Farkas

Called Driveline1 and they won't touch FWD axles anymore... bummer. They directed me to Babbitt Bearing just down the street and I haven't received a returning call, yet. Need someone or a capable shop to shorten my driver's side axle by about a half-inch and weld it solid with a sleeve.

Thanks guys! Yeah, I'll get an air filter on there before long. Not at the top of the list while still working out other bugs I gotta find someone around Columbus that can shorten my driver's side axle. I have a slight binding issue.

I'm waiting on my engine cover to come in the mail http://cdn3.volusion.com/pwajs.vdahc/v/vspfiles/photos/021133286-2.jpg?1370595030

every ricer's wet dream.

Unreal.

This.

I find it funny when people complain about slow parts. You're not very analytical and deep thinkers, are you? Honestly, I find things are getting pretty suspenseful and give me a lot of emotional anxiety. A lot of open ends that could go just about anywhere, and as mentioned, the foreshadowing of the wife's husband was interesting. I too would like to know what happened to the gun. I honestly don't think things are going to work out for them in Alexandria. Like Carl said, everyone there is weak. I really hope they take over the town, like Rick suggested.

UPDATE: IT RUNS AND DRIVES! It didn't take much before I was ready to crank the car over. After what seemed like a long work week, I immediately got to work on my first day off to get the car ready. I figured out how to finally run the vacuum lines for the brake booster and FPR. Capped off what didn't need to be used any longer and dealt with the stupid PVC system on the intake elbow. Double checked all of my coolant lines and filled her up with oil and coolant. I installed an ECU I had previously paired with a C2 PEM race chip that deletes both the O2, SAI and all the other unnecessary emissions stuff. Plugged the ECU into the harness and gave it power for the first time I confirmed that the throttle body was aligning itself, which is a good sign of life! I said forget the exhaust down pipe and decided to go for it. Primed the pump and the fuel rail and gave it it's first crank and it fired up without much effort at all... I literally couldn't believe it. As I mentioned earlier, there's a bit of discrepancy between the NLS diagram, which is intended for gas cars, and the diesel schematics I was working with. I was able to work it out since it's only three different wires between the coolant temp and oil pressure, but my radiator fan circuit was faulty somewhere, which I eventuality tracked down to a bad relay. I ended up just simplifying the circuit similar to early rabbits, and bypassed the relay and just put the switch in-line with the power to the fan. Heater core had heat and thermostat opened and I had no leaks, so I was pretty happy about that. I was never actually able to track down the D+ charging circuit that's supposed to go to a dash light, so I ended up just giving the exciter wire a steady 12v so that it will charge the battery. If you remember earlier in the thread I damaged the passenger brake hard line while notching my frame. Well, before I was going to take the car on the road, I obviously had to get all of that mess replaced, so now that the car is running, I found a new motivation to tackle that project. What a mess. Bending the line is the easy part, using unions is easy, trying to get the old rubber lines off without destroying the fittings is another story. I fought with them for a while, but was able to keep them in good enough shape to reuse. I get the system back together, bleed the first side, go to bleed the second... bleeder valve broke right off. Great. I ended up drilling out the old bleeder screw, re-tapping the caliper, and inserting a bolt as a temporary fix that would let me at least bleed and seal the system until I replace the caliper. Whatever, good enough for now lol. I started the car again and let it idle for a while and let the rad fan kick on a couple times and decided to take it for a spin around the block. First gear is lolz. Second gear is a handful. I should probably not be an idiot since the car doesn't have plates yet lol. Always fun running around a neighborhood with an open downpipe and burning off old oil and coolant. Decided not to get too far ahead of myself, put it back in the garage and finished cleaning up the wiring, so the pictures you see are nearly it's final state of completion. Just need to clean the bay now that I have the car mobile and get it a proper exhaust and intake filter. Anyhow, here's a quick video and some quick pictures. Still gotta play with the hood a little bit, but whatever.. I'm just happy it runs and drives under it's own power. IMG_8656 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8655 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8661 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8663 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr

thanks captain obvious.

How many cumstains?

http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/

Ebola couldn't possibly spread as fast as this dumb dress.

I wish people would quit posting this shit.

2.0L non-turbo from a MK3. 114hp SOHC lump that is nothing special in the MK3, but it will chirp the tires going into third on a MK1. It's a riot.

