this particular dealer?  I can post the outcome if there is an interest
for it.

                                          Don
From: baw2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Bruce A Weisberg)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: Fox in Europe?
Keywords: Fox
Date: 21 Jul 92 14:27:39 GMT
Reply-To: baw2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Bruce A Weisberg)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <rl.711677581@cgl.ucsf.edu> rl@socrates.ucsf.edu (Robert Langridge) writes:
>Is there an equivalent to the VW Fox in Europe, either from VW or from 
>Seat, and if so what is its designation? (Fox?)  If there is such an 
>equivalent, could someone tell me the price range and applicable taxes 
>of these delivered in Germany or in Greece (I have a family reason for 
>the latter question).
>
>Please e-mail directly to me, or post if you think the response may
>be of general interest.
>
>Bob Langridge			       Phone: +1 415 476-2630, -1540, -5128
>Computer Graphics Laboratory		               FAX: +1 415 476-0688 
>926 Medical Sciences
>University of California	                    E-Mail: rl@cgl.ucsf.edu
>San Francisco  CA  94143-0446 




	I once asked this question of a German student at my school, and
he indicated that the "Fox" made by VW is the european version of the VW Rabbit
---- Can anyone verify this?

BAW
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: tegarr01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Help! info needed on 84 Conv.
Organization: University of Louisville
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:43:13 GMT

I recently came across an 1984 VW rabbit covertible with 88,000 miles on it.  I
currently own a 1984 VW Rabbit.  I would rather own a convertible and I was
wondering if any one knew what a good price rage would be or what to offer.

If you might know the blue book I would appreciate that info also.

I can be reach at TEGARR01@ULKYVX.LOUISVILLE.EDU

Teg
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gayla Ann Greis)
Subject: Re: bugs in the snow?
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:59:10 GMT

In article <1992Jul31.142027.21617@walter.bellcore.com> jyri@thumper.bellcore.com (Jyri Virkki) writes:
>
>Hello again,
>
>This is the situation; for the next year and a half or so I will be living
>in Pittsburgh, and I'd love to buy a VW Bug for transportation. Now, I
>have never lived in a place where winter temperatures drop below 75F,
>much less where it snowed. So I have no idea how a car would behave at
>freezing temperatures, but it seems to me that it must be a harsh
>environment. Thus, my question is: is it reasonable to have a Bug under
>these conditions, or will I experience problems? 
>
>I'd really like to get a Bug, but if it can't handle it, I guess I'll have
>to get some of those water-cooled things.
>
>BTW, yes, I know that the heating in the Bug is not too great, but that
>I can live with; I'm just worried about the car itself.

I've driven a bug in the snow for years, and that is not really a problem.
The problem is driving ANYTHING in the snow is tricky, especially when you
aren't used to it. Bugs have the advantage of being able to keep going in
snow, although not exactly always the direction you want to go! Wide tires
handle worse than do stock for obvious reasons. And make sure everything
is in great order before the snow flies (Ball joints, steering, steering
dampener, front beam SOLID and greased...) and you will find the bug makes
a far above average winter car once you get used to driving it. (It sure
can be cold though!)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: finnegan@invader.navo.navy.mil (Kenneth Finnegan)
Subject: Re: More '86 GTI questions
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-7094]: invader.navo.navy.mil
Reply-To: finnegan@navo.navy.mil
Organization: Grumman Data Systems	
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:38:08 GMT

In article <182756@pyramid.pyramid.com>, andrem@pyrman2.mis.pyramid.com (Andre Molyneux) writes:
|> First off, thanks to everyone who responed to my request for information on
|> the trip computer in my GTI.  I now understand how to get all of the functions
|> to work (with the exception of setting the clock - pushing the little recessed
|> buttons doesn't do anything.  Hopefully it's something as simple as dirty
|> contacts.)
|> 
|> Since you've all been so helpful with my previous questions, now of course I
|> have some more.  ;-)
|> 
|> Currently the oxygen sensor light on the dash comes on when the car is first
|> started (along with the alternator light).  Once the engine has picked up
|> enough RPMs to shut off the alternator light, the oxygen sensor light goes
|> out also.  Is this normal behavior?  Does the light coming on at start-up mean
|> it's time to replace the sensor, or is it supposed to light up and stay on?

This is completely normal.

|> Finally, the front grill on our car was replaced at some point in it's past
|> with a grill lacking the little "GTI" letters.  Can anyone tell me if the
|> letters are molded into their grill, or are a separate piece that can be
|> attached to the normal grill?

You can get the GTI emblem from WolfSport in CA for about $5.  Their number
is in the back of European Car.

|> 
|> Speaking of grills, when I went to Italy a couple of years ago all of the GTIs
|> that I saw had a different grill with round headlights and what appeared to
|> be a pair of round driving lights.  I've seen a few of these in the States
|> also, but the vast majority have had the rectangular "flush" headlamps (mine
|> included). 

When VW started selling the 16v GTI's, they continued to sell the 8v models
and fitted them with the quad light grilles you are talking about.

Kenneth
finnegan@navo.navy.mil

You read it, you .sig it.
From: nicos@cs.bu.edu (Nicos Kontopoulos)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: Fox in Europe?
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:32:56 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: nicos@csa

In article <1992Jul21.133846.20607@lut.ac.uk> C.Wong1@lut.ac.uk (C Wong) writes:
>In article <rl.711677581@cgl.ucsf.edu> rl@socrates.ucsf.edu (Robert Langridge) writes:
>>Is there an equivalent to the VW Fox in Europe, either from VW or from 
>>Seat, and if so what is its designation? (Fox?)
>
>hi,
>The VW Fox is called the Polo in Europe; AFAIK the import duty on cars is
>well  over 50%, (it used to be 100%+) in Greece. So don't buy it in Greece.
>Belgium, Holland and other Northern European countries have a much less
>draconian tax levy on cars, they are also *much* cheaper !

No, it is not called Polo! The Polo is a small automobile made by VW. It
comes out as a coupe or hatchback. Both of the body styles come with a third
(or fifth) rear door, but the Polo has never, ever had a trunk like the Fox
does. Furthermore, the Polo is much smaller than the Golf (for comparison).

Now, if you feel that the Fox may be based on the same chasis as the Polo,
then maybe I could agree with you. But it definately is not the same car!

Please be careful on what information you provide...

>regards
>
>Chun







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From: dali@milton.u.washington.edu (David A. Lee)
Subject: Front end uneven on 1970 Type III
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 05:46:10 GMT

Just noticed that the front right suspension is touching the little
rubber boot and is lower than the front left.  

Could this be a damaged torsion bar?

Email or post, thanks!!

David 
1970 Squareback

-- 
"There are hundreds of tiny balls in every machine, and hundreds of machines
in every pachinko parlour, and a pachinko parlour on every block in every 
town in Japan; so there are billions of little balls falling forever, like a
chromium-plated hailstorm that never melts."  - from "Clive James in Japan"