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?
whathaveidone ·
finished pulling the motor out of the circut bug. Getting it ready for the supersprints. Will begin stripping it tomorrow
HappyDaze ·
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 😀
Smiley ·
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 🙂
helbus ·
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 🙂
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 🙂
66deluxe ·
Looked at the bug and ghia through the shed window.
Bizarre ·
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
waltermitty ·
My neighbours think I am an idiot
They just dont get old cars
Barry are you sure its because of the car? LOL! 😊😊😊Mitchell
vwvic ·
Put some more stuff on top of it. 😂
rickp ·
vaccumed the inside of it and then my nephew ran riot inside it :/
vlad01 ·
66deluxe wrote:Looked at the bug and ghia through the shed window.
did they float away or something?
57 oval ·
Went into the shed, opened the bonnet, dripped sweat all over the engine, decided it was to hot, had a beer,
TOPCAT69 ·
Drained the water out of both of em. bloody rain😎🥲😬
vwvic ·
Oh and cleaned out the kombi after camping in it all weekend. 👍👍:
zocstar ·
Sold it 🙁
sander288 ·
vacuumed the inside and attached a battery charger
matberry ·
Removed the rubbish after our Saturday night cruise, and drooled a little bit on my new engine. 😍😍
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
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.......
rose ·
took the little fellow out to a car show.
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hellbugged ·
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 . 😀
reub ·
Interim freshen up...
matberry ·
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. 🙂
hellbugged ·
Yeah happy days matt.
Looks good Reubs!
beetleboyjeff ·
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. 🙂
donn ·
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. 😀
haccc ·
pulled the fuel tank out of the Sabre
or was that dismantle the sabre till I had a fuel tank left
mystery fang ·
Jump started and drove around in the rain🥲
hellbugged ·
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 😘
whathaveidone ·
Walked past it😂
66deluxe ·
Started pulling the 2270 type 4 out of the bug. Seems the gearbox don't like all the torque. Spent a lovely 1.5 hours on side of highwway friday afternoon. I am hoping its only the throwout bearing has come off the clutch fork. Was driving nicely and a sound i didnt like gradually got worse and then i couldnt get any gears. But a big thumbs up to RACQ i am not a member but they stopped and towed me off highway to a safer spot to wait for the tow truck i called. I will be joining RACQ now.
sander288 ·
Took the battery charger off; after 2 days of charging no dice..... Jump start from Tiguan; no dice. Mmmmmm seems my 7 year old battery has died for the last time 😢 Highly recomend NRMA batteries!
Put interior back in; attached missing bits of tinware then took dog to vet after I found tick (was paralysis but got it EARLY phew)
matberry ·
Thashed it, then washed it, then thashed it again..... 🙂🙂
kombibob ·
Ha ha I hope you are talking about bluey Matt ???
bugmaniaar ·
Looked at it and wondered why the wipers were so crap.
matberry ·
LMFAO....yes Bob, Bluey that is for sure
ancientbugger ·
Got the buggy working at last but the weather is not buggy weather😢 Swore at the fuel injection on the cab 'cos now it all has to be right (as practically everything that can be replaced/cleaned/fiddled with, has been) but now seems to be running on 3 cylinders!👎
hrastovica ·
Did my first service of the beetle 🙂
hellbugged ·
Took the roof rack off, looks naked now.
Cut and polished.... Then second polish
bugmaniaar ·
AHH Daniel son..
Wax on Wax off....
xerxes ·
started him up and let him run for a bit - fixed the rubber on the window lifter channel - checked and yes the doorcards I made fit - painted a bit more of his tattoo and generally spent time admiring him
ian.mezz ·
we took the nude bug for a drive to the country to play with some of his cousins .
Thank you....i'll be able to sleep tonight....nice car btw
buzzbug ·
Well after 5yrs of being off the road i have finally gotten started on doing some work to Buzz.
Yesterday was spent with a grinder and wire wheel getting the top of the pan back to bare metal in preparation for soem KBS coatings (Poor mans POR15)
hellbugged ·
👍
65standard ·
Drove the Bug to work, like every other day.
KBS coatings (Poor mans POR15)
KBS is a very good, hard wearing paint. I used it on my pan, and haven't looked back in nearly four years.
HappyDaze ·
65standard wrote:KBS is a very good, hard wearing paint. I used it on my pan, and haven't looked back in nearly four years.
Did you paint your rear-view mirrors with it?😂
hrastovica ·
Dropped the beam at 8am, tonight it's degreaser, beer and Rock'n'Roll cleaning up the old suspension parts.
"...with no particular place to go... de-nene-nene-nene-ne"
buzzbug ·
And did the under side today.
h ·
took the 54 out for milkshakes with mates 🙂
matberry ·
^^^ mmm milkshakes were good
I did an emulsion tube change for a try on the IDA's so the cruise was a good check, ends up I need to sneak the idles down
tar76 ·
Starting preping the split floor for it's tomorrow bathing of penetrol.
20bkombi ·
Started the bus today, added some more sensors for data logging.
Now I'm logging :
-Air/fuel ratio x 2
-Throttle position
-Rpm
-Timing
-Volts
-Oil temp and pressures
-Fuel temp and pressures
-Intake and exhaust manifold pressures
-Air temp, before air cleaner after turbo and after inter cooler
-Exhaust gas temp 1, 2, and 3 rotor ports pre turbo and 1 after the turbo
-G forces
-injector duty
That's only 21of the 32 channels
Thinking about a heart rate monitor for fun at the strip or even better a passenger😂
hellbugged ·
Yeah passenger would be good Aaron ...... You could tell exactly when their heart stopped 😁
tar76 ·
hellbugged wrote:Yeah passenger would be good Aaron ...... You could tell exactly when their heart stopped 😁
You'll only need your nose if their heart keeps going, and they crap themself instead 😂
SebastienPeek ·
Pulled apart Zelda, getting ready to sell stuff.
MY68VW ·
Like this thread! 👍
Rolled the wheels into a different position, I don't have the car - just the wheels. 🥲
I should make a trip to WPVW and check there isn't water under the carpets and give the interior some fresh air.
Oh, and put some wheels on it.
rickp ·
took it out for a spin to the local auto store, to get supplies to service my other 2 cars.
whathaveidone ·
Started making a battery box to comply with ANDRA. Fixed the door hinges. Sprayed the deck lid. Took some pics. Sat in it making noises with my mouth while pretending to race with my daughter😂
hellbugged ·
Today...... Nothing!!
Yay!
tar76 ·
Finished most of the floor still got a bit to go!
h ·
hellbugged wrote:Today...... Nothing!!
Yay!
yep.. like most others days on vw's i concur 😂
mostly 🙄
matberry ·
fixed pesky oil leak on Bluey. LH axle boot flange was leaking through the factory spot welds. 🙁
DakDak67 ·
Left the bus out in a storm. Shit.
h ·
^ like.. NOT!!
matberry ·
^^ Dude?
hellbugged ·
You ok h ?
h ·
yeah mate, but chris's bus might not be 😠
matberry ·
h wrote:yeah mate, but chris's bus might not be 😠
Shit
grogy ·
hi, spent 3 hrs yesterday raising the ghia because i cant get the wheels on or off. raised it so high the neg camber wouldnt change. today i spent about 2 lowering it and still too much neg camber. so tomoro i do the same, hopefully i get it right............... and that is only on one side
DakDak67 ·
matberry wrote:
h wrote:yeah mate, but chris's bus might not be 😠
Shit
it's fine , just wet...
I don't have any shelter for it , if the cover was on it wouldn't have been so bad. Today is dry out day.
HappyDaze ·
matberry wrote:fixed pesky oil leak on Bluey. LH axle boot flange was leaking through the factory spot welds. 🙁
Had the same problem on No.8......and what a bastard of a job with the trans. in place. The old one-piece flanges were OK, and didn't need that big 'O' ring......why did they 'improve' them?
Sides ·
Drove it... hard... 50.74 seconds at Mt Cotton, despite track having SFA grip after so much rain.
😀
colin ·
Sides wrote:Drove it... hard... 50.74 seconds at Mt Cotton, despite track having SFA grip after so much rain.
😀
You should be getting used to racing with no track temp Sides, Bathurst had zero track temp and you still raced hard and fast. 👍
Cheers Col
helbus ·
I thrashed the living crap out of our 71 Beetle. Got to 100kph in 3rd. I love slamming the gears no clutch.
65standard ·
This morning adjusted the clutch (front firewall was getting in the way before clutch disengaging) and renewed both rear shocks. The shocks were still good, but the rubber mounts were shot. All good now.
Mr Muppet ·
Pulled apart my new Beetle project to see, how much rust is too much rust.
beetle_nut ·
Put new rubbers onto my pop out windows.not fun...🤪🤪
Doug Sweetman ·
Finished rebuilding one kadron.... Doesn't sound much but it had an inch of water in the float bowl when I stripped it....
ancientbugger ·
Now that the buggy's going I decided to have a look at the cab as to why it sounds like it's only running on 3 cylinders. Pulled off the leads from the dist cap one by one and found it wasn't sparking on 2 cylinders! After pulling out the offending spark plugs (not so easy on a FI engine!) cleaned them up and now appears to sound and run perfectly😎
TorxKiwi ·
Bled the brakes ....... again. Until the kids refused to assist with the 'pump, pump, hold' routine.
Got the timing light out to check it as was running a bit hot. Figure that something well in advance of 10 degrees BTDC may have had something to do with it. All sorted now.
Pulled on the handbrake upon arrival back in the garage and it had a mini self-destruct. Release button flew out the end of the handle. Dismantled, cleaned up, coat of paint and back together.
Don't mind the little issues, it's nice to feel like you accomplish something once in a while!!
TOPCAT69 ·
Filled up the beetle with petrol. ..
It's just doubled in value. ..haha
shitbox rule🤪
HappyDaze ·
1m 13.1 at Wakefield Park👍
Thanks again, Henry.👍
Craig Torrens ·
Congrats Greg.😎
hrastovica ·
Did narrowed beam reconnaissance at Bendigo today.
HappyDaze ·
Craig Torrens wrote:Congrats Greg.😎
Thanks Craig.
Back to-day for more fun....looks like rain, though.🤪
1916baja ·
Won a $500 voucher for das resto parts at the open day so i got these for the type 3 wagon!
Dasdubber ·
Good to see the open day prize went to such a great guy Mick....made the decision whether or not to buy the wheels that much easier hey 😉
Cheers
Al
1916baja ·
Sure did al! Thanks heaps mate, really appreciate it!
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote: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.......
Love it 🙂
Doug Sweetman ·
Rebuilt second kadron and stripped out forty year old headliner....
hrastovica ·
Gave the front end a clean with paint stripper now have to clean the rust that popped up in a matter of hours... Good one Dom!
Sides ·
Added a camlock strap to the fire extinguisher mount after a scruit pinged me on it last weekend.
Amazing... have run exact same setup for last 3 seasons and never had a question, then 1 new scruitineer and about 15 of us have to mess around with extinguisher mounts...
hellbugged ·
Washed the hotty beetle
Super1302 ·
1916baja wrote:Won a $500 voucher for das resto parts at the open day so i got these for the type 3 wagon!
Nice work, will look sweet
Lucky Phil ·
Not my vw but somebody else's.
Tore up the dunes down at the Coorong in Cactus II.
Thanks, Paul.
Fabulous weekend!
hrastovica ·
Painted the trailing arms and steering knuckles in semi gloss black, cleaning up the beam as we speak ready for narrowing 🙂
Also bought Empi GT 5 spoke wheels so looking forward to that delivery 🙂🙂 Hopefully can have it back on the road by Jamboree!! Fingers crossed!
roverv8bay ·
Gday all. took the kombi axle down to have it machined down in length to create a drive shaft between hiace gear box & nissan 720 transfer case for my 4x4 bay I am building. Had a look at the modified front spindle's engineering company said 1 should be ready to test fit next week. picked up a new davis craig electric water pump buy using that & remote oil filter give's me & extra 10 cm needed to fit the transfer case in.
ernie
hrastovica ·
Shiny new Chome Empi 5 spokes arrived by courier today, sat there looking at them for 3 hours before realising i had to put tyres on them 😊
binner ·
...slipped a new air freshner under my seat
beetle_nut ·
lowered the rear again🤪
tar76 ·
Penatrol the split roof, going to help out a mate do his split today
Doug Sweetman ·
Sounds bad ass - do you have a build thread going ?
quote]Originally posted by roverv8bay
Gday all. took the kombi axle down to have it machined down in length to create a drive shaft between hiace gear box & nissan 720 transfer case for my 4x4 bay I am building. Had a look at the modified front spindle's engineering company said 1 should be ready to test fit next week. picked up a new davis craig electric water pump buy using that & remote oil filter give's me & extra 10 cm needed to fit the transfer case in.
ernie [/quote]
Sides ·
Replaced the PLASTIC disptick tube on the gf's New Beetle that had age hardened and cracked into about 7 pices... love how modern engineering those kind of dopey design decisions seem acceptable !!!
