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 shokwave2
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| posted on March 22nd, 2012 at 12:37 PM |
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Good to hear Seb.
Is your roof still squashed or have you pushed it out? Have you installed your Vintage Speed Exhaust? You'll have to post a vid once you have her
running nice.
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| posted on March 22nd, 2012 at 04:29 PM |
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^^^^Im with shokwave2 aswell..flat roof or not continue your posts and post a vid of her running with the 'zorst..always looking forward to your
posts and progress Seb.
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| posted on March 22nd, 2012 at 06:08 PM |
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Will post up some images, tonight I'm replacing the spark plugs and checking the valve settings 
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| posted on March 22nd, 2012 at 07:56 PM |
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Keep going mate, it will be worth it all in the end
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| posted on March 22nd, 2012 at 08:07 PM |
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I have to admit, thanks must go to everyone for their input, and I am really glad that I gave David a call!
I must thank him a huge amount as without his help, Zelda would have witnessed another engine drop for no reason!
So, I took this photo this morning, it is just a teaser.
And tonight, I have got the carb linkage perfectly balanced so we have equal acceleration going to all four cylinders.
The next thing is to take her to a professional to get tuned perfectly and then I'll worry about the body.
Before anyone asks, I have pushed out the dent and it is looking much better.
Only have a shitty iPhone photo of it so I won't be uploading one, but will have one soon.
To the arsehole that jumped on my car thinking they'd kill Zelda, you didn't, she'll be back better than ever.
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 12:06 AM |
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Great to See Seb Got it sorted out OK..
The roof can probably popped back out... but You need the expertise of someone who has done it before...
and a bit of body filler..
engine bay looks neat.. cannot remember seeing a coil sitting there... lol
some people hide them behind the fan housing.. lol
I see You don't have a heater...lol
I will Be using mine from now on... in mornings and at night.
until it cools down more...
good to see a positive outlook...
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 06:50 AM |
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Great to See Seb Got it sorted out OK..
The roof can probably popped back out... but You need the expertise of someone who has done it before...
and a bit of body filler..
engine bay looks neat.. cannot remember seeing a coil sitting there... lol
some people hide them behind the fan housing.. lol
I see You don't have a heater...lol
I will Be using mine from now on... in mornings and at night.
until it cools down more...
good to see a positive outlook...
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Thanks Lee!
I've already popped the roof out a little, but will get a professional to take a look once she's back on the road.
Yeah, for now that's where the coil has to go as I don't have any larger leads floating around, otherwise she'd be mounted behind the fan
shroud.
Yep! No more heaters, just a jumper in the morning and at night during winter.
But then again, it never had heaters as they weren't even connected...
Will report back later today depending on the outcome of starting her up and taking her around the block a couple of times.
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 08:00 AM |
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Just my luck. Go to start her this morning and guess what?
The battery is dead.
Will charge the battery today and will hopefully have her driving tonight I guess.
Just wish for once something would go perfect without any issues!
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 11:24 AM |
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Seb, dont forget to put the fan belt back on! Dave
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 11:35 AM |
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Trust me Dave, I didn't forget!
I got the tinware to stop hitting the crankshaft pulley but looks like there is still something scraping, the tinware behind the crankshaft pulley is
quite dodgy build quality...
New rocker covers should come today or Monday which will be cool, and then it is just the serpentine belt pulley.
It's odd though, this morning I started the car up and let it idle for a while, then I turned her off and fixed up the linkage a little.
Went to go and start it again and nope, she didn't want to start. The battery was flat.
Might change the pulley on the alternator too as that seems to be a tad bent as well.
Another job for tonight before her maiden voyage!
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 11:37 AM |
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As of last night, around 10pm.
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 11:39 AM |
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Now there's a desktop pic 
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 12:06 PM |
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Already is Joel!
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 12:24 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Smiley
| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
a flooding carby will stop an engine from turning over too..
I've had that one.... lol so it doesn't take much to stop them
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I have no idea how this works?
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this could have and probably has done serious damage. check the crank and rods aren't bent plus other components.
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Turning it over by hand won't have caused any damage. Unless you tried putting some serious pressure and ramming it back and forward.
