Big Sky Euro

Well, my Jetta sat in front of my house on the street for months.. untouched by my hands. If I could afford a storage unit, I would have put it in one. Anyway, today I decided to roll it across the street and pull the front seats and start cleaning.

Now I need to resolve a few issues and get the thing running. Im having serious coolant issues (as in whenever I fill the system, it drains itself within 24 hours), my shift linkage is all out of line (cant find reverse, 1st or 5th), and my ebrake cable is frozen. Any suggestions? Unfortunately I have to deal with all these issues in the street.

Lastly, a serious bath, claybar and waxing. Hopefully I can be driving it within the month.

cheers mates

travis

How did all of that happen? I mean, did the sift linkage just tweek itself? Have you replaced the thermostat housing? I did mine maybe two years ago, and I need to do it again already. Also, you might check your "crack pipe", it is a pipe that runs near the block below the intake mani that has a reputation for cracking and needing replacing. How much coolant do you lose? Is there any left in the system at all, or does the resovior just empty? Did you have the correct coolant mixture in the car over the winter? Maybe you popped a freeze plug? I also had an ebrake cable freeze up on the drivers side, and I just disconnected it(I need to get another one sometime). LMK when you are going to be working on it, and if you want, I might be able to lend a hand if you need....

Check motor mounts for shift linkage issues. I know if the rear one is bad It will change the alignment of the rods and prevent a lot of gear changes.

I have a brand new in the bag shift rebuild kit you can have if you want it. I also have a shop as well. if you need some space to work on you car let me know. oh shop fee is traded in beer currency.

Nice, thanks for the pointers and suggestions. When I have enough time to get some more work done (maybe friday or sunday) Ill let you guys know. We can have a tuning/beer drinking session!

cheers!

Lets get this thing rollin!

Working on it. Ill try to pull the front end apart today so I can check out the crack pipe. That better be the issue. I need to build a catch can system to replace my broken pcv. Just another item for the list...

G60pig wrote:I have a brand new in the bag shift rebuild kit you can have if you want it. I also have a shop as well. if you need some space to work on you car let me know. oh shop fee is traded in beer currency.

Where did you get the kit? and what does it include.