2mAns Daily Driver Thread - who knows what it is today...

[2mAn]

Small window today so I figured I could tackle the fan and A/C Pressure Switch. Seemed like a fairly straightforward job. Biggest problem I foresaw was the fact that we’re replacing part of the driveway so I had to carry my biggass jack through Gaza. Eventually I got the car setup for the “5 minute” job




(Queue that SpongeBob “5 minutes later” meme)

I bought a whole fan assembly with the shroud to make my life easier, and… can you believe it didn’t fit perfectly?… ended up having to swap the fans over to the OEM shroud.



Looks like it’s “problem solved” as I don’t hear the horrendous noise from the fans anymore, and perhaps the new pressure switch is regulating it better. On to the next headache, but the hardest thing I’ll have to do is swipe the plastic, maybe I can get to the fun stuff soon. Also, I noticed the leak appears to be coming from the front of the head, not the rear. There’s a few hoses that could be the reason, but I’ll have to look again.

[2mAn]

And now… I need new fans, and probably an A/C pressure switch.

I rarely use my A/C but with front windows that don’t want to roll down (a new wiring issue with the door wiring...) and a trip up through Central California, I drove a solid 300+ miles with the A/C running the whole time. When I arrived the fans sounded horrible and after a quick inspection under the hood it appears that one of the fans is somehow separating from the fan itself. Not sure if it’s parts of the shroud or not. A couple pics of the fans, I will likely order these one of these days and might as well buy the A/C pressure switch since it seems to be a common problem and one that I believe was also toast prior to the fans following suit...








I checked my usual suspects (FCP euro, Pelican Parts and RockAuto) and there are a lot of options and wildly varying degrees of pricing. Any tips on which one to go with or avoid?

After a solid ~800 mile road trip up to 5000+ ft hundreds of miles of driving in 90*+ and the car, even with its noisy fans made it home safely and without issue. The one pic I took at the campsite.



I hit 240k on the way home, and will likely change the oil again soon since its been about 6 months and ~3k miles. Sure its early, but why not.



Getting my mind (and wallet) prepped for the next few things. Probably do the fans myself, but will need to farm out a few other things... or maybe just buy a new Daily

[2mAn]

Decided since I have to pay for registration on the car soon that maybe I should reward it with a part, so I bought a Kerma Tuner for the car. I still need to send it to Kerma to load a $500 tune on it, but likely going to wait until I buy the Euro PD150 turbo for it….

as a treat back to me the car decided it didn’t want to roll down the front windows at all while I was baking inside. While the A/C tried to cool me off, my hot head thought of the various cars I could replace the car with… luckily it was just a fuse so the car survives another day. I’ll be taking the kiddo up to go camping with family so as long as it doesn’t act stupid I will likely buy the turbo soon and have that replaced along with fixing the pesky coolant leak that I can’t seem to find. Supposedly it’s on the back of the head, right where the turbo is, so which work is necessitating the other is up to you to decide.

Probably give the car a bath soon when e get back since it will be finally breaking 240k

[2mAn]

Reading my email updates and saw someone placed a bid on BAT... didn't meet reserve but was able to strike a deal.

So I'll have to say 2man's daily driver today is something that's Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious!

Congratulations!!!

FAKE NEWS lol

daily driver is still the sh!tbox TDi… but some updates are coming to the other threads.definitely some serious trouble

[uturn]

Reading my email updates and saw someone placed a bid on BAT... didn't meet reserve but was able to strike a deal.

So I'll have to say 2man's daily driver today is something that's Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious!

Congratulations!!!

[82eye]

Colt Camshaft

are you using the guys in BC? geoff from colt did the grind on my cam. just wondered if its the same guys.

edit: i have a much lamer jetta than you will ever own lol

[2mAn]

This thread is full of toxic masculinity

[roguetoaster]

If the suspension wasn't clapped out you could sleep in the wheel gap

Daaaaaaamn.

This is exactly why more women need to be in to cars, so they can cut us down with beautifully crafted statements like that.

[econti]

Who has a couch I can sleep on after I get divorced? Benz doesnt have a proper back seat for me to sleep in

If the suspension wasn't clapped out you could sleep in the wheel gap

[roguetoaster]

Stop being hysterical woman.

[MrBurgundy]

'burgs clearly meant "Calm down and listen. I know best for this family. Now stop acting like your mother."

Thank you for expanding my thought <3

and if that doesn't work, simon, bring out the big guns.

"You're overreacting"

[roguetoaster]

'burgs clearly meant "Calm down and listen. I know best for this family. Now stop acting like your mother."

[MrBurgundy]

You guys are killing me... I literally had to mute myself because I read these replies while on a conference call

Who has a couch I can sleep on after I get divorced? Benz doesnt have a proper back seat for me to sleep in

You don't need anyone else's couch if you take my advice rn.

If she gets mad after you sell the jetta and keep both the e30 and the 190E

Simply tell her to "calm down"

That will most likely defuse the situation

[Chilezen]

I dunno man, she might kill you before she'll let you go through with a divorce

[2mAn]

You guys are killing me... I literally had to mute myself because I read these replies while on a conference call

Who has a couch I can sleep on after I get divorced? Benz doesnt have a proper back seat for me to sleep in