izzone913
15+ Year Contributor
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- Feb 15, 2008
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Midland,
Michigan
I really wanted a 90-91 TSi AWD after having a 91 TSi FWD and boy I got treasure alright..........
I rescued this car on September 3rd 2010 From South Bend Indiana. It had apparently been sitting for quite some time and it shows. The previous owner left a bunch of random papers in there with his number on it so I contacted him about the car. He said he had plans to do a timing belt job, got married, lost interest and let it sit and seven years later I buy it. He switched the front light grey leather seats out for cloth and threw the leather away (if you have front light grey leather seats pm me still need them). It looks as though a FMIC was about to happen but never did. He did the 91+ecu in a 90 and did a hack wire job had a 90 still in the car
.. that was fun to fix
. It came with the timing belt off. The interior is disgusting, the antenna gasket and antenna are gone and water poured in for 7 years. There was mold EVERYWHERE
.
Currently the interior is all out but the seats so I can clean it. Did a full timing belt job with all the goodies to go along with it including a balance shaft elimination kit, new pulleys, water pump etc. Front end pretty much got all new parts. Shocks, brake lines, rack and pinion, tie rods, control arms with ball joints, calipers, pads and rotors, driveshafts, wheel bearings, strut bearings and the seals that go with all of those. There are new NGK Plugs and wires, fuel filter, radiator, radiator hoses, thermostat and gasket. There are probably things Im missing that I have replaced/fixed. The car started up fine and idled great. Took it for the first drive and I had accelerating problems and it turned out to be the TPS (throttle position Sensor). I now have a smooth idling/driving DSM the cars build date is April 1990 car has 118,884 miles on it. Pictures are worth 1,000 words. Still have LOTS to do. This car was headed to the junkyard but the dads kid insisted that someone would buy this car and bring it back
.that was me 
I rescued this car on September 3rd 2010 From South Bend Indiana. It had apparently been sitting for quite some time and it shows. The previous owner left a bunch of random papers in there with his number on it so I contacted him about the car. He said he had plans to do a timing belt job, got married, lost interest and let it sit and seven years later I buy it. He switched the front light grey leather seats out for cloth and threw the leather away (if you have front light grey leather seats pm me still need them). It looks as though a FMIC was about to happen but never did. He did the 91+ecu in a 90 and did a hack wire job had a 90 still in the car
.. that was fun to fix. It came with the timing belt off. The interior is disgusting, the antenna gasket and antenna are gone and water poured in for 7 years. There was mold EVERYWHERE
.Currently the interior is all out but the seats so I can clean it. Did a full timing belt job with all the goodies to go along with it including a balance shaft elimination kit, new pulleys, water pump etc. Front end pretty much got all new parts. Shocks, brake lines, rack and pinion, tie rods, control arms with ball joints, calipers, pads and rotors, driveshafts, wheel bearings, strut bearings and the seals that go with all of those. There are new NGK Plugs and wires, fuel filter, radiator, radiator hoses, thermostat and gasket. There are probably things Im missing that I have replaced/fixed. The car started up fine and idled great. Took it for the first drive and I had accelerating problems and it turned out to be the TPS (throttle position Sensor). I now have a smooth idling/driving DSM the cars build date is April 1990 car has 118,884 miles on it. Pictures are worth 1,000 words. Still have LOTS to do. This car was headed to the junkyard but the dads kid insisted that someone would buy this car and bring it back
.that was me 
