"I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker" (qaaaaa)
12/28/2018 at 23:52 • Filed to: None
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"I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker" (qaaaaa)
12/28/2018 at 23:52 • Filed to: None | 2
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After my last alignment (after which it was actually in spec for the first time ever!) the steering wheel was about 5 degrees clockwise off the proper position. So since I had nothing planned today, I took it off.
Don’t worry, I put it back on. Things I learned today- steering wheels are easy to remove, my airbag is indeed 20 years old and will likely kill me in a crash, and the wire harness for the airbag was not actually attached. It is now, which is confirmed by a code scan.
Speaking of, note my handle change! Down from 5 codes to 2, the original two I had nonetheless, bad O2 sensor and camshaft position sensor. I also learned that the wheel is from a Cabrio, like the rest of the interior. This gives the following mishmash of current parts, as far as I know:
Original vehicle- 1996 VW Golf
Interior- Mk3 VW Cabrio, post facelift
Seats- Mk3 GTI or Jetta GLX
Rear suspension-stock except springs from Ford Ranger.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
12/29/2018 at 00:07 |
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just fix the other CELs and you’ll have a proper functional car
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I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> pip bip - choose Corrour
12/29/2018 at 00:22 |
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It runs, drives, shifts, and stops just fine thank you very much. Who needs timing advances and a functioning smog system?
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
12/29/2018 at 00:37 |
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Please tell me you did the ignition switch replacement while you were there....
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
12/29/2018 at 08:02 |
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minor details
:P
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I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
12/29/2018 at 08:26 |
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The what now?
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
12/29/2018 at 22:12 |
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You poor bastard.
I had it go out on my mk3 jetta at around 250k miles. The symptoms were the electrics randomly shutting off while driving and needing to apply some pressure to the key to keep the lights on. Other things happened, don;t remember what, but it was a pain in the ass since you needed to remove the steering wheel and shaft to do it and had to undo some access panels.
Honestly, the wheel removal was as you said, not too bad. But you were 3/4 of the way there with this job so it would’ve been easy to do while you were there. Believe me, it is not a job you want to HAVE to do in the winter so your lights and instrument cluster work.
I think this video is still accurate, but there is another way to do it without the specialized tool. It’s just more difficult (of course)
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I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
12/29/2018 at 22:22 |
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I mean, most of the car has been replaced at some point in the last three years courtesy of the guy I bought it from. It’s only at 130k ish, though, and pulling the steering wheel (in the winter nonetheless) took like ten minutes. I did some googling and it seems like that’s a common problem at high miles. However, by this time next year, I don’t think this car will even have a proper ignition as I intend to track prep it, so it’s not a huge concern to me.