"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
09/16/2019 at 13:05 • Filed to: None
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"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
09/16/2019 at 13:05 • Filed to: None | 2
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So after 2 days of having the Rabbit running it’s dead again. This morning I tried to get the timing right, and only made it worse. The timing marks are on the flywheel are way off of where the should be. If I try to line them up, then get the rotor to the #1 position on the distributor it won’t run. I messed with the timing a few degrees off of where it was in both directions, both made t worse. On top of that Yesterday it kept popping out of reverse. It today got stuck in first gear and wouldn’t come out. I went under the hood and manually took it out of gear, and now it’s wont go into any. And the icing on the cake is that smoke pours out of the crank case breather, it’s got a huge amount of blow by, plus it’s leaking oil from everything.
I’m calling it, I’m done with this engine. Not giving up on the car tho. I’m going to do the ALH TDI swap that I’ve wanted to do since I bought the car. I wanted to enjoy the buzzy carbureted has engine while I could, and I did. But I’m done trying to get this warn out tractor engine to live again. I’ve got the engine and trans for the swap, it’ll happen over their winter.
At least it drove it’s own way from my old garage to the new one. And a meme for your time
sony1492
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
09/16/2019 at 13:22 |
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Damn, this is a rough time for oppo projects. Doing the engine swap will be very rewarding once it's done, keep us posted
Chariotoflove
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
09/16/2019 at 13:28 |
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:(
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
09/16/2019 at 14:01 |
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This makes me grateful for how reliable modern engines are. I can’t imagine these ran that well even in their day.
SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
09/16/2019 at 14:17 |
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Dunno. I’d think an ABZ Swap would ease your pain...
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
09/16/2019 at 14:27 |
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Damn, that was brief...glad you’re not giving up though! Looking forward to u
pdates!
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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
09/16/2019 at 14:27 |
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Damn, that was brief...glad you’re not giving up though! Looking forward to u
pdates!
Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
09/16/2019 at 14:29 |
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This makes me grateful for how reliable modern engines are.
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/the-passat-is-broken-once-again-1838148858
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/its-a-subaru-thing-you-wouldnt-understand-1838146344
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/all-is-not-well-with-my-soul-1834239321
Really?
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
09/16/2019 at 15:13 |
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Yeah, but turbo diesel
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
09/16/2019 at 15:16 |
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Maybe but I have an entire 2002 Golf TDI to pull part from, and they won’t cost me anything. Engine, trans, ECU, and shifter.
I don’t really want to use the mk4 shifter but adapter linkage is over 100 bucks.
MM54
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
09/16/2019 at 20:30 |
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Bummer it’s not running right, but it sounds like you have a good plan to move forward with