****** that sucker up! If I was there I would buy it in a heartbeat. The pick-ups are the most sot after diesels vw made!

 

word, no quwestions asked..... im sure dub doc would tell you what a rabbit caddy os worth

 

well boys i'm looking at a 79 rabbit the body is in great shape and the engine runs good just need the exhaust repiped and the floor pans replaced the guys has it listed for $600. she might be coming home this week with me.

 

Sounds good!

 

the pickups getting picked up saturday

 

the car is a 98 new beetle----We dont have auto parts stores around here that can pull the codes in a vw---even our local tech school lacks the right cartridge for there reader

 

There is no secret key trick or anything like that unfortunately. You can always buy a Vag-com?

http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/pro-kit/

 

how bout 1.6 questions, can you do them too? if so mine is leaking coolent out of the overflow, and running slightly warm, just a hair above the middle line, any idea what that may be, im hoping its not a popped head gasket, i think it would get warmer then its getting if it was, any other suggestions, and also the tranny is hard to get into 1st and second, i replaced the shift linkage bushings but i have 4 tiny black ones left over and not a clue where they go, its still sloppy though, didnt help much, whats my next move there

 

Of course! I know quite abit about the older ones as well, probably more. VW still has the coolant bottles available, about $30 bucks if I recall, had to replace mine on my 78 wabbit. The bottle is larger, has a great capacity. It could be running a little warmer cause of the cracked coolant bottle not allowing the system to pressurize correctly. I would recommend replacing the thermostat with a 180 deg and replacing the fan switch with a lower one. I believe the fan kicks on around 210-215 to hot, to late in my book. The shift linkage has always been a problem! Dubdoc posted a link for a nice upgrade to the linkage, I'll try and find it. Service the trans and see if that helps with the hard shifting into 1st/2nd. Go down to a GM dealer and pick up a couple quarts of the GM syncromesh fluid, it has whale oil in it and works great!

 

You can't use a generic OBD-II scan tool? I did with our 2002 with a Snap-On Scanner......'98 should be OBD-II compliant (By Law).

BUT Vag-Com is the way to go if you can find someone that has it......do a search on here...i think i posted up a list of folks with Vag-Com....could be one close to you.

EDIT....here is the locator....

VAG Tool Locator