Speaking of our cars being possesed

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

Well, being rediculously busy, I finally got all three Roccs into the "Wind 
Tunnel", the new digs (I'll post pics on Julie's site if she'll let me...). 
So I go to push the poor rusty '80 into its final resting place, it wouldn't 
budge, and it has no battery. So I jack up Klaus (the 79) and swap his flat 
tire with one that holds air, fire him up (he's possessed of a good spirit) 
and drive him past the (evil) 87 which still won't start (battery/ ground 
issues, nothing stupendous, and really it's a good car overall, I just whine 
about it a lot) and plug in the air pump to pump up the 80's low tire. Now 
this car has driven exactly 5 miles in the last calender year, and that was 
months ago. SO I dumped Klaus' battery into the 80, wiggle the ignition 
wiring till I hear the fuel pump, and prime it a few times, and we have 
ignition. Denny couldn't believe that I drove it in, it's been a garden 
sculpture for so long. That one (sniff) wants to live. My passenger was a 
bit disturbed, I had a deer mouse staring at me most of the way, 'till he 
ran through the lacework floorboards. Then it was back to exorcize the 16Vs 
demons, but of course Craptacular Tire failed me once again. I just need a 
new screw for the main ground strap, but no dice. So the demons prevail till 
tomorrow, electrons do not get to run free.  I'll just sit back and wait for 
the 8V'ers to pipe up, but I have been so impressed with how cheerful that 
poor 80 is. A moment of silence for it's last trip please.
Cathy
87, 80, and 79 Roccs
PS, No Drew, the "headache" is NOT for sale.




>From: "calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
>To: "Scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Speaking of our cars being possesed
>Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:13:51 -0500
>
>I noticed Cathy making mention of exorcising the deamons from our cars in 
>an
>earlier post.  This is definitly the truth.  I just make a trip from north
>Ga to Gulf Shores Al last weekend where on the way back I smacked a nasty
>pot hole that managed to jar my axel nut loose on the drivers front.  I
>noticed the change in alingment but figured that thats all it was.  Upon
>inspections when I got home, I found some serious negative camber and a
>loose axel nut.  Jacked the car up, tightened the axel nut back, camber
>issue exorcised.  Car drove fine untill Friday when my car hit 266,666.
>within a few miles of reaching that the bearing started making it's deth
>call.  Didn't have time to deal with it yesterday so today began the great
>ceramony.
>
>I didn't have access to a press to do the bearings so I just swipped the 
>hub
>of my wifes totaled cabby.  Replaced the control arm and ball joint since
>they also needed it.  What a difference it makes.  So for now the deamons
>are gone, though I hope I haven't spoken too soon.  Just thought I'd add to
>Cathy's comment and let everyone know how I've been spending my day.
>
>On a side note, I'm swapping the engine from my wifes old cabby to the new
>one and figured I'd go ahead and replace most of the gaskets and seals 
>along
>with the lifters.  I'm also wanting to paint the block and head so what 
>kind
>of paint should I be looking for.  I know it needs to be high temp, but any
>particular brand that has a nice gloss black that will do the job and not
>flake off.  I am going to clean the block with a wire wheel first to remove
>all the crud after a degreaser bath.  An I also know not to wire wheel the
>surface areas of any water flanges or other orafaces.
>
>Thanks,
>William Snyder
>
>88' Scirocco 16v
>89' Cabriolet 8v (R.I.P.)
>71' Karmann Ghia
>
>
>
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