http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech Tech Procedures for early watercooled VW and Audi - Since 2001 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:14:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This technote covers fixing broken wires in the seatback to make the seat feel like new again! If you sit down and feel the pop of a breaking support wire - this technote is for you. Originally posted at http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3969521 by JonnyPhenomenon, reposted to Vintagewatercooleds.com with permission. First of all, I must apologize ... http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/seat-repair/ So, for some reason, there's not much documentation on what this actually means!! Well- we discovered that this problem can create all kinds of hell if you don't know much about it. Click this pic to enlarge for a full explanation... I'll add more to this VERY soon. Here are the ... http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/megasquirt-igniton-rising-edge-vs-falling-edge/ This quick technote details the CIS-E wiring harness, as found in a 1987 VW Scirocco. This should be similar for any 1.8L 16v. This picture shows the whole harness with everything labeled. This picture shows the Oxygen Sensor connectors, the green is the sensor, the two pin is for the oxygen sensor ... http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/cis-e-wiring-and-hall-sender/ This is how to swap a lock cylinder from one lock housing to another. Mine had a couple of stripped screws, making the car honk when the highbeams were turned on. This technote also shows how to remove the steering wheel, turn signal, and wiper switches. We have a steering wheel here. ... http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/changing-ignition-locks/ Just added 4 more shirts on Jimbotimbo.com, my T-shirt site. Black shirts are regular T-shirts, the blue ones are special ladies cut shirts. Both are made from heavy-weight preshrunk cotton.  Check them out! www.jimbotimbo.com http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/new-mk1-shirts-on-jimbotimbocom/ Got new locks or doorhandles and need to re-key them to your old key? It's all explained here! Thanks to Joe Mair for this technote. Tools needed: Philips head screwdriver Thin flat head screwdriver Pick or pair of tweezers Lightweight lubricant Common sense This technote is brought to you by scirocco*joe, who wrote and did all this, and by sciroccojim, ... http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/re-keying-doorhandle-locks/ You know those numbers on the back of switches, relays, panels and more? They are the DIN standard terminal numbers. They can help you troubleshoot electrical problems. For example, Terminal 15 is ignition on power. Read on for the big list! Special thanks to Nick (vwpieces on VWVortex.com) for this information! Terminal ... http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/din-standard-terminal-definitions/ I just got finished building up http://www.jimbotimbo.com/  - We make t-shirts. We have several different designs to start out with, and MANY more to come. http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/new-site-launched-scirocco-and-mk1-t-shirts/ This is just a quick tip on Exhaust Studs for the head. These are better than the stock ones, they are made of better metal, and they have a torx heat to make removal much easier. These are much less likely to break than the stock ones. They are for Saturns, and some other ... http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/exhaust-studs/ Many earlier cars still use a points-type ignition. While this has been replaced by transistorized ignition, there are good reasons to keep it original. If you are doing a full restoration, of if you just trust your breaker-points car that will survive a nuclear explosion, this technote is all about ... http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/2008/points-ignition/