🤪
Next job will be replacing the inner tie rod ends...
HappyDaze ·
Dave, I'm sure that most car manufacturers have an accountant as 'Head of Engineering'.👍
hellbugged ·
Put a sticker on it 🥷
tar76 ·
^👍 Berg
matberry ·
^^ Berg 5 speed....even better 🙂👍
😍😍 the sticker dude 🙂😍
nils ·
pulled the engine and gearbox. Made room for a couple of extra cylinders
20bkombi ·
Built up a torque converter, differential and auto gearbox for my wife's type 3 and installed it to day.
Also installed oil temp and pressure transducers for logging. While I was at it installed a 5 wire wide band O2 sensor.
The wagon hasn't been on thd dyno in 4 years (306hp 12psi), still running like a dream but a bit fat, 10.1a/f's. Might put it on the rollers and see if it makes more by trimming some fuel.
20bkombi ·
nils wrote:pulled the engine and gearbox. Made room for a couple of extra cylinders
What engine are you installing??
Stanley ·
Turned a portion of the inside of my case into magnesium chips.
hellbugged ·
But the question is Stanely.......did it take an instant or a while to produce those chips?
Stanley ·
Lets just say I can find better ways to spend a weekend. 😁
hellbugged ·
👍.........as long as it wasn't any of the internals getting together to do one of the instant jobs. (kah-bang!)
Stanley ·
No worries Daimo...this was purely a planned modification.
h ·
score!
was wippying some long long long grass today, like 5+ foot long grass , prolly due to over 1400mm of rain sice February 😬 totally over it
anyways was weed wacking away and discovered a full set of tinware inc doghouse and tappet covers under the undergrowth 🤪
don't ask, as I won't tell.. was like finding the treasure under X marks the spot 👍😂
hrastovica ·
Went to Jambo and checked out some cool rides.
Sides ·
Fitted up some GoPro's and raced it.
Discovered its slowly turning into a rocket ship.... final run at Mt Cotton was only 2/100'ths behind my best ever, and that's with having to back off for water on the track !!!
😎
mactaylor ·
Sides wrote:Fitted up some GoPro's and raced it.
Discovered its slowly turning into a rocket ship.... final run at Mt Cotton was only 2/100'ths behind my best ever, and that's with having to back off for water on the track !!!
😎
nice!
Super1302 ·
Well I made an exhaust setup so I could tuck it up just below the rocker cover, just got to put a tab on it to secure to a strap from the car, then some pot belly paint will do, then it should be good for a blue slip I hope.
hellbugged ·
Missus has become a little addicted to driving the stocka, but the inconsistent starter was a problem.
Sooo added a relay to it today, Awsome now!
sander288 ·
washed it and drove it for a couple of hours after replacing the 8 year old battery (which finally wouldn't take a charge)
beetleboyjeff ·
My accelerator cable was a little stiff, so I took it apart, cleaned out the cable tube, and re-assembled it all. It is great now.
matberry ·
Washed and drove Bluey today, a few jet changes too
matberry ·
Oh, and yesterday I repaired a broken throttle pedal, checked the tyres and took the baja for a blast.
Consequently, today I needed to pressure clean the mud off. 🙂😀
DakDak67 ·
I took a solo drive up to the Sunny coast in the bus, perfect weather, lots of nice girls to look at ... Perfect!!
hellbugged ·
Where are the bluey vids matty?
Got bored after lunch and started refurb of wood slats of me ole roof rack
matberry ·
hellbugged wrote:Where are the bluey vids matty?
Yeah, been slack, need to find my mates long driveway as it pegs the speedo pretty quickly 🙂
65standard ·
Changed the clutch cable and Bowden tube. 4 hours of "F" factors doing the job solo, but got it done.
Had to adjust the clutch pedal freeplay every couple of weeks. Thought I'd change the cable. Glad I did as the picture shows. This was in the Bowden tube. Compared the old cable to the new. There was about a 5mm difference in length. Cable was obviously stretching ready to break.
hrastovica ·
Ross came over and installed the 4" narrowed beam. Perfect fit with the shock towers fitting snuggly. The leafs will be ready in a couple days, and we can start assembling this baby. I imagine there wouldnt be too many 4" narrowed beams with needle bearings floating around... hopefully it will be worth all the effort.
DubbyDo ·
Pulled the LH head and barrels to clean foam out from fins, guess I'm still in the honeymoon phase but I'm lovin not having to disconnect a billion sensors, EGR, pipework and 24 + headbolts! Bores are a little bit glazed but plenty of life left, think I dodged a bullet here😵
matberry ·
DubbyDo wrote:Pulled the LH head and barrels to clean foam out from fins, guess I'm still in the honeymoon phase but I'm lovin not having to disconnect a billion sensors, EGR, pipework and 24 + headbolts! Bores are a little bit glazed but plenty of life left, think I dodged a bullet here😵
Awesome
Doug Sweetman ·
Nah, not honeymoon, that shit never gets old.
Camo ·
Replace the steering box yesterday with a new one of a good quality, TRW. Will test drive today and then can comment on Frosties post.
Also fitted 2 new longer seat belt stalks and today am playing with the passengers door opening rod as the circlip has obviously fallen off 😢
Kev
hellbugged ·
Coolio!
Cant believe how many hours this took with 4 sanding sessions and 5 coats of marine varnish but well chuffed with the results
rockin on the stocka
Today I've got the hotty beetle out for a run. Had been a while. Speed and power .....😀
Sides ·
Primed the two replacement doors I have for Jezzi... if the weather holds may even get some colour on 'em tomorrow !!!
😀
1916baja ·
Not coming to the show Dave??
helbus ·
Generator light came on in the beetle, and I spent 10 minutes taking a set of brushes out of a second hand generator I had, and fitting them to our ride.
All good, running fine. 10 minutes well spent.
matberry ·
Finally got a chance to give Bluey a wash and polish and a quick resync of the IDA's, ready for the trip to the show tomorrow.
h ·
good.. hope to see you n it there 🙂
pete wood ·
Took the oval to my son's footy game and then to pic up a new toy... needless to say, my spokesmodel and his siblings were pretty excited about it all.
DubbyDo ·
Pulled the RH head and found different numbers cast in it compared to the LH head, don't know if it makes much difference, same size valves and all. More concerned about the fact that the LH head had the shoulder where the barrel butts up machined off and the RH still has the shoulder, maybe that's why it kept pulling to the right🤪
TOPCAT69 ·
Well I stuck on another cool sticker
neat huh
Sides ·
1916baja wrote:Not coming to the show Dave??
Nah man - other stuff had to do this morning unfortunately.
And the weather didn't hold so didn't get any colour on the doors either.
🙁
Instead replaced the door speakers in gf's New Beetle, and since they're not designed to be replaced meant had to modify/fab up some mounts which meant a simple job took way longer than it should have.
Why do modern Volkswagen's need to have everything sooooo different compared to "normal" cars ???
🤓
Doug Sweetman ·
Picked it up from the panel beater today 🙂
matberry ·
Took her to a show
esevwbits ·
lookin hot matty
65standard ·
Renewed the brake hose between the reservoir and metal line. Not good when you see a puddle at the front of the car. Didn't have to bleed the brakes luckily.
Also changed the horn. The old one was intermittent in operation.
nils ·
Finished up my rear disc brake conversion, smiley style
65standard ·
Renewed left headlight globe. Blew this morning on the way to work.
tar76 ·
Finished cleaning the muck and crap from the bottom of the beetle's case. Gave it a good clean with some degreaser and tooth brush. then gave it a good coat with the last of my gibbs penetrate.
Luv the sticker Topcat 👍
Smiley ·
nils wrote:Finished up my rear disc brake conversion, smiley style
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Where is the 'like' button?
Smiley 🙂
binner ·
j pipe clamps suck ass, so I really showed it who is boss.....
hrastovica ·
Ross from Skinned Knuckles fixed me a gate from VW parts hahaha 🙂
The gate is working for the first time in 5 years, the beam is now in the car, the torsion leaves are in and the trailing arms are ready to rumble. Im guessing tomorrow night we should be ready to install everything and hopefully shorten the tierods and im "Rollin rollin rollin".
grogy ·
i jus sync my webers, cut out paper template to make tin to go around motor and drove it up n down my street, i think my neighbours will b ringing the cops next time, its louder than i would have liked, n goes like stink [ fast that is]
binner ·
grogy wrote:i jus sync my webers, cut out paper template to make tin to go around motor and drove it up n down my street, i think my neighbours will b ringing the cops next time, its louder than i would have liked, n goes like stink [ fast that is]
bahh haaaah, Iv'e done that a few times in my street, lucky though my neighbours like me and love seeing the ute out in the street......
nothing like flat reving in yr street at 9pm at night or on the weekend.... 😂
tar76 ·
going grease the splits front end and jack up and general check over today
dangerous ·
grogy wrote:i jus sync my webers, cut out paper template to make tin to go around motor and drove it up n down my street, i think my neighbours will b ringing the cops next time, its louder than i would have liked, n goes like stink [ fast that is]
How is it now Greg?
You will get arrested in that 11 second beast!
grogy ·
hahah dave, i get afreeholiday fun..not. finished cutting up the colorbond for around the motor, took it out for a drive was runnin ok then went off,, took it home took out idle jets ,then moved onto the ghia and adjusted the ghias front suspension to raise it a bit
buzzbug ·
Bit the bullet and jumped into painting the floor pan with KBS coatings.
Spent yesterday doing all the prep work and did the painting this morning.
nils ·
Pretty slick buzzbug😎
ian.mezz ·
set the boost 😊
whathaveidone ·
Helped out a couple driving a bug they just bought in melbourne to the goldcoast. Got a SOS call at 1:30. they bought it over and i had to replace both front wheel bearings. 2 ball joints and make up a steering rod. Got them going about 6. Nice couple. hope they make it home safe!!!!!
1916baja ·
Nice work Ben!
whathaveidone ·
Robbed some parts off the dragbug!!! Looks a bit sorry at the moment!!!😂😂😂
1916baja ·
Hey dude,we did the good deed of dropping an old lady home the other day, 2 weeks later bam! Won the $500 das resto haus raffle! Start putting in lotto tickets mate and remember who told you to do it! 😉
shokwave2 ·
whathaveidone wrote:Helped out a couple driving a bug they just bought in melbourne to the goldcoast. Got a SOS call at 1:30. they bought it over and i had to replace both front wheel bearings. 2 ball joints and make up a steering rod. Got them going about 6. Nice couple. hope they make it home safe!!!!!
Now I know who to call when I couldn't be bothered doing it myself 😎
Today I installed a set of 44 Webers, but now have constant backfiring from the exhaust! It's too dark to be chasing an intake leak, blocked idle jet, or other issue so ill leave it for tomorrow.
hellbugged ·
whathaveidone wrote:Helped out a couple driving a bug they just bought in melbourne to the goldcoast. Got a SOS call at 1:30. they bought it over and i had to replace both front wheel bearings. 2 ball joints and make up a steering rod. Got them going about 6. Nice couple. hope they make it home safe!!!!!
NICE!
Super1302 ·
Made a alloy bracket for a accessories jack fitted up under the steering column bolt. And fitting new P seal to rear deck lid. Now to change spark plugs and re-adjust lash on valves.
hrastovica ·
Took the day off to get the king-pins re-reamed, heaps tighter now. Picked up a few missing bits n pieces all going on early tomorrow morning. Hopefully everything is there now, cant wait to see this thing with new stance and wheels 🙂🙂
lou0060 ·
fitted new discs and pads to the T5 as the warning light has been on for about 4 weeks now. Also did an oil and filter change on the weekend and hitching upo the trailer tomorrow and heading south to Goulburn for the VW Nat sprints. (yes I know I'm a week early...)
nedsta ·
fising rust rust and more rust
rose ·
took him for his first drag race in Oz.
I finally took the 52 bug to the track, well air strip for our first race in it. We turned the boost down to 12ish, didn't change any tuning. Added some race fuel & raced old school, didn't use stage brake etc. No burn out. Funny American car with the stick shift on the wrong side 🙂 ran a 8.825sec, 1.745 60FT, reaction .387.
the VW drove very good, I only hit the 6300rpm shift light in first , didn't notice until we watch the video. 😂 felt heaps good.
