Just got a vintage diesel Golf. I have posted answers here before but now a question:
My rear plate lights are out. Does anyone know where the harness is connected to the gray and brown taillight circuit for the plate lights. May have to rewire it.
Man was it hard to get a diesel with these gas prices. They are way up and try to bid on Ebay the prices are very high and you are lucky if you are not sniped.
I got this one from an Internet search of newspaper ads from a local newspaper with this search option without X miles. The add did not say diesel which is why it was not gone.
It is a rare 'GL' type of A2 with factory air, the GL seats and has great potential and runs flawless. It was previously owned by kids that put a horrible paint job on it so I need to get it repainted plus had a lot of odd things broken like the glove was pryed open when the key was lost. That and most other little things has been fixed already. The rear view mirror was broken off and had to be reglued as the kids tried epoxy rather than the correct glue. Though an A2 vintage of '86.
The first thing I noticed was I was driving all over the place and my fuel needle hardly moved. Only had less that a quarter tank when I got it and drove around for days and still had more before I put in more fuel.
I am going to bring this up to a 'nice' car. Still has some odd things like an oil leak and the clutch pedal is stiff compared to my other GolfGL. Next week I will probably put in new struts, strut mounts and CVs. The bearings seem good.
To a sage driver looking for economy - a very fun car and fun to restore to a nice condition. Perhaps I should replace the timing belt as I believe it is an interference valve config.
Any tips from diesel owners? Has 190K miles.
Thanks,
Harry