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Sat Oct 22, 2005
20:00
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At long last, our "new" Golf is ready for state inspection. Today I replaced one of the
turn signal bulbs, a front corner marker bulb, both rear license plate bulbs, and one
tail light bulb. The brakes are all taken care of now, too. The parking brake cables
needed a lot of adjustment - that's kind of a pain because the rear section of the center
console has to be removed in order to get to the cable adjusters behind the base of
the parking brake lever. I had thought that the brakes would need to be bled, but
once the parking brake was adjusted, the brake pedal felt nice and firm.
So, that's it. That's all she should need to pass inspection. Since purchasing the car,
I have done the following work to it: New Neuspeed stainless steel cat-back exhaust system,
new master cylinder, new braided stainless steel brake lines, new front strut inserts,
new upper strut mounts, new rear wheel cylinders, new upstream oxygen sensor, new mass
airflow sensor, realigned front doors, adjusted parking brake, replaced a bunch of
exterior light bulbs. Looking back on it, that's quite a bit! Including the $1000 that
I paid for the car itself, I think I have just over $2000 into it - and that's including
the stainless exhaust sytem, which was almost $600 by itself. I could have gone for a
plain aluminized exhaust system for around $200, but I really wanted a high quality
stainless system. In this part of the country aluminized exhausts just dont' last
very long, and I don't enjoy doing exhaust work. At any rate, she is one *sweet* Golf
for just a couple grand.
I now need to make an appointment at Car Works (our local VW/Volvo specialists) for an
inspection, and an alignment (because I had the front suspension apart). I think it
should pass, but you never know.
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A1 parts for sale:
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Item: Intake air pre-heat hose (from exhaust manifold shroud to air box), for Scirocco 2 (1982+)
Condition: New
$12
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A2 parts for sale:
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Item: GTI dual-round grille with inner lights, bulbs, and lower trim strip
Condition: Used, lower trim strip is weathered.
$35
Item: Parcel shelf strap, 3 available
Condition: New
$3.50 ea.
Item: 8 (eight) valve guides, German, standard size, for 8 valve head
Condition: New
$24
Item: Wheel cylinder (for rear drums, obviously), 2 available.
Condition: New
$12 ea.
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A3 parts for sale:
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Item: Parcel shelf strap, 3 available
Condition: New
$3.50 ea.
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A4 parts for sale:
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Item: OEM Water pump, ALH engines
Condition: Used, 130,000 miles
$20
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