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San Diego is not so sunny as yesterday it is expected to rain for real this time good thing I installed that rubber on the really crummy popout window . - Yesterday I have changed the oil on my car after two months of driving , it looked pretty clean , I guess the total seal rings are doing a good job of keeping the blowby out of my oil . - My giant 1200cca battery from Sears finally died into a dead short, I did not heed the suggetions given by you guys on this. The battery would be totally dead after 3 days parked but would charge up daily when I drove regularly as always, dead battery was always noted when I job traveled for a couple of days. 45-50 amps of current draw on my current test gauge should have been a symptom but I blamed it on a cold solder in my generator . Cold solder was caused by the giant load on my generator , solder would melt then harden back again brushes would go down in a couple of weeks. I replaced the battery and the car charges correctly , problem not noted until I stopped the car for a few days. I tested the battery by storing it fully charged for a couple of days, it died countinuously . - I had an incident a few weeks ago when my brakes failed to nothing , pedal all of the way down 75 miles an hour in heavy traffic in the Tijuana expressway. All traffic was stopped in front of me and I was hauling ass. Hand brake was activated and caused the car to slow down but not enough , so I threw the autotranny in 1st gear slowed it more, but not sufficient, still moving like a bat out of hell, so I floored my gas pedal and threw the autotranny in reverse, boy did that stop the car quick, learned that trick while driving in slick mud down hill. Lots of cars seemed to crash behind me , I left the scene unscathed. No one seemed hurt except for all of the cars. The tranny seemed to have held up well, hopefully no damage to the tranny bands and disks, so far still factory smooth , never rebuilt, need to change the fluid in January. Must change the fluid every 6 months of regular driving to keep the tranny healthy, dirty fluid will shorten tranny life , take note ! Bad Master brake cylinder, corrected. - I have replaced my all of sudden clogged fuel filter with a filter from the PEP Boys rack , it was from the 87 front wheel drive Chevy with EFI , Solid rolled steel filter with nipple for hoses and it fit perfectly in my car and the filters relative size is giant in relation with the original german filter. Good filter and probably more efficient than our original EFI filter. - I just replaced my front brake pads and I now get the shakes, I should have had the rotors turned as my brother mentioned, his Camery had the shakes after new pads , until he turned the rotors. - My 45,000 mile tires have had it, I have good shocks all around my car but I am developing flat spots on my tires due to lack of new tire balancing and rotation , heavy driving will unbalance tires and cause them to lose balance, this inturn makes them bounce a little on the same tire spot causing flat spots. New tires to be installed this year, tires are only a year and a half old. Rims need replacement, my tire guy said all of my rims are not staight and will not roll even, too much offroading ? - My engine seems more powerful than before and started to knock on 87 octane, I now use 89 octane gasoline. the pistons , cylinders and top rings are 70,000 miles old , still working very well, head temps are below 300 degrees during normal decent person driving. Only a 1600. - I am getting back or even worse into my original sin of driving for some reason , maybe it is the new discovery of MP3's into my radio, I have never bought cassettes or CD's (I am cheap) , the Metalica I play is possessing me to drive in a roadwarrior like manner , Mad Max would be proud of me, I have hit 90 MPH quite often know and every now and then 95. Since last week I have hit 85 MPH in heavy traffic, beating all of those Ricer boys to get ahead in a zigzag manner , must lay off the Metallica MP3 I started playing last week or someone may report me all over the asphalt in San Diego. It seems the darkside is calling me for more engine power , 1600 cc seems not enough but sufficient for speed sin.....forgive me for I have sinned today also..... - At mom terror speeds 350 degree head temps still not obtained with Mexican VW heads. LEON MARTINEZ SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA - ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/