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nedsta ·
That's cool where was that?
nils ·
^^^^
NICE!!
Almost finished the new fuel tank and added a new sticker courtesy of Bob Mowbray, I'm running out of bug here!
hellbugged ·
Tightened up and greased the front end and rear axle seal....... Going racing at Goulburn this week 😵💫
beetleboyjeff ·
nedsta wrote:That's cool where was that?
Rose was racing at Gunnedah.
DubbyDo ·
hellbugged wrote:Tightened up and greased the front end and rear axle seal....... Going racing at Goulburn this week 😵💫
Is that your Bug on YouTube with the Berg 5 Speed? Watched it a few times and cringe every time the wood bridge comes up, they can be savage
DubbyDo ·
Had step machined out of 1 head and the other head cut to make them even. Waiting on new exhaust valves to turn up so it can all go back together
hellbugged ·
Yeah that's me
Wheel alignment done today.
hypo-vw ·
cleaning up the undercarriage of 'MANGO DREAM' for the car show and done a wheel alignment on the new car . Sticker man is finishing off the graphics now .... see you all on saturday at the track and sunday at the show .
Sides ·
Stripped, sanded and then primed the tail light housings
Hoping to have her all the one colour again soon...well maybe slightly different shades still... but at least all Dark Blue rather than some parts in primer or something else completely wrong !!!
😀
hellbugged ·
Originally posted by hypo-vw[/ done a wheel alignment on the new car . Sticker man is finishing off the graphics now .... see you all on Saturday .
Hmmmm
HappyDaze ·
Polished it........🙅 Just kidding😀
hrastovica ·
Installing disc brakes, 5 spokes finally going on today, Ross will be shortening tierods today, hopefully i'll be ready to roll this weekend! Will post a pic when we're done 🙂 Next cab off the rank will be restoring the lovely Porsche 356 seats i picked up yesterday. Slowly slowly its coming together 🙂
Update: At least its on the ground now! 🙂 I think its got some potential!
Have to mention Ross @ Skinned Knuckles for doing an awesome job narrowing the beam 4.5" while still keeping shock towers, micartas and needle roller bearings. This dude is seriously good! http://skinnedknuckles.com.au/
hypo-vw ·
I wont make it to the Nationals supersprint this year as I have had way too much on my plate recently . I spent the past 3 weeks (night & day) preparing Craigs formula vee with new engine for the racing .
My new car is finished and ready to go in the trailer for the show tomorrow , and I am still detailing 'Mango Dream' this morning . I have all of the brakes off , wheel bearings out , front swaybar & suspension arms out , still need to polish the paint , detail the interior . 🤪🤪
aushardkore ·
Made my own 8-ball shifter after flogging it from the pub on a night out years ago... Winning 😂
DubbyDo ·
engine down to nothing, originally gonna be only top end done but accidentally damaged 😉oil pump tryin to remove it so missus was informed case had to be splt to remove it. New cam anyone?
ancientbugger ·
Fitted a replacement carb linkage (many thanks to Barls) to the buggy and went for a little jaunt around Tinbeerwah 🙂 Might wash the cab tomorrow as it gets a bit dirty sitting in the garage🙄
hrastovica ·
Took my baby out for it first drive in almost 12 weeks. What can i say... I'm ECSTATIC with the work that's been done on the car and it was definitely worth the wait. The car handles beautifully, 1,000x better than when i first bought it. The steering is dead centre and doesnt drift in any direction, zero play on the steering. New disc brakes are an absolute GEM and i tried braking with no hands... just comes to a very confident stop in a straight line. Couldnt be happier.
I think i might have a few things to say on an old topic about narrowed beams (the beam is narrowed 4.5"). To be perfectly honest, the thread put the fear of God in me about narrowing the beam, and i was expecting bump steer on every pebble, instability on every corner and chaos on every bump in the road. After trying it for the first time today, this thing literally stuck to the road like sh* to a blanket. I dont see any problem with the turning circle as i was easily able to do a u turn on an intersection (full lock and no rubbing at all) and with the lower stiffer stance I definitely feel a lot more certain it will go where i point it.
Lovin it! Now its time to cruise 🙂🙂🙂
Updated with recent pic from todays cruise to Volks Home in Thomo for some bits n pieces. Cant blv how much attention this thing gets on the road!!! Very unsual feeling having every car that comes past checking out your ride... its been too long hehe
beetleboyjeff ·
Did my 640,000 km service, and cleaned it up a bit for the show & shine at the swap meet tomorrow.
L7back ·
New TMI door cards, new Cip window cranks & door levers.
patbot ·
Oil change and generator/fan belt readjustment.
Craig Torrens ·
DubbyDo wrote:engine down to nothing, originally gonna be only top end done but accidentally damaged 😉oil pump tryin to remove it so missus was informed case had to be splt to remove it. New cam anyone?
😂😂...yep, perfect time to drop in a mild cam.
LUFTMEISTER ·
Hey L7back your grab handle is upside down. Handle should cover screws when fitted. Otherwise looking good. Cheers
hrastovica ·
A stack of crunching sounds from the rear left axle, playing roadside mechanics, crawled it home.
L7back ·
Thanks LUFTMEISTER
That's how they were when I got her. I'll change them around asap.👍 As the missus keeps saying, it's the little things that count.😎
DubbyDo ·
Got bored put new cam sticker on new fan shroud, busy day!!!
h ·
loaded one of em on the trailer to head south tomoro for some lovin care
bitemeoz ·
Finally put some lap belts in the back of the beetle. Wife now reasonably happy, kids not happy.
hrastovica ·
Fixed the crunching sound from the rear drum. A retaining pin for rear shoes fell out, some pretty mangled springs inside the drum brake housing. New shocks go in tomorrow.
sugarlips ·
Did a 90km round trip to pick up a bullbar for my 69 kombi - kindly donated free from a fellow Perth dubber, im a happy camper
vlad01 ·
looking at ways to reproduce the factory carpet.
gonna be fun 🤪
DubbyDo ·
Box of parts turned up from Matt Berry Motorsports, very happy here, was superfast. In fact Matt posted it on Wednesday and it turned up today!! Aweswome
Joel ·
I was getting that familiar paddling a canoe feeling when driving my bug again because the seat rail bushings were going to shit.
I originally replaced these in my first 71 Sbug back in 1996 and put them in my Lbug when I swapped interiors so they only lasted 17 years.
I feel so hard done by 😂
But like all repro parts these days the new ones are a lousy fit and being smaller still rock around a bit.
They are ones sold by CIP1, Micks etc.
Has anyone found good quality ones anywhere?
I'll do some ringing around on Monday and try my luck
The originals I bought were genuine ones from Al at Stokers Siding but he has long since retired and shut up shop.
hrastovica ·
Took the old beast for a cruise around the burbs on all the little back streets (I only have an unregistered vehicle permit). Heaps fun, but im looking forward to some real cruising soon 🙂 Unfortunately i will have to wait 3 months to be eligible for club reg, so i will have to make do with these little weekend spins around the neighbourhood til then.
mactaylor ·
Joel wrote:I was getting that familiar paddling a canoe feeling when driving my bug again because the seat rail bushings were going to shit.
I originally replaced these in my first 71 Sbug back in 1996 and put them in my Lbug when I swapped interiors so they only lasted 17 years.
I feel so hard done by 😂
But like all repro parts these days the new ones are a lousy fit and being smaller still rock around a bit.
They are ones sold by CIP1, Micks etc.
Has anyone found good quality ones anywhere?
I'll do some ringing around on Monday and try my luck
The originals I bought were genuine ones from Al at Stokers Siding but he has long since retired and shut up shop.
maybe tooleys?
Sides ·
Kicked her out off the shed to make room for the club's Drag Fasty to get some lovin'....
🤪
TICK ·
hey joel ,Al still sells parts for a living , try him 0431842569
rickp ·
Broke out the sewing machine😘 to make a gear shift boot and a handbrake boot for the ghia😂😂
Edit: added pic
WTH cant i hotlink pics from photobucket anymore?
Sides ·
Amazing how when my own race car doesn't need any attention, I manage to find another to work on !!!
Today was front wheel align on the club's Drag Fasty - instead of +1.5 camber and 11mm toe out, the 0.5 and 5mm toe out she has now should help handling a bit.
Tomorrow will be flush and bleed brakes, tappets, oil change, tune up and maybe even fit a kill switch and push starter.
😎
bloss ·
Today we drove to the ACT to pick up a 71 beetle as a run around as the Kombi is having a little resto in the shed
57 oval ·
Took the super for a lap, running sweet, durring the week I reset the tappets, fitted new plugs points etc, tuned the carb, made a new nylon bottom bush for the steering column, that fixed the rattle, came home gave it a wash, gave the OVAL a tub and polished my stainless, good day
hellbugged ·
Bloody vws!
Still starter trouble on the stocka. Cleaned battery earth, gearbox earth strap, checked battery and relay.... Got over it and changed starter motor. See how it goes
Decided to do valve adjustment and oil change.
....started getting hotty ready for drags. First step to dig (hammer and screwdriver 😬 ) the bitumen out of the new jaycee sump plate/plug to drain oil and do it's valves.
Sides ·
Took the rear guards off of Jezzi... gave a bit of a clean and a sand and the painted 'em.
Won't know herself now she's all the same colour almost !!!
😀
amazeer ·
wash n wax. Found a stone chip on front bumper. Dont know why god invented winter, stones, insects, and brake dust. Cant do the interior because the vacuum cleaner died halfway through doing the loungeroom.
hrastovica ·
Fixed the "Viva Las Vegas Disco Lights" at the back. Took it out for a cruise to Doncaster where i met two more VW nuts (Adam and Vinnie). Top blokes, will definitely catch up for some beers again.
Did i mention the bird shit... ye thats gone now.
hrastovica ·
rickp wrote:Broke out the sewing machine😘 to make a gear shift boot and a handbrake boot for the ghia😂😂
Edit: added pic
WTH cant i hotlink pics from photobucket anymore?
Thats real nice... LIKE! 👍
hrastovica ·
Raised the car for RWC and installed new shocks all round, had a little burn around the burbs (test pilot).
mystery fang ·
Went for a drive to bunnings to get some supplies and my accelerator cable snapped.Got towed home,pulled the snapped cable out and then realised the spare cable I had was for a kombi 🙁 haha at least there is beer in the fridge😀
65standard ·
48,000 mile service, fitted new headlight wiring rubber tube and fitted rear decklid spring after being absent for the last year, then test drove it.
bug68m ·
put some new front brake callipers on the old d/c set the tappets and went for a cruise🙂
waveman1500 ·
Not today, but last Friday night, I started at about 5:30pm to wake up the car from it's 2 year slumber in the shed. I put in a brand new battery and fitted a new Ramflo air cleaner to the single Weber. Then I tried to take it for a test drive, but the throttle linkage failed. I went to a mate's workshop, chopped up the throttle arm and re-welded the barrel nut bracket to a different location. Then we went back and put it on, then tuned up the weber to get it running. Then we went back down to the workshop with the exhaust leaking and popping huge flames.
Then, at the workshop, we changed the oil, took the exhaust off, cleaned up all the exhaust joints, sealed it up with copperseal, put it back together, secured the battery and mounted a fire extinguisher to the floor ready for the VW Club of SA bitumen khanacross on Saturday. Finishing time: 2:35am.
We didn't have time to wash the dust off it, but we made it to Tailem Bend in time for the driver's briefing at 9:30am, and the scrutineers kindly squeezed us in a bit late!
vwvic ·
Finally got time to see why my bus has been running so rough this week. It has been idling on three cylinders all week, turns out there was a small stick stuck in one idle jet.
Problem fixed 😀
Replaced both hand brake cables on the square back and fixed my heater levers so that they will stay in place when I open them (its cold down here in the mornings).
Had a lot of fun getting one of the slotted nuts off so I could get to the mechanisms - but in the end I have a car that I drive and safely park again 🙂-
grinderman ·
First day of epic low light kombi rebuild. Buttercup will be a father/daughter project and although we only moved her from the backyard (where it has sat for 4 years) and into a borrowed workshop area, seeing as I'm still shedless.
whathaveidone ·
Drained all the water that got in on friday night out!!!!🤪🤪
hellbugged ·
Finished some rust repairs on the stocka, seal lip at top of bonnet, under windscreen, tail light housings and bottom lip of bootlid. Wierd one in the 1/4 panel forward of the top door hinge😵💫
Fluking a colour match after the paint mixing guru went AWOL was sweet
Kicker was putting the windscreen back in, new rubber, chrome strip and installed in the car all first go and under 2 hours. Happy with that!!
rickp ·
took her for a spin to the local auto shop to buy some parts for the wifes car, noticed my horn wasn't working.
went home and noticed i could hear the relay clicking but no sound coming from the horn.
pulled the relay out, pulled it apart and gave the contacts a good clean.. i now have a fully functioning horn 🙂🙂
hellbugged ·
Tightened a loose axle nut 🙅
Mega marathon 3 stage polish cause grinding debris from rust removal had sat under the roof rack and left rust spots once the dew settled on it before it could be washed 😠
matberry ·
Prepped Bluey for racing next weekend......went for a cruise to Noosa and gave him a wash 🙂 job done
Sides ·
Hooked up a thermocouple and amp so can have cylinder head temp as an input to Jezzi's ECU.
