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Old January 2nd 05, 04:18 AM
Woodchuck
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96 TDI can be done in about 2.5 hours and is similar to your old golf.

"Terry Solomonson" > wrote in message
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> they were replaced at 100K - I don't know if it's a pain on this one but I
> remember doing it when I replaced the water pump on the Golf and it was
> a.........
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> Woodchuck wrote:
>> Only one thing to be concerned with... how old is the timing belt and
>> roller pulleys?
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>> "Terry Solomonson" > wrote in message
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>>>Way back in January of 2001 I bid farewell to my '85 Golf diesel after
>>>putting 256,000 miles on it. The head gasket was leaking, it had rust
>>>everywhere but on the upholstery, the windshield looked like it had run
>>>into a load of buckshot, and when the injection pump started leaking
>>>(again). I was recovering from knee surgery, so I finally gave up and
>>>tossed it.
>>>
>>>I've regretted it ever since... especially when #2 went over 2 bucks a
>>>gallon!
>>>
>>>So last week, when the tranny went out of my old 300D (for the 3rd time)
>>>I decided to return to the VW world. I found a '96 Jetta TDI with 136K
>>>that looks, runs and sounds good.
>>>
>>>Now that I'm back to the newsgroup, anybody have any tips about dealing
>>>with the 96TDI? I've got plenty of diesel tips for Mercedes folks!
>>>
>>>It's good to be back! (I've already bookmarked Fred's TDI page).
>>>
>>>Terry Solomonson

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