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What my wife hates

Discussion in 'Other Builds' started by Darkness, Apr 21, 2019.

  1. May 19, 2019 at 7:41 PM
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    Spent several hours ripping out the old control arms (bushings destroyed, driver side totally detached), ball joints (made a huge mistake on the first one), tie rods, sway bar links and driver side axle. Also raised the front by an inch since the back went up 1.5 inches.

    The hiccups included having a hard time getting the axle out of the hub. I backed the nut off, lined up a punch in the axles divot and started pounding. It wasn't budging. I realized the axle was just bouncing off the trans, so I stuck a socket between the lower arm and spindle. 3 hits later it popped out.

    Drivers ball joint was coming off okay, I got the nut almost off but the axle was in the way. I figured as easy as it was turning i could get it off after axle removal. Axle out, I popped the ball joint out of the spindle and went to get the nut off, it just spun. Vise grips weren't helping so I got the dremel and chopped that nut up. That was the end of Saturday night.

    New axle called for some wrestling to get in. It went in and the rest of the driver side went smooth. I moved on to the passenger side and learned a trick. Jack up the arm a bit to put side pressure on the ball joint, that way it doesn't spin. Genius. Another trick was to keep turning the ball joint nut and it would back against the CV and pop the joint out, no need for a pickle fork. Passenger side was done in about two hours.
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    It needs alignment really bad now, all three axis are proper fawked. No caster, funky camber and toe sending me left. Hopefully alignment takes care of that.

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  2. May 22, 2019 at 4:56 PM
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    Alignment today. I feel like a patient waiting to hear what the doctor says. I noticed a clunk every time it is parked for a while and I go to leave. Hoping that's the new solid sway bar links.

    Alignment guy noticed a ball joint is a bit loose. Seems like it didnt seat in when I torqued it and from driving here it seated. Glad he saw, curious of that's the clunker. Fingers crossed...
     
  3. May 22, 2019 at 5:57 PM
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    Alignment done, Pancho is the man! He did it old school, no lasers or anything. Took 3 test drives and fine tuned it. Didn't hurt that he said I did a nice job on install either. :D

    Car feels really good now. Up next will be swap the clutch slave cylinder, parking brake cables, and maybe build a wood floor for the rear cargo area to replace the floppy crap.

    Edit, just went on a little night drive to the next town by freeway. After a little shopping I took a windy industrial street to get back home, a road that normally would have been fun if not for the bumpy condition of the pavement, to my surprise it felt smooth. The car feels completely different than before. I used to feel every little expansion joint, I used to feel like the car was launching over bumps or out of dips with no resistance on compression, it used to lean back and forward when gassing hard or braking hard, not anymore. I'm really surprised by how much the ride has improved. Even the wife is surprised.
     
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  4. May 24, 2019 at 7:07 PM
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    One thing I love about my truck is easy oil changes. On the bright side it's easier to lift my GTI now that its higher up. I can get the jack in there without having to use another jack just to make room for my real jack.
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    Germans really do think of everything. I noticed odd directions on this bottle cap. Instead of a foil seal they have a plastic thing with a ring that you pull, kinda like a bottle of Dole juice. When you pull it, a spout appears!
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  5. Feb 11, 2020 at 9:24 PM
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    Spent a few hours recently tearing out the vacuum lines and breather hoses to solve and oil leak and a failed check valve. Whoever the engineer is who designed this mess deserves several swift kicks to the balls followed by a well placed pimp style backhand.

    Sonofabeesh
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    That's the case breather elbow port there near the paper towel. Had to disconnect 3 sensors, one connection, remove a breast plate with 2 solenoids and 4 vacuum lines, 2 check valves and a jet on a different set of breather tubes, and the SAI hoses. 3 beers in.
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    Here is the cracked elbow that went into that port, with the tee fitting and a few other piles of crap that I replaced. I didnt get a pic of the billet aluminum adapter and the one-piece silicone line that replaced the elbow, the tee and the s hose up, but believe me they're tits. Also put an aluminum check valve in to replace the crappy plastic one here.
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    Here's where Hans Fukhimslf threw me a curve. The replacement hose I had used an attached line for single in/out. Turns out mine had a y fitting instead, with a hidden check valve under the rubber band which held lines together.
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  6. Feb 11, 2020 at 9:37 PM
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    At least these sections matched.
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    So I had one section under control, and another section in need of a check valve. I looked at Autozone and Napa, no luck. I went online and pretty quickly found the part and ordered.
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    Turns out, the part I ordered is not correct, it's about a 6mm barb where I needed a 10mm barb. I waited 4 days for this.
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    I searched again, could not find one that measured up right, which is important for pre-molded hoses. I went outside the box and picked up an aluminum one, I hope I won't regret it.
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    I got the last hose section back together, improved the set up with spring clamps at every hose connection and got it back together. You cant see a damn bit of it and I took no good pics out of excitement to be working on this in the dark.
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    Filled it up with oil and fired it up. After a while I drove around the block and it feels great. No more oil leaking from the PCV hoses, no more worrying about them coming apart under high boost (has happened a few times), and I know my vacuum check valves work now. The car feels much better and now makes an odd but satisfying deep hum when it decelerates to 1k RPM
     
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  8. Feb 11, 2020 at 9:41 PM
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    I also changed the oil, dropped the coilovers to install poly strut mounts, these cars are notorious for collapsing the OEM rubber ones. I adjusted the ride height a bit and replaced the sway bar bushings (at the frame and the end links) with black poly. Replaced the passenger side ball joint because the last one was popping, although after inspection I think it just didnt seat properly, doesn't seem damaged so I kept it as a spare.