Now I'm using both oil temp and cyl head temp for fuel correction... should make starting and warmup much easier in the cold of Leyburn next month.
🙂
cnfabo ·
Started to make my Removable rear end...
xerxes ·
tried all ways and shapes to get the decklid to align after taking the stand offs off - yep fail - did put a bolt in the running board with some success thou 😏
DubbyDo ·
Pressure cleaned case for the 5th time after tapping for full flow. Plugged oil pump and case gallery. Checked thrust clearance of new cam bearings to cam, less than .0015", have to check whats ok here as still move freely on cam (Engle cam and Mahle bearings)
tweety ·
Readers might know of Tweety the trike with supercharged EA81 Subaru (soon to be non boosted SPFI) mated to type 3 auto box.
Had over the last 3 months replaced the auto pan gasket twice and it seemed to keep leaking. Had the trike in a mechanics shop recently and he noticed the "O" ring on the auto dip stick tube was the culprit and replaced it. no more leaks. funny how the oil coverage on the pan resembled a leakign pan gasket but was actually an O ring.
Continued trying to figure out if I want a 1915, a 2110 or a 2276...
Craig Torrens ·
cnfabo wrote:Started to make my Removable rear end...
lot of extra weight in that setup !
hellbugged ·
Packed the family in it and cruised the stocka down the highway at 70mph 👍
rose ·
my battery has been in the oval for 6.5 years it's been ok if I charge it. Sometimes it wont go if it's been sitting for a while. I hadn't driven the oval for 2 weeks I thought I will just see if it will go with the old battery and guess what it did.
I brought a new one the other day for $105 I fitted it today as I didn't want it to let me down as we are going to sawtell in a couple of weeks.
Took him for a run down the F3 to Toronto. Lovely day for a cruise in the old VW.
hellbugged ·
Cool rose, had been wondering if you'd forgotten all about the red oval
lohoon ·
Fitted some 3.5 inch drop springplates to my oval then went for a cruise in the sun.
OZ Towdster ·
Took the Rat for a run down the shops and did some more planning and letters for the Sea to Sea adventure
rose ·
I do drive him when it goes. That's why I got a new battery for him so when I do go to take him for a run he should go.
hellbugged wrote:Cool rose, had been wondering if you'd forgotten all about the red oval
rose ·
drove the red oval to word & changed the fuel filter, flushed and changed the brake fluid.
nbturbo ·
Made the brackets to attach the wheels to my ladder bars.
bajachris88 ·
Finished the porting on two intake ports on my last SP head tonight, then started polishing em'. Not too much though to keep the turbulence up enough to keep the fuel as a vapour.
Then had to bloody go back to the first head and sand it more to match the second one as I did a better job second time coming!
humpty ·
Picked up this lot....
And finished up these drawings for the Type 3 EDIS timing wheel....
rose ·
funny thing happened this morning on the way to work in my red oval. I received a ticket to the police mans ball in a 60 zone. The last time I received a ticket to the police mans ball was back in the 80's in a beetle🤪
would have looks good in a photo on the side of the road with a bright red police car with the flashing lights on behind me.
I was with the flow of traffic going down hill but he said I stood out from the rest as it's a bright red car.
I should of said you would have stood out as well if you weren't parked up a side street.
o well shit happens
dangerous ·
Did the policeman tell you that it is not a ticket to the ball,
because the police don't have balls?
dangerous ·
...well, not the males anyhow.
20bkombi ·
dangerous wrote:...well, not the males anyhow.
^^^ nicely but Dave.😂😂
20bkombi ·
Sides wrote:Hooked up a thermocouple and amp so can have cylinder head temp as an input to Jezzi's ECU.
Now I'm using both oil temp and cyl head temp for fuel correction... should make starting and warmup much easier in the cold of Leyburn next month.
🙂
Very cool Sides!! Gota love efi
andrewmurphy ·
Put the front bumper, tramp bar and the last of the tinware. Then tuned idle and accelerator pump on efi.
nils ·
Finished up new engine mounts
1500S ·
Finally got the Notch out of the shed so son could get some cobwebs out of it. First time for 6 months!
65standard ·
Not today, but Thursday, renewed both handbrake cables after snapping the left one.
andrewmurphy ·
Tacho and shift light sorted!
Stanley ·
Officially retired the 1641 Turbo by pulling it off ready for the new owner.
Ampdub ·
Had a fuel smell in front so out came the tank and fitted new electric fuel pump and brake hoses to master cylinder while tank was out. Last owner used lead wipe to fix hole in bottom of tank so flushed (lots) and blew out for 5 mins then cleaned and welded up that sucker, no leaks now.
nils ·
Turned a box of pipe into somethimg useful
Klaus ·
Welded a complete roof on a split bus ..now to grind back 500+ plug welds
FROSTY ·
Dropped my gearbox off to Dave Butler for an alloy spool!!!! The old diff is now holding the gate closed.
1303Steve ·
Putting my bug back together again after some issues with the paint job
Got my 30 year old tyres pulled off...Stripped the paint from my rims.... only to find a pair is from 1967 and the other a 1960 hence the slight blue colour difference. Then I decided to paint remove from my rear blinds. Put some stickers on the rear of engine and then..... the baby woke up. Then dreamed of doing more.
nils ·
Pulled the engine and gearbox out for about the 20th time in the last month 🤪
AndrewB ·
Dropped a widened steel front fender on the rear fender of my 58 that was in the final stages of paint prep 🙂
benny_acko ·
Checked gaps on spark plugs. Then pushed,pulled and sweated to get the car turned around ready for a tow to the mechanics in 2 weeks to get running and brakes serviced..
Sides ·
So long as yesterday counts... I fanged hell out of it around Leyburn, smashing my previous PB by 1.3 seconds.
😀
hellbugged ·
Nice Sides!
tar76 ·
Gave them a start and check over. Been on hols for a week so needed to blow the cob webs off
ancientbugger ·
I found a new way of stopping a VW from going😠 Been playing with the buggy and noticed that the accelerator wasn't moving much (buggy hasn't really been used a great deal recently) . Took off the cable and moved the pedal - fine, pulled on the cable and it was fighting all the way out of the tube so I decided to do a pull through using a piece of stainless steel wire with an oil soaked rag (only a little rag!) connected to the end. Well this rag is now solidly fixed at about the middle of the tube🙁 I do amaze myself that now after 40 years of playing with them I can still come up with something new.
vlad01 ·
ancientbugger wrote:I found a new way of stopping a VW from going😠 Been playing with the buggy and noticed that the accelerator wasn't moving much (buggy hasn't really been used a great deal recently) . Took off the cable and moved the pedal - fine, pulled on the cable and it was fighting all the way out of the tube so I decided to do a pull through using a piece of stainless steel wire with an oil soaked rag (only a little rag!) connected to the end. Well this rag is now solidly fixed at about the middle of the tube🙁 I do amaze myself that now after 40 years of playing with them I can still come up with something new.
LOL good luck to you. I would hate to be in that situation.
try a longsolid but still flexible rod and try ramming it out.
ancientbugger ·
Tried it😠 And I'm going to continue to try it. Possibly my posts for the next few days will be the same..... Poking flexible rod into accelerator tube!
hellbugged ·
Curtain wire and a drill?
vlad01 ·
hydrochloric acid?
is it cotton?
matberry ·
I use an old clutch cable and a drill
sander288 ·
moved it into the garage instead of backyard! Just assumed it wouldn't go up the driveway because my mates land cruiser scrapes.... nope just a little touch and up! 👍
simohagz ·
Oil and gasket change....black sludge for GTX...good trade!
bug68m ·
try blowing it out with some compressed air should work
ancientbugger ·
I tried a multi-strand cable and a drill and found a new way to make myself bleed from several places 👎 I don't think I'm game enough to try acid with my sort of luck, I've got some different thicknesses of wire now and I'm going to just persevere. Maybe if and when I'm feeling a bit more brave I'll even attach a drill.
ancientbugger ·
Compressed air might be fun😵💫
Ampdub ·
ancientbugger wrote:I tried a multi-strand cable and a drill and found a new way to make myself bleed from several places 👎 I don't think I'm game enough to try acid with my sort of luck, I've got some different thicknesses of wire now and I'm going to just persevere. Maybe if and when I'm feeling a bit more brave I'll even attach a drill.
Ahhh, still laughing from this, only cause i know the pain
Ampdub ·
stripped the inside roof and sanded half for rust convert. checked the back seat and middle i have will fit.
DubbyDo ·
Plumbed in and wired up lectric fuel pump and refitted fuel tank, now it's just the arse end to get back together then it's croooooze time
beetle_nut ·
Started to put my motor back in after a rebuild.
And makeing some lower brackets for my type 1 beam conversion beam.
ancientbugger ·
Success, compressed air didn't work but flexible rod with end flattened spadelike then attached to a drill did😁 Now I just have to get the trolley jack out from underneath my sons' Skyline and my buggys' battery back from his baja and I'm all ready to go👍........................... I think?
HappyDaze ·
Pulled the transmission out of No.8 Beetle. Just need to take those beautiful swing-axles out, and pack it up ready for transport.
Because of the cold weather here, I'm sending the 'box' away for a holiday in Queensland [Gold Coast]. When it comes back it will be a lot stronger.
Should see it next week, Dave.👍
nbturbo ·
So Greg,if it's so cold there-you should have gone with it for a holiday as well.Gold Coast and Muffins,sounds like heaven to me.
waveman1500 ·
Some mates and I finally changed my front wheel bearings on the S-Bug. The left inner race was really welded on there pretty well! Even after heating it and removing it with a chisel, there were still chunks left permanently fused to the stub axle.
We also put on a strut brace which I got from Seb. I was surprised to find that a couple of the strut mount nuts were only finger tight!
hellbugged ·
Topped up the oil in the stocka..... Damn thing used near on 200ml over the last 2000 miles 🙄
rose ·
took the 52 split out to play at the creek yesterday with 219 other competitors it was a great day out and I was the only beetle there. Bring on Warwick.
HappyDaze ·
hellbugged wrote:Topped up the oil in the stocka..... Damn thing used near on 200ml over the last 2000 miles 🙄
Used?.....or leaked? 😂
rickp ·
took her for a mad spin to supacheep
mactaylor ·
fitted some ad08r tyres to some cookies!
humpty ·
Fitted new engine seals, clutch and accelerator cables in the 'customer car' I'm working on.... Be glad to be working on my own cars when this sucka is done.
gordysbeetle ·
Got confused trying to wire her up. The lights were easy. Now for the ignition. I just hope I can keep the smoke in the wire👍
Smiley ·
Picked up a 5 speed box and difflock for the Baja 😀
Now just need to make them fit 🥷
Smiley 🙂
rickp ·
nils ·
Smiley wrote:Picked up a 5 speed box and difflock for the Baja 😀
Not just need to make them fit 🥷
Smiley 🙂
NICE!!
benny_acko ·
Got her towed to the mechanic to have a full works incl: getting it running,replacing fuel line, fix clicking clutch and brake service
vduboy ·
nils wrote:
Smiley wrote:Picked up a 5 speed box and difflock for the Baja 😀
Not just need to make them fit 🥷
Smiley 🙂
NICE!!
Dammit Smiley! Stop giving me ideas!! Haha Can't wait to see this addition to Alyce!
65standard ·
Renewed driver side door lock. Nice not having door pop ajar when going over bumps.
57 oval ·
Finally got my vintage speed exhaust, did a dummy fit up, headers went straight on, really pleased, box is a bit of a tight fit, I will need to get the multigrips out and modify a couple of lips on the inner guards. It all fits up inside the beaver tail really well doesn't hang down all that far, I ordered it without the tail pipes fitted as I want to try a different look, so this is the next challenge not just fitting the pipes but matching the welds, Ive never seen tig welding so perfect.
