Hitting It With A HAMMER Fixed The ONE OWNER Volkswagen GTI

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9 ай бұрын

This 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI hasn't been started since 2001 and has been sitting even longer. It was abandoned in a barn and we're only pulling it out because the property sold and the owners want it gone. We just need to get is running, get it cleaned up, and get it listed for sale... so, will it start?
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@jmd18 9 ай бұрын

Look how happy Johnny is working on something that easy!!! He was able to work on something without a computer in his hand! 😂

@pmkstudios 9 ай бұрын

Casually flipping from barn find GTI to Lambo you are truly one of us!:) Sorry for your loss JR

@gimmethedetails7209 9 ай бұрын

Sorry about your friend passing JR. Hope the event goes well and awesome work on the Rabbit.

@BobTheHatKing 9 ай бұрын

Jeremy Clarkson approves of this repair technique

@adcampo7601 9 ай бұрын

Fun video series. The detailer should have given that engine bay a quick once over.

@threeer02 9 ай бұрын

Best series for Jr yet…love the Mark 1

@sliverhi 9 ай бұрын

Love that car. Rode in one back in like 87 and thought it was so fast. How times have changed.

@duanefrancis9769 9 ай бұрын

It’s a shame the engine bay didn’t get detailed.

@kerrylewis2581 9 ай бұрын

I'm not surprised the GTI sold before it ever hit the auction site.

@Piston206 9 ай бұрын

How much you think it went for ?

@greenplat0 9 ай бұрын

50 dollar hammer… 120 hr tech… tech knowing where to hit with the hammer… priceless.

@davidofford7002 9 ай бұрын

Super work John Ross. Honesy, from the closeness of your shave, it looks like you are there getting the job done at 6 am before going to Church. Whetever - looking really good. Hope you are documenting absolutely everything, and pit into the ring binder for the new owner. But . . . one final thing. Jonny is still my hero!

@MichaelASmith49 9 ай бұрын

Jonny is amazing with all things motorized. If his touch doesn't fix it his hammer will!

@hicksvilleshick 9 ай бұрын

If you are speaking of Monty, Jerrod's dad, I can vouch he knows his stuff. He once made a rabbit diesel truck, a turbo diesel.

@timothyforce1949 9 ай бұрын

I love this era of cars. My first car was a '79 Ford Fiesta. After buying it my dad and I went to some local junkyards for little odds and ends. Ended up finding an imported German left-hand drive Fiesta XR2. We raided that car for every performance part we could. We installed the parts onto my car and I had a good, working clone XR2. Total price for the car and all of the XR2 parts was a whopping $900.00! Fun car for 1 1/2 years until I got t-boned. That XR2 was the Ford version of the GTI. Awh what simple fun for 80's hot hatches.

@braxtonnelson5375 9 ай бұрын

What a beautiful car! I remember test-driving a Rabbit back in the early 80s (it was a diesel) and was still fun to drive. Johnny reminds me of my best friend back then... if whatever automotive project we were working on didn't run right, he used to say, "Get a bigger hammer!"

@noonehere1793 9 ай бұрын

I’m impressed….those new gas cans are designed to spill fuel everywhere when ever you use one!👍👍 there is also a little screen in the inlet pipe to the cis block that can clog and cause issues in some of those cis systems.

@WatchJRGo 9 ай бұрын

It was so hard to fill this car with it 😳

@jxke 9 ай бұрын

Get a racing gas can@@WatchJRGo

@bendino9016 9 ай бұрын

@@theMick52 i bought a new gas can, and replaced the garbage nozzle with a menards generic nozzle before first use. new ones suck.

@mikemariano4012 9 ай бұрын

Talk about memory lane. I held the flashlight for my dad, for the first time, on a black GTI. Coincidentally, it was also the first time my Dad cursed in front of me while working on something. So many memories with that car.

@gmantice2190 7 ай бұрын

Great memories. I had the 1983 Rabbit GTI in white with blue interior. That was the first year the GTI model was introduced in the US. What a car. It is the only car that I wish I never sold. The 1983 Rabbit GTI came in white, black, red and silver with either a blue or red interior.

@SwimCoach8 9 ай бұрын

How cool for the VW. Rabbit was my first experience with front wheel drive. My buddy had one. We had a pretty significant snow, 8 or 9 inches. He convinced me to bag work and we headed from the Hershey area to the Poconos to ski. The little thing was amazing in the snow. Developed a love for them. A Jetta, a Sirocco and two Beetles. Bought them in less than pristine shape and redid them. Wish I had kept them 20 years.

