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Sethjones
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 Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 9:54 pm Post subject: Seth's turbo diesel jettas |
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i just purchased a pair of 1986 turbo diesel jettas, i will post pictures of my restoration progress
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jmw1982
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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nice. what are the plans ?
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| jmw1982 wrote: | | nice. what are the plans ? |
Part them out and buy an aircooled car? |
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AirDirect
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:28 pm Post subject: Seth's TD Jetta's |
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They are air cooled, it just happens to use liquid as a transfer medium.  |
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Sailor Jerry
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Throw one of the motors in an aircooled 
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: Seth's TD Jetta's |
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| AirDirect wrote: | | They are air cooled, it just happens to use liquid as a transfer medium. |
Excellent.
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Sethjones
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| mix and match parts untill i get a presentable car. |
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AirDirect
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Location: Powderly TX
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 7:01 pm Post subject: Turbo Diesel Beetle |
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| Sailor Jerry wrote: | Throw one of the motors in an aircooled
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Has anyone finished one of these conversions? TD Beetle would be a real performer and should get excellent fuel economy. |
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Sailor Jerry
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| That's mine and it is nearly done, I'm in the process of moving but should have it finished sometime in the next month or 2. My motor is a 1.9, his are probably 1.6 but very similar. |
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AirDirect
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 7:51 pm Post subject: TD Bug |
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| Do you have a link documenting how you did it? I would love to know more. |
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Sailor Jerry
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| No links, if you have any questions you can send me a pm and I'll try to answer them |
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Sethjones
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Location: paris, texas
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:37 pm Post subject: refurbishing the trunk |
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cleaned, sanded, and painted the trunk. Also refurbished the tool kit, spare doughnut tire, and fixed some broken wires.
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Sethjones
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:21 pm Post subject: Welding in floor pan patches |
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Seth welding in floor pan patch
Welding finished.
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Sethjones
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject: rocker panel repair. |
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cut out rusted areas on drivers door rocker panel.
welding repair panel.
patch finished ready for body work.
patch primed and ready for top coat.
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Sethjones
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:12 pm Post subject: seam sealing rear floor pans. |
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3m seam sealer applied to rear floor pans.
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BDubVdub
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Nice! Keep it up. I would love one of those Jettas  |
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Sethjones
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject: laying tarboard, and painting door jams and rocker panels |
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chickengeorge
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Nice work. Seems like an awful lot of work for some Jettas...
But then, back in the late 80's my buddy's dad told us we were 'tarded for dragging home a different Ford Falcon every weekend. The Jettas are 25 years old, just like the cars we were tearing into back then.
Carry on... |
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gostros
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| Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:43 am Post subject: |
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| I like this. Nice work guys. |
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tacochris
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Location: My garage, Texas
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| Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:00 am Post subject: |
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Nice work brotha...keep on pressin on.
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