Yesterday in the mail, I received two nice new parts. Brand new set of 1996 B4 CHA code TDI 0.717 02A gears for my 02J.

I also received a few stickers for my winter steelies project.

More details will be posted as I am working on them.

Ordered a few more tools for my set to get this oily grease bomb together (aka. Transmission). Ill get the gears in when I get the sockets. For now, they will proudly sit on my desk.

So I am back again, just have not had the time lately to post to here. Some more news on my transmission switch. I have a VR6 clutch and G60 14lb flywheel setup with a new throw out bearing. I am also waiting on receiving my new 0.717 02A CHA code 5th gear set with endbell gasket. I did the calculations using a transmission ratio calculator and I figured out this would be the perfect gearing for my 2L transmission. At 2800rpm in 5th, the car will be going 75mph (highway cruising on LI) which should yield me in the low to medium 30mpg range. I am still looking for a shift tower, axles (confirmed required), trans side mk4 mount, clutch master and slave cylinder and other various bits. Should be fun.

Been really busy as of late with two jobs (in a way). I obtained a intern position in Stony Brook University Hospital in the Network department. I have been loving it and its giving me all sorts of excellent resume eye candy (experience). The side jobs are a huge plus too. More money = keeping the car running + extras which brings me on too the main point of this post. I am finally starting my transmission swap from my 01M (4-speed auto) to a 02J (5-speed manual). I sourced a transmission though a friend that was low miles and well kept for a unbeatable price. It is a 02J FBV code out of a 2.slow Mk4 so the gear ratios are not exactly what my 1.8t will be expecting but it “should” be OK for now. Here is the cons for the cheap price. Shift tower is broken (shown in picture below), missing 5th gear, missing mk4 mount (was in a Mk3 as a 02A replacement) and missing the slave cylinder. I am probably missing a few things but main thing is it is a excellent deal. Now, I need all the above listed parts including (and not limited to) clutch, FW, throw-out bearing, clutch master cylinder, lines, possibly axles, clutch position switch.

I finally got around to replacing the stupid CPU fan in my server this morning. For the last few months it has been crazy annoying. Replaced it with a CoolerMaster unit I got for about $12 off newegg.com. I even got a free 10ft Cat6 network cable which is nice. While it was open, I figured I would take a few pictures of it in it’s new case I got for it a few months back. It’s a nice Antec case, which I completely forgot the model number of it or I would tell you. Its very well built considering the price. Anyway, what I was saying before about pictures, here are some of them:

I need better pictures, I am aware but its hard doing freehand non flashed pictures with a Point’n'Shoot.

You may be wondering what I have done with the server since the last time I posted about it. It may seem like a lot has changed. Well, it has. I moved it out of the 1U rack server case into the Antec ITX case (as I stated before), ditched the 2 320GB Seagate drives in favor of a 32GB OCZ SSD, and added a 250GB 7200RPM Seagate Laptop drive as a scratch drive. So far this has made a Huge improvement over the last 2 drives in SW RAID 1. Also, the Drobo received an upgrade in the form of 4 2TB WD GreenPower drives which now give me a storage capacity of 5.8TB. Plenty of space. I soon hope to get better pictures for my Pics and Info page about my server, since it needs an update bad.

So from a friend, I was told about a site that will check if a website is live if it is not loading on your end. Here is the link. http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

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I love the size of the Passat 1.8T oil filter. I should be doing an oil change for tomorrow or thursday with Lubro-Moly Synthoil.

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I started working on an internal website for use in the store I currently still work at. It is made to simplify the input of scancodes and item numbers of items that we use in the store. It is simple but works.

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Hello all. I have not been keeping up with my website for a long time. I figured I would just make a small post and update a bit of things.

First off, I just got a new Blackberry Torch. I needed something new because the Curve finally could not keep up with my heavy usage. So far I love it. Its a much improvement over the last generation of the BB OS. I finally have 3G support which I don’t know how I lived without it for all these years.

Next thing. My friend TJ setup a blog on my webhost. Its mostly about upgrade parts for the Mk2 TT and DIYs. I would check it out if I where you. The link is http://tj.bankshouse.org. He is using a subdomain for now till he feels like adding his own domain name.

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I might be getting rid of my Jetta 1.8T and be getting a newer car. Before you ask, of course it will be Volkswagen. Why wouldn’t I? Anyway I was wondering around the local dealers lot just to scope out any deals and what not. I did see a lot of Mk5 Jettas there which I am not really interested in but they had a few GTI’s (all automatic) and two Passat 2.0T Wagons. Now here is the hard part, which one do I look into? Besides the other two, I am also thinking a Mk4 TDI in Jetta or Golf form or a new Mk6 Golf TDI. Ill let you know what I decide when I get the chance.

Hello again. Its been a while since I posted on my Blog. Nothing really new has been happening lately. Tomorrow I should be getting a new set of H&R race springs from ECSTuning to try to balance my car out just a bit. Now let’s see when I actually get them installed.

I have been busy since I bought myself an XBox 360 about a month ago. I love it so much already. Never got around to setting netflix back up again so I can use the application on the 360 to stream movies. If your ever online give me a shout out. My gamertag is “ihavenoideax2″.