@JimfromIndy 9 ай бұрын

Seeing that paint job in the light of day. It's awesome!

@dmann1209 9 ай бұрын

Very tight space in the engine bay of the LAMBO. That must have been a PITA . It looks clean and neat. I have to say those super cars have engines that look like fine art from the top, but underneath it is a mechanics nightmare. A while back you used a cleaning system on a Camaro for the engine. I thought you put something in the fuel to clean the injectors, I was wondering if it would have worked on the VW? Awesome content and tapping the injectors...solid !

@rudefunk1 9 ай бұрын

I Love the VW Rabbits! My first car was a 1975 2dr manual 4spd Red rabbit white interior with a 32/36 carb upgrade. huge chain and c-clamp holding up the passenger side engine mount and the engine and the transmission moved heavily with every shift and I loved it!I also had a 1980 Cabriolet same issues must be my heavy foot! My Mothers's 1982 Dodge Omni had some of the same VW parts!.

@alansmith4734 9 ай бұрын

Run a can of Techron in a tank full of gas. It will clean out any sticky internal parts.

@WatchJRGo 9 ай бұрын

We use BG 44K but yeah, it'll clean up 💯

@dadbodforlife 9 ай бұрын

My first car was a MK1 GTI Rabbit. Very fun car to drive.

@gregorymaupin6388 9 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss

@Cartier_specialist 9 ай бұрын

It's remarkable how much that yellow Ferrari convertible in the background resembles the old late 90s era Nissan 300zx. I bet the 300zx is much cheaper to own and drive.

@vaalrus 9 ай бұрын

Ah… the fuel pump checkvalve… my old nemesis. When it fails, it can cause hard/no starts with a cold engine in that era.

@AcmeRacing 8 ай бұрын

It'll also cause vapor lock in summer ... no hot start either. I had a 1980 that I limped home by putting a jumper in the fuel pump relay socket and lifting the plate in the air box until I could hear fuel coming out of the injectors before cranking it.

@vaalrus 8 ай бұрын

@@AcmeRacing Oooooo, yeah, all too familiar with that one too. I was waiting for the reveal when JR discovered the metering plate. :)

@PetrolHeadBrasil 9 ай бұрын

The coolest car in Jonny's shop!!!

@bobfox2733 9 ай бұрын

The car ninja knows what he’s doing.

@jomhdz 9 ай бұрын

I owned a VW Rabbit GTI the same color, bought back memories. I liked that car very much.

@crazyman8472 9 ай бұрын

Thank the Car Ninja for letting you use his shop to work on your car. 😁

@GrandMoffJoseph 9 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss, JR. Please take all the time you want/need.

@VanisleNSX 9 ай бұрын

I was hoping to see a fight for the winning bid on Bring a trailer. Oh well, the owner has got themselves one nice Volkswagen.

@ParFektion 9 ай бұрын

Got me thinking of "Is this the fool pump?" Ross Creations 🤣👍🏻

@seanhershey3390 9 ай бұрын

Definitely needs an engine detail.

@landroverSV 3 ай бұрын

Nice! Wish I could've bought it! Love ❤️ VW had numerous ones but I'll mention my favorite ones: 1985 GTI 8V 1997 PASSAT 12V VR6 2001 GTI 12V VR6 2004 R32 24V VR6, which I lost to flood 😢.

@carywhozawhastit2024 9 ай бұрын

The smile on Johnnys face is worth a million bucks lol

@robertsturtevant6185 9 ай бұрын

As a youngster, i was in love with these, and the Scirraco(?)…..such a beautiful little piece of history. Was hoping to get a little run to Mexico with it, but understand why it didn’t …

@davidmorse5690 9 ай бұрын

My dream car as a 20 year old. Still want one as a bucket car.

@WatchJRGo 9 ай бұрын

I love it too, what a cool old VW 💯

@timc9893 9 ай бұрын

Sorry about your friend.

@charlesdalton985 9 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss sir ~ Chuck

@ukp42 9 ай бұрын

My condolences to you, his family and friends

@tony_25or6to4 9 ай бұрын

I wonder what it would have gone for at auction?

@Leebs 9 ай бұрын

You're the only channel I can't stay up for the upload, nice to see anther one

@ytbeh1 9 ай бұрын

It is always a liberating feeling when you can fix things with a hammer. You should never have to resort to violence, just get a bigger hammer.

