Review: Collector Automobile Motor Oil
How I Chose a Motor Oil for My Classic/Collector Car It is a certainty that every car I see at a cruise or car show is using some type of …
Repair: Starting a compressionless engine
How do you start an engine that has no compression? Intake, Compression, Ignition, Exhaust – that’s what four cycle internal combustion engines have been going for about the last 142 …
Review: Friends don’t let friends buy cheap wiper arms
What a funny little car. It was one of the most prolific ever produced. That’s until it wasn’t produced anymore, but it still lives on. Some factory new parts are …
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Repair: Late Model Type 1 Bug Windshield Wiper Motor Rebuild
Here is a story about a failed wiper motor assembly. There is a common failure on these assemblies, but this isn’t a story about a common failure.
Repair: RCD310
The radio in my VW Golf MKVI goes crazy sometimes. It is a North America Delphi RCD-310. There are also European and Asian variants of this radio (perhaps other regions …
Repair: MKVI Golf Rear Window Washer Leak
On my daily driver, a 2013 Golf I suddenly had very little output from a normally good rear washer nozzle. I didn’t think much about it other than “it must …
Review: SCAT Pushrod Tubes
Does your VW mark it’s spot? It’s not all that cute. It’s actually kinda obnoxious. When you have an engine that’s complete with rusty pushrod tubes, what do you do?