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I have been inactive in the VW scene this year, since my wife as been deathly ill, please pray for her healing or at least survival for this year. My car has had some bad things done to it from some family members this year , - While I was in Japan, it was used to tow a small pickup truck and a 240 Volvo It pushed started a small Toyota. - My sister used it for camping because she did not want her shiney Cabriolet to get dirty, car got stuck in the mud. My car was all muddy and unwashed when I got back to the states. - In Dec, my generator started to use up a set of brushes every 500 miles, the generator was only a year old and looked like a quality rebuild from NAPA. I spent 75 dollars for a Bosch rebuild one, let's see how long this lasts . The car may be due for an alternator cnversion from a Mazda RX-7 or the old Bug Alternator, my radio and speakers are too big. - I Changed my oil in January after 6000 miles without the change, to correct this abuse, I changed to very cheap 10w-30 oil and drove for a day and the next day poured in two quarts of engine flush , engine on for 5 minutes. Drained this once again very black oil and added replaced it with my new 20w-50 semisynthetic and new oil filter. The three magnets I have in my sump cover had no indications of ferrous metallic material attached to them. No particles at all found in the sump screen or in the oil filter lining (just oil pase). - In Februray my wiper fluid hose exploded and wet my fuses and legs, still need to fix it. - In Feb did a 360 in the rain in Tijuana going down hill, no one around to make fun of me. Same month in San Diego just missed an Suv sliding on it's roof saw 3 other SUV on roofs. - In Feb, one headlight went out, went to Walmart for a new H-4 bulb. - In late Feb, a work peer told me that a big puddle of oil was under the rear of my car and that it probably came from the rear axil, I guess he thought is was front engined and rear drive. 12 inch puddle was in fact present, very shocked I was since my car never has not let a drop out since almost a year. 2.0 quart sump very loose and oily. - Late Feb, changed oil and tightened sump . Sump very clean , no odd particles detected . 5.5 quarts of oil capacity for entire engine is what is requred with all of the cooling,hoses and sump. - This month, no new problems, but still drive too fast, I am addicted, cannot break the habit. (90 mph noted almost daily, have not done 100 mph in almost 5 months, mellowing out). Average speed: 75 to 85 on Hwy. - Will change autotranny fluid this month. 33 year old unrebuilt tranny still works very well (knock on wood). Must remember the three month fluid change for me. - Car driven 10,000 miles so far this year. - Car loaned out constantly to family members when their car is not working. Duribility has been good for this car so far for this year. The generator is my only pending problem and it is by design I guess, not enough current output. If my wife gets better this year, I will have the top suspension bushing manufactured in lots of 50 to replace the obsolete top arm bearing, using same scuffed arm. Most time is spent with my sick wife and work. If any of you wants to undertake the above project, let me know and I will fund you ,(was going to cost 250 bucks for 50 ), and help with any material I have, I have no time you know. You sell and make the profit if you want. LEON MARTINEZ SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA 69 SQUARE 73 FASTY 67 FASTY ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org