Back From The Dead 95 AWD TSI

[bstaley]

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Brandon's 95 Eagle Talon TSI AWD


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[bstaley]

Alright here it goes... I'm a terrible DSM owner. I've owned this TSI since 2010ish. When i bought it it had been sitting in a garage for a few years, not running. It sat in my driveway for a few more years then when i moved it moved to a field. There it has sat for the last 6ish years. I had every intention to fix it, just 'never had the time'. Until about a month ago my cousin hit the drivers side window with his truck. I was notified, got some pics and put it up on craigslist. Some interest, some jerks, you know how CL is. The people interested wanted more photos. I decided to drive the few hour round trip to get the photos. When i got there and looked at the underneath i was shocked. It's in pretty good shape still. I took the photos but as i was driving away I asked myself what do I mean I don't have time. I'm in Michigan. It's was on lock down for quite a while, and to some extent still is. What else do I have to do? So i messaged one serious buyer back, 'sorry off the market, decided to fix it up myself'. So I had it trailered to my new home where I am formulating a plan that looks something like the following.

• Fix the window first off. Has a black garbage back duck-taped to it right now, very stylish
• Do all the maintenance. Double, triple check stuff. Make sure everything is solid before the battery even goes in.
  • Timing belt, waterpump, tensioner, all the pullies, plugs, wires, oil change, fuel filter change, etc
• There is an issue with the suspension, it's missing some bushings that date back to the last owner.
• Needs new tires and possible calipers
• Then decide where to go from here. Daily driver, street racing, drag racing. who knows?

If you interested in taking a look at what it currently looks like have a look at my vehicle profile. I'll try to post some progress and get some and take some help as i go along.

 

[bstaley]

Took some pictures a while ago when doing it but now finally getting time to post. Driver side window replacement, as far as the removal/install procedure I pretty much followed the book. The removal of the window was pretty much done for me but it left a huge mess.

• I removed the interior trim and speaker, only broke one clip.
  
• Unbolted what was left of the old window
• I cleaned out the mess as best as I could with a shop vacuum with a carpet extension and a little handheld broom. It worked pretty well, shook the after each vacuum session to make sure I got all the pieces.
• Sourced the glass online from a junkyard in Michigan. Interestingly the 95 glass is different from all other 2g glass. I think I ended up paying $35 plus a couple gallons of gas.
• One thing that I did do while I had the door open was oil everything.
• Installed the window
• Replace the plastic and the interior door trim. I had some 6 mil plastic laying around so I used that. Most of it stuck back to the original tar like substance. Though in some spots I used some liquid nail to get it to stick.
• Let it sit for a couple days.
• I popped in the speaker and trim and screwed it all back up.

Making progress, slowly. Next posts will be about install/removing poly bushings and pulling the motor to replace a bunch of stuff.

 

[Scotty_R8]

looks like a fun project. keep it up!