Comments | mcfractal: Bad News - Skip This To Avoid Angst

mcfractal

Bad News - Skip This To Avoid Angst

Aug 21, 2005 10:41

My VW Fox died just going off the ferry dock in Whidby Island yesterday. I just got onto the highway passing the toll gates when I upshifted and *CLANG* the clutch petal flopped uselessly, no longer connected. I pulled over and looked. The driver side axle was flopping, inboard CV joint dangling with the race out and the ball bearings half ( Read more... )

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volkl August 21 2005, 19:24:51 UTC

Holy crap, you must be doing some serious shifting.

twigmouse August 21 2005, 19:50:55 UTC

A used tranny and an install by me wouldn't cost you much at all.

aerofox August 21 2005, 20:57:01 UTC

Ack! (O.O) That could have been a result of a failed CV joint boot....

If the drive flange on the side of the tranny isn't damaged, you might get
by with just replacing the axle. I've done it before. Heck, If we were closer,
I would give you an axle off of mine.

The clutch cable isn't hard to change. I had to replace mine last winter.

I hope you can ressurect the poor thing.

mcfractal August 21 2005, 23:44:39 UTC

Thanks for the offer Twigmousie. I hate to lose the foxie, but it's really far away and on the other side of a ferry where, and you can't tow cars onto them ( ... )

patch_bunny August 21 2005, 23:50:01 UTC

Whew! Sorry to hear about your car, but I'm glad you managed to get ahold of a new one.

aerofox August 21 2005, 23:57:00 UTC

Well, considering the situation, I would say your doing the right thing.

Right now, I have 2 VW foxes neither of which are in running order. The red one
I bought brand new in 89 and its been sitting with a busted radiator for the
past 4 years. The blue one was given to me by tibortiger which was
a good usable car at the time. It gave me good service for 3 years, but is now
in a similar condition to yours (windshield is busted badly, leaks everytime
it rains, engine has no oil pressure when below freezing and now has a bad
alternator and battery) I don't want to put any more money into it.

I don't know whether to try to fix up my red one using parts from the blue one
or just haul them both to the dump?

alfador_fox August 22 2005, 08:26:46 UTC

ERF!!! *hugs* Sorry to hear about that!

Seeing the above comments, it looks like this situation is already largely resolved. *sigh* I miss a lot when I spend the weekend at my parents', it seems...

suxdonut August 23 2005, 14:30:48 UTC

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