HOW-TO: Rebuild Diesel IDI Injectors

• Vince Waldon
• October 29, 2008
• How Tos, VolksWagens
• 3969

This How To document was designed to assist with rebuilding Diesel IDI injectors.  Like all recipes, I recommend reading the instructions from start to finish before starting the project.  I  welcome your comments, so feel free to click on the comments link below if you have a comment to add or have completed this procedure and have a tip of your own to share.

HOW-TO: Set The Injection Pump Timing

• Vince Waldon
• October 1, 2008
• How Tos, VolksWagens
• 17678

This HOW-TO describes using the factory-proscribed “dial indicator” method of setting the timing on a VW IDI diesel engine.

HOW-TO: Pimp your glowplug wiring

• Vince Waldon
• September 30, 2008
• How Tos, VolksWagens
• 4119

This HOW-TO describes one way to dramatically improve your glow-plug wiring.

This is also one way to add glowplug wiring if you are convertng a gasser chassis over to a diesel engine and want to do without the official glowplug relay and associated harness.

HOW-TO: replace your MK3 heater core

• Vince Waldon
• September 1, 2008
• How Tos, VolksWagens
• 4489

This HOW-TO outlines my notes after spending a wonderful weekend replacing the heater core in my 1994 Jetta.  Not the worst proceedure I’ve ever had to do, but it does take time and needs a bit of thought.

HOW-TO: Replace Starter Bushing

• Vince Waldon
• November 5, 2007
• How Tos, VolksWagens
• 1556

This HOW-TO covers removing and replacing the starter bushing in the A1/A2/A3 VW and their air-cooled cousins.

This is an important procedure any time the starter is removed, replaced, or if the bushing makes noise.  In particular, most new Bosch starters come complete with a new bushing and a warning label that states the warranty is void if the bushing is not replaced.