1983 VW Santana 1.8LX?
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Forced retirement means that I have a bit more time to poke around the buildings on the farm I own. For some reason I had banished my daily driver from 2008 -2012 to the back of my mind. It's a 1983 VW Santana 1.8 LX manual with approximately 70,000 miles and I remembered getting the timing belt changed before putting in the back of a warm, dry shed. There's no rust and the tyres are still full of air. With a bit more time on my hands I'm thinking of putting it back on the road. Is there a ready checklist of what I need to do get it going and get back to summer use. I know that they are not very valuable but it's been a long time since I met another one! BTW the Santana was replaced by a new Ford C-Max.
No just SAY in the plate. I put a new battery in today and added £20 of super unleaded. Clutch and brakes are fine but the accelerator pedal does not seem to be connected and lies on the floor. Strange. I have a Haynes manual for the Santana (actually have 2!) so some bed-time reading tonight. Will keep you posted!
It would seem that the connection from the lateral rod has detached so need to remove the glovebox to get at it (as was posted). Just how you remove the glovebox is another matter as I haven't a clue!
As far as the old Beetle is concerned I will get round to starting it too. It's a 1969 1500 that I bought years ago. I will do a separate thread on that when i see some progress on the Santana.
As far as the old Beetle is concerned I will get round to starting it too. It's a 1969 1500 that I bought years ago. I will do a separate thread on that when i see some progress on the Santana.
Brand was my favourite for many, many years. Still maintain that my 1988 VW Golf Tour 1.8 was the best car I have ever owned! As far as brakes, my late dad used to say - 'good brakes make bad drivers'! and my wife's old Polo Formel E was a good example. Very high top 'E" gear meant 115 mph down a long hill. I would love to go back to VW but the quality is not just there now.
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