Paulc1964au ·
57 oval wrote:Finally got my vintage speed exhaust, did a dummy fit up, headers went straight on, really pleased, box is a bit of a tight fit, I will need to get the multigrips out and modify a couple of lips on the inner guards. It all fits up inside the beaver tail really well doesn't hang down all that far, I ordered it without the tail pipes fitted as I want to try a different look, so this is the next challenge not just fitting the pipes but matching the welds, Ive never seen tig welding so perfect.
Love my vintage speed exhaust car sounds perfect. Today I am fitting an inline suppression unit hope is fixes my noise issue
57 oval ·
Just bought home some upholstery samples to pick out a colour for the seats, shit I hate doing this took me long enough to pick the body colour. Got to live with it a long time if you pick wrong !!!!
Paulc1964au ·
i went blue interior and everyone loves it because its different
vwo60 ·
Finnished fitting my porsche wheels and reversing lights.
Isola ·
Turned up the gravity.
ancientbugger ·
Just fitted new king pin bearings, now to get a reamer🙂
ancientbugger ·
Not me but my son Mick bought a new battery because of his starting problems only to find it was his starter playing up but thanks to Matt Berry a new bearing was sourced> Matt , if you're reading this Michael has been squeezing that bearing for at least 2 hours but hasn't seen any oil come through yet?!
57 oval ·
Made up a dummy tail pipe for the new vintage speed box, looks great so out with the hole saw and cut two new inlet holes into the box, ordered some stainless bends to fabricate the final product, had to modify the inner guards to accommodate the tailpipes but works a treat. Spent the last few days fitting fuel hoses, connecting wires and making brake pipes, getting very close to start up day. Least it has kept my mind off what colour bloody interior I want !!!!!!!!
hellbugged ·
Cleaned and tightened the oil pressure sender connection. Much easier than engine teardown
Gauge was fluctuating wildly with throttle so must have shared earth with air/fuel ratio.... Thought I'd busted the lil screamer 🙅🥲
colin ·
Looked at the car in the shed under the cover and though, I,ll have to do some prep for Warwick soon.😁
Cheers Col
57 oval ·
Hooked up all the ful lines, throttle cable connected, adjusted the clutch,hook up the wiring for the starter to morrow, stick the fuel tank in and hopefully ready to wind over for the first time by next weekend........
rose ·
took the oval out last night to Bakers Cottage and also today up to Broke for a drive
FROSTY ·
Get out of the way Rose I can't see your car....
tar76 ·
Pulled out a boiling battery after driving home from the sunny coast 😠
rose ·
sorry 😂😂😂
FROSTY wrote:Get out of the way Rose I can't see your car....
silver ·
rose wrote:sorry 😂😂😂
FROSTY wrote:Get out of the way Rose I can't see your car....
I can see the vee dub bonnet though
Sides ·
I still claim that yesterday counts...
I fanged cr@p out of Jezzi at Mt Cotton again... 50.00 the best of my 9 runs... sooooo close to backing up my 49, but still good enough to disappoint the 2 quick Escort's and Cortina that were chasing in my class.
Beer glasses as trophies are such a great idea !!!
😀
EDIT: Plus I celebrated over a coldy with Ian and Dave O who were both in my shed getting the new engine into the Club Fasty.
beetleboyjeff ·
Replaced a clutch cable - the last one has only lasted 240,000km - bloody thing.
hrastovica ·
Got the car ready for scrutineering and Club Plates. Installed the headlights, managed to get the eyelids to work with the Rossis... might still need a little tightening up. Installed new sun visors, and front bumper. Took some cool photos at my office (a 1960s style building).
** UPDATED PICS... Broke down that night... silly me didnt have a spare generator belt (no I wasnt wearing any stockings that night lol) so had to get towed. Oh well... thank God for RACV.
tar76 ·
Got in a yoga type position and sprayed fertan up in behind the split's dash. Easy spot for the old rust cancer to start as it's one of those out of site places.
then general check over before the trip to Warwick Saturday morning.
vduboy ·
I finally got my Manxter kit picked up! Should hopefully see it this weekend. Can't wait to fill up the garage with fiberglass.👍
DubbyDo ·
Finally took mine for a spin around the block after not driving it for 3 months, still needs proper carb tune up and a couple of tiny oil leaks sorted but...... How could you not run twin webers and straight cuts PHWOOOARRR.
Big thanks to Matt Berry Motorsports for super fast postage on parts and advice (some of which I should have known!!!!) which got me sorted
hrastovica ·
Coffee cruise with the Type 3 dudes. Awesome day.
nils ·
I almost have an engine again 🤪
57 oval ·
What didn I do to my VW today? Well it goes like this ! After salvaging the ole Oval in 08 and spending many an hour on it I finally stuck fuel down its throat stuck spark up its Rs and got noise out the exhaust. Pretty happy, the odd oil leak, fixed needs a fine tune but overall happy as the proviable pig in shot.
Gringo_54_oval ·
Finally installed my LED tail lights after owning them for about 3 years.
brighter than before
57 oval ·
Pm sent
hrastovica ·
- Installed early style wipers
- Installed chrome stone guards on front fender.
- Installed OG stainless steel trims to replace crappy aftermarket ones.
- Installed a dual base antenna just a tad too close to the window vent 😠
- Gave it a wash and took it for a burn to Williamstown
Next i might have a crack at doing some bodywork/painting before Day of... clean up that damaged fender and clean up the stone chips.
silver ·
removing some rust on the container van
beetleboyjeff ·
silver wrote:removing some rust on the container van
Wow, there isn't much of that van left. 😂
silver ·
beetleboyjeff wrote:
silver wrote:removing some rust on the container van
Wow, there isn't much of that van left. 😂
No there isn't, luckily the rust was only in the sills and one outrigger this is from passenger side the only part common to split vans is the inner sill I found a local sheet metal guy to fold up the sections and I am fabricating the parts from these
good fun
hellbugged ·
Who's idea is this bloody Valla thing
Took some anodized center caps, scrubbed em raw and thru the process to get them to a mirror polished finished
Removed the gummed up injectors from the currently 2 cylinder race notch to get cleaned, replaced gummy fuel pump
Cleaned some cookie cutters ready for paint
Lowered the front bumper on the hotty beetle
MY68VW ·
I've been searching for this thread; thanks hellbugged.
Covered the passenger door in paint stripper and scrapped it back to metal.
donn ·
Took the dust cover off, third time in as many weeks
joesbuell ·
Fired up my new 1641 and sorted my new Bug-tech shifter 😀
oldskoolguy ·
Our Bug got a well deserved wash. It's been on daily driver duties since the Nationals and was a bit grubby.
Lucky Phil ·
White cars tub up so nice!
oldskoolguy ·
Lucky Phil wrote:White cars tub up so nice!
🙂 Sure do.
baghall ·
Began cutting materials for the rear cabinets for the bus.
Perezoso ·
Replaced bump stops, new exhaust and replaced the engine bay seal in my bug without donating any skin from my knuckles which I heard happens quite a lot, haha. Engine hopefully in tomorrow or Thursday.
GottaSplit ·
New exhaust, new horn ring and a working horn...
Progressing to getting all lights working.....
all new ignition, clean fuel... etc
been sitting in a field in Goulburn for 20 years........ :P
hellbugged ·
👍 Good stuff
Plenty happening around the place then
matberry ·
Presently I have the engine and trans out of my bug, replaced the diff and stuck in some HD axles. While it's on the hoist I've also stripped the frontend stubs for a king-pin freshen up, some front end support with some modified CSP braces and also a little body work on a ugly bit of cancer getting attended to......we got a few day's yet before Valla right????
HappyDaze ·
Yeah, Matt, it's a big effort to prepare a car for Valla [Raleigh]. Ol' No.8 Beetle is still in the trailer, however I managed to get the dipstick out and check the oil. The bloody tyres needed a bit of air, so I had to drag the air line out and take off the valve caps.....and screw them back on ! 🙄
It seemed OK at Wakefield Park a couple of months ago, so I won't muck about with it. 😀
MY68VW ·
Cut out the rusty front bumper mount, welded in new metal.
Found a huge, unexpected rust section under the passenger door, did some surgery - not much original metal left there! The whole section was full of expanding foam, most of it wet.
Did some panel beating to the passenger door after discovering a crease that was covered filled with putty, the bottom of the door was way outa line so whacked it with a hammer a few times - now nice and straight (as can be seen in above photo)
matberry ·
HappyDaze wrote:Yeah, Matt, it's a big effort to prepare a car for Valla [Raleigh]. Ol' No.8 Beetle is still in the trailer, however I managed to get the dipstick out and check the oil. The bloody tyres needed a bit of air, so I had to drag the air line out and take off the valve caps.....and screw them back on ! 🙄
It seemed OK at Wakefield Park a couple of months ago, so I won't muck about with it. 😀
I saw this post Greg but chose to ignore it... for a bit anyway...you're such a funny guy. You better be careful your carbs don't gum up from lack of use....lol
HappyDaze ·
matberry wrote:
HappyDaze wrote:Yeah, Matt, it's a big effort to prepare a car for Valla [Raleigh]. Ol' No.8 Beetle is still in the trailer, however I managed to get the dipstick out and check the oil. The bloody tyres needed a bit of air, so I had to drag the air line out and take off the valve caps.....and screw them back on ! 🙄
It seemed OK at Wakefield Park a couple of months ago, so I won't muck about with it. 😀
I saw this post Greg but chose to ignore it... for a bit anyway...you're such a funny guy. You better be careful your carbs don't gum up from lack of use....lol
Funny you should say that, Matt. The Doctor told me to "watch my carbs", and now I know what he meant.😎
matberry ·
HappyDaze wrote:
matberry wrote:
HappyDaze wrote:Yeah, Matt, it's a big effort to prepare a car for Valla [Raleigh]. Ol' No.8 Beetle is still in the trailer, however I managed to get the dipstick out and check the oil. The bloody tyres needed a bit of air, so I had to drag the air line out and take off the valve caps.....and screw them back on ! 🙄
It seemed OK at Wakefield Park a couple of months ago, so I won't muck about with it. 😀
I saw this post Greg but chose to ignore it... for a bit anyway...you're such a funny guy. You better be careful your carbs don't gum up from lack of use....lol
Funny you should say that, Matt. The Doctor told me to "watch my carbs", and now I know what he meant.😎
😂😂😂
OZ Towdster ·
😂😂
Ampdub ·
getting all the areas to be covered painted with colour matched epoxy, never going to see these areas or be exposed to UV light so 'brush away'
OZ Towdster ·
Fabricated a Tow'd tow bar for the LHD Tow'd to tow it to Valla on monday ,
hellbugged ·
A Tow'd towed tow'd ?
Painted some wheels
Adjusted the brakes
Installed new pea shooters
Finished the lowered bumper
Re-wrapped the exhaust
Just got to pick up the race car and give em all a wash now
donn ·
New plugs, 5 minutes for the first 3, 20 minutes to fit the cap back on the last one, should have checked that the rubber insert had come out with the plug socket 🤪 makes it damned hard to get the cap on the plug with the rubber insert still on the plug. Gunna change my name to Richard Cranium. 🙄
hellbugged ·
Got the race car on the trailer and down to Valla park
Detailed the 66,67 & 2014 beetles..... Oh and the "car of the day" trophy!
vlad01 ·
progress been slow for the last couple of years, been getting tougher and tougher with the cost of living going up so much.
I officially have to put my projects aside now , got news my boss has closed the business and how going out of work in the next few weeks.
job opportunities look very grim indeed! nothing but nursing, child care and accounting 100k radius around my area. hmmm? this sucks can't move forward at all with my notch. On the bright side I don't have to go to melbourne anymore 😂 what a dump! or even worse sydney.😂
h ·
took the blanket off the beetle, fired it up, drove it out of the shed, turned it around and back into the shed and up onto the trailer, lashed it down and opened a beer..
all hard work, big day..
Valla prep all but done!
moved onto rum now 😀
Just needs an altitude drop at the rear now to get it level.
vlad01 ·
I reckon just raise the front a little, the rear looks right as it is to me.
landfall ·
Changed from the Uh Oh 9 distributor to a SVDA distributor, which I assume the car is supposed to have. PICT 3 carby.
Raining too hard to take it for a drive.
MY68VW ·
I need to stop lifting up carpet and taking off panels... 😢
But at least there's progression.
And with only one panel left to remove there can't be too much rust left to find.
Perezoso ·
Engine finally in just need to re wire and the finish putting on the dual kaddies.
hellbugged ·
Today...
Changed wheels, removed visor and roof rack.... Changed engine lids..... And absolutely rang its neck at the Valla lap dash!
landfall ·
Fitted a dipstick temperature sender and wired it in. Lo and behold, finally an oil temperature reading, unlike the silly sender unit in the oil pan.
