its been pouring rain here in Scone all day , and I'm wondering if I should leave My Beetle at home and take the other car...??
If it rains tomorrow and is still raining on Friday Morning...???
We have to go as We have booked accommodation...
although it did rain all the way in 2006 but I wasn't in My beetle then...
LEE
RISKY4LIFE 路
doesn't you bug work in the rain or have chopped the roof off 馃槈
vw54 路
yeah GOOD LEE U stay at home
and we will ALL have an enjoyable weekend without u LOL OLOLL OL O LL O L LLOOLL
robb 路
dont listen too'em lee i know where ya comin from
donn 路
When you come Lee ya may as well bring the Dub, it won't melt and you will be more in the spirit of the weekend, just do it, you know you want to. 馃憤
rose 路
does water leak in is that why you don't want to drive it in the rain????
68AutoBug 路
rose wrote:does water leak in is that why you don't want to drive it in the rain????
Hi Rose...
No, I just don't like it getting wet.... 馃槀馃槀馃槀
on the outside... lol
and I might wear My new windscreen wiper rubbers out...
or My mud flaps may get wet...
not to mention the running boards... lol
and My extractors and muffler.... how will I keep them clean?
BUT....
My Heater boxes work great...... lol
I love driving in the rain with My heater On.....
Well.... that settles it ROSE...
I'll be there.......
LEE
PS: I might just go and polish it once more before it gets wet.. lol... and clean under the hubcaps.... lol
I'll have to close that sunroof too... lol or drive very fast...
HappyDaze 路
Don't drive fast - you may hit a tree or go over a cliff if you do.馃憤
68AutoBug 路
HappyDaze wrote:Don't drive fast - you may hit a tree or go over a cliff if you do.馃憤
I'd rather wear a beetle out by Polishing ... lol
LEE
Joel 路
If its really pouring miserably I'll probably just day trip it in the mainstreamer on sat.
Ballina to Coffs is the already the countrys worst blackspot section of highway 1 without adding water
rose 路
my brother in law is a truck driver and he rang to tell me that he's seen heaps of dak daks heading to valla today in his travels.馃槀馃槀
I'm all packed and ready to go one more sleep yippee Valla here I come & 5 days off work I love being the boss.
byronmcmanus59 路
Shit Lee, is that your car? Hadn't seen it before.. nice..
JONO
Barnabie 路
Lee,
We'll all be in the same boat (maybe a boat would be a smarter choice...!)
You'll really miss out if you don't drive the vw up. Especially if the rain clears up!
Glad you seem to have resolved to come in the bug.
Now just do it do it!!
馃榿
vw54 路
Lee Please stay at home and the rain will go away
Carnt wait Rose
beetleboyjeff 路
Hey Lee, you staying at the same place as last time? We are - may see you there.
PS - if it rains, put the wipers on - it always works for me. lol
1500S 路
68AutoBug wrote:
HappyDaze wrote:Don't drive fast - you may hit a tree or go over a cliff if you do.馃憤
I'd rather wear a beetle out by Polishing ... lol
LEE
Lee, the Notch has new front brake bits, oil change etc, new windscreen rubber, accessory sockets now in for mobile phone and satnav and hasn't been to Valla since 2006! You ask if I'm leaving the Notch at home! It's getting wet whether it likes it or not! 馃槀 Wouldn't be the same feeling driving the Crumpledore!
Had worse times in August 1969 when Warrell Creek was flooded and the diversion was around the hills somewhere back to Kempsy. Great driving a Notch with caravan in tow!!
DH
11CAB 路
Cant be any worse than the pouring rain up here at the moment
FROSTY 路
SAW THIS ONE ON THE ROAD TODAY HEADING NORTH.
Matt Ryan 路
I'm heading up tomorrow arvo, rain hail or shine, will keep an eye out for Steve Carter on the side of the road, in case he's had a "boil over"馃槀
Regards,
Matt.
