home again, +1 scirocco (LONG)

[ternil@idol.union.edu (ternil@idol.union.edu)]

I made it home last night with my new 8v. much thanks to Daun. It was an 
adventure to say the least. I'm convinced that pennsyltucky is the most evil 
state in the world. my friend and I hustled past a cop who had someone pulled 
over. We of course jammed on our respective brakes, but a red scirocco and a 
black porsche 928 convoying together is not the most easily missed thing, 
especially when we both downshifted in front of her. So we pull over at a rest 
area for a smoke and to use the bathroom and we're standing next to our cars 
when the cop rolls in, slows down and stares the three of us down. scared the 
hell out of us. Dunno where she was hiding, but we went 65 for a good hour just 
cause we were so scared.
The only problems I noted with the car were:
a) it WONT rev past about 4500 RPMs. I am definately thinking the clutch is 
going. its fine at the lower range, but it kinda starts to buck at high speed, 
feels like its slipping. lotsa money there :(
b)the window seals or cranks or both are just shot. Its a bitch to get the 
windows up. they pop out of the tracks, you need both hands and some luck to 
get them all the way up.
c)one of the lights on the guages is out, making reading the fuel guage at 
three in the morning a pain.
d)leaks a bit of oil. dunno. I checked it a few times on the way out and there 
was no problem. I was working on it today and I noticed a puddle underneath it. 
suggestions? (besides keep an eye on it)
 
today we started work on it. A new set of spark plugs did wonders, you guys 
shoulda seen the gaps on the old ones. while replacing the plug on the number 
two cylinder, I couldn't get the wire off, so I was yankin on the bottom of the 
wire, my hand slipped up cause I was pulling so hard, and yep, you guessed it, 
promptly ripped the wire. We didn't have any electrical tape. so we cut it a 
bit, ran the wire back down and duct taped the insulation around it. Ran the 
wire in a non proper direction and it fit and worked nicely. new set on order 
from potterman :(. Not really sad, but I didn't really have the money for it 
right now.  I put on a new rearview mirror to replace our "custom" duct-taped 
model. I kinda miss all the tape on the windshield though. Anyway, its in one 
piece for now. Thanks to Daun for letting us crash at his place and putting up 
with us! and thanks for everyone's help!

-I went on digest mode for the summer, so please send any replies directly to 
me. Thanks!

Lyman

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