TDI Wonder 2.0

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I didn't have any issues with it last winter

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It is 650, I just can't read I guess

Charged up to 100%.  I'll check it later see if it looses any juice. 

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Down to 80% already.  I’ll have to grab the DC amp clamp from work.

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Head light adjusters are stripped or inop

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What a sweet machine! :rofl:

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Battery sitting overnight disconnected 85%, connected 64%. 

Found blown 50A metal bar fuse that seems to be specific to VWs.  Feeds the coolant glow plugs I guess.  Had to order online. 

Finally got to the parking brake cables yesterday.  I had ordered the cables from RA 101 days ago (well past return rime ) and they do not fit.  This car has a cable guide tube from the handle through the floor and runs down the tunnel and ends under the rear seats.  The RA cables had a metal barrel that would in no way fit into the tube.  The existing had a plastic barrel.  Run to AZ and Finn's (Arie's place in Canandaigua) I secured two of the correct cables.  Replaced the passenger side easy peasy.  The driver side cable did have a metal end and was solidly corroded to the guide tube.  Broke the tube off eventually trying to remove it.  Had to order online. 

Ordered some headlight housings. 

Ordered some hub centric rings for the winter wheels. 

Ordered two dip stick tubes from Napa online last Friday, it said they would be here Tuesday.  I stopped in to see if they were there yesterday and the guy said he thought it was a mistake that I ordered two so he didn't order them...  So I said order two and left abruptly.  What a fuckin dip shit.

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Losing 15% overnight while disconnected seems bad doesn’t it? Assuming it’s sat and corrected for surface charge.

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I hope that 50a doesn’t just insta-blow. There’s no symptoms other than the fuse and slightly longer warmup if the coolant GPs don’t glow. Should probably test them. I assume a bunch of coolant leaks when they’re pulled. I’ve never touched them. Harness could be shorted too

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I ordered 3

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New dip stick tube installed.  Big day!

Coolant glow plugs tested ok.  The wiring was defiantly melted at one point.  We'll see what happens when I get the fuse haha.

Losing 15% overnight while disconnected seems bad doesn’t it? Assuming it’s sat and corrected for surface charge.

I was thinking that.  These numbers are coming from my battery charger and it charges up very quickly.  I'm not exactly sure how it and the battery behaves, idk much about DC really.  I was going to try the same procedure on my Frontier but I keep forgetting. 

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Frontier overnight connected 67%
Mini at least a week connected 61%

[mr.mindless]

Seems like weird black magic.

I really like my big dumb load bank. If it stays over the green line on the voltage based on ambient temp while I suck 300+ amps out of it, it’s good. If not, spend a while on trickle charge and see if it’s better. Otherwise it’s likely junk.

I’d like a procedure to fix the batteries that I think are junk. Probably worth a hundred or two a year if there was a desulfication process with AC, or acid changes, or something that I could do something with. Haven’t made time to look into it.

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Parking brake guide tube and new cable installed.  Hub centric rings installed.  New headlights installed.  50A fuse installed and didn't blow upon cold start   Checked draw on battery after shutdown and 20mA was the max which decreased to unmeasurable after 5 minutes.  I'll stop at advance for a load test later today.

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Looks like HF doesn't have the big dumb load bank anymore. just the analyzer type like the parts store will use.

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Starters dead