What are we wrenching on today?

[E90400K]

H3T. Now if I can just get the pedal to not drop to the firewall. 🤣

 

[Harley Earl]

Gathering up NOS (New Old Stock) parts "sitting around" in my garage for a YouTuber and his Dad / Theetravisb . Those of us who were in the classic car scene for years have been experiencing a severe degradation in replacement parts quality over the last few decades. Old timers, like myself, should be passing their quality parts stashes onwards to the young fellers and fellets getting into the hobby. Besides, more room for a SLATE and less stuff for those that follow in our footsteps to have to unload.

I am ready for the relative ease of a warranteed SLATE "adult lego" experience. Have been restoring, building and maintaining classic iron since 1986 (& before with Dad). It is a fun hobby yet not EZ on the old meat sack aka the human body.

 

[Frozen North]

H3T. Now if I can just get the pedal to not drop to the firewall. 🤣

Breaklines rusted in the frame rail under the cab?
Been there, could be worse.

 

[Frozen North]

Right now I am stuck with boring projects on houses and buildings because they pay the bills.

But a couple years ago I had my garage all clean, organized, and full of toys. The 4 on the right were mine and the 2 cool ones on the left were friends.
I was replacing the trans seals on my Packard in the air, and the fuel injectors on the 4 Runner.
Sold that GMC Terrain as soon as I could, and drove that great little Cherokee till someone just had to give me enough to pry it out of my hands.
Always have a ton of projects.

 

[E90400K]

Breaklines rusted in the frame rail under the cab?
Been there, could be worse.

Nope, brake lines are all good. Front hoses are just a year old. Right caliper started to lock up a few weeks ago and ate through the inside pad. Pedal was firm and normal until I replaced the front brake hardware. I get a full firm pedal and it stays firm and stops well, just when I move 50 feet and reapply the brakes the pedal sinks all the way to the wall (still give brake action too). The pedal pumps up firm again and stays firm (even over night). No ABS light. I think it is the accumulator, but not sure. Has me frustratingly perplexed.

A friend is a professional mechanic; he will run the service bleed procedure for me. I've bled it 6 ways to Sunday: gravity, assistant, and at 25 PSI with my Motive pressure bleeder (wet). My POS GM scan tool is defunct so I can't run it. Considering I'm replacing the H3T with the Slate, I'm not investing in another GM scan tool.

Problem is it is hard to find parts for the brake system. GM no longer makes the master cylinder, ABS pump, nor accumulator. I've not found aftermarket parts on line either. PITA. LOL

 

[E90400K]

Right now I am stuck with boring projects on houses and buildings because they pay the bills.

But a couple years ago I had my garage all clean, organized, and full of toys. The 4 on the right were mine and the 2 cool ones on the left were friends.
I was replacing the trans seals on my Packard in the air, and the fuel injectors on the 4 Runner.
Sold that GMC Terrain as soon as I could, and drove that great little Cherokee till someone just had to give me enough to pry it out of my hands.
Always have a ton of projects.

Nice diggs.

 

[E90400K]

Gathering up NOS (New Old Stock) parts "sitting around" in my garage for a YouTuber and his Dad / Theetravisb . Those of us who were in the classic car scene for years have been experiencing a severe degradation in replacement parts quality over the last few decades. Old timers, like myself, should be passing their quality parts stashes onwards to the young fellers and fellets getting into the hobby. Besides, more room for a SLATE and less stuff for those that follow in our footsteps to have to unload.

I am ready for the relative ease of a warranteed SLATE "adult lego" experience. Have been restoring, building and maintaining classic iron since 1986 (& before with Dad). It is a fun hobby yet not EZ on the old meat sack aka the human body.

I hear ya. I wouldn't work on stuff without a lift. Too old to get up and down constantly. LOL.

 

[rday1525]

Rotating tires on a 2019 Tiguan. Why are the Europeans again wheel studs? Such a pain holding the tire and threading a lug bolt

 

[EV Trek]

Just 3d printing some fridge magnets for a friend that is opening a new auto related B&B, restaurant and General Store.

 

[Chucker77]

Left wing, Zenith CH-750 Cruzer

 

[E90400K]

Rotating tires on a 2019 Tiguan. Why are the Europeans again wheel studs? Such a pain holding the tire and threading a lug bolt

Easy, find out the thread specs (probably M12 or M14) and get a long bolt and cut the head off. Or FCP Euro should have a wheel bolt pin for VWs. You thread the pin into one of the wheel bolt holes to use the pin to slide the wheel onto the lip of the hub.

 

[Frozen North]

Rotating tires on a 2019 Tiguan. Why are the Europeans again wheel studs? Such a pain holding the tire and threading a lug bolt

If I am lucky, I can align the axle hub center and the wheel hub center, slide it on, hold and rotate it to align the stud holes.
If I'm lucky, when they won't mate, it sucks.

Rotating tires on a 2019 Tiguan. Why are the Europeans again wheel studs? Such a pain holding the tire and threading a lug bolt

If it is too much of a pain there are kits to change it to the stud / lugnut design that are pretty simple and run $20 to $150
Amazon/ecs tuning and many others.

 

[E90400K]

If I am lucky, I can align the axle hub center and the wheel hub center, slide it on, hold and rotate it to align the stud holes.
If I'm lucky, when they won't mate, it sucks.

If it is too much of a pain there are kits to change it to the stud / lugnut design that are pretty simple and run $20 to $150
Amazon/ecs tuning and many others.

The OP just needs this:

Ebay has one single pin for $7.00. He just has to verify the thread size. The Germans use either M12 or M14 wheel bolts. A Tiguan probably uses M14.

 

[KHN707]

Rotating tires on a 2019 Tiguan. Why are the Europeans again wheel studs? Such a pain holding the tire and threading a lug bolt

Early lesson wrenching on a VW Scirocco. A length of pipe on a ratchet to break loose a stubborn bolt is not a good approach when you presume you're dealing with right-hand threads...and they're actually left-handed. I can still hear the crack of the casting.

 

[Johnny5]

I have some rollers that go on the tracks for an MT55 Bobcat. I spent a good part of the day just beating bushings out, then in, trying not to mangle anything in the process.