Oh yeah, I used Castrol 20w50 in my new '83 GTI. 'bout the only thing I don't use it in is my compressor.


   The thought of the day:    Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. :shock:

I will have plenty of the GTX 20/50 then!  Any ideas on filters?  I have a reusable external filter on mine, any o you that have a spin on preference? I know some like WIX some like K&N, seems like most hate Fram :lol:  Gimme some names and numbers and I'll get some of those too!

I only use the stock OEM German Mann/Mahle filters. Part number OC-28 (Mahle) or W 920/17 (Mann). Those are best for Type IV air-cooled engines.

 As far as tires go, Continentals are a good choice since they're a VW OEM tire manufacturer. What would be great is if you stocked the correct bus tires, 185R14 with the reinforced sidewall. Ratwell has a list of tires that fit: http://www.ratwell.com/technical/Tires.html A lot of people like the Hankook RA08s too.

I have Yokohamas (Y356) and the tread is still good so I don't think I need new tires for a while, but it would be nice to get them locally for a change rather than special ordering them.

Cool, that's the kinda info I was looking for.  I have some 145's on the front and 215's out back.  I need some 135's myself!  I have a pair of 195 50 15's that will be there, and 205 60's.  I'll look into the tire brands and sizes and see what I can do.  The same for the type 4 filters.  I have a pair of 15 in. bug wide five wheels that need to go too, they are missing some clips for the hub caps.  Also a starter that is in great shape(I went with a self supporting high torque unit)!!  I'm gonna talk to my neighbor, he had a set of wide five wheels and I think 165 tires that were in like new shape.  If anyone else has stuff they want to sell bring it on, we can get a mini swap meet going! :wink:

I seem to be going through a bunch of Hoosier Slicks lately...
Hey, wouldn't the Vee look awesome with "R&M Automotive Repair" on each side??? We should talk!

Will your shop have equipment for front end alignments?

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I seem to be going through a bunch of Hoosier Slicks lately...
Hey, wouldn't the Vee look awesome with "R&M Automotive Repair" on each side??? We should talk!

I was actually thinking about getting some magnetic signs for the side, what did you have in mind?

well, the body's fiberglass...

The scuttlebutt I'm hearing now is there's a snag with the building lease terms. Everything going ok chicken?

Hey Everyone.
Sorry I have not posted sooner.  Friday I got really bad news about the shop/property.  For the last 2 months my wife and I have been working with the owner of the property trying to get a lease hashed out.  He wanted us to sign a residential rental lease....NOT a good Idea for commercial property, then he produced a generic lease with white-out all over it and wanted us to sign that...also NOT a good idea.  So we sat down with him, wrote down all the key points that needed to go on the lease for this particular application and took it to our OWN lawyer and paid to have it drawn up. We agreed to everything before the lease was drawn up so I went ahead and Quit the job I have had for the last 11years so I could get my 401 money in time to get the shop going.  Now we come down to Wednesday..I drop of the completed lease with the owner, expecting no trouble as we had already hashed out all the details.  We here nothing from him until Friday when he has some questions about it.  Before he even has the answers to the questions he totally shoots the deal, changes everything we talked about for the last 2 months and wants nothing to do with anything we setup.  Now we are out $2000 on the paper work, I have no job and we are back to square 1 with a location.  I have a few other locations in mind but they don't have all the equipment that this 1 came with which = more cost to start-up.  To say I'm a little upset would be the understatement of the year, but I am very glad we went through the effort to get a legit. lease because it showed us his true colors!  I can't imagine what it would have been like had we just signed what he had and went right in head first.  Sorry, but I will have to can the AUG. 23 party/opening until I can find another place that fits our needs.  
Thanks for all the support, we will get this going, there will be a grand opening, it's just going to take a little longer.
Thanks again.
Rick.