What have you done with your car recently?
Me, I've just given it a good servicing, changed the oil and greased everything.
64vwmark Fahrvergnugen
930 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·
Beach Buggy
74 L Beetle
Mk4 Golf
What have you done recently to your Buggy / Baja?
Beach Buggy
74 L Beetle
Mk4 Golf
DubCrazy Custom Title Time!
1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
put the engine in:P:P
steff.......................
steff.......................
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism
3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
looked at my baja in my warehouse wondering what im going to do with her first
show us your gates
MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
Waiting PATIENTLY for major upgrades to be completed:alien......will be well worth it in the end!!😵
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wibble Freakinbuggied
404 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
Got the Manx on the road again! 🙂
helterskelter400 Fahrvergnugen
900 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
well. after the lh wheel cyl bolt shot through and in the 5km drive off the beach to the safety of gravel and the rescue vehicle i had the wheel cyl get sucked into the drum taking everything out and munching everything up incl the backing plate
i got some bits from a freinds stash and bought a new wheel cyl and have it ready to go back togather.
trouble is in the mean time i finished a suspension upgrade on the dirtbike and have gone out on it and stuffed my back. its really sore so putting the buggy back togather will have to wiat for a few more days.
anyone wanna buy some slighlty used brake bits??? haha
ready to fit.
👍
nn[ Edited on 3-9-2005 by helterskelter400 ]
i got some bits from a freinds stash and bought a new wheel cyl and have it ready to go back togather.
trouble is in the mean time i finished a suspension upgrade on the dirtbike and have gone out on it and stuffed my back. its really sore so putting the buggy back togather will have to wiat for a few more days.
anyone wanna buy some slighlty used brake bits??? haha
ready to fit.
👍
nn[ Edited on 3-9-2005 by helterskelter400 ]
:thumb
ancientbugger Custom Title Time!
1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
After rebuilding the engine some weeks back all I've been doing recently is rebuilding my faith in my rebuilding of engines!! I'm almost back to normal now (whatever 'normal' is?) so I've been giving it a bloody good thrashing back and forwards to work and next weekend over to Teewah for a few days......I don't know if this is normal (there's that word again) but whenever I'm on the beach I always seem to get this voice in my head, it sounds to me a bit like David Attenborough and he's saying " Here we have a beach buggy in its natural habitat". Please, if this isn't normal don't tell me!?🤓:P
MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
ancientbugger wrote:.... but whenever I'm on the beach I always seem to get this voice in my head, it sounds to me a bit like David Attenborough and he's saying " Here we have a beach buggy in its natural habitat". Please, if this isn't normal don't tell me!?🤓:P
I hear the same voice,but i thought i was going mad🤓 Now it seems i am normal:jesus
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ROTORBUG Casual Dubber
43 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
Finished skidplate - drilled 40mm holes in the back so the sand can fall back out.
(last time i hit the dunes the bloody thing was like a big shovel and just filled up with sand.)
nn[ Edited on 3-9-05 by ROTORBUG ]
(last time i hit the dunes the bloody thing was like a big shovel and just filled up with sand.)
nn[ Edited on 3-9-05 by ROTORBUG ]
Midlife crisis Nartispuddlejumper, Bureau of Toxicity
2,282 posts · joined May 2003 ·
Hi Peoples
I Have done a lot lately like taking it from a Beetle to a BAJA in a weekend.
Marc
I Have done a lot lately like taking it from a Beetle to a BAJA in a weekend.
Marc
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH
11CAB If ya got it....Baja it
4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
I finished shortening my handbrake lever to compensate for the relocated gearshift. Not much in the whole scheme of things, but its one step closer
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Wow, those rotary sumps really are low. Although your skid plate is in the way, it looks like your sump is still pretty low, have you tried shortening it? My standard V6 sump is about the same level as the underside of the car and everything else, does your sump sit lower than the gearbox rear cradle?
Is the front of the skid plate bent up, so it doesn't scoop sand? I have mine bent up at the front so it tucks in behind the transmission cradle. Then it doesn't scoop anything. :thumb
That thing must attract some police attention.
Is the front of the skid plate bent up, so it doesn't scoop sand? I have mine bent up at the front so it tucks in behind the transmission cradle. Then it doesn't scoop anything. :thumb
That thing must attract some police attention.
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome
6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
Pulled the motor and emptied all the sand out of the clutch after going to stockton a month and a bit back...
BTW, has anyone noticed the disturbing trend on this thread?
'beach driving = damage and repairs' !?!
:o
nn[ Edited on 4-9-2005 by pete wood ]
BTW, has anyone noticed the disturbing trend on this thread?
'beach driving = damage and repairs' !?!
:o
nn[ Edited on 4-9-2005 by pete wood ]
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/
duckydubless Commited Dubber
74 posts · joined Jun 2005 ·
Attached the body to the pan and asesmbled assemble assembled cut holes for lights and bits, put on mudflaps,waited for the auto electrician to do his bit and still waiting....................................
