What did you do to your volkswagen today?

Yesterday - Spent all day on the VW's. Results, Kermit starts drives and moves and stops. Got PITA started and drove for the 1st time in 6 weeks. I removed all the factory hall effect stuff off and put a blue bosh coil and a 1979 1.5L disto and bamo, purrs.
Happy!
KC

Got the motor back in my bus and running good.

was hoping to have my engine back together but that clogged heat riser is still kicking my ass- spent abt 3 hrs trying to get it cleared today with all different sizes of cable. still clogged-

zabo wrote:was hoping to have my engine back together but that clogged heat riser is still kicking my ass- spent abt 3 hrs trying to get it cleared today with all different sizes of cable. still clogged-

Will the middle of a speedometer cable go up into the heat riser? I've got one of those you could borrow

zabo wrote:was hoping to have my engine back together but that clogged heat riser is still kicking my ass- spent abt 3 hrs trying to get it cleared today with all different sizes of cable. still clogged-

Peter, I got a really nice unclogged intake for a SP if it's not a 40hp.

Bob

thanks guys - bob it is a 40hp
and ive tried every kind of wire/cable i can get my hands on.

I think its just so clogged the wires are just not able to bite into it.
Ive pulled out prob 3 cups of carbon and still clogged as ever

soaking it in clr over night - see wht that does

zabo wrote:thanks guys - bob it is a 40hp
and ive tried every kind of wire/cable i can get my hands on.

I think its just so clogged the wires are just not able to bite into it.
Ive pulled out prob 3 cups of carbon and still clogged as ever

soaking it in clr over night - see wht that does

I have had luck with brake cleaner and a clutch cable.....but it sounds like it is pretty bad

Changed the starter out in O.B. Works great again!

well -had to take the day off since the kids are not back in school until tomorrow.

Gave up and took the heatriser up to bobbys- he ended up having to drill a hole in one side then rich cleared it out.

Alls good now

Got a tag and insurance on Kermit.
Gonna take the inagural drive this weekend!
KC

Blew out a front tire on O.B. on the way to work today. The spare that is in the car is too big for the front so I had to get a ride back to my house and grab a tire and a gas burner (the only other four lug wheels). Then go to the tire shop get it put on and then back to the car. After all of that the gas burner rubbed on the lower ball joint in left turns or bumps so I carefully drove the car home and drove Java to work. I was only about 2.5 hours later than usual hahaha

Hit the switch on Kermit this morning before leaving work.
It hit on the 1st spin.
18* and a 4 YO undersized Battery...
Yeah!!!
I am Soooooo stoked.
KC

Took Judy for a lap around the block. Bogging down a little bit off the line but otherwise running just fine. Rear drums got really hot after only a couple miles. I was told that there's a normal burning in period but this seemed a little too hot.
This weekend I'll reinstall the interior and the seat belts we scrounged from pull-a-part.

rear wheel cylinder blew up (this makes the 12th cylinder to blow on me). fixed that, and while tryin to bleed it just wouldn't. hose collapsed. got new hose, and all is well. still have to bleed entire system (got too late), as the pedal goes to floor, and then firm on 2nd pump. good enough to drive to work and back and do it when i get home. been drivin it like this for months, another day won't hurt, lol.

Finally got the rear drums on Warbird after trying a hundred different ways to swap the rear bearings. Guess I'll have to get motivated one of these days and pull the engine and raise the trany so I can pound those bearings out using the axle tubes. At least I replaced all the seals and (hopefully) stoped the axles from leaking into the brakes.

Noticed this morning that I had a very low rear tire. I figure the camber has taken it's coarse on it. I need some extended notched plates in a bad way.

Picked these up a couple of days ago. I did get a whole set the fourth one is just off to the right. I am anxious to get them on a car! Its an older set of bias plys but hopefully I can get a few miles out of them.....

gotta love the wide whites

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:Picked these up a couple of days ago. I did get a whole set the fourth one is just off to the right. I am anxious to get them on a car! Its an older set of bias plys but hopefully I can get a few miles out of them.....

look like single cab shoes to me

zabo wrote:gotta love the wide whites

Oh yeah!

callahan wrote:look like single cab shoes to me

I didn't get them for the single as I want to run 6.70s but you never know....

finally put new headlights on the gti

got the engine all back in after new pistons/cylinders etc..
backed it up the driveway then remembered i still needed to bleed the brakes-
-was glad my e brake was working good

having some carb problems i hope i can sort out soon (28 pict)

Spent most of the day shooting electrical problems.
Result: I have turn signals(front and back), driving lights and a horn. PO had painted over the wires and connectors and hooked up the rear lights completely wrong.

Still need to figure out what's going on with my brake lights. I'm getting voltage to the back of the car when the pedal is pressed but that voltage doesn't make it to the bulbs.

i had that problem before as well. turned out that the brake light wire had almost broken off. it frayed really bad against the plastic tube that comes out of the body where all the wires run thru. there were only a few strands of wire actually still making contact. i got a full 12 volts at the bulb socket, but i'm guessing not enough amperage. fixed the wire, and all was well.

If its not that (assuiming a 67 bug is the same as my 72 super), make sure the screws that hold the metal housing of the tail light, aren't rusted (they are the only thing that completes the ground from the housing to the body, as the body (or fender, whatever, lol) is painted. and also make sure the ground on the socket itself is still connected to the metal housing.

Yeah, check those grounds