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 Joels72Lowlight
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| posted on January 1st, 2010 at 05:23 PM |
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Fan shroud removal
Whats the go with removing the fan shroud? Is it just the twobolts either side and then unhook the generator from the stand?
Or is there other hidden difficulties?
Cheers Joel.
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| posted on January 1st, 2010 at 06:05 PM |
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have u removed the accelator cable tube sometimes that goes all the way to the back tin wear
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| posted on January 1st, 2010 at 06:31 PM |
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Yeah that's all out. It wasn't that long anyway
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| posted on January 1st, 2010 at 06:36 PM |
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thermostat rod normally on the right side under the cylinders
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| posted on January 1st, 2010 at 06:51 PM |
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is it doghouse???
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| posted on January 1st, 2010 at 07:21 PM |
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You need to remove the air discharge on the front of the shroud
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on January 2nd, 2010 at 09:38 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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thermostat rod normally on the right side under the cylinders
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Really... you've seen a thermostat on a car ??? I've pulled a lot of Volksy's apart and never seen one... to me they rank right up there with
unicorns, Nessie etc.
In a Beetle ideally need to remove the deck lid brackets to have "jiggle" clearance... not sure how you'll go with just opening the hatch in a
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| posted on January 2nd, 2010 at 09:56 AM |
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Whats a air cooled thermostat look like, ive only seen em in books, looked throught 6 or 7 engines never seen one.
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| posted on January 2nd, 2010 at 03:58 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Sides
| Quote: | Originally
posted by bugzla
thermostat rod normally on the right side under the cylinders
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Really... you've seen a thermostat on a car ??? I've pulled a lot of Volksy's apart and never seen one... to me they rank right up there with
unicorns, Nessie etc.
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We had a stock VW engine on Lanock Motors' engine dyno, fine-tuning it for the 1963 Armstrong 500. I thought of trying a reading with the t'stat
'throttle' ring removed. Guess what?.......HP dropped! Back to 40HP with the ring back in place. Left it there for the race!
Never under-estimate the cleverness of 'factory' engineers.
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| posted on January 2nd, 2010 at 04:36 PM |
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i remember having the same problem not being able to remove the fan housing and relised there was a linkage attached undernieth this was the
thermostat seen a many but not lately...................
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| posted on January 3rd, 2010 at 04:22 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Really... you've seen a thermostat on a car ??? I've pulled a lot of Volksy's apart and never seen one... to me they rank right up there with
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i must be special 
i've got a working setup on one of mine
was lucky i found a NOS thermostat in my old bosses loft from his dealership days
its funny to see the way it still pulls close even when the cars hot and idleing
the dealerships were issued with bulletins saying they werent needed in aus conditions 
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| posted on January 4th, 2010 at 12:37 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Joel
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Sides
Really... you've seen a thermostat on a car ??? I've pulled a lot of Volksy's apart and never seen one... to me they rank right up there with
unicorns, Nessie etc.
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i must be special
i've got a working setup on one of mine
was lucky i found a NOS thermostat in my old bosses loft from his dealership days
its funny to see the way it still pulls close even when the cars hot and idleing
the dealerships were issued with bulletins saying they werent needed in aus conditions
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Joel you wouldn't perhaps have another one?
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| posted on January 4th, 2010 at 03:51 PM |
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nah sorry, even i made the mistake of chucking them out when i was younger and didnt know better
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| posted on January 4th, 2010 at 04:23 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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nah sorry, even i made the mistake of chucking them out when i was younger and didnt know better
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Hey Joel did you have the lower sled tins and heaterboxes connected when using a thermostat/flaps?
I got a good second hand one from the states but it makes the engine run 10*C hotter for some reason. Maybe because I did not have the sled tins and
heaterboxes connected? It took a long time for the thermostat to open with out them. I tested the thermostat in hot water ( in the bracket)and it
opens up in about 10 seconds.I also tested that the flaps are fully open when the thermostat is at its peak.
I have since put the sled tins back on (just for air flow) and I think you could make a heat sheld to inclose the J tube side of the tins to keep the
heat around the thermostat?
Or maybe I will just leave it off,like the workshops suggest.
Hey fun bug, If I cant get the running temp down the thermostat is yours.
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| posted on January 4th, 2010 at 04:26 PM |
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hey Brad,
if you have a functioning thermostat then you have to have the sleds and heaterboxes with hoses connected or if u have J-pipes you need those
industrial tins that seal off the open area
this is all so the 'stat sees the temp coming off the heads and barrels not cooled by road draft which is the problem in your case
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| posted on January 4th, 2010 at 04:30 PM |
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heres some industrial tins
pretty easy to make yourself
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| posted on January 4th, 2010 at 05:33 PM |
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Thanks mate, I thought that the missing tins and boxes would be the case. Those side bits for the tins seem pretty easy to make.
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