~air fooled~ two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
1,429 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
i jacked the bastard up and put stands under the rear end to play about...
tried to un-sieze my motor to no avail so then tried to inflate my flat rear wheel so i could try rilling it in gear to get it turnin but with a flat wheel no go!!
i moved onto my next challenge instead and i pulled off the little oval plate on the front of the beam to gain access to the inside of the tunnel and found (as i had suspected) that my buggy doesnt have a fuel pipe running through the tunnel but regular unsheathed fuel hose... arrrghh... i will be putting in a lengh of PVC tube with new hose running through it to provide some protection of sorts from the bashing about it can take and the things it can hook on...
ahh thats about it.... extreme as always... beer got in the way haha....
tried to un-sieze my motor to no avail so then tried to inflate my flat rear wheel so i could try rilling it in gear to get it turnin but with a flat wheel no go!!
i moved onto my next challenge instead and i pulled off the little oval plate on the front of the beam to gain access to the inside of the tunnel and found (as i had suspected) that my buggy doesnt have a fuel pipe running through the tunnel but regular unsheathed fuel hose... arrrghh... i will be putting in a lengh of PVC tube with new hose running through it to provide some protection of sorts from the bashing about it can take and the things it can hook on...
ahh thats about it.... extreme as always... beer got in the way haha....
everything dies baby, thats a fact..
maybe everything that dies one day comes back..
put your make up on and your hair up pretty..
and meet me tonight in Atlantic city..
maybe everything that dies one day comes back..
put your make up on and your hair up pretty..
and meet me tonight in Atlantic city..
duckydubless Commited Dubber
74 posts · joined Jun 2005 ·
11CAB wrote:I finished shortening my handbrake lever to compensate for the relocated gearshift. Not much in the whole scheme of things, but its one step closer
64vwmark Fahrvergnugen
930 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·
That's all part of tthe fun of a off road VW, isn't it?👍
pete wood wrote:Pulled the motor and emptied all the sand out of the clutch after going to stockton a month and a bit back...
BTW, has anyone noticed the disturbing trend on this thread?
'beach driving = damage and repairs' !?!
:o
nn[ Edited on 4-9-2005 by pete wood ]
Beach Buggy
74 L Beetle
Mk4 Golf
pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome
6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
fun, yeah, I spose you could call it that. Personally I prefer more circle work and less repairs 😁
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/
ROTORBUG Casual Dubber
43 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
Wes,
The skidplate bends up at the front around 75mm but I think sand just flies up in there and has nowhere to go.
The sump hangs down around 100mm lower than the cradle bolts (on the ends of the forks) and I think I allowed the skidplate a 30mm gap below that just incase the skidplate cops a big hit.
Heres a pic without the plate taken from a similar angle to yours.
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P.S. Nice Baja. When are you coming down to Stockton to give us a demo?😉
The skidplate bends up at the front around 75mm but I think sand just flies up in there and has nowhere to go.
The sump hangs down around 100mm lower than the cradle bolts (on the ends of the forks) and I think I allowed the skidplate a 30mm gap below that just incase the skidplate cops a big hit.
Heres a pic without the plate taken from a similar angle to yours.
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P.S. Nice Baja. When are you coming down to Stockton to give us a demo?😉
subibaja Wolfsburg Wizard
501 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·
I got my my bloody baja going and registered today so there is no stopping me now
2.2 subaru ROCKS YOUR SOCKS
i dont give a shit about what you think i love it
its mine
and its registered again
terry
2.2 subaru ROCKS YOUR SOCKS
i dont give a shit about what you think i love it
its mine
and its registered again
terry
anyone who says it's bad to put subaru motors in vw's.....
hasnt got a clue about smoooooooooth
terry
brisbane
0403252522
you know who i am
hasnt got a clue about smoooooooooth
terry
brisbane
0403252522
you know who i am
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
I was watching my home video footage of my last trip down there. It was fun and I really want to take the Baja down again. The only problem is finding time. I'd like to take time off work next time I head down there, and it doesn't look like I'm gunna get time off work in the near future...P.S. Nice Baja. When are you coming down to Stockton to give us a demo?😉
Maybe next year....
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
Mad Manx KombiKroozin
456 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Ha ha I hear you Wes......... what have I done to my buggy? Nothing:cussing 14hr days 7 days a week SUCK 🤘
- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05😢 ) - '65 manx (smick) -'63 beetle (bent) -'73 Singlecab (new to the stable)
pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome
6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
So you're ready for me to whip your butt now are you? :Psubibaja wrote:I got my my bloody baja going and registered today so there is no stopping me now
2.2 subaru ROCKS YOUR SOCKS
i dont give a shit about what you think i love it
its mine
and its registered again
terry
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/
subibaja Wolfsburg Wizard
501 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·
yep
anyone who says it's bad to put subaru motors in vw's.....
hasnt got a clue about smoooooooooth
terry
brisbane
0403252522
you know who i am
hasnt got a clue about smoooooooooth
terry
brisbane
0403252522
you know who i am
wibble Freakinbuggied
404 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
Terry likes his but wiped um wipped:kiss
WABaja Call ME when you need a TOW
824 posts · joined Nov 2004 ·
Back to the Original Question....
I walked past mine on the way to the washing line....
I walked past mine on the way to the washing line....
I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....
Andy42 Insano Dub Head
709 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·
Well I am led to believe i actually still have a buggy somehwere....... No really it has now been all painted with all its coats of paint and pearl overlays, and all the bar work and floor pan etc etc is nearly ready for the powder coaters.
Hey Terry glad to hear you are on the road again and i agree you will flog their ass.
Hey Terry glad to hear you are on the road again and i agree you will flog their ass.
.
64vwmark Fahrvergnugen
930 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·
You might need to blow a few cobwebs out soon, surely😵💫
WABaja wrote:Back to the Original Question....
I walked past mine on the way to the washing line....
Beach Buggy
74 L Beetle
Mk4 Golf
HEL-70Y Officially Full-On Dubber
247 posts · joined May 2005 ·
Just upgraded my engine to a 1916cc 😁
Before you judge someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you judge them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
WABaja Call ME when you need a TOW
824 posts · joined Nov 2004 ·
64vwmark wrote:You might need to blow a few cobwebs out soon, surely😵💫
WABaja wrote:Back to the Original Question....
I walked past mine on the way to the washing line....
no... Why...????
I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....