gwb72tii

On 8/14/2021 at 7:37 AM, '76mintgrün'02 said:

They did use a stencil to paint a white S on them, but that'll be covered up if it is greasy.

 

One thing you can do is to raise the rear end and spin one of the wheels.  If it is an open differential, the opposite wheel will spin the opposite direction.  On an LSD, it is supposed to spin the same direction as the one you are turning.

Tom

this is not a fail safe method

I have a lsd in my tii and the wheels spin in opposite directions

I don't believe my lsd is that worn, either, as it acts exactly as it should when driving

21 hours ago, Teelinger said:

Any takers?

 

Or should I reschedule for mid September? 

October maybe for the fall colors?

I'm out of the country but would like to make a drive if it's a later date

And you’re welcome!

lol

I had the 4 post and it was awesome. not sure why/what the attraction is with 2 post lifts. additional installation effort required and there is nothing you can't do on a 4 post that you can do on a 2 post.

just so you realize these are not easy to install. this was my son's car he built, and the body guy had the car for a year working on it when he had time. we had to further modify the flares to fit completely when the car was returned. for instance, the rocker panel trim pieces were held on with 3M double sided tape

r3vlimited.com

Taking your question in a very liberal sense, the very best tool I’ve ever owned is a lift

20 hours ago, SydneyTii said:

Every time I’ve had a hunting issue at idle it’s been a lean condition, could be a vacuum leak, so I ’d assume lean.

I setup my WUR via the Mike Macartney method, if you read his book it makes sense, as he says not all engines are factory fresh.

HTH

hope that's the issue stein-man. I wonder how many other runners are missing 0-rings?

BTW years ago my son and I tried and failed to find a '72 Golf tii. We found the Colorado one I own now but your car brings back great memories.

John Parker at Accuracy Automotive in Gig Harbor. Nice guy and knows his stuff.

Are you sure your intake runners o-rings are seated correctly? It’s super easy to roll an o-ring out of position when installing the intake runners. 
 

ask me how I know.....

Stick with plastic. Installing the runners is a bitch but you can help the process by heating both ends at the same time in warm water prior to installing. The runners are durable.
A ‘72tii is the most collectible year of the tii’s. As Toby points out, aluminum runners are more reliable, but you wreck the car being stock, losing value at the same time. Any serious tii nut looking under the hood and finding aluminum intake runners is going to cringe.

DON’T DO IT. 
You have a very special car, especially if the motor matches the VIN.

DON’T DO IT!!!!!!!!

I read somewhere MSD is good for tii’s due to those motors tending to run rich?

I’ve thought about installing one on my tii also. Any tii owners want to comment?

18 years ago my son found old honeymoon pics of ours where we were driving off in my '70 2002. He thought the car looked awesome, and me being dad thought it was a great opportunity to teach him how to wrench. We bought a '76, rebuilt the motor, he researched and sourced a suspension kit we then installed, and off we went. He's 33 now and his friends come to him for auto repair advice.

Here's one memory. we sat across crosslegged from each other draining a dif into a plastic drain bowl. My son lost his grip, the dif hit the rim and cantilevered the full bowl of dif oil onto his head and chest. I watched a solid sheet of oil coming off his head and tried not to laugh, which I resisted for about 2 seconds, and then he started to laugh. That story now comes up once in a while after having a beer or two.

And who knew but KB my daughter wanted to get dirty under the cars as well. Lots of quality time with both of them skinning knuckles on our backs under a 2002.

And all of that led me back into working on BMW's, the '72tii, the 318is, 325i, 325ix, 325i again, the fan board, PNW 2002's, Blunt and general 2002 madness.

Spend time with your kids doing ordinary things. Time flies by.

Assuming the car is stock, block I.D. matches the vin, plastic intake runners, no fatal rust, you have the arguably most collectible year of the tii. I’ll buy it, many will buy it. Don’t short change yourself.

Sadly another kitten died

Bad grounds are the most common problem on a variety of issues on 2002’s, including a clickie no startie issue

yessir at the nose of the car.

be careful though. It doesn't take much adjustment to hit the wipers with the edge of the hood as you close it.

From someone that has been there

Do it right. Take out the interior, take out the windows. 
take off the weatherstripping.

All of that is a days work anyone can do.

the last thing you want to look at is areas that were resprayed that you can see the diff between respray and new paint every time you drive your car.

more elbow work yes, but better quality and no need to do it all over again down the road

Oops

Ok

IMHO

if you’re going to daily drive your car, I’d restore the suspension with stock rubber bushings and not urethane..

I have IE urethane on my tii and I regret not going stock. You don’t need the additional stiffness urethane gives you, they squeak, and there is something to be said for some comfort when driving the car daily. My car has HR sport springs and Bilstein shocks and my suspension is plenty sporty.
first thing I’m going to do this summer is to replace the urethane on my car with rubber.