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Original 1984 GTI motor & 5-speed transmission, 23K - CONCORD, MA

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#1 · (Edited)
My sister totalled her GTI in 1990 (she drove very little). I pulled the engine and transmission and stuck them in my back yard,, separated, uncovered, and forgot about them. Recently the clutch disc fell out - it had rusted through!

I used to run a shop that specialized in VW & Audi in the 1980's. I believe we changed her 5th gear but there were no other mods to her car.

Is this worth anything?
  • If there is a little interest, I will post pictures.
  • If there is moderate interest, I will verify if the engine turns and it the transmission seems OK.
  • If there is an idiotic amount of interest, I can figure out how to ship this, but that does not seem likely.

Transmission - the shifter shaft moves properly, and the input shaft rotates when I twist the axle - that seems promising

Engine - there is a rag stuffed in the distributor hole - I did not twist the crank or flywheel (I would want to at least squirt some thin oil into the spark plug holes first



 
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#6 ·
I should have said "I added pictures to the original post"

Now that I've gotten this far, I am concluding that I should sell the transmission on eBqy or Craig's List, that there is nothing "special" about this that would attract VW Vortex people.

Thanks for reading my post.
 
#9 ·
Hmmm...
That did not work.
The links are:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3yqzRk6DfuRFbHhw5

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6W4kWpzw7BQ1Ww9ZA

When I use the panel to "Insert Image", the post shows:
  • <IMG>https://photos.app.goo.gl/6W4kWpzw7BQ1Ww9ZA</IMG>
  • (I replaced { and } symbols w/ < and >)

But in the previous post there are no pictures visible in either Chrome or Firefox.

So I guess I can't get the pictures to display inside the post?
 
#10 ·
If you want to embed a photo using the img tags the url has to direct to the file itself (ending with the file name/extension).'

Tapatalk app is by far the easiest way around this. Most people are taking photos with their phones anyway. Tapatalk allows you to upload the image directly and will autogenerate the BB code.
 
#13 ·
I am clearing out my yard, sheds, garage, and basement. Imagine what my wife thinks about my hoarding?

I have this listed on Craig's List for $40 and I would expect it will sell at that price. Email me - DOUG - GDH2 - COM - before you come to Lexington (we lived there for 5 years before moving to Acton 30 years ago).
 
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