GoodTimesIndeed
Go Kart Champion
Couple small updates:
After years of looking at them, I finally had some PDR work done to remove the few dents in my passenger quarter panel. The shop did a real nice job, I'm quite pleased with the result.
Also over the past few weeks I noticed my car intermittently having weaker starts. I just chalked it up to a low battery since the car sits a good bit. Well, that was up until I go to start the car one day and it does absolutely nothing. No clicks, no sounds, no crank, nothing. Thinking that it was the battery, I go out and buy a battery charger. After a few attempts of charging, each time resulting with a "battery charged" light the car still wouldn't start. I wondered if maybe I got a bad charger so I pushed the car out into the driveway and used my wife's car to jump it, still nothing. Ok, so maybe the battery is dead. Go out to buy a battery, get back, install it and still nothing. Now my car is stuck in the driveway.... awesome. I bother the neighbor across the street to attempt to push it back in (driveway slopes up) and we failed miserably. He's a car guy as well and mentioned that its probably the starter failing. So I borrow my wife's car and head to AutoZone for a starter. Turns out they gave me the wrong part. This was on a Saturday so places were all closing soon. After trying a few different places no one seems to carry one in stock. I ordered one from ECS Tuning but kept getting delayed day after day so I cancelled that order. The local VW dealer wanted way too much for one and still had to order it. Placed an order through Express OEM Parts and paid to have 1-2 day shipping. Unfortunately I didn't realize that doesn't include Saturday delivery service. So long story short, took over a week to get a new starter but the car once again runs. In fact the starts are very strong now, wonder if the starter has been on its way out for some time now?
I've also noticed lately that the water level in my tank for the intercooler sprayer never seems to go down much. After some investigating it turns out that the pump was dead. Good thing I looked into it because the wires and motor were getting rather warm. So now I'm back using the original pump that I purchased a while ago. Its much larger and moves a lot more fluid. The system sprays well and seems to work great now. Only downside is that I'll go through the whole tank after just a couple of good pulls HAHAHA! Oh well, until I decide to change it up again this will have to do for now.
Also just mixed myself up some more 60/40 meth to help combat these brutal temps here as of late. Gotta stay cool out there!
After years of looking at them, I finally had some PDR work done to remove the few dents in my passenger quarter panel. The shop did a real nice job, I'm quite pleased with the result.
Also over the past few weeks I noticed my car intermittently having weaker starts. I just chalked it up to a low battery since the car sits a good bit. Well, that was up until I go to start the car one day and it does absolutely nothing. No clicks, no sounds, no crank, nothing. Thinking that it was the battery, I go out and buy a battery charger. After a few attempts of charging, each time resulting with a "battery charged" light the car still wouldn't start. I wondered if maybe I got a bad charger so I pushed the car out into the driveway and used my wife's car to jump it, still nothing. Ok, so maybe the battery is dead. Go out to buy a battery, get back, install it and still nothing. Now my car is stuck in the driveway.... awesome. I bother the neighbor across the street to attempt to push it back in (driveway slopes up) and we failed miserably. He's a car guy as well and mentioned that its probably the starter failing. So I borrow my wife's car and head to AutoZone for a starter. Turns out they gave me the wrong part. This was on a Saturday so places were all closing soon. After trying a few different places no one seems to carry one in stock. I ordered one from ECS Tuning but kept getting delayed day after day so I cancelled that order. The local VW dealer wanted way too much for one and still had to order it. Placed an order through Express OEM Parts and paid to have 1-2 day shipping. Unfortunately I didn't realize that doesn't include Saturday delivery service. So long story short, took over a week to get a new starter but the car once again runs. In fact the starts are very strong now, wonder if the starter has been on its way out for some time now?
I've also noticed lately that the water level in my tank for the intercooler sprayer never seems to go down much. After some investigating it turns out that the pump was dead. Good thing I looked into it because the wires and motor were getting rather warm. So now I'm back using the original pump that I purchased a while ago. Its much larger and moves a lot more fluid. The system sprays well and seems to work great now. Only downside is that I'll go through the whole tank after just a couple of good pulls HAHAHA! Oh well, until I decide to change it up again this will have to do for now.
Also just mixed myself up some more 60/40 meth to help combat these brutal temps here as of late. Gotta stay cool out there!