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The wheels I got temporarily for the rabbit while my 14" wheels are being built were purchased from Ebay for $351 shipped. I always shop tires from tires-easy.com. They literally have the best selection of tire sizes and always competitive pricing. I think I paid $203 shipped for the 165/50 tires?

UPDATE: SO close. The past few days off I've had, I had the goal in mind to try and get this thing fired up... didn't end up happening, but I got pretty far along. Wiring has pretty much been buttoned up for the most part. Got everything tucked away how I was hoping it would work out, and there's just a couple ends I left out that I'll need to play with once the car is running to make sure they're working correctly. My original battery didn't end up working because the radiator hoses were too close to the battery tray, so I found myself a smaller battery that should work out nicely. Coolant hoses got installed, and figured out how to make the heater core hoses work along with them. The silicon hoses that I ordered were actually for a MK3 and really went in without much effort, aside from trimming one of the hoses to keep it from getting kinked. The hose that goes from the coolant ball to the coolant housing on the side of the motor was interfering with the shift linkage, so I had to finagle a way to keep it clear from hitting. Eurovan hydraulic to cable clutch actuator went in as well as the cable, and man that thing is long. I ended up wrapping the thing half way around the bay, but the pedal feels good! Throttle cable also went in without much effort, as expected. There's so much going on around the driver's side of the bay, I'll eventually be cleaning it all up and probably deleting a couple things to keep it simple. I do like the coolant ball because it covers most of the wiring hidden beneath it that runs from the battery to the firewall. I also got a chance to fit on the hood and try shutting it for the first time. It actually shut without any modifications, but I wasn't comfortable with how hard it was to shut since the motor was raised. I ended up trimming one of the underside braces to give the hood enough clearance and it worked out perfect. If I didn't have the pad that goes beneath the hood, I would've stressed cutting the hood up, but it works nicely to hide the trimming. I didn't bother adjusting the fitment of the hood, more-or-less just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to have issues getting it closed with the motor raised. Again, never have I been very fond of wiring and but I'm pretty proud of myself that I was able to get everything sorted out and done correctly without help. Ran the accessory wires and relay for the fuel pump as well as any other accessory that needed 12v power from the battery. Fuel pump got installed without much effort on the passenger side just next to the fuel tank. I've pretty much narrowed it down to a couple things before it's time to try and turn it over. I have to work out the exhaust and the difference in down pipe length, as well as run a few vacuum hoses to various items, including the brake booster and FPR. I really can't think of anything else I need to go over or complete before I can try and start it. I just can't wait to get it running so I can check my work on all the wiring and make sure fans and all the switches are working correctly, and FINALLY get the bay all sprayed out and cleaned up. Beige MK1 is my roommates. This is the car that really got me hooked on MK1s, and the need to have one. He did the majority of the 2.0 swap in that car himself, but I was there to oversee the whole thing and I couldn't believe how straight forward most of it was. I think I still like his car better than mine lol. Watch for the big update next week, hopefully I have a video of it running! IMG_8646 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8647 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8641 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8649 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8648 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8650 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8631 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8653 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr IMG_8645 by Andrew M. Farkas, on Flickr

Very nice!

Only other grille choice I have is this one, and I don't favor it over the one I have, currently. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v149/skinneej/moredoor/quarter.jpg

Not that I agree with what the NHRA is trying to do... but most of you aren't understanding/reading what NHRA is saying in the letter posted.

Anything Toyota.

Sounded great until you got me at the last sentence

Thanks for all the words of encouragement, guys! I did manage to work out some more wiring this evening, but nothing worth taking pictures of. I was able to look at a mk1 schematic to find a switched 12v I needed, as well as the switched hot wire for the starter circuit. The diagram provided by NLS is everything but correct, but I think I got it worked out after doing some testing with a multimeter. My first bit of life from the motor was getting it turned over by the starter and relays kicking on for the coilpack... All good signs so far. Just gotta finish routing the wiring, button up what's left and start on my fuel pump and coolant hoses. I cannot wait to get this thing fired up.

20 minutes and a rinse wouldn't work so well IN the garage lol. With the fridgid temps, and no way to move the car in and out of my garage, I decided it's best to hold off. Once the car moves on its own power I'll take it out and get the 30+ year old oil and grime power washed out.