weekend plans...

PDX Cabby · Post by **PDX Cabby** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 1:19 am

went and ditched all my friends and a "european" car show to do the following:

-complete custom parcel tray
-repair stereo wiring from theft attempt
-change oil
-re-install the top (think i have a strap twisted)
-relocate battery
-compression test (see if i infact do have a bad head gasket...)

and... if i manage to do all that, i'll get back to the Fox to make it move again

hard part is i still haven't desided where to put the battery: trunk or behind rear seat... guess i'll just have to put the battery in and see where i like it most...

sixsracing · Post by **sixsracing** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 12:02 pm

Isn't "behind the rear seat" technically the trunk?

PDX Cabby · Post by **PDX Cabby** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 2:54 pm

passenger seat...
my bad

Post by **Calimus** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 1:01 am

Sounds like we were both having fun.

Started the process of operation, Gut the Engine out of the New Cabby today. Didn't get as far as I wanted, but whith all the extra labeling I'm doing and trying not to make a damn mess, it's time comsuming. Especially the not making a mess part.

PDX Cabby · Post by **PDX Cabby** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:10 am

well...
aside from the battery relocation i got everything done... quit at 3 for some food n beer

tomorrow's looking pretty nice as well...
so, by request, the first thing i have to do is get the Fox moving on its own

fuzzie · Post by **fuzzie** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:35 am

Well, it wasn't part of my original weekend plans. But I ended up having a nice electrical fire in my car. Haven't pulled the dash off yet to see what happened but I have no dash lights and the dimmer switch for the dash lights is not moving. Hope that's all it is, hope nothing else further in is fried....

Jeff

Post by **Calimus** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:10 pm

Sounds like the switch bit it, which is a bit common actually. If your real lucky a new switch will cure the problem, but definitly do check the wiring as much as possible.

Post by **SoCal_Cabby** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:13 pm

my plans are to sit in the house and watch TV, it's been raining for the last two days, and the Raddo is in the garage (the raddo that took first at dubars last year)

PDX Cabby · Post by **PDX Cabby** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:45 pm

well
yesterday i managed to get the fox rolling... took me a whole hour... then signed the title off to a friend of mine thats waiting for his Rallye Golf to get here...
once it does, i'll have another set of wheels for the cabby

Post by **Calimus** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:26 pm

Sweet.

Didn't get as much done to the cabby as I wanted and definitly didn't get as much done as the wife wanted. But I did manage to get most of the electrical and fuel injection out of my way. Drained the coolent and yanked the Radiator. So about all there is now, is to remove a very few more electrical connections, dissconnect a few hoses, drop the down-pipe, remove the tranny linkage and yabn the drave axles and the engine and tranmny will be ready to fall out. Yep thats right, all the pain in the ass parts as left.