The "free 8v" saga...

[lord_verminaard at yahoo.com (Brendan Doyle)]

Only an hour in 4th?  That aint nothin.  ;D  When I drove mine back to
Ohio from Maryland, it popped in Morgantown, WV, and I drove it the rest
of the way in 4th all the way back to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, some 210 miles or
so.  Although I was not as brave and didnt go much faster than 60.  It was
a LONG trip.  :P

Glad she made it though.

Brendan



>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Allyn 
>   To: 'Scirocco list' 
>   Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:40 PM
>   Subject: The "free 8v" saga...
> 
> 
>   So on the 4th I headed up to Dave Winchells place for some 4th of July
> fun, and to drive the rescued 8v back.  All went well, though
>   I found out the hard way regarding some missing fluids (overheating
> almost immediately - low on coolant / popping out of 5th an hour
>   from home - low on tranny fluid - causing me to drive an hour, at 70,
> in 4th, on a 4k (ugh)).
> 
>   Anyhow, now that the car made it, I checked it out under the hood. 
> You know that feeling you get when you look under a hood and you
>   feel that the thing has just never broken down, never been messed
> with, never been trashed?  Everything was in place as it would be
>   from the factory.  The under-hood foamy stuff was there as well, but
> it didn't withstand so much as a light pass from the water hose
>   before disintegrating (surprisingly easy, actually, though it did make
> a bloody mess).  As Dave had already given the outside a
>   cleaning, I spent the better part of the afternoon giving it some much
> needed interior and engine-bay cleaning.  It also helped me
>   figure out why the thing severely torque steers to the right -
> something got run over - HARD.  The PO claims it was a possom or
>   something, but whatever it was, not only did it fold/crush the lower
> radiator support, it bent an A-arm as well.
> 
>   My last white Scirocco was ironically, my first (10 ago).  Detailing
> the engine bay had a sort of nostalgia to it.  It was a little
>   creepy actually.
> 
>   Pics:
>   http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/0-allyn/8v-2/index.htm
> 
>   Al
> 
>   Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
>   87 Rieger Scirocco GTO 2.0 16v (my daily, 220k, rocco #6)
>   86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX (30% complete, rocco #7)
>   86.5 Occo 16v Trailer (rocco #8)
>   86 Scirocco ('98 guts - ABA 8v) (autox beast, 60k, rocco #9)
>   8? Scirocco (frebie from SC) (fixin it up, rocco #10)
>   91 Jetta 16V (wifes daily, 150k)
>   89 Jetta 16V (from cincy '05 - 140k, yes it still runs)
>   90 Passat GL 16V (wifes old daily, 220k)
> 
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