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Pump and pickup arrived, 100 bucks in parts

Now to find the right sealer to use on the pan (no gasket)

I dropped the sump and found very little sludge and the pickup looks unplugged

I'm going to replace the oil pump and clean up what little I found and go from there.

Finally got around to getting a picture of this piece for reference..but forum won't load 340kB pix!!

Matt!!!!!!!

Great story - love it.

We cannot subourn Hobo riding on trains due to our Solicitors - oh, wait, you are outside our legal jurisprudence..ride on!!


The Pop Top Caravans go for incredible amounts of money over here in the states - 30k Quid and up

I think Rabbit was a US name for the Golf that was ROW.

I had a 1975 and two 1979s that I loved. One of my 1979s kept getting hit on icy roads in Ithaca NY and I made about 3000 in insurance claims net over its lifetime. I kept driving it without fixing it. Better ROI than any if my stock picks

You need a good, fully charged battery to test out electronics like ABS. Low nominal voltages will screw up in bizarre ways that are really difficult to troubleshoot

POp open the fuse box up front and inspect the wires for thermal damage and corrosion, that can be the source of Low voltage.

What's the voltage across the battery terminals at rest and At idle?

I think with most cars over 10 years old it's much more relevant to look at the maintenance history than 'trends',especially on Internet fora, which bias to failures

Have you scoured the usual suspects for a better price on the parts??

Im seeing solenoid bodys on EEuro for 900 USD

That would price a used one at about 400 plus shipping

Theres a blast from the past. I had a 1982 that I loved in brown. Ill try find pictures.