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The Forums has been upgraded....Finally

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by Calimus » Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:42 am » in Forum Info/Announcements

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Firstly, the rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated! Now the rumors that I have no life and my job is sucking the life out of me as if it were...

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Thank you William, and for the 3rd shift that sux that you are now a HOOT Owl. :)
Pot calling the Kettle Black as I did that for YEARS on end and it...

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Heads up on Alternator replacements.

Last post by Briano1234 « Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:37 am

by Briano1234 » Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:37 am

My LLW Alternator that I replaced just had a semi-failure.
The Case screws that hold the body together had a strippage from the re-builder.
One of...

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Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:37 am
custom instrument cluster

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by aacooler » Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:08 am

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Hi, first off I'm new here to the forum, if you haven't guessed. ok I bought a 82 to rebuild and to annoy the wife, this is my first water cooled VW...

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Your most Welcome,,,,

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Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:10 pm
Sub woofer options

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by bfrey003 » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:14 am

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not sure if this is the right category. We all know how precious the trunk space on the cabby is, so i was wondering if anyone had any experience...

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sorry I'm late, but I have this and I LOVE it:

Easy to hook up, and I bolted it in to keep it from bouncing around or getting stolen. LOVE it!!!

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Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:12 pm
Primer for Electrics....

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by Briano1234 » Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:15 am

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A layman 's Guide to electrical diagnosis and repair

First you need a few tools:
Diagonal Cutters
Wire Strippers
Soldering iron Butane is cool
Rosin...

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i hope you didnt just type all that. it looks like you just wrote a chapter. all good info and much appreciated!

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Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:04 pm
Stereo wiring info. request

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by sixsracing » Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:54 pm

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Hey guys,

Been awhile, I am still alive and have purchased a replacement for my beloved 1990 Cabby.....a 1991, same color and everything. I hate...

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Hey thanks for looking! I did find that, unfortunately it is for the passive six speaker system. So I took matters into my own hands. Never a good...

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Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:28 pm
A Quest for Better Sound

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by bbrown » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:12 pm
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So this is kind of an obvious statement, but Cabby stereo's really stink. I was fed up with mine, so I decided to change something about it. My car...

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I have seen Buster's work in person and and looks very nice in the real world. I'll be awaiting the call next summer when he picks up a nail and...
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Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:03 pm
Getting Snaked is easy..

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by Briano1234 » Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:45 pm

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Well, I decided to finger out why my in-dash voltmeter was about a volt and a half low.
I started the car, and the battery and the alternator both...

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But to prevent getting Snakes up your shorts..... Remember to Zero the meter.
OOOPS :D

I think we have all done that at one time or another.

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Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:37 pm
120a Alt upgrade

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by Calimus » Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:04 pm
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Ok, so recently I ran acrossed some chatter on my rocco list about a certain model year passat altenator (120a) that will drop in on the existing A1...

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Nothing (except HID's) beats relayed H4's. Hav ebeen using a relay setup on the rocco for year as well as the crabby cabby.

It's amazing what you...
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Mon May 11, 2009 11:23 am
Adding a switch

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by Briano1234 » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:01 pm

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I broke down today and moved the a/c compressor switch from the heater control assembly to below the 4-way. I don't know why I didn't do this sooner,...

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holy crap that knee bar is WHITE

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Last post by SoCal_Cabby
Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:18 am
battery ground strap replacement

Last post by 1lowcab « Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:59 pm
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by Calimus » Mon Feb 09, 2004 6:13 pm

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The first thing I do with any A1 car that I'll be doing electrical work to is to beef-up the batter ground strap.

I think the factory ground wire is...

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thats cool.
so you only changed out the main gound cable from the battery?
i was thinking about doing all the little grounds also, going to a bigger...

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Last post by 1lowcab
Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:59 pm
Deka Powersports Lightweight battery and remote mount

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by speedtek » Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:44 pm

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Well, if you ever wanted the single cheapest mod you can do to your car to put it on a crash diet. Dump that old flooded cell battery (which can...

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Read the thread on VWDOV and Vortex, the guy basically proves that the braille is just a rebadged Deka. East Penn makes them both.

What I've found...

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Last post by speedtek
Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:48 pm
Fuse Box help

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by kda339 » Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:08 pm

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Well it has almost been a month since a post was posted in this form. Now it's my turn. :lol: I am swapping in a 16v cis-e motor into my 91 cab and I...

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No problem, keep us posted.

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Last post by CalAltaDubber
Sun Apr 17, 2005 1:33 pm
basic electricity

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by riee_23 » Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:03 pm

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1) i want to know, we get electricity in three phase from transmission line without neutral cable. but when we make a wiring in our house, neutral...

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Actually 3 Phase AC is what is produced by your local Electrical Company. it is Down stepped to 120 V AC at a transformer in your neibourhood and...

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Last post by CalAltaDubber
Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:24 pm
shocking...

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by SoCal_Cabby » Sun Oct 12, 2003 2:13 am

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but electricity is good

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Now thats just pure freaking talent right there

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Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:04 pm

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