Has anyone reached vw mechanical nirvana?

$2.63 homebrand baja · 2004-06-11T02:04:28+00:00

(moved it as I realised i had accidentally put it in tech section, I already post enough dribble as is, without clogging up wrong forum!). has anyone in here, restoring, repairing etc a vw reached a mechanical point where they are trully happy and confident it is 'there', nothing more to do? works well as a daily drive? no longer have that doubt or desire to chuck it in and buy a new car? Just posting this in the hope someone can give peeps like me the little lift they need to keep hanging in there! My car has been really well behaved this week, but instead of being excited I know in the back of my mind there is a fear of what it is going to do to me next week ! I am tired of suffering like this.lol. Am I alone in feeling this way? or are there others who often turn off the stereo an tune into the engine hum at the slightest noise. I really feel this is turning into a one sided abusive relationship with my bug!

LOWBUG Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 13 Jun 2004, 2:39 pm

#186194

As we drive old cars, we need to stay intune with them man.

It also helps to recognise a potential problem and do somthing before the worst happens and ther for saving a money.

Oasis Going alone...

1,806 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 13 Jun 2004, 2:50 pm

#186195

LOWBUG wrote:As we drive old cars, we need to stay intune with them man.

It also helps to recognise a potential problem and do something before the worst happens and therefore saving a money.

I agree totally. Basically I reckon replace things with new and check things regularly that could be fatal, i.e. replace brakes, fuel lines and check connections, check oil, valves etc.. the car should go forever then (almost). Not a big deal but it's time consuming so you have to enjoy doing it or enjoy paying for it to be done.

"Tell him 'We've already got one'"

$2.63 homebrand baja

0 posts · joined Feb 2004 · 13 Jun 2004, 8:28 pm

#186296

😀 when u do get money for someone else to fix it, it's great, till you start to wonder wat the new noise is, :o then begin to wonder if it was done properly, 🙁 have you thrown money away? why didn't you do it yourself etc...:cry then you realise it's just a new prob surfacing once the mechanic surgically removed the big scary noise!lol (well that's this years buggin in a nutshell for me.lol). don't know if i could trust someone else to do everything for me (I am a mechanics nightmare :P)

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Jun 2004, 9:05 pm

#186308

..... and if You do it Yourself.... many sleepless nights.... thinking... did I tighten that up??? and I didn't tighten that other one up too tight ??.....
Spark plugs are the best.... clean & regap and reinstall them??? Not in Your Life.... when a lawn mower stops.. its usually the spark plug... and it doesn't matter if You clean it - regap it - polish it - or have it chrome plated - it still will NOT fire....
so when the plugs are worn out [by miles] or a misfire... just throw them away... they just aren't worth keeping anymore...

I've always trusted Mechanics !! well its their business to do a good job... although the mechanic who overhauled My Beetle engine works on normal vehicles most of the time....... and My repair manual told Me what the genuine VW manual says," the arrow on VW pistons , points to the flywheel" .... and it also said it confuses many mechanics who also work on standard vehicles.... I checked, and Yes they were all in wrong.... [Flywheel in VW engine is towards the front of the car.. in most other cars its towards the rear of the car] Now I do know they are in correctly.... but are the head bolts done up correctly???? etc etc.....

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

LOWBUG Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 13 Jun 2004, 9:06 pm

#186309

And by doing it ourselves thus difines an enthusiast and not just somone who drives a car.

vwombat Hey Ho - Lets GO!

1,218 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 13 Jun 2004, 10:28 pm

#186336

Heya Cheapie!

I found this really interesting "Tear in the space/time continuum" whilst cruising in Canberra last week. Evidently John Howard has been using it to transport good old fashioned narrow minded conservatism back into our time realm (another story).

Anyhow, I went into the future and got me a tub full of specialist VW Nanotechnology. You just pour them all over your machine, and they do rust, donk clunks and paint from the atom up. Sounds like a good solution to your problem. Did I mention that they also have really interesting fungus varieties growing down there?

Kippa-Dee Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 13 Jun 2004, 10:38 pm

#186338

err... *lost*

I wub my VeeDub

$2.63 homebrand baja

0 posts · joined Feb 2004 · 13 Jun 2004, 10:44 pm

#186342

Kippa-Dee wrote:err... *lost*

:thumb red dwarf..... scary thing is there appears to be a lot of fans driving vw's pmsl 😉