lil89ram50 Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 thats right guys... i bought a turbo diesel wabbit!! got it a couple weeks ago, and drove it a few days, changed oil, and next morning oil wal all over drive way frozen in snow :( so i go check my oil filter, and the rubber ring is all fucked up ( brand new napa gold filter) so i go get a new filter and another 4 qts of oil and 1 qt of lucas... put the 4 qts in... start n drive around block, and got back home and im out of oil :( my turbo blew a seal :( so now i gota fix that n its good to go :) so i paid 1300 for it, motor was rebuilt this past spring n he parked it in september in a non heated barn up until he decided he had too many vehicles, so i went n snatched it up! i bottle of diesel 911 and it fired right up n drove home perfecctly! well except for sucky tires,got home got all new tires. bodys great except drivers door need to be re alighned, but not necessary, and one dent on passenger rear door n little rust here n there and only rusted thru on a little spot on passenger rocker pannel.... i think i got a good deal, since i been looking for one for a few years n this jus happened to pop up needs to sit a lil lower i know... here you can see the dent at the top of rear passenger dore haha i painted valve cover jus to stand out, its still all messy with grease n wires but i will take care of it eventually oh and that bumper braket is only on there cuz we were using it to lift with the cherry picker to remove turbo easier! and yes, it did have those nasty ricerish hood scoops on but i ripped them off Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 nice little bunny!!!!! and a TD to boot! cant beat that. you should check out www.the152.com . its an all MK1 VW site. good people there. mostly rejects from VWVortex. i am on there as well. i currently have 8 dubs, 5 rabbits 2 passats and a mk2 jetta, only one of which is running right now. just got my 93 VR Passat running. also bagged_datsun has an 84 GTI. and there are a few other dubs on here as well. Quote Link to comment
bagged_datsun Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 yup i do have an 84 also!, your looks to be in great shape and like mopar said a TDI you cant beat that! what are your plans for the beast? Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Lower it :cool: Quote Link to comment
lil89ram50 Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 the plans are just for a daily driver! it will be lowered, but not completely slammed :( i know bummer but in northdakota the roads are completly shit n half are gravel.... my 720 is completely slammed on stock suspension, and it rubs on everything known to man up here lol so plans for rabbnit are lower a couple inches, tint, a system, and get the motor working very reliabl to get good gas milage and decent power :) this motor was just rebuilt about 1500 miles ago, but never replaced turbo, so that is wats holdin me back from driving it... im guna order the rebuild kit as soon as i get money Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 sounds good. suggestion on suspension.... H&R springs with Bilstien struts. cant go wrong. thats what i am running on my Passat and my wifes 79 4dr. love em! Quote Link to comment
bagged_datsun Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 the plans are just for a daily driver! it will be lowered, but not completely slammed :( i know bummer but in northdakota the roads are completly shit n half are gravel.... my 720 is completely slammed on stock suspension, and it rubs on everything known to man up here lol so plans for rabbnit are lower a couple inches, tint, a system, and get the motor working very reliabl to get good gas milage and decent power :) this motor was just rebuilt about 1500 miles ago, but never replaced turbo, so that is wats holdin me back from driving it... im guna order the rebuild kit as soon as i get money i have a set or neuspeed springs with bilstine struts i just pulled off my car you might be interested in not much lower then stock but ride really nice Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 one of these is at my gf collage its a vert as well ill see if i can get a pic these cars are growing on me Quote Link to comment
lil89ram50 Posted March 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 well i dropt m turbo off at a local diesel shop to be rebuilt!!! should have done it like 3 weeks ago n been driving it by now but i am kinda lazy! so he quoted me $250 labor, and prolly $100 for the rebuild kit, so does 350 for a rebuilt turbo sound bad? or is that about right? i wish i could do this work myself, but for a daily drive i want to be damn sure its guna last a while! i want to build a go cart or a sand rail with a lil turboed motor i can tinker with:) so i will learn then... post back up when it gets installed :)cant wait! Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 sounds bout right. Quote Link to comment
lil89ram50 Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 the shop that is doin my turbo called me the other day n said they opened it up, and to fix it it would be about 1200$ and they can get me a re man for 950$...... but i am strapped for money right now, so i am going to go against my better half and order a cheap ebay one for the time being :( atleast till i can afford a quality one Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 check ont he vortex in the regional forums. someone local HAS to have a turbo they are selling. not sure if it would work, but something off an audi might work. Quote Link to comment
TOOQIKK Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 v dubs rock! and turbo diesels are even better can you say veggie oil burner!! lol nice score on the wabbit!! Quote Link to comment
Grey_Matter Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 cant go wrong with a dub. here's my stable (only have the jetta now) 86 Cabby: 88 Coupe: 96 Passat Wagon: and my 90 GLI: Quote Link to comment
lil89ram50 Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 well we did get the turbo on a few weeks ago. got about 1300 miles on it now. all those miles were intown miles. ran great no problems! well today my dad took it on a 400 mile round trip. it is his car now so he has put on all those miles. well he got the 200 miles there, called me said it was runiing great and absolutley no problems! he was so happy! and i was glad for him. called me like an hour later. like 5 minutes ago, said he thinks it just spun a rod :( he is pretty upset righ now, so i gota go pick him up. feel pretty bad for him cuz he was so damn proud of that little thing, and its his only car as his truck is in the shop right now getting fixed. so it will be a couple weeks till he has a vehicle again. poor guy. well i gota go guys, just thought i would update. Quote Link to comment
RadioRedline Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Uhhh...LilRam You Alive? Radio Quote Link to comment
oldskoolvws Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I'm the same screen name over on the Vortex and the 152. I have a very rare stable of parts but have sold most of my cars. The oldest and longest project is currently my 77 Inari Silver with Heron Motor. Someday She'll be done. Not a diesel guy but anything else, hit me up. I got it all and if I don't I can find it. Quote Link to comment
dirtydiesel Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 jealous... i wanted a diesel rabbit to mob around in. but ended up with a d50 sport with a shit carb. Quote Link to comment
SublimeDatsun610 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Love them Diesel Rabbits! we drive ours everywhere! 52mpg city cant go wrong either. Quote Link to comment
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