A passer by commented today " fixing it again"....
"Well no, just tinkering" I replied.
Got me thinking about what all the other VW freaks were up to as well.
Sooooo...... What did others get done today?.... Add a quick run down and add a pic if you like each time you get something done, be it big or small, routine service or turbo and EFI.
Today I was playing on the stocka. Changed a stuffed tie rod end for a newie,Greased the front end after wading through knee deep water in this weeks floods, pulled and rebuilt the windscreen wiper
assembly happily knowing that would stop the rain, adjusted the brakes and rotated the tyres and fixed a leaking muffler flange.
What about you?
finished pulling the motor out of the circut bug. Getting it ready for the supersprints. Will begin stripping it tomorrow
Readied No. 8 Beetle for Wakefield Park at Easter.
Changed oil & filter
Adjusted tappets
Installed new spark plugs
Fixed wobbly R/V mirror
Checked brakes, and all underneath, while on the hoist
Wheel-alignment
Made mounting for Dorian
Fitted new fuel hose [tank to pump]
Had a lie-down 😀
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
Drove her!!
Went out for a bit of a play in some local forestry tracks and got completely lost. It was awesome!
Also found a bit of a challenge if anyone is game?
Next thing will obviously be a good wash!!
Smiley 🙂
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Did you get across?
Smiley wrote:Drove her!!
Went out for a bit of a play in some local forestry tracks and got completely lost. It was awesome!
Also found a bit of a challenge if anyone is game?
Next thing will obviously be a good wash!!
Smiley 🙂
Nope. Because I was by myself I opted not to get possibly stuck. But if I had someone else there to pull me out I would have given it a crack 😀 I would have tried going around to the right in the first photo, but the water was deeper then expect and the bottom was quite soft and boggy, it would have been interesting 🤘
I have a winch sitting at home that I need to fit up the the Baja. It would be handy in times like this when I'm out exploring by myself.
Smiley 🙂
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Looked at the bug and ghia through the shed window.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza
Pulled the Dells to pieces and got the crap out of them
They been intermediatley popping and farting, running on 3 cylinders and I had been thinking it was water in them or something
Pulled the idles cleared them and she would run again - but then it would come back
So - pulled them and opened them up and got some gunk out
My neighbours think I am an idiot
They just dont get old cars
Futue te ipsum!!!
My neighbours think I am an idiot
They just dont get old cars
Barry are you sure its because of the car? LOL! 😊😊😊Mitchell23 windows ...8 too many!
Put some more stuff on top of it. 😂
59 beetle,61 beetle,72 dual cab,58 beetle,55 splitty,
65 manx,74 camper,60 Rat beetle.....and many more to come
vaccumed the inside of it and then my nephew ran riot inside it :/
66deluxe wrote:Looked at the bug and ghia through the shed window.
did they float away or something?
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
Went into the shed, opened the bonnet, dripped sweat all over the engine, decided it was to hot, had a beer,
1957 Oval type IV
1956 Oval poss project
1954 Oval impossible project
Ass 70's Beetles
http://www.users.on.net/~rogerbyrne/index.htmDrained the water out of both of em. bloody rain😎🥲😬
You got nothing I want - COLD CHISEL 🙅
thread killer 🥷
Oh and cleaned out the kombi after camping in it all weekend. 👍👍:
59 beetle,61 beetle,72 dual cab,58 beetle,55 splitty,
65 manx,74 camper,60 Rat beetle.....and many more to come
Sold it 🙁
vacuumed the inside and attached a battery charger
BMW R65 LS
1967 1300 Deluxe
Swing-axles FTW
❗
Removed the rubbish after our Saturday night cruise, and drooled a little bit on my new engine. 😍😍
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE
Took the dogs for a drive to Sandgate and let them remove some energy along the waterfront. Cruised home then decided to use it again tonight and upset some bloke in his fully hectic 6 cylinder Turbo diesel Patrol with blow off valve, dump pipe out the side. didn't want me to get in front of him as I had to take the next street to the right so I had to run 2nd gear to redline and pulled 3 odd car lengths on him. So he decided to give me his HID's on full power lol
Guess he got upset hahahahahaha
Apart from that clutch is starting to slip a lil, and gearbox is getting noisier. Might be new engine and box time.......
ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE
Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!
took the little fellow out to a car show.
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Good stuff all round!
Stripped floor on the stocka today and punched a couple of holes in the low spots. Wire brushed it ready for a coat of rust converter tonight. Damn rain!!!!!
Will have to drive tha grouch for a week, while on this task, damn shame that . 😀
Interim freshen up...
Reub
hellbugged wrote:Will have to drive tha grouch for a week, while on this task, damn shame that . 😀
Hope you enjoyed your week.
😉
I can't wipe the smile from my face, been cruising in Bluey again, just home from a blast to Noosa Heads, man that 2 litre flies.
🙂Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE
Yeah happy days matt.
Looks good Reubs!
I discovered the other day that I had no headlights - either high or low beam.
Checked fuses & steering column plugs etc. (didn't think it would be these, as I would still have some lights), so I figured it had to be somewhere at the relay block, which is inside my centre console. 🙁
So, I had to remove my passenger seat & gear shift to get the console out so I could get at the wiring properly. Only took me a minute to find a wire from the fuse box to the relay block that had broken the connection off one end - the connections on each end were corroded, a legacy of when I had a windscreen washer hose break and spray windscreen washer fluid all over the back of my fusebox & the relay block in Tamworth about 20 years ago. Since then, things started corroding very quickly - I cleaned it all a few times, especially immediatly after, and over the years have had to replace quite a few relays, connections, etc. This was one that had not been done yet.
Only took a few minutes to make up & fit a new wire, then I had to re-fit the rest of the car interior. It is all a goer again now. 🙂
From your ole' mate Jeff
Noticed that I had no indicators or brake lights on the wench, they were working fine yesterday morning but went for a spin in the afternoon and their cactus, easy fix, new fuse, the second time this has happened in 6 months so I've got some problem there but stuffed if I can locate it. Best cure at the moment is to carry spare fuses. 😀
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
pulled the fuel tank out of the Sabre
or was that dismantle the sabre till I had a fuel tank left
I started out with nothing ,I still have some left
Jump started and drove around in the rain🥲
67 Beetle Type1contingent
Put the interior back in, pressure cleaned off the flood mud underneath, gave it a tub and some exterior rubber shine.
5 year old folded down the rear seat and made a cubby house in there
In the shed ready for a polish tonight after the F1
Neighbor will cruise it this week while her jeep gets fixed
😘
Walked past it😂