It's certainly won't have bent the crank or rods.
Smiley
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but didn't he put kitty litter down it while it was running?
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 12:37 PM |
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Wasn't running, thankfully...
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 01:06 PM |
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Get a vintage speed roof rack to help cover the bumpy roof and get driving!
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 01:13 PM |
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She's a fat chick though, I've never seen a fat chick with a roof rack before!
I'll hopefully be driving her tonight 
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 02:03 PM |
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Have a look on thier website
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 04:15 PM |
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Damn they're expensive ones! But they look bloody good.
I'm trying to get a roof cut organised as soon as possible.
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 05:49 PM |
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If that is a new alternator pulley check to see its NOT touching the alternator as it turns...
a lot of bad quality alternator and crankshaft pulleys about..
If You have just fitted the alternator pulley...
if You don't have enough shims under it, then it will be lopsided
as the belt pushes the side out..
Alternator belts are 11.3mm x 912mm wider than generator belts and don't stretch like generator belts , they have extra cords in them...
111 903 137E on My spare belt..
cheers
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If You cut out the roof , it then needs to be reinforced all way round the hole... then You can put a herbie type vinyl roof in... lots of ways to
do it without spending big dollars on a genuine sunroof... LEE
I just remembered seeing a beetle with a vinyl roof... these were big options on cars in the 70s.. a bit of padding and vinyl stuck to the roof to
the gutter and around rear window.
black was the norm... but white or off white would be OK..
LEE
cheaper too...
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 09:13 PM |
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If You cut out the roof , it then needs to be reinforced all way round the hole... then You can put a herbie type vinyl roof in... lots of ways to
do it without spending big dollars on a genuine sunroof... LEE
I just remembered seeing a beetle with a vinyl roof... these were big options on cars in the 70s.. a bit of padding and vinyl stuck to the roof to
the gutter and around rear window.
black was the norm... but white or off white would be OK..
LEE
cheaper too...
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Don't forget the engineers certification,then it might not be a cheap option.
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 10:12 PM |
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You wont need an engineers certificate if you do not cut into any cant rails (roof rails).
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 11:00 PM |
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She's a fat chick though, I've never seen a fat chick with a roof rack before!
I thought a fat chick was a type 3?but to be perfectly correct a fat chicks a vespa, fun to ride just don't let your mates catch you doing it!
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| posted on March 23rd, 2012 at 11:05 PM |
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Ahaha nah, fat chick in the sense that I said is a late model super beetle
Lee;
It's the alternator pulley, I think you're right in it being lop sided. All will be fixed with a Scat serpentine belt pulley system arriving this
week 
Not turning her into a sunroof bug, albeit I'd love to do such a thing.
Will be a cut from another bug and graphed onto Zelda.
Unless someone finds me a beat up beetle with a sunroof?
Not a rag top, but one of the small front sunroof models.
I've seen a few photos of them and when done right, they look awesome.
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| posted on March 24th, 2012 at 08:05 AM |
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She's a fat chick though, I've never seen a fat chick with a roof rack before!
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Mmm, you never see that sort of thing
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| posted on March 24th, 2012 at 09:01 AM |
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Ahaha thanks Joel!
Now I have seen plenty of fat chicks with roof racks, but they look weird if you ask me... Like they're trying to be an early but sort of style.
Fat chicks, in my eyes, are either Germanlook or stock as a rock...
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| posted on March 24th, 2012 at 08:56 PM |
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Wasn't running, thankfully...
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haha wouldn't that be bad if it was 
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| posted on March 24th, 2012 at 08:58 PM |
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Would've been disastrous!
Oh well, will update here when I get back on my laptop
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Ahaha thanks Joel!
Now I have seen plenty of fat chicks with roof racks, but they look weird if you ask me... Like they're trying to be an early but sort of style.
Fat chicks, in my eyes, are either Germanlook or stock as a rock...
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Fully race machine German look 
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| posted on March 24th, 2012 at 09:06 PM |
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That's what the plan is man!
Got quite a few things coming in the next six months.
Putting a decent amount of cash into her soon, so excited about the body stuff.
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