last sunday, went for a cruise with her, coil falls out of place, and knocks around in the engine and made her shit its daks, stopping about 25 odd cars behind me.
wrapped her in thin rag and slotted it in a comfy place, went along fine for the rest of the cruise.
some time during the week she completely refused to start so i took the bus to class. when i came back she started fine (it wasnt even cold).
to my mates house 2 days later she didnt like to idle when stuck in traffic for a couple minutes so i parked her down and a few seconds later she was fine.
and TODAY i was driving home smelling like something burning, pulled over, and some how the rag caught on fire, thus screwing up my coil, and some of the NEW leads ive got in her, and rendering her undrivable, parked about 100 meters from my house.
im thinking about throwing in the towel and getting a corolla.
1954 Beetle
1967 Type 3 Fastback
1968 Type 3 Fastback
1970 Porsche 911T
thats crazy talk man, dont come that shit here!!!🙂
i got a coil that should suit you! i can drop it round to you after work if u want. they do these things.. i drifted my beetle into my mates street today and he wouldnt start for a bit after that.. lol
you shoulda resecuder the coil instead of leaving it in a corner wrapped ina rag:P do u want me to see if i got any spare leads aswell? i work in nunawading so its not too far outta my way to reac you.
Tagedeezee Heezy
it was a gt40 that i put on a few months ago too 🙁
i'll have to wait until tomorrow when theyres light to assess the damages but i had to put out the fire with my hangover cure coke. what sucks is im flat tack with everything else to have to put up with her PMS antics.
japanese cars are oh so obedient.....
1954 Beetle
1967 Type 3 Fastback
1968 Type 3 Fastback
1970 Porsche 911T
Obedient maybe, conformative yes.
Did anyone re wire the leads to/from distributor..
I mean if the coil was on fire the polaraties are wrong somewhere??? Not too mention thatshee spat the coil first. Couldve been bodgy, the coil..
Cant give into trials shit none of us would own a car if this was the case, even new cars shit themselves, Ever tried to find a intermittent problem with a jap car???
Thats Fun....👍
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
fair suck of the sav. You cant blame the car when the coil has been wrapped up in a rag flopping around the engine bay for a week.If you did that in a corolla you would probably have blown the EFI computer amd have a damge bill of $1000, not $100. Theyre sposed to be screwed on, you could have fixed it in 1 minute once you got back from the cruise last sunday.
[ Edited on 6-5-2007 by amazeer ]
i know it was my fault cos ive been flat tack to give her attention. but its im just getting sick of the car now. im thinking about maybe just fixing her up, selling her off and get myself a bug. i m just really "CBF" with her, especially after today.
1954 Beetle
1967 Type 3 Fastback
1968 Type 3 Fastback
1970 Porsche 911T
Was the coil meant to run a resistor. I had a GT40 burn on me a few years back cause I forgot a resistor. It lasted bout a week.
Click the Beetle
I think you need to read your own avatar over and over again till this nip envy goes away! corolla shit you might as well cut your balls off and become a hair dresser.:cussing
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Read your own profile, then have a long tall glass of cheer the fuck up!
I've been in your position before, but it comes with the territory.
Now take walk down the street, say sorry and tell her that you didn't mean it.
SOFT!
COCK :P
[ Edited on 6-5-2007 by DUBB61 ]
Customer service is not dead in Australia.
Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools
hang on sell a bug to buy a bug is it me or did i read this wrong ,man im not mech minded i drove a splitty ute with a 1600 not nowing the condition of the motor for two years solid and she was sweet, carrying furniture around the key is regular services picks up the little probs and u slowly learn bits and pieces...
show us your gates
if its got tits or wheels its gunna give ya trouble !!🙄
A good carpenter never blames his tools....
so a vw fanatic never blames his vw.....:thumb
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
Hertz wrote:Was the coil meant to run a resistor. I had a GT40 burn on me a few years back cause I forgot a resistor. It lasted bout a week.
Common error, the rag has a built in resistor.
Best to use good rags from towels or tea towels from the kitchen, not old cheap tshirts etc, as these will always fail.
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nah, its a 71 square, not a bug.
i guess i have to take a deep breath and fix her up and get her running again aye? i wont be able to do it all week this week so i guess i'll use my RACV perks and get her towed back to my place.
yeh i'll go down tomorrow to say sorry and i'll promise to spend more time with her and dress her in pretty things.
P.S. DUBB61 please word what you say better, i dont really mind but "nips" like me might get offended.
1954 Beetle
1967 Type 3 Fastback
1968 Type 3 Fastback
1970 Porsche 911T
HaHa
Click the Beetle
Opaque wrote:im thinking about throwing in the towel and getting a corolla.
Friday night #1 son did the mercy dash in his beetle to sit on the side of the road with his squeeze, waiting for a tow truck. Her corolla put a rod through the block.
A bit more terminal than a coil.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
sorry to offend your sensitive pc mind.:kiss
but I believe that nippon is the original name for japan.
so an item from there is a ... same as poms come from pomgolia.🤪
Customer service is not dead in Australia.
Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools
regardless of the origins i think its pretty safe to say that its used as a derogatory term. lets not make a big deal out of it, i prefer to have fun over arguing about the crapola like that.
anyways im heading to charlene (my square's name) soonish before i head to a meeting, not quite sure the extent of the fire but will update. thanks again killakornkobb for hooking me up with a new coil.
[ Edited on 6-5-2007 by Opaque ]
1954 Beetle
1967 Type 3 Fastback
1968 Type 3 Fastback
1970 Porsche 911T
Just threaten to sell or scrap her and she'll behave herself, it always works!!😀
didnt even end up seeing her today cos of the hectic schedule. and now its too dark to look at her again. 🙁
1954 Beetle
1967 Type 3 Fastback
1968 Type 3 Fastback
1970 Porsche 911T
no wukkas bout the coil man.. let me know f there is anything else i can help ya with..
i stopped on blackburn road on the way to drop the coil off at chris' cos some dude in a pink baja had broken down too! got him running but🙂
damn girly coloured VW's :P
Tagedeezee Heezy
haha. oh shit i completely forgot to get it. hope his parents dont mind if tthat coil takes up space in their mailbox for an extra day.
1954 Beetle
1967 Type 3 Fastback
1968 Type 3 Fastback
1970 Porsche 911T
Yes VW territory comes with its downfalls but also with many joyfully times as well. I have also felt your pain when I recently purchased a car and brought it home to firstly have a coil fail followed by the whole engine harness, back seat, carpet and starter motor catching fire in a big way all due to dodgy wiring from the previous owner. After rewiring the car and having it running again the motor has now seased up after driving it for less than 20mins. (Im still to investigate this one) I know I got done buying this one but you cant win them all. At least my other two work good. And after many hours of blasting down the beach I will be reminded of the joy VW brings and thus I will return to fix it.
