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by anthropod
Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:25 pm
Forum: Suspension
Topic: Squeak, scrape, Passenger Side.
Replies: 2
Views: 2529

Squeak, scrape, Passenger Side.

Okay, So I got my Cabby running well this weekend. My last problem right now before I call it good for a while is this nasty scraping/squeaking sound the front passenger side is making. It sounds like it could be a wheel bearing. Metal on metal. It gets louder if I make a right turn. It goes away if...
by anthropod
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:04 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: If I can just get it to start easy and idle..... :-(
Replies: 1
Views: 1700

Okay,
So I fixed my problem. It had to adjust the CO 1 1/2 turns clockwise. And bam. It is running like a champ.

(I also had to adjust my idle. My screw had some sort of nasty black putty on it. I assume to hold it steady?)
by anthropod
Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:08 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: If I can just get it to start easy and idle..... :-(
Replies: 1
Views: 1700

If I can just get it to start easy and idle..... :-(

Long time reader, first time poster. Last week I just received my 1983 VW Rabbit Convertible. I used to own this care but gave it to my mother 3 years ago, she decided she needed the garage space and wanted me to have it back so she had it trucked across country to me. While it was in her care, she ...