You've probably seen me driving around my Rabbit, if not here it is. It's an '82 diesel I bought after I sold my
turbo diesel Jetta.
This Rabbit has been much more reliable for me, I've been driving around since about September of last year. Except for late October when I replaced the radiator and resealed the water inlet flange to the head, and the top bolt broke off. We tried drilling it out and ended up getting the easy out broke off in there as well.
Several months went by with no progress and finally earlier this month, we attempted to weld a stud onto what was left of the bolt and attach the inlet that way. That didn't hold, but a little bit of JB Weld and some Permatex Ultra Gray to seal the flange up seemed to do the trick. I've put close to 800 miles on it since then and it's holding up very well.
Since then we've put some fender flares on it, welded the exhaust back on (it was barely hanging on) and cleaned up the wiring in the engine bay a little bit. I have plans to do the interior on it very soon.
I'm really happy with it, for just driving back and forth to work it's perfect. With the 4 speed transmission it's a little slow on the highway but plenty of pickup for around town. I hope to keep on driving it for many more years!
