I personally replaced both the timing belt, and installed the transmission. Got a speeding ticket on my way back from VWOP picking up the transmission. After that god only knows, I know the drivers door was broken off once, the wiper transmission is junk, and it wears tires like a bitch b/c something’s likely bent. Best of luck…
In for updates!
Dirt Mike & the boys totally had a soup kitchen in that beetle.
This is good to know, thanks. Yeah I have a new wiper trans coming in the mail and knew about the door. I ran the SRT for one winter and the steelies I put on it just happen to come off a beetle so im already set on rims. More pictors to come real soon
Spam16v is the man, so the work he did is legit.
For parts I’d recommend germanautoparts.com I’ve never had an issue, good prices, and fast shipping as they are located in Albany.
I decided to do it from the rear to the front so here are some clean-up pictures. I spend about two afternoons getting this bitch clean with a lot of scrubbing and two cans of Tuff stuff.
50/50 of the trunk floor
Then I moved onto the back seat which I didn’t think was actually going to clean-up, but I was pleasantly surprised
50/50 of it cleaned
The finished product, needs a little touch up in certain spots, but it will all be flawless soon
It certainly sounded like it needed more than 400 dollars worth of parts when Jason was selling it. I wonder what kind of oh-shit’s you’ll find as you tear into it…
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Original FS thread.
http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?222634-Completely-haggard-2001-VW-Beetle-TDi.-800.-Runs-and-drives-but-needs-a-LOT-of-wo&highlight=beetle
I personally was praying it was going to be dismantled.
You never know. So far just a lot of turd polish.
Great progress, looking forward to seeing the end result of this…
eeehhh
rust, cracked plastic, damaged metal (so long as it isn’t structural) is all stuff that doesn’t really matter for a cheap winter beater. Sounds like it needs more time than it does money.
This is what worries me the most. Any progress/ insight on this issue Mopar?
fcpgroton.com is what I use for all euro car parts…
So far as I’ve discovered it does need more time then money, Jason basically said the same thing. The next “free” project I did was clean out the intake manifold and EGR. With 230k on the clock there was soot deposits like you wouldn’t believe, it was shocking the car still ran and drove. Here are some pics of before and after.
This isn’t even half the shit, there was enough gunk to fill a medium coffee cup from Tim Hortons
After hours of soaking and scraping 99% of all the shit came out of the intake mani and EGR, there was still some caked on that wouldn’t budge, but very very little. Most of the stuff left over in the final pictures came out with a final soaking.
I’m gonna guess the PO was some hippie. But man the gunk in the EGR and intake manifold is nuts!
glad to see that shit cleaned up well for you :tup:
It’s not on the road so I don’t know, the tires on it are going to need replaced soon, but dont have a weird wear pattern. I already have a set of steelies and snows that came off a Beetle which I used on my SRT this last winter, so it’s not a huge issue. The oil pan may need to be replaced though it leaks from the drain plug and im not sure if its stripped or the gasket on the plug is gone…
Yeah thanks again for the help Luke!
:tup: for willing to take a chance and get your hands dirty…really dirty… but it looks like it’s cleaning up nicely. Hopefully there isn’t some huge hidden gremlin that makes all this work a waste of time.
Thanks, I don’t think there is anything hiding…I hope lol
I love a good, non-conceited, get-your-hands-dirty-'cause-that’s-what-it-needs thread. Especially cool when it’s something neat, off-beat - something a gearhead can get behind, not another “pop swap”.
Fix this “lost cause” up, put another 50K on it, learn / know cool shit, sell it for 2.5x of your cost