Tidied up the wiring in the engine bay while I was at it.
Ken
helbus ·
Repaired damaged rear bar for the bus, and repaired damaged front bar irons for the Beetle. Picked up a service kit for the Beetle (strainer gaskets, rocker gasket, plugs, oil.
Also got a set of OHC HLA's for the bus
donn ·
Put a for sale sign on the wench, after 10 years we are parting company, sad day but bought a fat chick cab and can't keep two
Governor ·
Checked my fulcrums, all good and back together
modnrod ·
For 30 years every time I've changed from 2nd into 3rd on these stooopid little cars the revs have dropped a bit more than I wanted, and I'm just OCD enough for it to still annoy me!
So now, finally, I've done something about it! HAHA! YAY!!!!! 😂
Craig Torrens ·
decided its time to go hillclimb racing again........so I started to get the workshop organised for the buildup 😎
modnrod ·
Bloody hell Craig!
How did you get your dirt floor so shiny and smooth? 😁
Craig Torrens ·
😂
OZ Towdster ·
hellbugged wrote:Today...
Changed wheels, removed visor and roof rack.... Changed engine lids..... And absolutely rang its neck at the Valla lap dash!
And what a consistant driver you are mate , a credit to you ,
oh and to the masses yes you can get a 3.17 lap on 31" BFG allterrains , scary shit but fun and yes i'll be back to Raleigh in 2 years with a lot quicker Tow'd
hellbugged ·
Cool updates everyone!
dangerous ·
Got my Volksy running again for The jamboree:
landfall ·
Fixed the tilt forward mechanism on the passengers seat.
Went on a BBQ lunch trip with the PVCC here in Hobart to Margate which gave me the chance to see what the change in distributors may have made?
Cannot believe the difference that the correct SVDA distributor has made over the 009.
Now, if only I can sort out this damn suspension.
Ken
Lateral ·
Fixed a leaky fuel accelerator diaphragm on my Solex 34 carby.
Rewired some "just waiting for a fire to happening electrical connections" in the engine bay.
Fitted new steering wheel.
Regards Greg
humpty ·
Made a decision.
donn ·
humpty wrote:Made a decision.
No pics it didn't happen
Camo ·
Put the motor back in and spent another $500 on more AN fittings 🤪
Donn, photo proves it 😂😂
Kev
hellbugged ·
Very unceremoniously put the race notch back in the shed under the power of the starter motor.
Motor kaput 😊
PHAT BUG ·
Finally got the engine in and back rims done on the gasser. So much left to do and running out of time.
donn ·
^^^^^^^^^Cool colour scheme, I think you need a bigger shed though. 👍
rickp ·
Got a call from my bro in law to help change his accelerator cable as it had snapped. Sure, weather is good, I'll take the Ghia for a spin.
As I warmed up the Ghia in the garage pushed the accelerator one more time and..... Snap!
So yea I changed 2 accelerator cables today. What are the chances?
rose ·
😊
hellbugged ·
Mad gasser ghia!
Oh rose.... Was always gonna be hard to race 2 cars at once. I was hanging for a Ian/rose rivalry!
Today I cruised my stocka with lovely heaters on.... Out to the farm and made a start on tearing apart the race notch 🥲
helbus ·
Last few days. Repaired a rear bar for the bus, painted it, assembled with towbar and fitted it. Bus is running ace with new rebuilt engine.
joesbuell ·
Put key in started n drove it to work 🙂
donn ·
Changed number plates from one car to the other and from the other car to one car
fish26 ·
Took some iPhone pics
oldskoolguy ·
While watching the racing from Eastern Creek, just mucked around and fitted the replacement floor vent supplied by Old Dubber (thanks again mate).
Checked for future fitting of a reversing switch & light,....
....and gazed in awe at the mechanical wizardry of the Z bar.
binner ·
Went from this to that...ghetto polish is in for globes....
Cleaned up the front too.......
rose ·
washed him and took him for a run, nice day for a drive up the freeway in the oval. And had a chat at the servo with a dude that came over to talk to me about my bug. 🙂
grinderman ·
Wet sanded and painted the top half of buttercup ................. AND stared into the backyard contemplating my next 4 projects
hulbyw ·
Friday finished a custom battery install and gave the Beetle a tub, Saturday adjusted the front wheel bearings and today took it for a short fang around the block (or two)
vlad01 ·
grinderman wrote:Wet sanded and painted the top half of buttercup ................. AND stared into the backyard contemplating my next 4 projects
nice shed 👍
helbus ·
On the 1302 S Bug. Fitted new handbrake cables, adjusted rear brakes, service, valve clearance adjustment, oil strainer clean, plugs, oil. Purrs now.
beetle_nut ·
Welded in r/h a pillar just got to finish the other side where the gaurd bolts on...
Boozo ·
Fitted my Kamei front lip 😏
Gringo_54_oval ·
done some welding on my 71.
soon shel be ready for primer👍
modnrod ·
Carefully placed my new L bug gearbox under the open engine bay.
That would be the just rebuilt one that now also has a closer 3rd and a superdiff.
Thanks Chris. 😁
ian.mezz ·
connected up the fuel pump and battery to the spare motor , ready to show people if they want to buy it , as we sold the car . 😊
donn ·
Started looking over my new Vert, walked around to the front RH wheel and there it is, a very large pool of oily substance on the floor, checked the brake fluid reservoir but it was chockers, not sure what it is but had to leave for an important appointment, called the fella I bought it off to ask if he had a clue as to what it could be, no, but he offered to come around to help me investigate. Tonight I opened the bonnet and took out the large tool bag that was in there then the carpet mat covering the spare wheel, there in the top of the spare is a nice pool of oil. Discovered an empty plastic one litre of oil in the tool bag, seems it was once full. Alls well that ends well. 😁🤪😀
MY68VW ·
I'm starting to get over doing things to my vw every day without feeling like it's progressing toward something I can drive.
Today I was going to paint the passenger floor but once the carpet was out it revealed more r_st than I was happy to see. I spent the day bringing it back to metal.
The plan is to be driving by summer; which gives me 30 odd days that I have the opportunity to work on it. Still lots to do...
beetle_nut ·
Marked out the final hole to cut to fit the golde rag top clip..next cut it and tack it in.
humpty ·
Some o'dis.....
beetle_nut ·
I did the final cut for the golde roof to go on my 59 beetle.should be welding it in tomorrow..
Betheeee ·
Apart from driving it, I made a hubcap puller, took off one of the hubcaps, and gave it a darn good scrub! The inside chrome is pitted? Maybe rusty? So I applied a coat of rust converter to see that happens. Polished the outside with metal polish to see how good the chrome finish still is. Not too bad. Two small dents that I'll need to remove. I'll do the others after I've got this first one sorted.
dangerous ·
hellbugged ·
Packed the family in the stocka, turned on the heaters and sat at the beach watching the moon appear over the ocean 👍
PHAT BUG ·
Picked up the windscreen for the Gasser, holy moly.......
donn ·
Fixed the dicky starter switch, also have now worked out that it should have only taken about one hour instead of eight hours. 😵💫
LUFTMEISTER ·
Me Likeey 👍😵 (gasser)
beetle_nut ·
Finished welding in the golde roof.
and started raising the rear of the floor pan..
Pastit ·
PHAT BUG wrote:Picked up the windscreen for the Gasser, holy moly.......
Are you going for the ugliest paint job ever? 🤓
matberry ·
Pastit wrote:
PHAT BUG wrote:Picked up the windscreen for the Gasser, holy moly.......
Are you going for the ugliest paint job ever? 🤓
Some people?? ..... un cool comment for a cool car, each to thier own mate. Love the purple screen 👍
donn ·
Luv the paint job, if you want the same as everyone else buy a white Hyundi
Boozo ·
drove it! and loved every minute
Pastit ·
donn wrote:Luv the paint job, if you want the same as everyone else buy a white Hyundi
Only if it is "Slammed and on earlies", haw, haw.............never get sick of that one it's so funny. 😂 It'd be different then 🤓
MattY-64 ·
Broke the front nose cone mount on the old 1200 transmission..... So got to pull the engine and transmission again. Repair and brace it all.....
Going to go the whole nine yards and do a removable rear apron (so I can swap between my two engines easily), kafer bar and transmissions straps...
DakDak67 ·
Chucked this in the bus, no more narrow beam...WAHHHHHHHHH
Boozo ·
That is amazing!!
roverv8bay ·
G'day all. Start on the electric windows on ECLECTIC will post some pics tomorrow night pretty simple biggest hassel is getting the 1/4 glass out
ernie
PHAT BUG ·
matberry wrote:
Pastit wrote:
PHAT BUG wrote:Picked up the windscreen for the Gasser, holy moly.......
Are you going for the ugliest paint job ever? 🤓
Some people?? ..... un cool comment for a cool car, each to thier own mate. Love the purple screen 👍
Haha, this is why I love this car!
Some people really get it and for everyone else, I couldn't give a rats arse what you think!
roverv8bay ·
G'day phat bug. I can't believe some people on a vw forum would criticise a paint job vw's of all shapes are an open canvas for us to put our own mark on. just take it with the thought that only 1 person doesn't like it. I copped a bagging years ago for running 180b motors in my kombies & baja now it ok to run a subie love the design
ernie
donn ·
A link would be good, just did a search and found nuffn. 🤪
MY68VW ·
About to get started applying an under coat... then my sister calls and needs me to install a pilates wall at her studio. What is it with family?! they know I own a VW and therefore will be required to constantly be working on it. 😉
Screwed up one of the welding jobs...
This is the hole left after cutting away rust; after many hours fabricating metal, tacking, welding, and painting; I went to fit the rear panel only to discover I had added 5mm to a mounting point. Wouldn't be so bad except it's right at the jack support and nearly impossible to cut.
Allbones ·
DakDak67 wrote:Chucked this in the bus, no more narrow beam...WAHHHHHHHHH
Duuuuuddddddeeeeeeee! 😎😎😎😎😎
Manufacturer?
I've been looking at the "eyeball engineering" front end for my bug for a while. didnt know other companies got amongst it like that.
roverv8bay ·
G'day donn. have a look under heading T2vw bus BMW eclectric window conversion. Can someone tell me how to post it on here
ernie
humpty ·
Allbones wrote:
DakDak67 wrote:Chucked this in the bus, no more narrow beam...WAHHHHHHHHH
Duuuuuddddddeeeeeeee! 😎😎😎😎😎
Manufacturer?
I've been looking at the "eyeball engineering" front end for my bug for a while. didnt know other companies got amongst it like that.
I discovered the perfect threat for my 14 year old daughter, if she is misbehaving....
School drop off/pick up in Helga and HONK at her! She gets that Helga is a cool, cute car, but the little honking horn just kills her. So funny!
hrastovica ·
Picked up my powdercoated tinwear... looks amazing.
DakDak67 ·
humpty wrote:
Allbones wrote:
DakDak67 wrote:Chucked this in the bus, no more narrow beam...WAHHHHHHHHH
Duuuuuddddddeeeeeeee! 😎😎😎😎😎
Manufacturer?
I've been looking at the "eyeball engineering" front end for my bug for a while. didnt know other companies got amongst it like that.
yeah Al brings them in from the Uk , it's a sweet piece of kit, everything fits perfectly. I would love to drive a bug with one, not many are prepared to drop big coin though.
roverv8bay ·
G'day all. hers another vid of what's in the power window conversion
ernie
Allbones ·
DakDak67 wrote:
humpty wrote:
Allbones wrote:
DakDak67 wrote:Chucked this in the bus, no more narrow beam...WAHHHHHHHHH
Duuuuuddddddeeeeeeee! 😎😎😎😎😎
Manufacturer?
I've been looking at the "eyeball engineering" front end for my bug for a while. didnt know other companies got amongst it like that.
yeah Al brings them in from the Uk , it's a sweet piece of kit, everything fits perfectly. I would love to drive a bug with one, not many are prepared to drop big coin though.
I started hunting around for them after this, the mendeola ones are perdy. $5500 for front and rear though, I think I need to start saving, haha.
oldskoolguy ·
Took "Otis" for the pink slip roadworthy check, and he passed easily.
Seeing as it is school holidays we celebrated by heading down to Macksville and having a picnic by the river. Top day!
twoguns ·
just picked up George from CBB after getting a new gearbox built. running nice now.
hellbugged ·
oldskoolguy wrote:Took "Otis" for the pink slip roadworthy check, and he passed easily.
Seeing as it is school holidays we celebrated by heading down to Macksville and having a picnic by the river. Top day!
