| | 09/02/02 Plug #1 is top left. Rest 2-3-4 are clockwise. | |
| | | 09/02/02 This is a close-up? Looks normal for FI: leanish. | |
| | | 09/02/02 This plug was hard to reach so I removed the air box. | |
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| | 09/02/02 Only original equipment where possible. | |
| | | 09/02/02 The old cover was cracking. Bought this at the VW dealer. 111 905 241E | |
| | | 09/02/02 Right side head casting number: 52. | |
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| | 09/02/02 Barely worn hydraulic screws. Some worse than others. | |
| | | 09/02/02 New screws from the VW dealer. Correct hardness. | |
| | | 09/02/02 Left side head casting number: 50. | |
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| | 09/26/02 Yuck. This fluid was 5 years old and went less than 5000 miles. | |
| | | 09/26/02 What an easy way to bleed. Motive Power Bleeder 0104, $43. | |
| | | 09/26/02 Along with the brown fluid came a murky black silt from the front. | |
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| | 09/26/02 Clear new fluid vs. dark old stuff. | |
| | | 09/26/02 About 1.5 litres was required to flush the system. | |
| | | 09/26/02 These flakes are from the fluid coating the reservoir. | |
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| | 09/29/02 State of the rear wheels. | |
| | | 09/29/02 Have some play in both hubs. Need to take care of this eventually. | |
| | | 09/29/02 Hoses were original and shot but the lines are ok. | |
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| | 09/29/02 New hose vs. old. Meyle. | |
| | | 09/29/02 Doing the work outside Metrowerks. | |
| | | 09/29/02 All four shoes have 5mm of material. Texlar? | |
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| | 09/29/02 3M 08945 anti-size lube with copper. | |
| | | 09/29/02 Clean and put some copper lube inside here first. | |
| | | 09/29/02 Then brush some onto the clean screw. | |
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| | | 09/29/02 Lube the guide where the shoe rubs against the backing plate. | |
| | | 09/29/02 New Febi wheel cylinder. 211 611 047F | |
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| | 09/29/02 State of the right rotor. Looking good. | |
| | | 09/29/02 Right pads. The tabs were pressed flat which is wrong. | |
| | | 09/29/02 State of the left rotor. | |
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| | 09/29/02 Left pads. Same as right, tabs pressed in. | |
| | | 09/29/02 This leak was caused by a brake fluid spill under the driver seat. | |
| | | 09/29/02 State of the piston. | |
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| | 09/29/02 This seal looks bad. | |
| | | 10/05/02 Old vs. new. Brake hardware kits don't include the plates. | |
| | | 11/10/02 Both fresh air flaps were rusty. | |
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| | 11/10/02 And the foam in the inside has disintegrated letting unwanted air in. | |
| | | 11/10/02 State of both flaps before. | |
| | | 11/10/02 Painted both and used weather stripping foam. | |
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| | 11/10/02 Grease the clevin pin to stop the squeak when depressing the pedal. | |
| | | 02/21/03 Used grease on bad advice and the gasket got sucked. | |
| | | 05/12/03 Plug reading to check why the idle drops so much 30s after start. | |
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| | 05/12/03 The insulator looks a little brown compared to the pics at the top. Rich? | |
| | | 05/16/03 Thermostat. Wahler 85-90 degrees. | |
| | | 05/16/03 Thermostat mounting hardware. | |
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| | 5/17/03 New VDO temp sender. The old 914 one was 400F (801/7/2). | |
| | | 5/17/03 Room temp measures 900 ohm. The 914 unit measures 1800 ohms. | |
| | | 5/17/03 There is a metal washer between the plate and the sender. | |
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| | 5/21/03 Clutch cable broke; barely made it home. 211 721 335J | |
| | | 5/22/03 Beginning of the end for the steering coupler. 211 415 417 | |
| | | 11/3/03 Need to find the pastic washer. Dealer? | |
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| | 11/3/03 "Calibrating" the oil temp gauge. Pretty slow to respond. VDO garbage. | |
| | | 11/6/03 Bought some NGK B6ES plugs. They cross to W7CC; Going a step colder. | |
| | | 11/6/03 Plugs side by side. Bosch has taller walls on body for wrench. | |
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| | 11/8/03 Part number, spec and build date of original brake drum. | |
| | | 11/8/03 Passenger side. No leaks. | |
| | | 11/8/03 Driver's side. No leaks. | |
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| | 11/25/03 Will the media from the sandblasting every disappear completely? | |
| | | 11/25/03 Finally put on the timing scale I painted. Redo without liquid paper. | |
| | | 11/25/03 Crap. Oil on top of the engine? Blew the flywheel seal. | |
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| | 11/25/03 It's pretty wet in there and it's also coming out by the starter. | |
| | | 12/7/03 Transmission ground strap location. | |
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