    No pics of that stuff. I also took note that the power steering high pressure line leaks at both ends and the steering pump leaks. I'll fix those up really soon.

    My wife is smart to hate this car. :smack:
    I'm too dumb not to love it.
     
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  9. Feb 11, 2020 at 9:59 PM
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    In real life it doesn't look nearly this way. I replaced/rebuilt all the turquoise, the upper orange, and the pink. The lower orange and dark blue I replaced last year.
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  10. Feb 16, 2020 at 11:24 PM
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    Took it for a nice 120 mile drive to visit my brother today. It ran well in the freeway but I noticed it seemed a bit sluggish on the way out, maybe because my tires are low on air or maybe because ambient temps have gone up. I should have a new and vastly improved intercooler soon, very interested to see what improvement that gives for keeping air cool.

    Drove the 120 miles back home around 9pm, in the cool crisp air I didnt notice the sluggishness, so maybe it was the warm day. I'll check tire pressure tomorrow and hope for the intercooler to arrive.
     
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    3 pages of reminders of why I hate and despise VW.
    I put in my 6 years (GTI and Jetta), never again. LOL. :D
     
  12. Feb 16, 2020 at 11:43 PM
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    I have a 2001.5 audi s4 avant- 6spd. I feel this pain. 70k miles and I’m about to give up on it.
     
  13. Feb 17, 2020 at 12:03 AM
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    There is seriously so many better options now Lol (nothing against your S4, completely different animal, but GTI). Pick up an IS350 RWD 300+hp for next to nothing, throw on a tad lighter wheels with a JoeZ intake and you’ll have a pretty solid grin for quite a while running the 1/4 at 13.5 @ 102mph RELIABLY. Lol

    Back in the day, when the Supra MKIV was around, along with the R32, is when I was a VW fan.
    Now, VW/GTI is lost in the mix. Nothing special at all, slower than most, and definitely the most unreliable.

    buuuuut I was cross shopping the Audi S6, and Audi S7 before landing on a GS350 lol. I’m looking again, and not sure where I’ll end up. But the VW shenanigans is always in the back of my mind.
     
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    Speaking of shenanigans, how'd my silicone intercooler hoses get here from the UK before my intercooler got here from New York? o_O

    Guess I know which part is faster. :D

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    unfortunately there isn’t one single option for an AWD manual trans sport wagon.

    There’s a ton of better cars now for sure but finding something with a manual trans and AWD in a wagon body is impossible.
     
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    Subaru Impreza STI wagon, done.

    There are always better cars, no matter what you drive. I wanted an MK4 in high school when they came out and it fits my need as a fun car with low gas consumption, so I'll drive it until who knows when. I definitely don't recommend these cars for anybody who doesn't work on cars, I'd be bankrupt if I took it to any mechanics.
     
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    I thought this was a Tundra Forum !
     
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    I have had a few WRX’s including an STI that I rallied. They never made a wagon STI. They had a hatch with a much smaller trunk. I also had a legacy GT wagon which, if it had a stick, was a better car (reliability wise). But the manuals were impossible to find.

    We are in Agreement on doing your own work. I have a master tech on staff and I still do most of the work myself because it’s so awful to work on I feel bad having him do most of the work.
     
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    I suppose it's fair to call it a hatch, I always called it a wagon. I like those but gas mileage isn't much better than my truck.
     
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    No kidding, I got worse mileage with them than the tundra... although I’m sure that was mostly a product of me...
     
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    yo darkness....your ammo boxes are they secured to the bed ? mine are on the bed rail. yours look good.
     
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    Yep, very true. And unfortunately the future isn’t looking great for that combo.
    Can’t believe this is coming. Sick as F!!!!!! No manual option though lol.
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    Soooooo sexy!!

    eta - Sorry Darkness! Didn’t mean to hi-Jack your thread lol.

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    Oh hell yes. I have a huge boner for that car. If only it were a stick....and 70k dollars cheaper....

     
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    I owned an 2.7t Audi for a while, that thing was a blast. But man. Between leaking turbos and having to replace all 8 front control arms I got tired of it pretty quick
     
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    I have a low milage 06 Audi S4 Avant 6spd (awd, v8, bright blue with white leather). This is why I can't bring myself to 'upgrade' despite better and clearly less problematic options. LONG LIVE THE MANUAL TRANS!
     
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    That was my dream car for a while. Have you had any issues with the dreaded timing chains yet?
     
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    And so it continues to be a VW... on Thursday I went to leave my office, hopped in and started it up to hear it misfiring like mad. Looked under the hood and could hear hissing and thumping. Check engine light came on, but feeling frisky I drove it home keeping under 2k rpm- it's only a 3 mile drive.

    Got home to scan it, misfire on cylinder 1. Got the flashlight out to inspect all hose connections and didnt see anything wrong, started wiggling them and found a plastic line had broken. Drove the truck the next day.

    Today went out to look again, pulled that plastic line to get the part number and ordered a new one. Also ordered an aftermarket silicone replacement that may or may not fit, if not I'll send back.

    This plastic line runs from a bung on the valve cover down to a check valve and into the intake manifold. I plugged the valve cover end with a bolt and started the car, then put my thumb over the intake manifold end and sure enough the idle settled to normal. Lifted my thumb and it got erratic, thumb on and it settled. Good, it's just that. For now I taped the plastic line back up and put it back in, since it's a vacuum line it should work until the replacement arrives.

    Still waiting on my new intercooler as well. :rolleyes:
     
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    Ah the joys of VAG ownership.
     
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