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>Yes, you've certainly got a lot of questions. I'd like to encourage you to use >paragraphs to separate out different thoughts so that it would be easier to >answer each one. With this "stream of consciousness" format it takes a lot of >extra work to get you the answers you need. I will keep that in mind, I dint think about the enter key, I was just typing it all in. They should add that as an option in the spell checker :) >It may not have been all the way into gear, or you might have had it in a high >gear where it took more turns than you expected. I tried the 1st and second gear, and also reverse. I was kinda hard to get the stick out of 1st gear though, took me a few seconds of wiggling the stick before it came out. Would the clutch stop working after sitting there for 8 years? How is it hooked up, cable or hydralic? >You'll have to rebuild all the brake calipers, cylinders, and master cylinder. >If air has been in there they are surely all rusted inside. Some of them may >not even be rebuildable The fluid leaked out; it wasn't drained. It is likely >that your main brake line to the rear brakes is rusted out under the gas pedal. >This is a bear to replace but it will probably have to be done. Hmm I guess I have to order that book before I get into the brake system. >Don't know how 2 tanks would fit in there. They're a lot taller than most >people realize. Kind of like an iceberg, there's a lot beneath the surfact that >you never see. He might have removed the old tank, but it seems to me that the new tank is sitting on top. You have to open the trunk to fill it up. >Water can also get in the trunk from around the fuel injection computer which >is installed improperly on a panel on the left side. Is that what that little panel is for? I couldn't figure out what that was for! >It fried anything that was solid state: radio, turn signal relay, FI computer. >The mechanical stuff won't care. Well, good thing the only things in there was the radio and turn signal relay, I don't have FI in there (yet). I should swap those cables before I put my radios in. Doug ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org