@Erin_Wilson_Studios 9 ай бұрын

I'm sorry for your loss, JR.

@mindeloman 8 ай бұрын

That period Alpine shaft style stereo is sweet!!!

@dannoneyabiz1277 9 ай бұрын

love the old Alpine cassette player. Had the same one in my 78 Pinto Pony

@johndeere1951a 24 күн бұрын

The compression ratio was 10:1 not 8.5 as you stated. TECHRON is the Bosch CIS friend, better than BG. Keep running TECHRON through the system regularly. Valve adjustments should also be checked at some point.

@JOESTV74501 9 ай бұрын

I'm sorry for the lost of your friend.

@RickGTI2019 9 ай бұрын

Many older Ford cars needed a good tap, with a hammer, on the starter motor to get going. This is not a new science, lol 😂! Great job, thanks. RickGTI….. 🌴

@The_Mace 9 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss, @WatchJRgo.

@toolzshed 9 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful car!

@MrClarkisgod 9 ай бұрын

It's called percussive maintenance and it's a very valuable skill to have.

@gregdiamond6023 9 ай бұрын

That car is so sweet! How much did it sell for? I’m sorry to hear about you friend . Prayers and good thoughts your way.

@tim1299 9 ай бұрын

I replaced all four of my gas tanks (cans) with bright yellow flexible filler necks. They came with breathers also to add. I can finally fill up lawn mowers and cars without spilling a drop.

@PaddyBoy644 9 ай бұрын

4:19 why do Americans have such overly complicated Jerry cans? Another good video JR 👍🏻 Cheers Pat 🇦🇺

@transtubular 9 ай бұрын

Blame the Green movement. It's environmentally unsafe to be able to fill your car from a gas can when you unexpectedly run out of gas. You're supposed to have it towed to a dealer and then inspected to make sure it's safe to fill the tank again. I think you're even supposed to fill it with the special dealership only gas.

@jxke 9 ай бұрын

Obama enforced that nonsense. Luckily you can get around it with racing gas jugs.

@robscafidi4070 9 ай бұрын

EPA regulations since 2009, to prevent gas vapor emissions, but they're pretty easy to modify to work correctly

@PowerSportsQuebec 9 ай бұрын

Ohhh the memories@ I miss my old GTI... :( Nive to see this one in such an amazing condition.

@Leebs 9 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your friend passing, rest well

@Biggja22 9 ай бұрын

I'm not a huge water cooled VW guy but that car is rad. I'd drive that awl day

@tonymeehan7859 9 ай бұрын

the only thing left to do is clean the engine bay, rest of it looks amazing!

@morganreyman7929 9 ай бұрын

change the injector seals that will solve the idle .

@pomnichowski 9 ай бұрын

how cool was that... thanks lots...🖐️

@Muddymikey 9 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your friend JR. Can't believe '80s cars are bringing that kind of money. Guess nostalgia is blind. Lol.

@avioncamper 9 ай бұрын

Great looking car JR. Saw the obit and news report for your friend. Tragic loss, 32 is so young to die. That green Lambo was tore up. He could have been driving a non exotic and have had a wreck too. JR and all, be safe behind the wheel.

@fridaykabwe3196 9 ай бұрын

wow it was tapped to life.

@randomcrap763 9 ай бұрын

Man this brings back memories of when I did the pump on my 84 GTI 30+ years ago :)

@PirateMTH_ToddH 9 ай бұрын

A shame we couldn't have a test drive with Jr's reaction. Very cool car.

@camerorm 9 ай бұрын

I had a failure of the bottom crankshaft sprocket on my 1986 Mk2 Golf GTI many years ago. Lets just say the engine needed a top end because valves were bent in the process of coming out of time.

@andrerodriguez7603 9 ай бұрын

Where did you order the larger size fuel filter? Everyone seems to just carry the smaller one. Thank you! By the way, will run way better on premium. That car is worth 42K in that condition. I hope the original owner knows that.

@toddschertzinger660 9 ай бұрын

FCP Euro Auto Parts

@79PrymeTyme 4 ай бұрын

I love the 80s Rabbit

@Scrambler49 9 ай бұрын

Check the fuel pump relay, had a early Rabbit and it was in the shop a few times before it was corrected, just a failed relay, it would run fine then who knows why or what would stall and not start then maybe the next day run again with out any issues….

