What are you working on today?
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'80s VW ....Rabbit or Jetta?
Drove up to Sault Ste. Marie today after staying in Ludington last night. I totally found Ludington by accident, I just needed a room for the night and ended up right on the water. I’ll definitely be going back.
Visited the Soo Locks tonight and I’m taking the boat tour tomorrow morning. Wednesday morning I’ll start on the 1,000 mile trip home.
Visited the Soo Locks tonight and I’m taking the boat tour tomorrow morning. Wednesday morning I’ll start on the 1,000 mile trip home.
Nailed it. Jetta, probably 83
Clocks tend to work in 4 out of 5. Most frequent failure is 2 blown caps on the power input, and since it’s 80’s, they can be replaced. Sometimes a part is missing like the second hand. If I can get the clock working, I shoehorn the sylvania ZEVO 164 led lamps into the illumination hood, clean it up, stick it in the box, and let it run for a week to make sure it’s good. I’ve got one now that loses a minute per day and haven’t seen that before. May be a mechanical problem with the set knob dragging on it.
Same clock module seems to used in VW, audi, merc and possibly some bmws.
About ~15 years ago I had a Mr Coffee coffee maker that couldn't keep time. It was digital, of course, but even the Chinese should be embarrassed. We've been able to create clocks either analog or digital for .....centuries??.....that were accurate and didn't gain or lose time. I wore nothing but digital watches in grade school (I thought they were SOOOO cool) and they worked fine.
Anyway, I remember swapping the entire printed circuit on my (first car) 1980 Audi 5k to get the tach working again. I had a couple parts cars and learned a lot back then. It was not a Quattro but that oversized VW was REALLY good in the Colo snow.
1998 Ford Explorer 4.0 SOHC. The Chinesium water pump and OE thermostat housing went out. Took most of yesterday to wrangle with it. Changed the valve cover gaskets today. I’ll use some PTO to wrap it up tomorrow(install upper intake, fill/bleed cooling system).
2018 Silverado 1500 5.3:
-a/c leak fix and recharge. Once again nitrogen to the rescue, although I was running out of ideas on where to look for leaks. Finally I found it on the front edge of the condenser, THEN I learned this is an extremely common failure point. Still, kinda proud of myself (hey, take it where you can get it) for finding it without any hints.
This guy goes on to talk about how common this is on this generation:
I used a Murray from O'Reilly and fit was what you'd expect: poor enough to complain, good enough to make it.
-a/c leak fix and recharge. Once again nitrogen to the rescue, although I was running out of ideas on where to look for leaks. Finally I found it on the front edge of the condenser, THEN I learned this is an extremely common failure point. Still, kinda proud of myself (hey, take it where you can get it) for finding it without any hints.
This guy goes on to talk about how common this is on this generation:
I used a Murray from O'Reilly and fit was what you'd expect: poor enough to complain, good enough to make it.