flatcat19 Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 What brand of steering wheel hub did you end up using? Completed pics? 1 Quote Link to comment
hellrbbt Posted April 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 What brand of steering wheel hub did you end up using? Completed pics? Grant 3592 2 Quote Link to comment
hellrbbt Posted June 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Well, it's been maybe 600 miles. It's only died once.Jiggled the plug on the ignition coil and it came back to life. Only odd part I can't figure out is the speedometer won't go past about 23mph. The odometer seems to follow suit which makes me think it is internal to the cluster. I can hear the speedometer cable click as it spins at speed above 23mph and the needle won't go any higher. Anyways, I daily it and everyone seems to love it. I especially like parking next to modern trucks: Cleaned up the wiring in the bay a bit. Still need to do a lot more, definitely not happy with it: My most recent project was attempting to repair my tailgate latches. Neither of them worked and before buying a new set I wanted to try to fix these. Well, after a good afternoon in the garage and a couple bucks in stainless hardware they work great! Even found a matching spray paint for the truck, Ace Hardware Burgandy (truck was obviously repainted at one point). Disassembly: Close-up of the issue: Attempt one: tack it in place (FYI this method was the more difficult method): Attempt two: drill the spot welds and remove the inner piece (this method was much easier): And fixed: Today I noticed what looked like serpentine belt dust... I converted to a single belt with single cam KA stuff, but still used the dual cam KA alternator. My alternator uses a 4 rib belt and this is a three, so a shifted it over from the outer three ribs to the inner three. I have a spare belt, just need to keep an eye on it in case this is worse... Before (Outer three): After (Inner three): That's it for now... I'm looking into lowering it a bit. I'm unsure if I want to reindex the torsion bars, from what I've read it appears one notch goes 2.5-3". My exhaust hangs kinda low, not a fan of scraping it. I might be able to tuck it up a bit more, might need to tweak my header a bit to make that happen... 2 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 ew a jetta newer than a mk3 the truck is sweet though, i think you should paint the stainless hardware so it doesn't stand out so bad though 1 Quote Link to comment
hellrbbt Posted June 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 ew a jetta newer than a mk3 the truck is sweet though, i think you should paint the stainless hardware so it doesn't stand out so bad though Yea I'm a mk1 guy at heart, but I've always had a softspot for wagons and the mk5/6 JSW is the first newer VW I knew I had to have... Plus I don't mind the 45+ mpg on road trips. On painting the hardware, I agree, they do stick out. I was going to weld in the old pins again to a washer but wanted the ability to take these apart again just in case... 1 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 i own 2 mk3 golfs and wish i had a diesel one, would give both up for a tdi golf. but 30-35 mpg for my two is nothing to shake a stick at with the 100 miles i drive every day. and test them for a week, if they're good, paint them off the truck and all the way apart and then put them together 1 Quote Link to comment
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