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    ALH vs Common Rail TDI's

    Good morning! I know there are a few common-rail TDI owners on here...now that they've been out for a few years, what's your experience been like with them? If you've also owned a '99-'03 ALH TDI, do you prefer one over the other for any reason? How reliable is the 2.0L CR engine compared to...
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    F-350 with Transfer Case driven PTO Setup

    Good evening! Thought some people on here might be interested...I had an opportunity to take a look at an F-350 DRW factory 4x4 last week. This is the first time I've seen a functional transfer-case-driven PTO, and I took a few pictures of the setup. The PTO was originally driving a winch...
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    Bricknose (1987-1991) Red Interior pieces, SF Bay Area, CA

    11-11-16 All remaining parts were deemed to not be worth keeping and have been scrapped, and as such are no longer available. Thank you! Leaving the rest unedited for posterity, but moderators can lock this thread if they so wish. Hello! I mentioned this in another thread...and, today...
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    2004 F-450 Flatbed 6.0L/auto, 270K miles, SF Bay Area, $4000 OBO

    TRUCK DOES NOT BELONG TO ME! I'm posting this for a friend who asked me to get the word out for him. 2004 Ford F-450 base model with 16 foot flatbed (set up for stake-bed sides, but I think the sides are gone) with liftgate. 6.0L/Torqushift auto, 270K miles. He's asking $4,000 or best offer...
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    Sort order or search for picture attachments?

    Hello! I'm guessing that this is something that would been to be done at the code level and therefore is out of the control of the admin at OB, but perhaps the powers that be might be able to suggest this to the people at vBulletin? I've been a member here for quite a while now, and as...
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    Evidence that rust exists on the West Coast as well...

    Hello! I've mentioned before that I've had some rust problems with my '84 extended-cab...she spent many years being sandblasted in the desert before I moved to the coast. And...I noticed a hole in my roof not too long ago. Realizing that the rainy season is hopefully coming soon, I figured...
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    Power steering stiff, sometimes - 2001 Jetta TDI

    Hello! Yes, I see the irony in posting this given my recent thread about how great my car's been LOL I've been noticing over the last week or so, the steering on my 2001 Jetta TDI gets stiff. When the car's cold, everything seems happy, but after things warm up, and especially on the...
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    Fuel savings with a TDI over 40K miles

    I post this not to brag, but to show the benefit of a VW TDI :angel: (okay, maybe I'm bragging a bit) LOL I've owned my 2001 Jetta TDI for about three years now. In that time, I've driven the car just shy of 40,000 miles. The Jetta replaced an M-B 300D, which was a good and very reliable car...
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    2013 Freightliner M2-106 fuel tank questions

    Hello! Anyone who knows me on Facebook has seen the pictures I posted of the new bus my company got...it's on a Freightshaker M2-106 chassis, and I've been having a field day with it :-D I have a couple of questions about the fuel tanks that I wasn't able to find an answer to in the Driver's...
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    Rubber plug in place of block heater, 10 years later...

    Hello! If any of you remember when I redid my head gaskets and everything in the summer of 2004, as I was buttoning everything back together, I found that my block heater was leaking. I have a very early 6.9l that does not have the reinforced block, so I never used the block heater, and I was...
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    Installing Speedi-Sleeve and Rear Main Seal on 1st Gen 6BT

    Good evening! Over the last couple of weeks, I helped a friend with some work on a Cummins 6BT out of a '91 Dodge W-250. I did some of the clean-up work, but my friend did most of the install work, which gave me an opportunity to take some pictures and write this up, in the hopes that it will...
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    '06 6.0L No power or boost, then comes back

    Hello! Here's an odd one for you... So, last night, I was driving my company's '06 F-550 bus. It has quite a bit of sail area and weighs 15K empty, so the engine always has a fair load on it. Normally, when putting the pedal to the floor, the boost gauge goes up to about 25 psi and the bus...
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    Fuel Level Gauge No Longer Working

    Hello! I know that it's a pretty common problem for fuel tank sending units on these trucks to not be working properly. So, it's been a bit of a pleasant surprise that, over the last 12+ years I've had the F-250, both senders have worked flawlessly. I was therefore surprised to find my fuel...
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    '07 F-550 6.0l rough cold idle

    Hello! I'm currently sitting in my company's '07 F-550 bus with 118K on the odometer. I started her cold for the first time in a while (I'm an evening driver, so whatever vehicle I end up in usually is already warmed up from a morning run), and was very surprised at how rough she was running...
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    Injector pump hold-down nuts loose?

    Hello! Here's a new one (at least for me)... After dealing with an air leak for a while, I finally had time to redo my injector return lines, caps, O-rings, etc. Russ was nice enough to also send replacement olives (thank you again, Russ!! :angel: ), and I think the olives on my metal...
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    A reminder on the dangers of using the wrong glow plugs...

    Hello! I was reading the thread about lbzbuick's truck with a windowed block and it reminded me of a receipt I had once seen in my truck's records about some major engine work. I had thought that the work was done due to a swallowed valve, so I decided to go through the records...and lo and...
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    Slow wipers? Check the linkage!

    Hello...I just thought I'd share this with the other n00b TDI owners on here. A couple of weeks ago, we had our first real rain of the season here...and, while driving to work, I turned on my windshield wipers and was quite surprised. They moved VERY slowly, and even stopped in mid-swipe a...
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    My truck's NAKED!!!

    Hello! As those who've known me for a while know, my truck had a lumber rack on it...it was a single-cab style rack (i.e. too short) off a '79 F-250. I put it on as one of the first things I did after getting the truck...it's been on the truck pretty much the entire time I've owned it, except...
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    Problems installing U-Haul Hitch

    Hello! I posted this on TDIClub also, but thought I'd add a post here in case someone on here may have any ideas. :angel: I'm trying to get a trailer hitch installed in my 2001 Jetta TDI sedan. I'm normally one to do my own work, but don't have a lift or ramps to get the rear of the car...
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    Override gearshift interlock on Panther chassis?

    Hello! This is partially a rant, although I do have a legitimate question :D Yesterday evening, I was picking up clients in an '05 Lincoln Town Car 6-pax stretch. At the last pickup point, I set the parking brake, put the transmission in Park (in that order, so the car was resting on the...
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    Recommendations for trailer light converter box?

    Hello! I'm planning to get a trailer hitch installed on my '01 Jetta on Monday...going to rent a small trailer to run down to San Diego and back next weekend. Since the Jetta uses separate brake and rear turn signal wires and bulbs, I need a trailer light converter box similar to this one...
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    Possible new smiley?

    I saw this smiley on another site and thought I'd submit it to the powers that be...thought that some people might appreciate it :D
  23. The Warden

    Differential oil capacity with finned differential cover

    I just saw the new write-up that was posted into the Tech Articles about installing a finned rear differential cover out of a newer pickup. Great write-up ;Sweet and seems to be a good idea...I had been considering shelling out the $$ for a Mag-Hytec cover, but it looks like this one has most of...
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    '06 6.0l - Belching black smoke before turbo kicks in

    Hello! I noticed today that one of the buses at work ('06 F-550 6.0l) is putting out quite a bit of black smoke. Once the turbo starts building boost, the smoke mostly clears up, but before the turbo has a chance to spool up, she's putting out more smoke than my 6.9l does :shocked: you'd...
  25. The Warden

    2001 Jetta TDI

    After waiting nearly a month for the DMV to get their collective heads out of their tailpipes, I can finally say that this car is mine!! :D 2001 Jetta GLS TDI 5 speed with pretty much every option that was available on the car...this was a Canadian-market car that was imported into the U.S...

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