oil drain plug what?

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

 one question, what injectors did you use for that oil
change ?

(..now hidden like bin ladden in a mountain...)

--- Josh20V <mkii@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> hey now. oil changes are one of the few things Im
> qualified for. :D
> 
> Josh Able
> www.JsHouseOfEuro.com
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> 83 Caddy
> 82 Caddy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian McGarvey" <brianm@earendel.org>
> To: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
> Cc: <mkii@nycap.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 2:51 PM
> Subject: Re: oil drain plug what?
> 
> 
> > What Josh actually turned a wrench? nah couldnt
> be..
> > Brian ...
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Julie Macfarlane wrote:
> >
> > > Good job Josh. Thats VW people for you
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Julie Macfarlane
> > > Menlo Park Research & Development
> > > Internet Application Developer
> > > www.menloparkrandd.com
> > > www.montgomeryweb.org
> > > Amsterdam NY
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Josh20V" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
> > > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > >Subject: oil drain plug what?
> > > >Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:33:57 -0400
> > > >
> > > >So anyways, this post doesnt have a Scirocco in
> it, in case that is a
> live
> > > >or die issue for somebody. :D
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >I drove over to CT today to pick up a donor
> Head, and wiring/etc for my
> > > >2.0/18 16v swap into Caddy #2. To get to where
> I was going you have to
> go
> > > >from Albany NY, into Massachusetts, and then
> south into Connecticut.. I
> get
> > > >down, meet Brian, get the engine in the back of
> Caddy #1, and head
> home.
> > > >Gotta love 70 hp :D
> > > >
> > > >So Im right at the MA/NY border getting ready
> to get onto Interstate 90
> to
> > > >head back to Albany, and I look over at this
> gas station, and what do I
> > > >see?
> > > >A silver VR6 Corrado parked with the hood open.
> Well, pull a U-turn and
> > > >head
> > > >over to see what's going on. I pull up, and its
> an older guy with his
> early
> > > >20s son, the 1st thing I notice is the pool of
> oil under the car. The
> > > >father
> > > >gets out, and we start to talk. He said the oil
> light had just come on
> > > >suddenly, so he got off the highway, pulled in
> and parked where he now
> sat,
> > > >and he had no clue what was wrong but he had
> called AAA. My 1st step to
> > > >diagnosing the issue was to ask when the last
> time he had the car
> serviced.
> > > >Oddly enough it had been into a VW repair
> facility just 2 days prior
> > > >getting
> > > >an oil change. As with anybody reading this,
> the bells in my head went
> off!
> > > >I crawled under the car, and what did my finger
> find? A nice open hole
> in
> > > >the back of the oil pan. Great I thought,  I
> can pull the plug off the
> > > >engine I had in the back of the Caddy, but of
> course that idea wasn't
> very
> > > >sound,  since it wasn't the right thread
> pattern..
> > > >
> > > >So picture this, sitting on the border of NY,
> and MA and about 40+
> miles
> > > >from the closest parts supply that I could
> think of.  After using my
> cell
> > > >to
> > > >see if anybody had a better idea, I went off on
> the great drain plug
> search
> > > >of 2003. Amazingly as I was going past a closed
> (and very hick) Ford
> > > >dealership in W.Stockbridge, I noticed a bay
> open, and cruised in. A
> tech
> > > >was working on his personal car and had no
> problems setting me up with
> the
> > > >right plug. I barrow a socket and ratchet and
> headed beck, got the guy
> > > >patched up, got oil in it, and it purred like a
> VR. :D
> > > >
> > > >I think the highlight of it all was when I
> figured out that the plug I
> had
> > > >would not fit, the son (speaking for about the
> only time) asked if we
> could
> > > >just tape the drain over.......
> > > >
> > > >Josh Able
> > > >www.JsHouseOfEuro.com
> > > >Secure online checkout
> > > >"S" airdams available
> > > >87 Scirocco 1.8t 20v
> > > >83 Caddy
> > > >82 Caddy
> > > >
> > > >
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