What have you done with your car recently?

Me, I've just given it a good servicing, changed the oil and greased everything.

put the engine in:P:P



steff.......................

looked at my baja in my warehouse wondering what im going to do with her first

Waiting PATIENTLY for major upgrades to be completed:alien......will be well worth it in the end!!

Got the Manx on the road again!

well. after the lh wheel cyl bolt shot through and in the 5km drive off the beach to the safety of gravel and the rescue vehicle i had the wheel cyl get sucked into the drum taking everything out and munching everything up incl the backing plate

i got some bits from a freinds stash and bought a new wheel cyl and have it ready to go back togather.

trouble is in the mean time i finished a suspension upgrade on the dirtbike and have gone out on it and stuffed my back. its really sore so putting the buggy back togather will have to wiat for a few more days.

anyone wanna buy some slighlty used brake bits??? haha


ready to fit.

nn[ Edited on 3-9-2005 by helterskelter400 ]

After rebuilding the engine some weeks back all I've been doing recently is rebuilding my faith in my rebuilding of engines!! I'm almost back to normal now (whatever 'normal' is?) so I've been giving it a bloody good thrashing back and forwards to work and next weekend over to Teewah for a few days......I don't know if this is normal (there's that word again) but whenever I'm on the beach I always seem to get this voice in my head, it sounds to me a bit like David Attenborough and he's saying " Here we have a beach buggy in its natural habitat". Please, if this isn't normal don't tell me!?:P

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Originally posted by ancientbugger .... but whenever I'm on the beach I always seem to get this voice in my head, it sounds to me a bit like David Attenborough and he's saying " Here we have a beach buggy in its natural habitat". Please, if this isn't normal don't tell me!?:P

Finished skidplate - drilled 40mm holes in the back so the sand can fall back out.
(last time i hit the dunes the bloody thing was like a big shovel and just filled up with sand.)
nn[ Edited on 3-9-05 by ROTORBUG ]

Hi Peoples

I Have done a lot lately like taking it from a Beetle to a BAJA in a weekend.

Marc

I finished shortening my handbrake lever to compensate for the relocated gearshift. Not much in the whole scheme of things, but its one step closer

Wow, those rotary sumps really are low. Although your skid plate is in the way, it looks like your sump is still pretty low, have you tried shortening it? My standard V6 sump is about the same level as the underside of the car and everything else, does your sump sit lower than the gearbox rear cradle?


Is the front of the skid plate bent up, so it doesn't scoop sand? I have mine bent up at the front so it tucks in behind the transmission cradle. Then it doesn't scoop anything. :thumb

That thing must attract some police attention.

Pulled the motor and emptied all the sand out of the clutch after going to stockton a month and a bit back...

BTW, has anyone noticed the disturbing trend on this thread?
'beach driving = damage and repairs' !?!

:o


nn[ Edited on 4-9-2005 by pete wood ]

Attached the body to the pan and asesmbled assemble assembled cut holes for lights and bits, put on mudflaps,waited for the auto electrician to do his bit and still waiting....................................

i jacked the bastard up and put stands under the rear end to play about...

tried to un-sieze my motor to no avail so then tried to inflate my flat rear wheel so i could try rilling it in gear to get it turnin but with a flat wheel no go!!

i moved onto my next challenge instead and i pulled off the little oval plate on the front of the beam to gain access to the inside of the tunnel and found (as i had suspected) that my buggy doesnt have a fuel pipe running through the tunnel but regular unsheathed fuel hose... arrrghh... i will be putting in a lengh of PVC tube with new hose running through it to provide some protection of sorts from the bashing about it can take and the things it can hook on...

ahh thats about it.... extreme as always... beer got in the way haha....

That's all part of tthe fun of a off road VW, isn't it?

fun, yeah, I spose you could call it that. Personally I prefer more circle work and less repairs

Wes,
The skidplate bends up at the front around 75mm but I think sand just flies up in there and has nowhere to go.
The sump hangs down around 100mm lower than the cradle bolts (on the ends of the forks) and I think I allowed the skidplate a 30mm gap below that just incase the skidplate cops a big hit.
Heres a pic without the plate taken from a similar angle to yours.
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P.S. Nice Baja. When are you coming down to Stockton to give us a demo?

I got my my bloody baja going and registered today so there is no stopping me now
2.2 subaru ROCKS YOUR SOCKS
i dont give a shit about what you think i love it
its mine
and its registered again

terry

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P.S. Nice Baja. When are you coming down to Stockton to give us a demo?

Ha ha I hear you Wes......... what have I done to my buggy? Nothing:cussing 14hr days 7 days a week SUCK

yep

Terry likes his but wiped um wipped:kiss

Back to the Original Question....



I walked past mine on the way to the washing line....

Well I am led to believe i actually still have a buggy somehwere....... No really it has now been all painted with all its coats of paint and pearl overlays, and all the bar work and floor pan etc etc is nearly ready for the powder coaters.
Hey Terry glad to hear you are on the road again and i agree you will flog their ass.

You might need to blow a few cobwebs out soon, surely

Just upgraded my engine to a 1916cc

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Originally posted by 64vwmark You might need to blow a few cobwebs out soon, surely Quote: Originally posted by WABaja Back to the Original Question.... I walked past mine on the way to the washing line....