68AutoBug 路
FROSTY wrote:SAW THIS ONE ON THE ROAD TODAY HEADING NORTH.
that doesn't count... lol
it was going backwards.... lol
LEE
hellbugged 路
yeah Lee, i think your right, i'm not going 馃槒
LUFTMEISTER 路
HARDEN UP!
SOFT
hellbugged 路
clear sky 馃憤
DylanTheDubber 路
Yeah , woke up and rain has all gone out to sea. Clear sky. and i checked the radar and theres nothing coming so should be a fine day. can't wait.
From Dylan
winerot 路
same just north of coffs clear as the sky is full of sunshine.
TheMiniMan 路
I`m leaving in about an hour & 1/2
"Hope" to see you all there
Joel 路
Anyone else think this is a sign from the VW gods? 馃槀
kombibob 路
ha ha nice one!
trickysimon 路
byronmcmanus59 wrote:Shit Lee, is that your car? Hadn't seen it before.. nice..
JONO
Bahahaha
donn 路
Yoo bewt, I've sorted the small problem with the little wench (bad tune) and even booked a room, I'm outa here tomorrow, room for one more in the room as long as ya don't mind roomn with an old bloke who farts and burps all night (and you have cash )
jedidan 路
yep will be going ! my first time EVER ! looking forward to finally meeting you Lee. Unfortunately i wont be bringing the humble semi-auto this time, but a bright 'falconio' orange camper !
See everyone there !
cheers
Daniel
68AutoBug 路
WELL...
I haven't....
I'm leaving SCONE NOW.....
travelling north.... then east,,,
LEE
donn 路
OK!, how the hell does a sump plug remove itself from a sump while travelling along at 110 and then no gauges or lights come on, anyone got a good twin port they don't need or do I rebuild this one..Shit!!!!!!!!!
Brian 路
easy it was left loose
donn 路
Not so easy, though thats the answer I would have given to another person asking the same question I noticed that it was a bit loose a week or so back and tightened it myself, used a ratchet ringie to do it up nice and tight, now I have to decide between doing the motor that I have or replacing it. 馃槧馃槩
HappyDaze 路
Hope you didn't go too tight and strip the thread - easily done.馃槧
vlad01 路
you haven't painted the sump plate? This happen to my crumpledore lucky I caught it in time (only after 300k break in run 馃お ), then the water pump pulley bolts came loose as well as few other bits.
It came down to the paint. You see paint is rubbery to some degree and even though its tight the paint would soften from heat and the pressure would squeeze it out slowly and therefore the gap
between the bolt head and surface would slightly increase and make to bold come loose.
I just cleaned the paint off around the bolt hole and head re tightened it and problem solved. Realizing this I checked all other repainted surfaces and sure enough they were loose
Just a thought.
donn 路
No paint, deep sump (alloy) no striped thread in fact when we found the sump plug, about 3 k's back up the road at a rest stop in a puddle of oil I found that it was pretty damned hard to screw back in, I figure it was all but out when I crossed off the road onto the rest stop area, I heard a bit of a scrape as I crossed the drain at the edge of the road and that must have been the bit that took it out as there was damage to the thread in the sump only on the last bit of thread.
modulus 路
Sorry to hear of your loss....
It's probably worthwhile to safety-wire the new one.
hth
donn 路
You can bet thats gunna happen Peter, where does the wire go to, another bolt?, I have already designed a plate to fit around the sump plug which I was going to fit to another bolt in the round plate that the sump plug is fitted to but sounds like I may be reinventing the wheel.
modulus 路
donn wrote:You can bet thats gunna happen Peter, where does the wire go to, another bolt?, I have already designed a plate to fit around the sump plug which I was going to fit to another bolt in the round plate that the sump plug is fitted to but sounds like I may be reinventing the wheel.
Just search for 'safety wire' in Google or similar and you'll get more information than you can eat. In summary, you can drill the sump plug yourself, then wire it to and convenient point and twist it up tight. Often used on aircraft, as the consequences of the propeller falling off are kind of terminal.