Add it too the list! (not fun VW jobs)

nerdhotrod · Jul 29, 2004

Alternator on a rabbit with AC.
Car is back on the road finally!
New techntonics exahaust tomorrow as well

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mk1 gokart · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (nerdhotrod)

[zombie]they are all fun, we are having fun[zombie]

RabbitParts.com · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (nerdhotrod)

-Anything on a New Beetle.
(1.8 T timing belt comes to mind...)

nerdhotrod · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (RabbitParts.com)

Quote, originally posted by RabbitParts.com »

-Anything on a New Beetle.
(1.8 T timing belt comes to mind...)

second...any trans 1.8t timing belt.

Cubster · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (nerdhotrod)

Replacing steering rack with the engine in the car. Replacing sunroof mechanicals.

1phtgti · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (Cubster)

axle bolts

TimboAA · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (nerdhotrod)

Body work....Diagnosing (because are cars have so many different rattles...its hard to tell what is "supposed" to rattle)
Anything involving rubber that has to be stretched in some way.....(door seals, window seals, exhaust hangers)

Oh...I should be having a Techtonics Tuning exhaust coming too...but something went wrong with their bender and they ran a bad batch of the over-axel pieces apparently...so the exhaust I ordered a week ago...won't be here for another week.

bigredjetta · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (TimboAA)

the damn screws that hold the rotor to the hub. Those bastards are especially fun when you have a rabbit that sat and rusted in a field for a few years.

LubsDaDubs · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (bigredjetta)

Replacing the Gas tank on a Newfoundland MK1, so many rusty bits.

A1WolfsburgGLI · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (LubsDaDubs)

Geting an full short shift kit to acutally hit first without going into reverse with only one person doing the job!
Re-installing a Tranny after a flywheeel and clutch upgrade while the motor is still in the car with one person!
Installing a 35lb supercharger and manifold on the back of a 1.8 8v (non x-flow,) motor with one person. (thank god for crowbar's!)

92VdubSLC · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (EurospecA2)

removing the gorrilla snot...all of it

BladesNet · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (92VdubSLC)

Changing the oil filter on a mk1 Cabriolet with P/S, A/C, and oil cooler.
The oil filter is so close to the frame, it's an hell of a job to get out and in ....

redrabbit456 · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (nerdhotrod)

exhaust hangers, and trying to take the dask off when some idiot superglued the healight switch knob to the metal peice, (oops)

truckito · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (LubsDaDubs)

you've been gone too long - nowadays its replacing anything on a newfoundland mk 1

Rabman · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (redrabbit456)

Quote, originally posted by redrabbit456 »

exhaust hangers, and trying to take the dask off when some idiot superglued the healight switch knob to the metal peice, (oops)

I maybe missing something but isn't the knob/shaft supposed to come out of the switch when you press the button on the bottom of the switch? I just reached through the speaker whole to get to the button.

claytski · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (Rabman)

front wheel bearings are a pain. not hard, just very time consuming.
the hardest and most frustrating would be a block heater for a 16v in a mk2. 10 minutes max with the motor out, 4 hrs with the motor in

A1WolfsburgGLI · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (claytski)

Quote, originally posted by claytski »

front wheel bearings are a pain. not hard, just very time consuming.

I did one of these on my A2 with the Help of my Brother at his heavy equipment (Like Cranes, front end loaders etc,) shop.
We almost didn't get the Bearing out with a (I believe,) 30,000lb press! I let a machine shop remove and repress the other one when it came time to do it. 3 hours of fusteration or $30....Hmmm....that was a no brainer!

1300driver · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (bigredjetta)

Quote, originally posted by bigredjetta »

the damn screws that hold the rotor to the hub. Those bastards are especially fun when you have a rabbit that sat and rusted in a field for a few years.

I totally agree with you on this note!!! I ended up drilling through the screw itself to get it out when renewing discs and pads on my '75. don't think the disks had been changed in the last 10-15 years!!!

Did it in the end though

Rob Stercraw · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (1300driver)

Undoing other people's "mods"

92VdubSLC · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (Rob Stercraw)

Quote, originally posted by Rob Stercraw »

Undoing other people's "mods"

SO true. I removed a household light switch and household conduit from under the hood of my girls GTI when I got it.

jettagli1991 · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (Rob Stercraw)

Trying to fugure out what the hell all those wires are that lead to NOTHING in the engine bay. It must have had a purpose! Or trying to figure out where the broken vaccum lines go in a '75, since a friend broke them and didnt label where they all came from. The stupid diagrams are different in every manual, still havent figured that last one out. That last bumper bolt on a diesel Rabbit with AC is a PITA too. And removing any un-oiled bolt on a NY car too

fwdvw · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (92VdubSLC)

Only thing I hate doing on a MK1
PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR MOUNT

vr6freak · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (fwdvw)

Quote, originally posted by fwdvw »

Only thing I hate doing on a MK1
PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR MOUNT

at least you dont need to touch that to drop the tranny...i had to drop my tranny 4 times in one week

we got damn good at it..anyone in seattle need a new clutch

Yorldi · Jul 29, 2004

remove ALL the under-paint **** with a metallic brush to weld the body!!
Could someone post me some pics??
OH!, and figuring out what those nasty cables is also "fun", nearly as much fun as untighten the bolts that hold the steering column on a Mk2 when swapping to a Corrado dash......

Modified by Yorldi at 7:50 PM 7-29-2004

Residentevol · Jul 29, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (jettagli1991)

the rest of my internal wastegate and all the correct bolts to mount my atp manifold and my intake mani back on....then comes the fun part t3 turbo woOoOO

reechardsdub · Jul 30, 2004

Re: Add it too the list! (LubsDaDubs)

doing the rear drums on a rabbit and taking out the ac compressor on a rabbit. PITA

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