Mine weren’t. But it’s a standard and I tried a rolling jump start at 70mph. Roll the cam sprocket to TDC and look inside the spark plug holes for piston damage. I ended up pulling the motor in the...

West Texas back country roads after a rain.
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I’ve been running this one since April or March. Identical except for the VW/Audi symbol.


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If the plug prong unassed it could be rings and/or valves that took the abuse of passing it. Pic of piston top?

I put Brute in mine. No complaints on them.

What’s the cost of new rings vs a new block and crank? Just saying.

Yep. Could be that simple.

Not sure about yours, but mine has 3 body grounds under the battery tray. I removed the tray and the 3 grounds. Cleaned them and applied some dielectric lube and put them back on. Cleared codes and...

Ima go out on a limb and say to check you ground wiring. My mk4 had ABS, AirBag, and Brake codes. I corrected 2 bad grounds and all cleared out.


https://www.obd-codes.com/p0776

You may can take a crescent wrench and bend it back into place fairly easy.

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Hard to say really. The stock struts and shocks are necessarily valves for the lower stance. Even if they held up the ride wouldn’t be optimal either. It’s best to swap them out as well. Look for...

Nice.

Picked up an Axial Capra recently. Cobbling it together with used parts laying about. Made the panels but don’t like how the hood bent. I wanna get some new tires as these are old. Need to...

One of the all time best threads evar.

Everyone too busy making memes. Loved this thread when it was busy.

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Sweet. Quoting 9.5 year old for sale post and dumping on pic sizes.

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Sears catalog. Fredricks of Hollywood later in life.