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- Forum Niceguy
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Too long
Have you ever let a noise/vibration go so long that you forgot what the car was like before you heard it? I can't remember how long it's been since I first heard the whump-whump of the "tire" going bad. I replaced both front wheel bearings, the left hub that was bad when I bought the cabby, and just for good measure did rotors, pads and hardware at the same time. It's like a new car. Made a screw type press out of a couple of sockets and a piece of threaded rod from my strut compressor, sucked the hubs right into the bearings pretty slick, thereby saving my alignment and press time.
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not a noise but when i bought my cabby it had a high idle 1500rpm
never deviated from that either
so, i didn't ever thing much of it, especially since i wasn't spending much time with it idling
about a year later i was having this on-throttle hesitation. was getting really bad so i started taking a look at things. Came down to replacing the injector orings. bam! problem solved, no more on-throttle hesitation, and, whoa, it idles at 950rpm now.
actually, just remembered another thing...
i used to have a heatshild rattle from my cat. converter. i actually LIKED the rattle because it didn't rattle till 5200RPM and then just for a moment. It would rattle a second time at 5900RPM. Was like an audible shift light
i loved it
but
now since i'm catless, i don't get that rattle anymore
never deviated from that either
so, i didn't ever thing much of it, especially since i wasn't spending much time with it idling
about a year later i was having this on-throttle hesitation. was getting really bad so i started taking a look at things. Came down to replacing the injector orings. bam! problem solved, no more on-throttle hesitation, and, whoa, it idles at 950rpm now.
actually, just remembered another thing...
i used to have a heatshild rattle from my cat. converter. i actually LIKED the rattle because it didn't rattle till 5200RPM and then just for a moment. It would rattle a second time at 5900RPM. Was like an audible shift light
i loved it
but
now since i'm catless, i don't get that rattle anymore
85 Cab - 1.9L 8v, g-grind, euro dual downs to TT race w/ Borla, VWMS fuel dizzy, 2H tranny with 5th gear swap, TT short shift, FK 60/40, 15" BBS RA, rear disks... begging for boost...
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- Forum Niceguy
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- What year is your cabby?: 1991
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- Location: Bangor, Maine
I don't have any rattles in my Vanagon but I'm usually driving it with my wife in the passenger seat, when I taught her how to drive a standard she really couldn't judge when to shift, so I told her to shift at 3,000. Ever since then if she sees me shift at higher RPM's she gives me a little "you told me to shift at 3,000... yadayadayada. So I guess I have an audible shift light too. Now that I'm thinking about, maybe I do have a rattle after all. LOL
91 Cabriolet, red w/white
86 Cabriolet white/white (oldest daughter)
97 Golf, black (youngest daughter)
98 Beetle, red
94 Cabrio, dark green (oldest son)
Cogito Ergo Zoom
86 Cabriolet white/white (oldest daughter)
97 Golf, black (youngest daughter)
98 Beetle, red
94 Cabrio, dark green (oldest son)
Cogito Ergo Zoom