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Good day for it!
Often spot you out and about, passed you today in the early beetle just south of Valla
Daimo
oldskoolguy ·
hellbugged wrote:
oldskoolguy wrote:Took "Otis" for the pink slip roadworthy check, and he passed easily.
Seeing as it is school holidays we celebrated by heading down to Macksville and having a picnic by the river. Top day!
]
Good day for it!
Often spot you out and about, passed you today in the early beetle just south of Valla
Daimo
G'day, yes I saw you.
Your car looks good.
All the best mate. Rob.
hellbugged ·
Needs a scrub, yours looks sweet too.
Always exciting to see another beetle on the road 👍
Hot rod meet is on at Valla park this week and they do the parade into Nambucca Saturday morning if you're looking for another excuse to get out and about
rose ·
well over the week end when I had my oval out the speedo clocked over to 90,000 miles. I've had the bug since Aug 05 so today I checked to see just how many miles I've done each year since then.
2006 travelled 2613 miles
2007 travelled 4222 miles
2008 travelled 5528 miles
2009 travelled 3509 miles
2010 travelled 4156 miles
2011 travelled 1051 miles
2012 travelled 3008 miles
2013 travelled 1230 miles
2014 travelled 3082 miles
and from Aug till now 815 miles
a total of 29,214 miles 46,742.4klm
I do own a few cars so I think this is a good effort for my toy, not my daily driver. 😂
modnrod ·
What did we do to our VW today?
These guys goofed off for hours........
.......while I tried to catch all this stuff when it fell off.........
hellbugged ·
Cool
Did another service on the stocka.....oil, grease,tappet and brake adjustment
Rose got me thinking and worked out ive done 40 000 miles in the stock beetle in the last 3 1/2 years
MY68VW ·
Cut another hole from whats left of the metal 🙁
Belted out some new sheet metal and shaped it to fit.
(I was going to leave this repair as the last job -have the window removed and do it properly- but figured a way to weld and protect the rubber)
My welding skills aren't the best but they are getting better now I have a Mig (much better than ARC)
I'm close to having the whole car prepped for paint! By next week I should be smoothing out the spray putty. 🙂
LUFTMEISTER ·
Nice job. Busy Busy.
oldskoolguy ·
MY68VW wrote:My welding skills aren't the best but they are getting better now I have a Mig (much better than ARC)
I'm close to having the whole car prepped for paint! By next week I should be smoothing out the spray putty. 🙂
You are obviously not scared to take on a big task. Should be good when it's finished though.
What MIG welder did you buy?
All the best, Rob.
modnrod ·
Went a bit further than I had originally planned, but from here on in it's easier to see what you've got, and do it once I spose.
Also it's always nice to consider possible options while it's apart.
Question: What's the difference in performance on the highway between a twin-IDF'd 2276 and a centremount 1689?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Only joking!
No really!
Well, mostly.........sorta......... 😀
hrastovica ·
Won some trophies!! I'm thinking to myself... if i won two trophies this year, what happens next year when i finish the car?!?!
oldskoolguy ·
Gave Otis an oil change, degrease and a clean. Then my daughter Olivia and I drove to Nambucca using as much of the Old Pacific Hwy as we could. When I was a teenager in the '70s we lived at Nambucca, I used to work in the family bakery on school holidays, when we took smoko at about 1 or 2 in the morning we used to see the V8 paper trucks fly by. They'd bellow up the hill to Bowra Street, along with the semi trailer juggernauts on this road. Good times.
hellbugged ·
Often see you out and about in Otis. We passed a couple weeks ago with my son learning to drive in the stock beetle. Should get a cruise together organised one day
I gave my hotty beetle a much needed oil change and valve adjustment this weekend too.
oldskoolguy ·
hellbugged wrote:Often see you out and about in Otis. We passed a couple weeks ago with my son learning to drive in the stock beetle. Should get a cruise together organised one day
I gave my hotty beetle a much needed oil change and valve adjustment this weekend too.
Sounds good, anybody else interested I wonder? 👍
PAZZAN ·
😂
wombatventures ·
Took old Numberplates off the Notch. Poxy new S010BBW has now become RVW971.
Photos to come when I drag the crap out of the driveway to let her out! Hopefully next weekend. Will need the sanity fix after a week chucking lambs in cradles! 🤪
modnrod ·
Today (well, yesterday actually, close enough!) I went through 3 brushes, all ten fingernails, and 2L of degreaser, and got my heads all cleaned up.
Good news! No cracks anywhere.
Oh, and a toy box showed up in the mail, with bits for the heads in it, WOO!HOO!
adlbeetle66 ·
It was yesterday, but i got all the drivers side of my chassis in Epoxy Mastic 121.
donn ·
Started the recarpet in the cab, looks like I picked the wrong type as it isn't as flexible as I hoped to get around the curves and bends, no biggie as the same carpet is available in unbacked to do the bendy bits. Fitted the retractable lap / sash belts in the back to replace the lap only (.ive now got a spare set of retractable genuine VW laps for sale 😄 ) fitted the new carpet in the space behind the rear seat.
Question... Is there supposed to be some sort of cover to the back of the back seat, there was none there when I bought it but when the seat is folded forward it exposes the internals of the seat, looks shite
donn ·
Started the recarpet in the cab, looks like I picked the wrong type as it isn't as flexible as I hoped to get around the curves and bends, no biggie as the same carpet is available in unbacked to do the bendy bits. Fitted the retractable lap / sash belts in the back to replace the lap only (.ive now got a spare set of retractable genuine VW laps for sale 😄 ) fitted the new carpet in the space behind the rear seat.
Question... Is there supposed to be some sort of cover to the back of the back seat, there was none there when I bought it but when the seat is folded forward it exposes the internals of the seat, looks shite
adlbeetle66 ·
Yes, there is meant to be a cover. Have one a whole top section of the seat if you want it for $15.. very good condition
donn ·
Hmm, tempting as it is, its a bit of a hike from you to me, reckon I'll fabricate something that looks the part, thanks anyway.
adlbeetle66 ·
No problems.
hellbugged ·
Ive been really slack since the vw spectacular last year. To the point of considering selling the lot
Grouchy beetle has been a prick to get started so today it was spark plugs, ignition leads, intake gaskets, carby clean. Also change brake fluid and needed new bumpstops on the front.
So touch wood, should be ready for the Sawtell winter break.
We can have a cruise then Rob and get the feelers out for some more coffee cruizes?!
HappyDaze ·
A wise person once said to me...when I was in a smilar situation :- "Sounds like you need another outing". 😏
beetleboyjeff ·
hellbugged wrote:We can have a cruise then Rob and get the feelers out for some more coffee cruizes?!
Keep me in the loop - I am keen
oldskoolguy ·
beetleboyjeff wrote:
hellbugged wrote:We can have a cruise then Rob and get the feelers out for some more coffee cruizes?!
Keep me in the loop - I am keen
As I write this I am making sure that weekend (28th -30th August) is free to catch up. Looking forward to it!
Rob.
beetleboyjeff ·
Club VeeDub in Sydney have their Sawtell Winter break on that weekend - I am going. Hopefully I will see you there? Sawtell is even closer to you than Valla.
oldskoolguy ·
beetleboyjeff wrote:Club VeeDub in Sydney have their Sawtell Winter break on that weekend - I am going. Hopefully I will see you there? Sawtell is even closer to you than Valla.
That's what I understood Hellbugged to be referring to, I think. I'll see you there Jeff for sure. 👍
Rob.
wombatventures ·
Ok so it took a while. Gotta love being able to chose older plates...
adlbeetle66 ·
👍👍
alansvw ·
my new suspension all coming together. thread under Ghia's
Subject: 7 year wait, chassis done.. well almost
modnrod ·
Parts arrived today, so I put them with the new rebuilt gearbox..........to get rebuilt again! 😂
Thank you Mr Butler! 😀
modnrod ·
wombatventures ·
Last week... cleaned, adjusted, even polished!
Saturday.... drove the Notch to Morgan and Camped.
Sunday... Dubs By The River. 9 other VW's joined us!
Worst part...... had to go home after! 😂
oldskoolguy ·
Yesterday actually, another year, another pink slip.
modnrod ·
🙂
wombatventures ·
3 weeks ago really.
Went down to Swan Reach for a camping weekend with the folks.
On the way home the motor cut out. Seemed like it was vaporising. On top of that, the slighlty sloppy rotor button became a rotates where it wants rotor button. The small tag that locates it on the distributor shaft broke. Try getting a rotor button for a 71 VW 1600 on a Sunday. Anywhere!
Result. RAA truck from Blanchetown to Waikerie. Night in the tent at Waikerie Caravan Park. Try getting a motel with an 11 year old Cavalier Maltese cross (read vicious, room destroying mongrel!) (For those of you who've met Rosie you'd wonder how they'd turn her down!) RAA Truck from Waikerie to Peterborough. What was in the spares box from the roofless SuperBug. Oh no it's black not red brown! But it fits and the Notch is alive again!
beetle_nut ·
Air bagged the rear of my 59 bug.
modnrod ·
nbturbo ·
Bought my Drag Car home last Friday after delivering it onMay 10th. The shit continues. Pulled the motor and trans to repair an auto thats shit it self on the Dyno last Thursday just as the tuning was being finished.Been in touch with the Guru and its already heading to the Gold Coast. Removed both front glass guards that are now cracked and paint scratched which were not like that May 9th. Got them at local paint shop. Have modified the exhaust to get the waste gate really close and better angle. Tuner reckons the 90 deg bend was too restrictive and causing boost issues. Looks like it will be 2016 now before it will race.
wombatventures ·
Changed the oil in the Notch so it will be the cleanest part of the car for Volksfest this weekend!
shaven ·
modnrod wrote:
THATS GOLD... does it work 😂
modnrod ·
Yep. 😁
Dicko ·
What are those extensions on the frame horns for? The pipe looking ones where the rear trans mounts bolt into the horns?
Beaut set-up BTW. Could you give further information on the front suspension, home built or manufactured?
alansvw wrote:my new suspension all coming together. thread under Ghia's
Subject: 7 year wait, chassis done.. well almost
wombatventures ·
shaven wrote:
modnrod wrote:
THATS GOLD... does it work 😂
Hmm....
Been looking for a use for that old dishwasher...
What "soap" do you use?
modnrod ·
Originally posted by wombatventures
What "soap" do you use?
Just a "Finish" tablet.
I saw a few people discussing it here and there, and figured if it worked for them it would for me too.
I don't think it really cleans the cases better than straight degreaser and a kitchen dish brush that I usually use, but it is certainly easier!
I had to lightly rub the cases still with a mild scourer before a thin coat of paint, it came out with a chalky oxide on some of it (so was obviously very clean), and a wipe of WD on the studs and on the inside to stop rust/oxides.
wombatventures ·
Volksfest in Adelaide. Great day. Pics soon. 👍👍
hulbyw ·
modnrod wrote:
Married or single? If married, you are one brave bloke
Cheers
helbus ·
What if it was the wifes car?
adlbeetle66 ·
You can pick up working dishwashers for next to nothing, maybe that's my next machine for my workshop 😂😂!!
modnrod ·
hulbyw ·
Fitted new door cards yesterday and today paid a workshop to replace the original rear torsion arm bushes and lube and adjust the steering box on my '68 Beetle. Yes, I know I should have tackled it myself but these guys know exactly what they are doing on VW's and I am happy to pay for their expertise
Cheers....Wayne
bugmaniaar ·
Freeze and release, and baby powder......please explain
modnrod ·
Freeze/release to lube the threads on the cheap torsion lifter tool coz the threads started slowly rolling over a bit.
So I chucked the silly tool and went to the tried-and-true jack method, the preload I put into it had too much tension for my liking.
Baby powder to lube the rubber torsion housing bushes.
Oh, and coz it feels nice on my tootsies.
bugmaniaar ·
AHHHHHH....👍
beetleboyjeff ·
Finally got another set of wheels for my toolbox/trailer to match my car. :-)
oldskoolguy ·
Looks nice Jeff 👍
wombatventures ·
Awesome Jeff. Looks cool. 👍
Nice to have them match.
Started the Notch, let it warm up, moved it forward 5 inches to get the front wheel off the grey water hose I parked it on last week, turned it off and locked it, then went and watered the lawn that has gone a week without.
Plan for tomorrow...
Maybe clean the crap off the L-Bug.
oldskoolguy ·
Took it for the yearly inspection/pink slip, and it's a pass 🙂
hellbugged ·
👍
Forgot about this one.
vw54 ·
Stripped and cleaned my ne split case gearbox for the Oval
Bearings all good touched up some of the gears and inspected all the other bits
hellbugged ·
Good one Birch
Found a berg shifter extension and handle that I added to my T3 today.
