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What could this noise be? Was Re: So what are you all up to?
I had a noise like that and it turned out to be my front wheel bearing.
On 9/24/07, Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> --- C Boyko <roccit_53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Well after Friday-track, Saturday-track and then drunken
> > Bocce, and
> > Sunday-big eat out for my Mom's 80th I now have a beauty
> > of a
> > headcold/cough. Seemed like the thing to do :(
>
> I think we're in the same boat. My head feels like it's
> ready to explode.
>
> > As for the battery, try pulling the radio fuse to see if
> > it's the offender,
> > rerouting that circuit through switched power has
> > eliminated "dead battery
> > syndrome" on three of my old VWs so far.
>
> That's been my experience - I didn't test it yet but that's
> the fuse I pulled.
>
> Now on to the thread hijack:
>
> After installing a battery from the black 16v (yes, it's
> still here), I went for a spin to discover that I still
> have my mystery clunk / squeek coming from the front right.
> I've been chasing this problem for quite some time now and
> I'm at a loss as to what it could be. Pretty much
> everything in the front suspension is new - strut bearings,
> a-arms, ball joints & axles. The noise occurs most
> prevelantly (is that a word?) when changing direction -
> forward to backward. It is sometimes heard when going
> left-to-right however as well.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions? This noise was here before I
> rebuilt the front end. 'Tis on the '88 16v.
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S (Deiter) '85 Scirocco 8v (Shadow)
> '86 Scirocco 8v '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!)
> '88 Scirocco 16v '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts -
> Ehrlich's Law.
>
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)