Cracked a plastic coolant pipe during a Touareg oil change. Fired up the 3D printer and CAD software, made a 20mm joining pipe, super glued it in place, and added Rescue Tape to seal any potential leaks. Test drive complete, no leaks!

Did a bit of work on the Touareg TDI today. I removed fuel injectors looking for a leaky sealing washer in one of them. No luck today, so I’ll be tackling the drivers side tomorrow.

First time I’ve ever seen something like this in Chicago…🧐

Back in Chicago and got one of these (attn @stefthepef)

Okay, here is my first complaint about my Bambu Lab 3D printer. Bambu Studio wants me to rate the file I just printed? Are we supposed to rate everything now, seriously? Please get this garbage out of my slicer, it ruins an otherwise excellent user experience.

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Gonna need the weird.autos crew to help identify this JDM-looking vehicle. By the EE prefix in the license plate number it was recently registered. Sorry about the Illinois level of road salt, it’s a thing here 🤷‍♂️

Finally got the engine out of my old TDI daily driver. Time to clean it up and get it rebuilt…

Not exactly, Microsoft…

Rescuing my friend’s AE86 from a shop that doesn’t know how to finish something…

Getting our class C winning #24HoursOfLemons “race car” ready for the race at #RoadAmerica next weekend.