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Recent content by SoCal420a

  1. SoCal420a

    98 RS Rebuild

    I literally did all of the above. Engine in break in period now, everything seems to be working ok, passed CA smog. Thanks for the input, greatly appreciated.
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    Buyer Beware: Detroit Axle brand reman parts

    I got some A-arm for my SUV, about a year ago, hopefully they hold, I dont drive it much, but I do tow with it.
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    98 RS Rebuild

    Hey everyone, so I finally got it going, last week, passed smog (CA) on the first attempt, paid a ton for renewal since I never put car on non-op, you would think i learned my lesson from the previous cars I did the same. But alas it is officially registered. New engine feels nice, although I...
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    HELP NEEDED - Door swap

    Good luck with the wiring, I am currently running one power door of a gst (Driver), and a crank by hand (pass), I was out of the country for a few months and they thought the 'new' gst power doors were trash and threw them out some time last year when they cleaned our garage, so now im back in...
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    Trying to keep it “stock”: Mr OEM

    builds like yours make me feel optimistic about keeping my car and keep making it better. Great job, everything looks extra crispy.
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    98 RS Rebuild

    Car is finally running, after a long long time working weekends on it, engine and trans seem be running good. Haven't had a chance to drive it on the freeway.I have one minor issue so far, the fan doesn't turn on until the temp gage registers around 75-80%, and when the fans kicked in, the...
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    98 RS Rebuild

    I finally got some dowel pins from them, but they werent the right size, I am guessing they stocked them as N/T but in actuality were Turb, so I ended up going to many machine shops around my area and just got whavetever matched the circumferance, I had to machine off to right length and presto.
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    Introducing Myself and my 79k Mile TSI

    good luck man, keep us posted on your work.
  9. SoCal420a

    Any forum members in Mexico?

    Tijuana :hellyeah:
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    98 RS Rebuild

    Hey guys, so I've made some progress on the engine rebuild, after a few setbacks, the head from me original engine (og eng) was destroyed by the machine shop, so I moved on to the head of engine I bough for spare parts (eng 2), and took it to a new machine shop, they did a good job, but turns...
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    98 RS Rebuild

    after a few weeks of looking for a 420a engine online or anywhere for that matter, I found someone 150 miles away willing to sell me their spare engine, it was abandoned in a shed with the oil pan out and and the bottom exposed and the top as well due to a pair of missing spark plugs, once I...
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    WTB looking for an engine for my 98

    thanks for the heads up, i currently dont have the real estate to buy a whole car, I just recently purchased a 420a that looks it might be able to be worked on.
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    98 RS Rebuild

    so I finally got around to getting another engine, I picked a 420a for a good price, person I bought it from states it has about 150k, and may need head gasket, engine looks like a 420a with 150k that needs a head gasket, so will see hopefully it is not a pandoras box cituation, I am having a...
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    WTB looking for an engine for my 98

    Hey guys, looking for an engine '98 rs (n/a)' manual ,know of one shoot me a message. Also I am considering swapping if i can't find a good replacement soon, trying to get my rs back to life.
  15. SoCal420a

    2G Idle surge now dies after start

    The car runs rough when hot even without the MAF?
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