Recent content by cbass

Marc, congrats on the TDI! I didn't know you got that. I too have the TB tools and just did my second timing belt job (at 185,000 miles). Great cars!

Yes, it is pricey if you go through the dealer to have it done. Most of us on here could do it ourselves though, from what I understand, it's just a more-difficult-than-normal fluid change. The early DSG's that used wet clutches were the expensive ones, I think the more recent dry-clutch style...

Oh yeah, that was me. /sarcasm

Great point about the resale value. Much higher.

I can only speak to my experience in my neighborhood. At a local station, diesel is $3.51 and regular unleaded is $3.25. If you drive 10,000 miles per year in a 2003 Jetta TDI (mine at 45 mpg avg) vs. a 2003 Jetta gas version (24mpg combined according to the fueleconomy.gov) you'd be looking at...

Just a clarification on the EGR adjustment... the ECU setting basically turns the EGR off (puts it on an extremely low setting) and is actually illegal in certain states. Depending where you live, if you want to turn off the EGR, you may have to turn it back on to pass inspection. If you have a...

Just checked this out as my brother (teledan) mentioned this thread. I have a 2003 TDI Jetta with 200k on the clock and it still runs amazing. Always put high quality, full synthetic oil in it that matches the recommended specifications and you won't have any problems in that regard. I perform...

Yes, this is how T-cases go out. For reference, I put a T-case from an automatic rover (D1) into a manual truck (D-90) and the only modification that I needed was to remove the shift lock solenoid. I assume that it wouldn't work the other way because the manual t-case won't have a place for a...

Yeah, I thought I'd try something new with it, since I'm on my side so much anyway I figured it would probably work better this way, lol. ;) :banghead:

Sorry guys, try the links now. I just copied them over from my d-90.com post and it had already truncated the URL's. They work now.

One full set of stock D-90 springs from a 1994 D-90 ST. $50 takes the lot of them. Stock rear trailing links from a 1994 D-90. Taken off the truck with 83,000 miles. They are in good shape and not bent. $60 Factory Side Steps. Missing outer plastic cover over the bar (see pic), but...

I have one set of 5 OEM D-90 wheels with all center caps and lug nuts that I want to sell as a set. I'll take $325 for the set. The first picture is of all five and the subsequent pics of this set are inidividual pics of the same 5 wheels so you can see the condition they are in...

I've wondered this too, and I wish it existed. It would be nice to start something like this up and charge some sort of membership fee. Of course you would run into problems with liability... Wish I could tell you that I knew of one.

Sent you an email...

As was said before, you may want to try Pirate 4x4 or d-90.com, they might be more likely to sell in one of those two places.