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dumping a fat lady in the weeds
ran5 - January 24th, 2012 at 06:08 PM

well the volksrod needs a bit of work to get engineered, so i got a 72 beetle as a daily driver....lots planned, this is how she is after day one of ruining it...haha
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9168/vvvvs.jpg

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DylanTheDubber - January 24th, 2012 at 06:27 PM

That looks soooo good! I love it


cam070 - January 24th, 2012 at 09:08 PM

Hoodjacks, is there something interesting lurking under that bootlid?


Joel - January 24th, 2012 at 09:15 PM

With stock peashooters I'd be surprised :lol:


ran5 - January 24th, 2012 at 10:06 PM

lol..yep just stock, only got car regoed today, will throw an exhaust on it, maybe some carbs, not going too mental, will save that for the volksrod....


dragsters for life - January 25th, 2012 at 05:47 AM

bring her out on the weekend

http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac94/mrspeccles/T3C/392269_10150601235572642_539842641_11425876_705407789_n-1.jpg

we are heading to this on sunday, we are meeting at north point cafe at the beach end of north rd brighton around 9.30 for coffee then roll to the show, even if you are not interested in the show swing by for coffee before hand
cheers and fee; free to let other dubbers know

type 3 contingent


bigdan - January 25th, 2012 at 02:42 PM

Nice daily :smirk:


ran5 - January 25th, 2012 at 06:03 PM

cheers, she is well hate on Melburg Luft, im finding that site to be very narrow minded....at least here people seem a little more relaxed...


Bizarre - January 25th, 2012 at 08:52 PM

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Originally posted by ran5
cheers, she is well hate on Melburg Luft, ...


Ha Ha hah!

Wear that with a badge of honour!

Love is a low fat chick!

:lol::lol::lol:


ran5 - January 26th, 2012 at 10:40 AM

i thought melburgluft was meant to be the cool forum, i friend told me that this one was the rude forum, seems the opposite to be true, ive never had so much crap on a forum until melburg luft, whats the deal? im sure some here are on it, did i miss something? Why are they so...well like the Nazi Party?


dragsters for life - January 26th, 2012 at 11:59 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ran5
i thought melburgluft was meant to be the cool forum, i friend told me that this one was the rude forum, seems the opposite to be true, ive never had so much crap on a forum until melburg luft, whats the deal? im sure some here are on it, did i miss something? Why are they so...well like the Nazi Party?


im hearin ya

come join in on our cruises we do coffee meets

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=484967&postdays=0&po...


ran5 - January 26th, 2012 at 01:50 PM

cool as, if i can move what i had on sunday to sat ill come along, the rod isnt ready but ill bring the fatty....


ran5 - January 26th, 2012 at 02:10 PM

looking good, so thats north rd, at end where it meets beach, carpark etc


dragsters for life - January 27th, 2012 at 11:32 AM

yes mate and some of us are down at volksrecycle helping rick out today and maybe tomorrow, swing bye and say hi, i love fatties


PHAT BUG - January 27th, 2012 at 08:25 PM

Who did you end up ordering your struts through??
I'd be really interested to see how low you can get it.
We're about to make a start on getting my mum's old 'L-bug' back on the road, would be super sweet to have it sitting down a bit 8)

I look forward to some more progress 8)


ran5 - January 27th, 2012 at 09:16 PM

struts are getting modded, rather than new ones, all done by certified welder etc...ill pm you with more details, you probably know what we are doing anyway ...if not ill pm it...rear just resetting spring plates.....


Joel - January 28th, 2012 at 10:10 AM

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Originally posted by PHAT BUG
Who did you end up ordering your struts through??
I'd be really interested to see how low you can get it.
We're about to make a start on getting my mum's old 'L-bug' back on the road, would be super sweet to have it sitting down a bit 8)

I look forward to some more progress 8)


How low do you wanna go?
the early 3 bolt struts can drop pretty well with shorter struts.
i've had my sway bar 2" off the road but lots of people go stupider than that....


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ran5 - March 25th, 2012 at 04:09 PM

fat lady is pissing oil out...im still driving it but she is leaving a nice satin wherever i park...some times its a little sometimes alot....she is my daily so dont want her off the road too long....who in melb, (im now in sunbury) would be able to have a quick peek at her and see if they can figure out where its coming form...i know many of u are a wizz with vw engines..so rather than me poke about guessing..i figure one of you guys would figure it out alot quicker, and more accurately....if she is cactus or a big big job..ill just get another engine....dont want to spend too much time or money on her as want to get into the volksrod. cheers


Craig Torrens - March 25th, 2012 at 04:19 PM

where does the oil drop on the gound in relation to the motor above ? Left, right, middle, front rear ?


ran5 - March 25th, 2012 at 04:29 PM

id say front, where the engine and trans mate up....that seems to be main area...


Craig Torrens - March 25th, 2012 at 04:50 PM

Sounds like the rear main seal.....easy fix :cool:.

How long was it unreg for ?


ran5 - March 25th, 2012 at 05:03 PM

umm not long..its all registered now...i drive it nearly everyday.....how long..a weekend job..i am reasonably mechanically minded..new to vw engines...seems straight forward enough from watching a youtube clip on it....lol....


empi - March 25th, 2012 at 07:06 PM

Engine out flywheel off and replace rear main seal.

few hours:yes:


ran5 - March 25th, 2012 at 10:04 PM

few hours at your place? with beers...and candy...haha


dragsters for life - March 25th, 2012 at 10:17 PM

id come give a hand


empi - March 25th, 2012 at 10:59 PM

Can be done,


ran5 - March 26th, 2012 at 11:26 AM

that would rock......


empi - March 26th, 2012 at 03:58 PM

0488 089 456is the number


TorxKiwi - March 26th, 2012 at 04:07 PM

I had my first crack at dropping the motor on Saturday. Start to finish 2 hours, but I was very hesitant, "measure three times cut once" sort of deal. If I was doing it again I reckons it's 30-45 minutes and that's probably still being careful. Everything you read says it's easy and it really is http://www.vw-resource.com/engine4.html