@rubencruz2486 9 ай бұрын

find the speedo box under the hood or the button behind the dash and reset the OXS light.

@WatchJRGo 9 ай бұрын

I looked under the hood for a second and never saw the white switch everyone says to look for 😬

@rubencruz2486 9 ай бұрын

@@WatchJRGo oh well, super sweet car. new owner is going to love it.

@dhc8guru 9 ай бұрын

Replace the injector seal donuts. That’s the vacuum leak your hearing and it’s idling rough from them

@alexisdp 9 ай бұрын

I drive a 94 Rover 414 I've converted to a 1.8 and if it's sat for any length of time you have to tap the injectors in a very similar way to get it to start 😂 good work

@npvj5687 9 ай бұрын

Yasss… sounded familiar 👍🏻

@deathlands10 9 ай бұрын

I know it’s a big ask, but she needs a dry ice clean under and motor and wheel wells ✊

@WatchJRGo 9 ай бұрын

I mean we only had a week to get it all done with the parts wait 😬

@jkjkl567 9 ай бұрын

Wow you snapped the starter good job my niece did that at 10 years old

@plymouths1 9 ай бұрын

I would replace the injectors and seals, there cheap and easy to install. Also there is a plastic filter you can clean in the gas tank by removing the fuel guage sender and clean that as well

@philb707 9 ай бұрын

sounds like something the new owner needs to do lol

@chadtaylors76 9 ай бұрын

Damn wish it wasn't sold. I know a VW dealership that has a museum that would love to buy that.

@timm9631 9 ай бұрын

Love the VW

@g_manw5850 9 ай бұрын

If memory serves me correctly, there is 2 pumps in the rabbit. A lifetime pump and a direct pump

@bygsyxx4271 9 ай бұрын

My condolences JR....🙏🙏🙏

@SteveBassen 9 ай бұрын

Bet that thing brought all the dollars, in that condition. Crazy that 15-20 years ago you could pick one up for a couple grand. This series has brought back a lot of memories 😂

@diablo7322000 9 ай бұрын

Drill a hole in the back of the handle of that gas can, stick a self tapper with a washer in the hole.

@douglasbray3563 9 ай бұрын

Good Evening John Ross

@WatchJRGo 9 ай бұрын

Hey Douglas! 🍻

@alexschulz5305 9 ай бұрын

timing belt on the GTI is a must , very easy on those cars.

@jeffmac3071 9 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your friend. Did you ever disclose how much you purchased and sold the GTI?

@douglasbray3563 9 ай бұрын

I hope you are I stalling cabinets at the lake cabin this weekend

@WatchJRGo 9 ай бұрын

Shower, cabinets are being made now 💯

@69Dartman 9 ай бұрын

Hitting what, probably the starter but needs a fuel pump too, watching now 👍

@WatchJRGo 9 ай бұрын

None of the above 😛

@69Dartman 9 ай бұрын

Just finished the video, that was cool, ya just gotta know where to hit it but I wouldn't think about the injectors but it makes sense.

@pops55650 9 ай бұрын

Sorry about your friend

@maxxmich 9 ай бұрын

need to change all the radiator hoses too.. would not trust those hoses

@radiodave1 9 ай бұрын

Was that Ryan Malone? I saw the story. So tragic and I’m so sorry for your loss.

@WatchJRGo 9 ай бұрын

Yeah 😢

@family-accountemail9111 9 ай бұрын

Did they check/renew cam belt? I ve been using the same washer on the sump for a few years now, I anneal it on the gas stove each time. I spoke to soon, they are prepared ro risk it as its not interference.

@SolveFixBuild 9 ай бұрын

I had a 1977 Audi Fox wagon when I was 16, it was my parents car handed down to us kids. Same or very similar engine. I took it up past 90 mph and it started stuttering. Best I could tell was that I had picked up crud from the gas tank. I was so worried to take it home like that, so I went to the gas station and put two bottles of octane booster and a bottle of fuel treatment and it cleaned right up. That car ran past 150k miles before rust took it off the road.

@bradkuether3561 8 ай бұрын

I so wanted one of those. But alas, I had my classic 1.6 powered Rabbit four door. Got me through college, several trips to everywhere and anywhere. I saw one the other day, forgot how freaking small they were. The biggest problem with them at this age is rust in critical supports. Sad, so would love to re-live that time again.