You're entirely welcome ~ just trying to pay back a tiny bit of the help I've received over the years .
As I started back in the 1960's working on dilapidated farm trucks in New Hampshire (no $$) then moved up to gas station mechanic (customers with no $$) and finally into my favorite job of all time ~ running a VW shop in a college town and doing salvage - reconstruct on the side (NO ONE had any $$) , I learned that much can be done with time and patience , rather than blindly throwing $$ into the car like most American ' mechanics ' seem to do .
We just hired on a whole buncha new dealer mechanics and they look at me askance when I have the temerity to suggest _FIXING_ somethin rather than just replacing it and hoping the truck is now O.K. ~ one mechanic is from...
Hell , I dunno , The Phillipines or Vietnam etc. and we get along like a house afire ~ we both have a big old fleet of old cars no one wanted and keep them running on pennies and sweat equity .
German cars are the very best for DIY repairing as everything comes apart into tiny little pieces so you can fix and repair or simply mix 'n match parts untill it's race ready again...
I cannot wait to check & shim my injectors next week......
I'm going to make up my own battery cable out of # 0 gauge welding cable , prolly next week but soon as I can .
-Nate
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Originally Posted by Ralph69220d
Nate,
Yeah, the little 4 cylinder diesel is a very tough engine. It ran 70 to 75 the whole way. Thank you for the advice on sprucing the starter and neutralizing the battery posts and cables.
Ralph
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