Wannavee wrote:Ya didnt take pics of the other 2 cars though did ya dopey? :-)
Thanx for the pic you sent me though,really made my day......NOT!
Im pretty sure something else made your day! And im pretty sure you made some poor bastards day who managed to catch ya on the balcony too!
As for photos of the other two... I thought about it... but the road was hot, and i didnt have my aussie workboots on... so didnt bother to grab the camera... They'll all be together again soon... Then the camera will come out...
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And I'll bring the beers! :-)
And yeah,i was 'preoccupied'
Ill Make sure the guys know, theres no need to BYO, Lee is providing!
Now on ya bike and find a razor!
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SSSSSSH!
Ill bring a carton,then ya on ya own big mouth!
Hang on,who works in a drive through ay? Maybe THEY should supply the beers
Who said anything about working? I rock up, walk around, look busy, talk to all the hot chicks.... and that's about it! And the best bit... God im good at it!
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And I'm in womens bedrooms every single day 🙂
New stickers arrived today
Just waiting for a mate to get home tonight so i can go steal some tools to hopefully get it all finished in the next day or two. I miss driving the damn thing!
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So... Ive run into a few problems... Whoever worked on my white notch last managed to round off three of my driveshaft bolts on the passenger side... and im not sure if they have done the same on the drivers side... So im working on a way to get them out at the moment.
Next on the list of hurdles... the bolts on the driveshafts of the square are the star style... not the typical hex head allen key style... So i need to source some star style bits to get them undone... This is turning out to be a lot more trouble than anticipated... I expected a few hurdles... but not multiple allready screwed bolts and shit.... So the goal of today has changed... i want the engine out of the notch.... Time for some lunch (I slept in again....) some FUIC and then back to it!
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y cant you take the gbox out with the drive shaft attached??? cant you just undo the shafts from the spring plates and drop the whole back end???
matt
Thats what i was doing... but the heads have been rounded and i cant get them undone..... I don't care if they come out drive shafts attached... ill pick the best pair and put them in the square... but i need to get them undone to get the box out, and thats the hard part at the moment!
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can you get a grinder in there?
If i have to... but thats an absolute last resort...
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I can't exactly recall as it's been a while since I have been under mine (Redbacks have infested the area) But aren't the heads protruding? If so you could use a set of good quality locking pliers to at least get the bolt cracked.
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electricmonk wrote:I can't exactly recall as it's been a while since I have been under mine (Redbacks have infested the area) But aren't the heads protruding? If so you could use a set of good quality locking pliers to at least get the bolt cracked.
Thats going to be the plan, need to find myself some GOOD vicegrips, and give that a go, if that fails, ill drop into a mates workshop, he mentioned he might have some nifty tool for just this occasion... Hopefully it doesnt come to that... cos that means i need to take Wild Turkey up there... and then i have to drink some... and then i need someone to come pick me up... and then i wont get anything done!
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So... the Vice Grips idea was a failure... They just slide around on the head of the bolt and dont crack it.... Anyone got any more ideas?
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Problem solved.... best $66 i ever spent! Pics and details when my hands arnt filthy....
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Ok.... This is the biggest problem ive got now...
Theres no heart in NO H2O!!!!
And the $66 mentioned prior to this post... These things... I strongly suggest everybody buy a set... Absolutley brilliant!
I always forget how small the car is as well... Until its parked next to something like this...
That was before it was lowered as well!
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On a side note... I think while the engine is out, i might throw a different exhaust on it... Anyone know where i can get some extractors for it in Adelaide at a reasonable price? Reasonably quickly too?
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Update time....
With an extra set of hands from a fellow VeeDub nut (Thanks Lee.... Borwny is just useless!) the engine is back in... A few minor things to do now to get it running... Connecting all the fuel lines, im also moving the fuel filter from the engine bay... Thinking ill put it down by the box or something, havnt decided yet....
Connect the throttle, the clutch, and make sure ive got it wired up properly, and i should be good to go! (I Hope...)
Tomorrow afternoon i should have some photos of it back on the road! God i cant wait to cruise it!
I have also ordered a bunch of new parts for it... cant wait for those now either!
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mmmm....new parts eh? sounds interesting! 😂
what suprises do you have in store now mate??
good work on the engine swap by the way, hope its cruising soon!
Scarab (aka: Paul)
Wont be a surprise if I tell everyone!!
Engine should be running by the end of the week... just need to get it all wired up, check everything is done up and it should be good to go!
(You still want that boot lid thingy??)
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sure I do mate....did you bother checking you PM's?? 😂 I sent you one before my last post above.
Cheers,
Scarab (aka: Paul)
Update time... SO its all back in, all firmly in place... all wired up... but its a no go... Im hoping its something ive fucked with the wiring... I did as best i could, even used a wiring diagram... any tips on what i may have done?
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Hey mate, you got PM 🙂
Paul
So, thanks to a Fellow VeeDub Nutter, i scored something to make the square look Stoned.... I think it worked...
You may have noticed as well, that all my photos are gone... this is due to changing websites and hosting... Ill work on getting them back up, but cant guarantee anything...
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A shot of your square in the background in a photo on page 16 of the new VWMA mate
Scarab (aka: Paul)
Scarab wrote:A shot of your square in the background in a photo on page 16 of the new VWMA mate
Scarab (aka: Paul)
Cool, might have to go hunt a copy down! (Im still stuck at home, and dont read magazines much...)
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On the cover too!!
Thats right bitches, its a Cover car 😂
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It Lives!!!
Finally its back on the road, drove it over the weekend, a few things to fix but its back!
Had to wait till it was cool enough, and my drill had enough balls to pull the tech screws out so I Could pull the door trim off and put the window back in its cradle thing so it could be put up and the car washed!
The afternoon, well, night, resulted in this....
Very Dirty... well... probably not... but as dirty as any of my cars will ever get! It took months of sitting in a carport on axle stands to get to this!
All lathered up and wet
Clean!
So i ducked around the corner, put it on the footpath, and took some shots!
Moved it off the road into a carpark thingy there, and when leaving left my mark 😉
Yes, im a Photo Whore... Yes... I like Posting them EVERYWHERE I can on the net... and yes... i love the sound of my car scraping!
I almost had a heart attack last night on the way home from work driving through some roadworks.... There was a manhole cover, that in the process of the road being redone had had the tarmac around it taken away, so it was raised above the level of the road, i had no where to go with a car next to me, and an island on the other side, I clenched, closed my eyes, and I waited for the horrendous sound of my sump or something being ripped off.... thank god it never happened! Might be time to go lower!
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