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linwine 
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 Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 8:24 am Post subject: 80 caddy strut tower / deal breaker or repair? |
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Looking at a 80 caddy rabbit diesel this is the worst spot on the whole truck and does not go into the fire wall
My question is should I walk or just take a day and cut it out and fix it
Any reply is appreciated
Thx BERG |
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linwine
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 8:27 am Post subject: Re: 80 caddy strut tower / deal breaker or repair? |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:12 am Post subject: Re: 80 caddy strut tower / deal breaker or repair? |
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It's ALWAYS worse than it looks. What's your skill set? Check out Skills' thread on what he went through to deal with this issue.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=694220
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linwine
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 1:49 pm Post subject: Re: 80 caddy strut tower / deal breaker or repair? |
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I build rat rod buses so im used to rust repair
But don’t want to do what the guy did on the link u sent!
The truck is a low mile truck and looks pretty sharp 3250$
Just don’t want to buy it and have to completely dismantle
The whole thing
Thx for looking out! |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: 80 caddy strut tower / deal breaker or repair? |
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That’s about $2,500 more than it’s worth.
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