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| drive it when i want to, and use another beater for a daily |
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| use it for a camper, and road tripping, and drive the daily otherwise |
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Stuartzickefoose
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you guys are so helpful  NOT
im gonna fix it...so good luck buying it off me. i have a minimum of 10k in mind. 
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sunnydog
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Stuart, is Maisy still jealous because you are consorting with someone younger, sportier and water-cooled? You know, that hussy of a Jetta? You are not going to be able to repair this relationship until you dedicate some serious one-on-one time to her. A nice dinner, maybe the promise of a road trip.
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Stuartzickefoose
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| Stuart, is Maisy still jealous because you are consorting with someone younger, sportier and water-cooled? You know, that hussy of a Jetta? You are not going to be able to repair this relationship until you dedicate some serious one-on-one time to her. A nice dinner, maybe the promise of a road trip. |
a road trip WILL happen if she decides to run. ill take her out to monroe for some quality winter camping on a river 
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notchboy
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Dude, Ive already pulled the motor, did the body work, painted and am now assembling the 74 in the time you started this thread 
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Stuartzickefoose
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the hell you didnt paint it! thats fricken quick!
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notchboy
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| the hell you didnt paint it! thats fricken quick! |
Quit reading tall tales on the internet and go fix your bus.
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Jason "notchboy" Weigel
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Stuartzickefoose
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| Stuartzickefoose wrote: |
| the hell you didnt paint it! thats fricken quick! |
Quit reading tall tales on the internet and go fix your bus. |
jetta first, bus next, moms car third.
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Stuartzickefoose
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SOLVED!
swapped the ECU with a known good, fired right up. i took it for a test drive immediately, and she performed as beautifully as she usually does. i love my two girls, tracy the jetta and maisy the bus.
tracy ended up being a 12 dollar crank position sensor....fixed that today too! go figure id fixed both in the same day.... what a fantastic day it is, wouldnt ya say?
and sorry boys, looks like ill be keeping both my girls for now 
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CoastalAirCooledVW
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Nice job! Now you better keep your promise or Maisy might get upset again. Be sure to take pics of the road trip you promised!
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Tram
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SOLVED!
swapped the ECU with a known good, fired right up. i took it for a test drive immediately, and she performed as beautifully as she usually does. i love my two girls, tracy the jetta and maisy the bus.
tracy ended up being a 12 dollar crank position sensor....fixed that today too! go figure id fixed both in the same day.... what a fantastic day it is, wouldnt ya say?
and sorry boys, looks like ill be keeping both my girls for now |
Open up that control unit you took out and see if you can determine what went wrong.
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nathansnathan
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notchboy
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| I was going to guess the whole thing was caused by Valero brand gasoline - the stuff is terrible. |
Thats just cuz its meant for Texas cars
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Stuartzickefoose
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| Stuartzickefoose wrote: |
SOLVED!
swapped the ECU with a known good, fired right up. i took it for a test drive immediately, and she performed as beautifully as she usually does. i love my two girls, tracy the jetta and maisy the bus.
tracy ended up being a 12 dollar crank position sensor....fixed that today too! go figure id fixed both in the same day.... what a fantastic day it is, wouldnt ya say?
and sorry boys, looks like ill be keeping both my girls for now |
Open up that control unit you took out and see if you can determine what went wrong. |
good idea, ill tear into it tonight 
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1967250s
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Stuartzickefoose
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did open it up, i think it fried the electronic board somehow. didnt see the problem. i didnt look very close, but later realized a few dead shorts to ground at various times are what likely caused my problems.
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Stuartzickefoose
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i think i found out why this ECU fried. i think i back fed it voltage by shorting out the battery, voltage spiked the lines by running it on just the alternator, and hooked up jumper cables wrong more than once briefly.
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obnoxiousblue
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Yes, yes, more of this pond...
I saw some hint pics on Facebook... But hope there's some better photo documentation of this most recent fiasco!
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look up clean fuel injectors on You Tube, I found a vid that showed how to clean them and did that on my Beemer bike, and that helped. I had an old three cylinder Yamaha XS750 that every time I ran it low on gas I had to pull the carbs and clean them out. When you look at how small the openings are on injectors and carb jets it doesn't take much to clog them up. I just finished replacing all the fuel lines on my Lil Dusty, and I have 4 fuel filters on her, because I know there's a ton of crap in the tank.
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