OK... Who has changed their mind about going to Valla??

68AutoBug · 2010-07-28T03:02:21+00:00

Hi People its been pouring rain here in Scone all day , and I'm wondering if I should leave My Beetle at home and take the other car...?? If it rains tomorrow and is still raining on Friday Morning...??? We have to go as We have booked accommodation... although it did rain all the way in 2006 but I wasn't in My beetle then... LEE

jedidan Officially Full-On Dubber

304 posts · joined Oct 2006 · 29 Jul 2010, 8:33 pm

#793367

yep will be going ! my first time EVER ! looking forward to finally meeting you Lee. Unfortunately i wont be bringing the humble semi-auto this time, but a bright 'falconio' orange camper !

See everyone there !

cheers

Daniel

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Jul 2010, 9:50 am

#793428

WELL...
I haven't....
I'm leaving SCONE NOW.....

travelling north.... then east,,,

LEE

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

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 31 Jul 2010, 11:38 am

#793509

OK!, how the hell does a sump plug remove itself from a sump while travelling along at 110 and then no gauges or lights come on, anyone got a good twin port they don't need or do I rebuild this one..Shit!!!!!!!!!

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

Brian Officially Full-On Dubber

263 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 31 Jul 2010, 3:11 pm

#793520

easy it was left loose

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 31 Jul 2010, 3:17 pm

#793522

Not so easy, though thats the answer I would have given to another person asking the same question I noticed that it was a bit loose a week or so back and tightened it myself, used a ratchet ringie to do it up nice and tight, now I have to decide between doing the motor that I have or replacing it. 😠😢

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 31 Jul 2010, 3:26 pm

#793523

Hope you didn't go too tight and strip the thread - easily done.😠

I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 31 Jul 2010, 4:22 pm

#793524

you haven't painted the sump plate? This happen to my crumpledore lucky I caught it in time (only after 300k break in run 🤪 ), then the water pump pulley bolts came loose as well as few other bits.
It came down to the paint. You see paint is rubbery to some degree and even though its tight the paint would soften from heat and the pressure would squeeze it out slowly and therefore the gap
between the bolt head and surface would slightly increase and make to bold come loose.

I just cleaned the paint off around the bolt hole and head re tightened it and problem solved. Realizing this I checked all other repainted surfaces and sure enough they were loose

Just a thought.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 31 Jul 2010, 7:56 pm

#793540

No paint, deep sump (alloy) no striped thread in fact when we found the sump plug, about 3 k's back up the road at a rest stop in a puddle of oil I found that it was pretty damned hard to screw back in, I figure it was all but out when I crossed off the road onto the rest stop area, I heard a bit of a scrape as I crossed the drain at the edge of the road and that must have been the bit that took it out as there was damage to the thread in the sump only on the last bit of thread.

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 1 Aug 2010, 4:54 pm

#793642

Sorry to hear of your loss....

It's probably worthwhile to safety-wire the new one.

hth

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1975 Type 2 Double Cab
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donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 1 Aug 2010, 5:15 pm

#793651

You can bet thats gunna happen Peter, where does the wire go to, another bolt?, I have already designed a plate to fit around the sump plug which I was going to fit to another bolt in the round plate that the sump plug is fitted to but sounds like I may be reinventing the wheel.

I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 1 Aug 2010, 5:21 pm

#793652

donn wrote:You can bet thats gunna happen Peter, where does the wire go to, another bolt?, I have already designed a plate to fit around the sump plug which I was going to fit to another bolt in the round plate that the sump plug is fitted to but sounds like I may be reinventing the wheel.

Just search for 'safety wire' in Google or similar and you'll get more information than you can eat. In summary, you can drill the sump plug yourself, then wire it to and convenient point and twist it up tight. Often used on aircraft, as the consequences of the propeller falling off are kind of terminal.

hth

Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au