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#141 ·
Re: FV-QR (ein)

Quote, originally posted by ein »

I bet f I call Pelican they've already made one of these. McMasterCarr will solve this problem (seriously, those guys should have an "S" on their chest). Wait till I get home, I'm all over this.


Game the ef on!
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Discussion starter · #142 ·
Re: FV-QR (TheBurninator)

HAHAHAH, a whole page on beer, luv it!!!!!!!!!!!! On for the bad news,,, Got everything back together today and attempted to fire her up, no fire, got spark, at least on one of the plugs, gonna chek the rest tomorrow, checked the timing again and itz dead on.... Seemed as if I was getting fuel, took off both fuel lines on the rail and it spilled a little fuel on each side, so I sprayed some carb cleaner in the TB and she fired, but kinda shaky, only had one little ass shot left tho..... Gonna head out tomorrow and get another bottle to try figuring out the problems
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#144 ·
Re: FV-QR (ein)

Quote, originally posted by ein »

Anyone know how to ship beer through UPS, "theoretically" of course?


No problem, just wrap and pack it well ,and don't tell them what it is! I ship homebrew to my dad regularly. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
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#145 ·
Re: FV-QR (sdezego)

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Sorry to hear that Nancy
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I think I am just about to crack open a Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout.
If you think I am picky about other stuff... I can talk beer all day
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I am with Kyle, Micro Brew or bust. ...ohhh and wheat and rice are never to be used in beer, heeeheee



Shawn it's cause an old timer like yourself is working on your last remaining taste buds. You can't even taste the bad beer you pour down your throat. Just to get a hint of hops you have to drink them dark.
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I am willing to try any beer if I were to kick back with any of you fella's.
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I bought a home brew kit, so I will probably be drinking the worst beer in my life in a month or so.
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#148 ·
Re: FV-QR (sdezego)

I hate me some Pabst. I can't cheap out that bad.
Anyone have any imput on ditching the abs? I grabbed a booster from a MKII jetta a long time ago, and planned to mod the bracket to fit the Corrado. What else is need to make this fit as painless as possible? I know you have to use the Corrado master cylinder. Anyone ever welded a custom clutch master cylinder extension to the booster's bracket before? I ask cause I'm sending this to the C man, and want to do everything but buy him the MC and bolt it in for him.
 
#149 ·
Re: FV-QR (sdezego)

Quote, originally posted by sdezego »

Sorry to hear that Nancy
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I think I am just about to crack open a Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout.
If you think I am picky about other stuff... I can talk beer all day
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I am with Kyle, Micro Brew or bust. ...ohhh and wheat and rice are never to be used in beer, heeeheee


I can't decide on what beer to pick up on my way home...
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The store by my house has so many to chose from.
 
#150 ·
Re: FV-QR (Forty-six and 2)

Quote, originally posted by Forty-six and 2 »
I hate me some Pabst. I can't cheap out that bad.
Anyone have any imput on ditching the abs? I grabbed a booster from a MKII jetta a long time ago, and planned to mod the bracket to fit the Corrado. What else is need to make this fit as painless as possible? I know you have to use the Corrado master cylinder. Anyone ever welded a custom clutch master cylinder extension to the booster's bracket before? I ask cause I'm sending this to the C man, and want to do everything but buy him the MC and bolt it in for him.

drink enough PBR and itll just happen trust me. Before doc brown used a flux capictor to travel through time he just drank PBR. True story
 
#151 ·
Re: FV-QR (TheBurninator)

Quote, originally posted by TheBurninator »

I can't decide on what beer to pick up on my way home...
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The store by my house has so many to chose from.


I can't remember the exact name, but I just tried some "Alaska?" brew, also don't remember the flavor, but it was in a blue box, and says it was brewed with spruce tips. I thought it was decent for something random I grabbed. It's an ale.
 
#154 ·
Re: FV-QR (burton198)

Gotta love some pale ale. I recommend Harpoon IPA the best. Also Star Hill makes a nice pale and their Dark Star St ought is tasty. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
I tried the Fat Tire while out of town and not my kinda beer.http://****************.com/smile/emthdown.gif
On topic: gotta be the timing if you have spark and fuel. TDC the crank and cam then triple check the dizzy.
 
Discussion starter · #155 ·
Re: FV-QR (Forty-six and 2)

Quote, originally posted by TheBurninator »
check your dizzy timing

I musta been dizzy when I hooked up the fuel lines
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Quote, originally posted by Forty-six and 2 »
I hate me some Pabst. I can't cheap out that bad.
Anyone have any imput on ditching the abs? I grabbed a booster from a MKII jetta a long time ago, and planned to mod the bracket to fit the Corrado. What else is need to make this fit as painless as possible? I know you have to use the Corrado master cylinder. Anyone ever welded a custom clutch master cylinder extension to the booster's bracket before? I ask cause I'm sending this to the C man, and want to do everything but buy him the MC and bolt it in for him.

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To the 4 day beer bay!!!
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You know you wanna come down here in the sunny isles and put in a MC...
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Thanks for trying to get some imput for me, need some myself... Got her fired up, sounded like ass til it ran for a bit, but on to more issues, still overheating... The fan is not coming on when itz supposed to either, unless I turn on the A/C, replaced the thermoswitch and everything
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ANY IDEAS PLEASE!!!!
P.S. Here is what I've done, jumped the thermoswitch (not with the new one installed) with good results on hi and low speed, checked the waterpump for play, inspected the rad, with no signs of buildup, looks fairly new, both sides are getting hot as feck, expected the thermoswitch housing to be hot, but it wasn't really, it was hotter at the base, on the rad.
 
Discussion starter · #157 ·
Re: FV-QR (ein)

Quote, originally posted by ein »
The rad being hot on one side and not the other says no flow. Air bubble, T-stat, or bad water pump.

both sides of the rad are getting hot, and I forgot to add new low temp thermostat above, going to go look at a new waterpump tomorrow to check the clearance of the blades to the housing, mine seemed kinda far and the inside of the housing was chewed up, but I'm thinking that was from a previous WP, no play in mine, at all.... I'm baffled, cause this is what jump started this whole process
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P.S. I don't think I have any air in it either, pretty sure it all burped out
 
#158 ·
Re: FV-QR (Sr. Karmann)

I am inferring that you re-used your previous T-stat. Did you verify that it works? Put it in water on a range and watch it w/ a candy thermometer or something similar. Don't push it open manually before you test it. It might be stuck a little and if you manually push it open you could free it up and it will look like it works then will fail again later. I chased this same problem for a while (and tore my coolant system down 3 times) before I figured out the T-stat got intermittently stuck. BTW is the jury still out on the low temp T-stat? I remember debates on the value of the low T-stat.
 
Discussion starter · #160 ·
Re: FV-QR (ein)

Quote, originally posted by ein »
I am inferring that you re-used your previous T-stat. Did you verify that it works? Put it in water on a range and watch it w/ a candy thermometer or something similar. Don't push it open manually before you test it. It might be stuck a little and if you manually push it open you could free it up and it will look like it works then will fail again later. I chased this same problem for a while (and tore my coolant system down 3 times) before I figured out the T-stat got intermittently stuck. BTW is the jury still out on the low temp T-stat? I remember debates on the value of the low T-stat.

Didn't verify that the t-stat works, just bought it... It was the first thing I changed when the overheating began. When I removed the old one, I found out that it had already been gutted. Think I may just run with no t-stat, but have heard some adverse concern with the engine running too cool
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I also don't have the heater core connected, just blocked off til I get a new HC, but it had been fine up til now??????
 
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