Re: red 16v rocco(sorta long)

[jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>]

oh yeah one more thing , i am not ogign tobe able to go to ny due to the
lack of inspected cars....
jonas

jonas miller wrote:
> 
> ok like the title says
> remember i was goign to part out this red 16v rocco
> well first i want to make an apoligy to all the peopple that have
> emailed parts..sorry i am not partign it out, i wil be keepignit , now
> for the explanation
> ok so i get this car on a tow truck cause teh guy said it had a blown
> motor, well it did not even come close to a blown motor...this is soo
> funny,  after he gets out of the tow truck he is in a very big rush to
> get out htere, so i am thikning to my self damn i have my next week all
> planned , workignlate tearign apart this car,
> i go look at it and he told me there was damage to the front drivers
> side , and there was a littel bit minor dent on door adn need a new
> fender..so on to the motor, i a looking around and he islike i gotta ake
> this quick cause i gotta go back to teh hospital  i said fine lets right
> up a littel ditty adn you can go your marry way...
> he was more than happy to do this so i think to my self fish right ,  he
> said he hated the car and did not want it then was giving me the sap
> story, he then tried uppign the price to 1200 form 900 itold him put the
> car back on teh roll back and take it home...he said he was jokign and
> laughed  hahahah no, 900 sign this , he did out the door he went
> so i go back tothe car, adn think i am goign to get this engine that is
> at the lesst fulllo fantifreez and oil right ???
> wrong , i look down onteh radiator adn see the octopus hose(theone that
> goes top rad, to head, to resivior) is cut by the radiator, hmm coolant
> leak here, then i look done, as i found the recipet for in the glove
> box, new belts everywhere, new timing belt, new covers, new distibutor
> like less than 1 month old stuff....ok then i jsut sit ther andlook at
> here, she has power windows power locks, no sunroof european intake
> manifold, new tires tear drops, no leather though, i thoguth damn
> wouldn't that be funny if it was just the hose.....so i go in the shop
> fo rabotu 6.5 hours, and i wait.at 900 i pulles it in cause that is when
> the lifts got free...i yanked the hose, put a new one on, added soem
> amsoil antifreeze, checked the oil, and therer is no antifreeze at all
> in the oil, sheis just 1.5 qts to much, francis walk over adn cranks it
> up...tons of white smoke pour out (hmmm me thinks that is the blown
> headgasket idea....) burned off teh oil and quieted teh lifter noise,
> adn ill be damned if the rocco is not goign to cost me a whopping 15
> bucks to get goign , cause i sold a  euro intakes to rich and a tranny
> to a guy last week so so i paid nothign for the car...and it cost me 15
> for the antifreeze to get her running...hahahahah
> sorry i am keepignit  and driving it till my 2.1L is ready, which i am
> sendign the block to the machine shop monday for overbore,and
> blanacing.......
> so happy me i have two rocco's
> 
> jonas miller
> 82 rab conv 8v rip by deer
> 84 rab gti 8v rip by wall @ 65
> 86 GTI 8v just a POS sold for 500
> 87 scirocco 16v silver waiting for heart
> new 86 scirocco 16v red loving life withteh new hose ...
> 
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