Sit back and cruise comfy now
wombatventures ·
wombatventures wrote:Started the Notch, let it warm up, moved it forward 5 inches to get the front wheel off the grey water hose I parked it on last week, turned it off and locked it, then went and watered the lawn that has gone a week without.
Plan for tomorrow...
Maybe clean the crap off the L-Bug.
Here's a joke...
The cleaning of the carport still hasn't happened! 😂
Today I fitted the old tacho from my Hilux (sold in 2000) that I found in the back shed before Xmas.
This is a follow on from the week before last having put the new seat cams in that Nils had made and getting the timing sorted and cleaning the plugs this morning.
Even washed it yesterday!
Day Of The Volkswagen is coming up on the 19th...
Any guesses what gave me a Gee Up!
BlasterTheRedBajaBug ·
Well I looked at it out the window, looked at the sky and said nope too wet it can wait.
hellbugged ·
Lol
I looked at 7 out of the 9 of them I have and thought too nice of a day and went to the beach 👍
modnrod ·
wombatventures ·
modnrod wrote:
👍😂
oldskoolguy ·
Checked the oil. Filled it with fuel. Then took it for the first decent drive since fitting a new muffler and flared tail pipes.
It's got a nice exhaust note now!
Drove to Scotts Head amongst other places. It's school holidays so my daughter enjoyed the drive as well.
paslow22 ·
Took the car to the spraypainters yesterday to have the burnt area painted ( previous owner had a fire) brought the rear guards and bumper home, painted the inside of the bumper and added more underbody sealer to protect the paint.
Yet another skill I've discovered I'm not very good at!!! 😂
pete wood ·
Jacked it up ready to check the back brake and fix the leaking axle seal. Also had some parts come... mmmmm, parts.... 👍
wombatventures ·
Starting Friday....
Been booked on for the Copper Coast Classic Cavalcade for about a month, finally got to check the Notch over at 5pm Friday! Not running well, test drive... flat out at 80k and bit of a miss, hmm, check carbs, fuel filter, leads at distributor. Know timing was right a few weeks ago as Alf had done such a good job tuning it. Scratched head for a while, everything seems right, pulled each lead off dizzie while running, no real changes. Last thought, check leads at plugs, (Bastard to reach so hadn't got that far.) Seems a flat four runs better with all cylinders firing! 110k out the same road, no drama! o_O
Packed the swag and tent in for Saturday departure.
Saturday...
Drove to Kadina, lost fuel cap in Crystal Brook! Yep, to much of a rush leaving servo. Anyone got a Type 3 fuel cap they want to sell?
Kadina was busy as buggery. Kernewek Lowender Cornish Festival, markets, May pole dancing and Classic cars everywhere!
Found these...
wombatventures ·
Also Spotted a fellow Notch...
Then stayed at the Moonta Bay Caravan Park Saturday night..
wombatventures ·
Sunday...
A quick pack up and back to Wallaroo to join the massive lineup for the Copper Coast Cavalcade. 500+ cars bikes, trucks and everything else pre 1985!
Total VWs...
Karman Ghia
54 Beetle
57 Beetle
2 x 71 Type 3 Notches
Late Bay Dual Cab
Late Bay Camper
70 Double Slider Lowlight Camper
Photos...
Not many...
wombatventures ·
Cavalcade winds through Wallaroo,Moonta Bay, Port Hughes, Moonta and Kadina. Ends in a show and shine at Kadina Oval.
Any other Dubbers want to join us next time? The Blue Notch came all the way from Broken Hill.
pete wood ·
Fluffing around putting a new regulator in an alternator. Got it in from CIP1. Pretty good value when the regulator is the usual suspect. Wishing the AU$ and shipping were a bit better though...
beetleboyjeff wrote:Finally got another set of wheels for my toolbox/trailer to match my car. :-)
What weight would your trailer come in at Jeff and what motor are you running? We're trying to work out a trailer for camping to tow behind the Notch.
Can go up to 700kg unbraked but don't want to kill the old 1600 with to much stress.
beetleboyjeff ·
My trailer isn't that heavy, but with my loaded toolbox in it (as in the photo), it is about 700kgs. I often carry building materials on the top and on the racks, and can often go over 1000kgs. I have a 1916cc engine in the car. The trailer is built on a Type 111 rear suspension, and both the trailer and the back of the bug have Sherman disc brake conversions. The front of the bug has standard superbug discs.
Interestingly, I used the trailer for years without the brakes on it with not too many problems, and really only put them on when I was employing more blokes, and they had utes that struggled with the trailer, especially stopping it in the wet. The rear engine VW is especially good for towing, and tows far better than a front engined car of similar weight & power.
yasdnil01 ·
Arr! uncovered and unsecured trailer load .... book em danno
HappyDaze ·
Interestingly, I used the trailer for years without the brakes on it with not too many problems, and really only put them on when I was employing more blokes, and they had utes that struggled with the trailer, especially stopping it in the wet. The rear engine VW is especially good for towing, and tows far better than a front engined car of similar weight & power.
Jeff, this reminds me of when, in the late '60s, I towed my Formula Vee...behind a 1500 Beetle. The trailer had no brakes, and when going down a steep hill, it was important NOT to jump on the brakes! The weight transfer onto the tow-bar tended to lift the Beetle's front wheels clean off the road, making steering impossible.
This happened once, on the way to Bathurst, while going down Mount Victoria...much scarier than the races that weekend. 🤪
wombatventures ·
Cheers Jeff.
Most of the smaller camper units are unbraked and I've towed my work trailer with swag, esky and camping gear with the Notch with no trouble.
I'm even thinking an early to mid 70s jayco. Join the old caravan collectors!
pete wood ·
beetleboyjeff wrote:My trailer isn't that heavy, but with my loaded toolbox in it (as in the photo), it is about 700kgs. I often carry building materials on the top and on the racks, and can often go over 1000kgs. I have a 1916cc engine in the car. The trailer is built on a Type 111 rear suspension, and both the trailer and the back of the bug have Sherman disc brake conversions. The front of the bug has standard superbug discs.
Interestingly, I used the trailer for years without the brakes on it with not too many problems, and really only put them on when I was employing more blokes, and they had utes that struggled with the trailer, especially stopping it in the wet. The rear engine VW is especially good for towing, and tows far better than a front engined car of similar weight & power.
I gather you've got an extra oil cooler on the car?
P.s. I see you gave Hotondo the flick. 😉
KalgoorlieGreg ·
Well, I was warned that project cars could get expensive. Dropped all unboltables off to the blasters this morning.
The verbal quote I got before Christmas for the whole car to get blasted and primered suddenly turned into the price for the first batch.
Luckily, the doors and guards are the worst of the project, the body and plan don't seem that bad so paint stripper it is!
beetleboyjeff ·
pete wood wrote:
beetleboyjeff wrote:My trailer isn't that heavy, but with my loaded toolbox in it (as in the photo), it is about 700kgs. I often carry building materials on the top and on the racks, and can often go over 1000kgs. I have a 1916cc engine in the car. The trailer is built on a Type 111 rear suspension, and both the trailer and the back of the bug have Sherman disc brake conversions. The front of the bug has standard superbug discs.
Interestingly, I used the trailer for years without the brakes on it with not too many problems, and really only put them on when I was employing more blokes, and they had utes that struggled with the trailer, especially stopping it in the wet. The rear engine VW is especially good for towing, and tows far better than a front engined car of similar weight & power.
I gather you've got an extra oil cooler on the car?
P.s. I see you gave Hotondo the flick. 😉
Yeah, I have an 8 pass external cooler mounted above the transaxle. My current 1916 has about 160,000km on it. The car is just about to turn 685,000km, and I reckon has done at least half of that towing the trailer.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Hotondo, but when my daughter who was working with me moved onto construction estimating, I didn't want to do it on my own, and my franchise was up for renewal, so after a talk to them, I didn't renew.
pete wood ·
beetleboyjeff wrote:Yeah, I have an 8 pass external cooler mounted above the transaxle. My current 1916 has about 160,000km on it. The car is just about to turn 685,000km, and I reckon has done at least half of that towing the trailer.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Hotondo, but when my daughter who was working with me moved onto construction estimating, I didn't want to do it on my own, and my franchise was up for renewal, so after a talk to them, I didn't renew.
Amazing difference what a cooler makes. Pleased to hear you had a positive time with Hotondo. Another franchisee built the house we live in now. Overall, we've been very pleased with it, even if there were a few non-building related dramas at the end.
Speaking of oil, I changed mine last night. Seemed like a good idea after the khanacross. As per usual, I managed to spill oil everywhere. I never learn. Anyhow, it's going again. Calibrated the AFR meter and took it out for a tune just now. Man it goes! 👍
pv370 ·
the start of the refurb for the interior
pete wood ·
Filled it up with fuel and went over to the nationals for an hour or so. Found this curio. Took me back to my aunt's Fox in the 70s. The badges usually got nicked so I impressed to find this one in tact. 🙂
hellbugged ·
Cool one that Pete.
Well I did a service on the stock beetle, grease, valve adjustment, brakes........ But only after getting motivated after a cruise to watch a very yello oval on late pan do a bit of racing at a lap dash. 👍
pete wood ·
hellbugged wrote:Cool one that Pete.
Well I did a service on the stock beetle, grease, valve adjustment, brakes........ But only after getting motivated after a cruise to watch a very yello oval on late pan do a bit of racing at a lap dash. 👍
Took my spare alternator down to my auto elec shop today to have it tested before I put it in (read; pull half the motor apart to install it). All good! Shout out to John Dean Auto Electrical in Penrith, NSW. Charged me nothing and always helps me out. If you're local, give him some business. 🙂
Just BTW, replacement regulators are available now from CIP1 for just $32.
This is usually the part that dies so it's a cheap fix for most of our alternators. I'll pickup another one soon and swap it over into the alternator I pull out of the car. Does up to 85amps.
modnrod ·
The junior apprentice helped me service the little green Beetle.
Fossil ·
Had 8+yo 165 80R 15 tyres on the 5.5Jx15" Mangles so bit the bullet sand put a new set of 205 65R 15 Hankook K425 on.
Thought it would be a good idea to get the Keyfang LT off the spare and put something more modern on = spare with tube is rusted around the valve hole ...... now on the search for a new spare steel wheel 4.5Jx15" 4 x 130 to suit.
pete wood ·
A mate called me a few weeks back with an ABS plastic replacement glovebox for my oval. He'd bought in the US but forgotten to put it in his oval before selling it. Needless to say I was super stoked coz the cardboard one is falling to pieces. Being that it was nice and shiny, it only seemed to right to drill a big hole in it and put a USB charging point. 😉
pete wood ·
In other news, I've been struggling with my kirkey seat for a while. Even with a few layers of yoga matt, my backside goes numb fast! Driving my daughter to school yesterday, I spied an old seat schwab on the side of the road. Having stripped off the old fabric, I cut it down and it fits well. I'm sitting a little higher than before, but it feels so much better.
colin ·
Cleaned and detailed car today after last weekends dyno session.Tomorrow I need to check the tappets and spanner check the car ready for its first even of the year. Yippee putting the tools down and the helmet on!
Cheers Col
hellbugged ·
👍 Col
wombatventures ·
Took the Notch for a shopping run. Sounds boring huh!?
112km each way, mostly straight country road, but with some legal speed corners between Caltowie and Gladtone. Always try to hold the speed limit through the corners just to make the trip fun, its easy in a modern car but tires the arms in the Notch.
As usual it ran well. Loaded groceries in the front which shocks the local Pt Pirie shoppers.😏
On top of that we're hunting for a small light camper trailer to hook up for weekends away. We missed out on a 1980 Jayco today... Bugger!
Stay tuned...
nbturbo ·
That's a nice way to go- used to live in Gladstone many years ago. Spent a fair bit of time in your backyard shooting rabbits.Nice day for it.
haccc ·
after noticing the old motor had rotted from the inside out, I had to get another , so have started changing over all the external bits to suit the Sabre. at this point it seems to be everything
hellbugged ·
Today checked the oil on stock '66..... Then drove to Sydney at 66mph
modnrod ·
Rolled the Superbug out to bask in the sunshine for the first time in 4 years. 😎
hellbugged ·
That's a big exhaust cut out! Interested to see how you fill it 👍
KalgoorlieGreg ·
Installed a valve into Fred. Should be fun! Also added lights.
modnrod ·
Whistling away in the shed coz it's windy and raining.
wombatventures ·
Took the Notch to Concors de Lemons in Adelaide last Saturday.....
