I just want to DRIVE a Scirocco

[ggehrke at gmail.com (GGehrke)]

I know the feeling, but honestly, be glad you even have the
opportunity to wrench on them.  I currently have 2 of 2 sciroccos in
non running condition and cannot work on them.

I have to keep them 3 miles from where I live - and where I live is
literally about 3-5 square miles bounded by 15 foot walls and a river.
 I can only leave on the weekends and lately have not been able to
dedicate that small sliver of time to the cars in weeks.  I have a
dozen major projects that I really really want to work on, including
really exciting things like putting in a whole new coilover
suspension, and a hot new cylinder head/camshaft, and can't get to
them.

So just be glad you have the space to keep the cars and the time to
give them any measure of attention.  It's more than some of us can
swing.  I don't say that to make you or anyone else feel guilty or
anything, just venting my own frustrations.

I do wish you the best of luck getting em up and running again.  I'm
sure they'll turn out fine.

-Grant-



On 4/23/06, Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
> But so far this season, it's not happening, despite lots
> (and lots) of dedicated wrenching time.
>
> You've all heard the tale of the '86 not having oil
> pressure.  I set it aside temporarily until I could pick up
> a couple parts to (hopefully) fix the problem.  S'okay
> though, there's other cars to work on.
>
> Next up, the 16v.  It's had a fuel tank venting issue,
> therefore I've not been driving it.  I've replaced what I
> hope was the problem, but when I went to test drive it,
> discovered a new noise from the front that sounds all the
> world like a bad wheel bearing, complete with the symptoms.
>  (Noise when turning one direction over the other, speed
> related etc.)  Problem is, it just suddenly happened.
> Haven't as of yet determined the exact issue, not for lack
> of trying.
>
> That brings us to Gino.  I spent the last two days taking
> care of a few more cosmetic issues along with some rust
> control, plus new brakes while I'm at it.  So I go to fire
> him up to move the 16v back into the prime work-space, and
> he won't start.  Sputters a couple times, but nothing else.
>  I finally get him running for a few seconds, however the
> tach drops to nothing for a second, then back up to idle.
> Second time a few seconds later, zero tach and he's dead,
> not to restart.  Obviously there's an ignition problem
> somewhere, which sux as Cathy went through and replaced a
> bunch of wiring in October due to this same problem.
> Unfortunately, it's reared its ugly head again, so it's not
> completely solved.
>
> So here I sit with three dead Sciroccos.  I wouldn't feel
> so bad other than I've spent almost all of my spare time
> for the last two weeks working on them.  It's springtime,
> it's Scirocco driving weather, and I seem to be further
> from driving one than when I started.  It's really quite
> depressing.  I mean, how embarrassing would it be to have
> to tow them all over to mom & dad's for Cincy this year?
> At this rate that's what's going to happen.
>
> I just don't know if I have the heart to go back over to
> the hangar this afternoon and drop the pan on the '86 now
> that I've at least got a new pan gasket.  (Thanks Ben!)
> With the way my luck is running today, I imagine I should
> quit while I'm behind, lest I fall further back.
>
> Thanks for listening to me whine.
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S               '86 Scirocco 8v
> '88 Scirocco 16v             '88 Scirocco Slegato
> '96 Passat GLX Wagon         '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - Ehrlich's Law.
>
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