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 64vwmark
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What have you done recently to your Buggy / Baja?
What have you done with your car recently?
Me, I've just given it a good servicing, changed the oil and greased everything.
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DubCrazy
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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 12:26 AM |
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put the engine in:P:P
steff.......................
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
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kroozzn63
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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 09:15 AM |
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looked at my baja in my warehouse wondering what im going to do with her first
show us your gates
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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 09:59 AM |
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Waiting PATIENTLY for major upgrades to be completed:alien......will be well worth it in the end!!
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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 10:56 AM |
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Got the Manx on the road again! 
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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 04:16 PM |
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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.
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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 06:32 PM |
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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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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 08:28 PM |
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| Quote: | 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
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I hear the same voice,but i thought i was going mad Now it seems i
am normal:jesus
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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 08:58 PM |
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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.)
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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 09:14 PM |
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Hi Peoples
I Have done a lot lately like taking it from a Beetle to a BAJA in a weekend.
Marc
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH
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11CAB
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| posted on September 3rd, 2005 at 09:32 PM |
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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
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Baja Wes
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| posted on September 4th, 2005 at 06:44 PM |
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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.
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| posted on September 4th, 2005 at 09:24 PM |
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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
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| posted on September 5th, 2005 at 12:55 PM |
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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....................................
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| posted on September 5th, 2005 at 02:15 PM |
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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....
everything dies baby, thats a fact..
maybe everything that dies one day comes back..
put your make up on and your hair up pretty..
and meet me tonight in Atlantic city..
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| posted on September 5th, 2005 at 02:55 PM |
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so will it be ready for fraser??
| Quote: | Originally
posted by 11CAB
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
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64vwmark
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| posted on September 5th, 2005 at 03:31 PM |
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That's all part of tthe fun of a off road VW, isn't it?
| Quote: | Originally
posted by pete wood
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
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pete wood
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| posted on September 5th, 2005 at 06:22 PM |
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fun, yeah, I spose you could call it that. Personally I prefer more circle work and less repairs 
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| posted on September 5th, 2005 at 09:01 PM |
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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.
[img] [/img]
P.S. Nice Baja. When are you coming down to Stockton to give us a demo?
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| posted on September 5th, 2005 at 11:38 PM |
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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
anyone who says it's bad to put subaru motors in vw's.....
hasnt got a clue about smoooooooooth
terry
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Baja Wes
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| posted on September 6th, 2005 at 08:07 AM |
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| Quote: | P.S. Nice Baja. When
are you coming down to Stockton to give us a demo?
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I was watching my home video footage of my last trip down there. It was fun and I really want to take the Baja down again. The only problem is finding
time. I'd like to take time off work next time I head down there, and it doesn't look like I'm gunna get time off work in the near future...
Maybe next year....
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| posted on September 6th, 2005 at 09:29 AM |
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Ha ha I hear you Wes......... what have I done to my buggy? Nothing:cussing 14hr days 7 days a week SUCK 
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| posted on September 6th, 2005 at 02:26 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by subibaja
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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So you're ready for me to whip your butt now are you? :P
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subibaja
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| posted on September 6th, 2005 at 06:23 PM |
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yep
anyone who says it's bad to put subaru motors in vw's.....
hasnt got a clue about smoooooooooth
terry
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| posted on September 6th, 2005 at 08:20 PM |
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Terry likes his but wiped um wipped:kiss
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WABaja
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| posted on September 8th, 2005 at 12:53 AM |
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Back to the Original Question....
I walked past mine on the way to the washing line....
I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....
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| posted on September 8th, 2005 at 06:22 AM |
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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.
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64vwmark
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| posted on September 8th, 2005 at 10:25 PM |
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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....
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HEL-70Y
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| posted on September 9th, 2005 at 11:31 AM |
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Just upgraded my engine to a 1916cc
Before you judge someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you judge them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
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WABaja
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| posted on September 10th, 2005 at 01:57 AM |
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| Quote: | 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....
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no... Why...????
I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....
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