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Old post about the same problem and conclusion Re: Need Help with idle solenoid problem. by Don Jorgensen » Dec 13, 2008 2:52 pm sherlock wrote: SOLVED. I have read a ton of posts about this problem. The main relay was bad. I suspected it was something electrical. The main relay is in a plastic rela...

I had an 84 Vanagon water cooled engine. I used it as a daily driver for about 3 years in the late 80's. It had about 45,000 miles on it when I bought it. Within the first 500 miles I had to change the gas filter located on the passenger side under the sliding door. I did not have a garage back in t...

"fahrvergnügen," german meaning "driving-pleasure" was a catch phrase for awhile in the early 90's. Some of the commercials were pretty good about the beatle. Volkswagons will definately float but not indefinately! was a hoot. VW bugs speedometers were driven off one of the front...

I bought a 63 beatle with a moonroof back in 1971. It had about 55,000 miles on it and I drove it another 5 years to about 110,000 miles. It made several trips from the midwest to the west coast. Toward the end of its usefullness, it was rusted so badly that the rear bumper just fell off and when me...

My mother gave me Donald and over time ...Donnie...then Don the Jorgensen is son of Danish heritage.

Punctuated equilibrium at work

Here is What a Tercel may have evolved to for his namesake. If only.

Splatterdog, This topic stirred up more memories....sorry but I just can't help it. Lighting bonfires is the que here. Some highschool buddies of mine and I reconvened in the summer of 1970 after some went off to college, some to work, and some to Vietnam. One that came home from Vietnam planned a b...

Splatterdog, That is quite a feat. Did you lift with one hand like a suitcase on the side or straddle and center lift? Over 40 years ago, I worked for an old Iowa Farmer who was a local legend on feats of strength. Back in the pre WWII days, most goods arrived by rail. A box car of potatoes came to ...

Okay so this thread changed from gear lube to tire pressure. Before leaving on the trip, I aired up the tires to 34#s all around. The tirs actually have 36#s maximum printed on the sidewall and 1,235 lbs. carrying capacitiy. I tried to keep our luggage and stuff under a ton. Going from about 6,000 f...

So just before we took the Tercel on the 2,500 mile trek, I changed the tranaxel and rear differential over from 89-90 gear lube to Mobile 1 synthetic. First drained the units, cleaned the magnetic plug ends and flushed/cleaned with cheap ATF then drained and filled with the synthetic. Now I had no ...

Hey ARCHINSTL Yes Alley Spring and Mill is part of the yearly attraction. It is nice to tour on a day off paddling. The picture of Blue Spring shows the near pristine vegetation and I suspect with the limited or nearly nonexistent row crop agriculture and small population, the Karst topography shoul...

Sounds like an adventure that went well, complete with a/c. Just curious - why did you choose SE Missourri? BTW I lived in Albuquerque briefly in '02 and really loved it. We have family in Columbia MO and Iowa that come down to Eminence MO each year for a get together and river fun. There is plenty...

Left July 31st from Albuquerque on a vacation trek to Southeat Missouri for a Kayak/canoe vacation. Loaded with 10 days of food, gear, luggage, and wifey, traveled about 500 miles the first day. Averaged just what the estimated mph is supposed to be except 30 mph constant crosswinds kept it down on ...

So why are the dummies burning up cars? This is the glorious so-called cash for clunkers program, taking perfectly good cars (nothing older than '85) and bribing buyers of expensive new cars, by over paying for the used cars, with taxpayer money (that we do not have) to buy new car. None of those c...