My struts! oh god!! the horror...

[silvius14 at comcast.net (Karl Silvius)]

You want a real treat..........try I-95 on a cycle!!!  Last October I
rode from Lancaster, PA to Newburg, MD to look at a 1982 Scirocco that a
guy had on eBay.  Nothing like a 300+ mile round trip in the Quest to
buy another Scirocco!!!

Karl

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter [mailto:peter@thescirocco.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:15 PM
To: 'Timbo'
Cc: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: RE: My struts! oh god!! the horror...

Good thing you didn't come down any later.

Southbound 95 was really backed up, for rush hour(s).  


Peter
http://thescirocco.com/

Drive the GTI, and save the Scirocco!

Please! Include the previous text in your reply...

-----Original Message-----
From: Timbo [mailto:timjmcconnell@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:06 PM
To: roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca
Cc: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: My struts! oh god!! the horror...

I ended up getting some very nice rust-free housings from Peter - drove
to
Delaware. My first time on I-95. FUN!!! That road is huge - but it was
still
jammed with cars.

--Timbo

On 5/9/06, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> You want my old ones? They have that cool rust and heat welded thread 
> on the top, that's not a problem, is it ;P  Yeah, I feel your pain, 
> what a pain in the ass if they don't come apart....
>
> Cathy
>
> On 8:13:00 am 05/09/06 Timbo <timjmcconnell@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Got my parts from Germanautoparts. New Boge Turbo Gas (which are 
> > aparantly called Sachs Super Touring now that Boge is Sachs)
inserts.
> > These are the ones for the german struts. Fine - I have a rocco.
> >
> > Yeah - I took my struts out, took em all apart with no problems. 
> > Then it came time to remove the old inserts from the lower housings.
> >
> > "Made in USA" .... WTF?? these are from a rabbit? what's going on 
> > here. Why is the housing so different? The top nut thingy that holds

> > the insert in threads on the inside instead of the outside. so no 
> > cutting or any of that for me. I went over to Mr. Shisler's place - 
> > and we tried and tried to get them off with the world's larges vise,

> > and some pipe wrenches. We actually got one of the caps off - only 
> > to find WATER instead of oil on there. We tried to pull it out, we 
> > tried fire even. Lots of fire. didn't work. Massive failure..
> >
> > So. those are abandoned. Now I have to find some strut housings.
> >
> > Anybody near me in PA have some strut housings or struts I could get

> > off of ya? I'm going to try to find a salvage yard tomorow, and see 
> > if I find a cabbie or something.
> >
> > --Timbo
> >
> > --
> > Timbo!
> > Location: Glenside, PA!
> > www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech
> >
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--
Timbo!
Location: Glenside, PA!
www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech

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