Re: What did you do to your volkswagen today?

by loves trim Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:14 pm

Well I rebuilt and tuned the 30 pic carb today, made a rear hatch seal and replaced the points on the bus. Somebody had put the wrong points in and the lead wire was shorting on the distributor shaft. I also found a broken float when I stripped the carb down. She's running good now and I'm not getting choked out by exhaust fumes anymore thanks to the new seal. cheers

by panic_fan Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:12 pm

loves trim wrote:.... made a rear hatch seal

What did you use? Got any pictures? I have been wanting to replace mine for a while...but $96 for a rubber seal? Tough to pull the trigger on that one.

by loves trim Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:52 pm

$20 from summit. I'll post a pic of it later but it was universal trunk seal.

by **fluxcap** Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:01 pm

panic_fan wrote:
loves trim wrote:.... made a rear hatch seal

What did you use? Got any pictures? I have been wanting to replace mine for a while...but $96 for a rubber seal? Tough to pull the trigger on that one.

I wasn't going to pay $90 either! I bought this one instead, and like Kip, I can now drive around without getting buzzed. I don't know how well the quality of this one is compared to the $90 ones, but it fit fine. I've really only had it one a month or so, so I can't speak for how well it'll hold up.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=921393

by hly3rd Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:58 pm

I bought the expensive German one and I like that one better!

by loves trim Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:02 pm

Got some pics.
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I 45'd the top corners and glued them together with weatherstrip adhesive. I had to trim the stripping down around the latch area and the whole top area. Turned out pretty good and i saved 70.00 and that will buy a bunch of cervesa. cheers

by **fluxcap** Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:31 am

Wow, that looks pretty darn good man for $20!

I got an early start this morning before work and started getting prepped for my tranny swap this weekend. Pulled the engine in about 15-20 minutes! Not really much to brag about for the average person, but it was always such a hassle pulling the engine from the bug, that this just really made me smile!

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Also went ahead and broke loose the frame horn bolts, so I hope to have a little spare time today and maybe get the old transaxle out.

by Grifspop Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:16 pm

Took some tires off of the Type 3 rims, can you tell which wheel had the "Fix-A-Flat" S@#$%^& in it??

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by callahan Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:51 pm

ran over a bag of diapers and gagged for about 30 minutes on the way home

by 56rag Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:46 am

I take it that it wasn't a bag of new diapers? pale

by **fluxcap** Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:04 am

H.I. wrote:gotta go back and pick up the huggies

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by PeeWeeMan91 Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:29 pm

I sat and looked at my motor on the floor. Productive day

by Bugman114 Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:55 pm

got my sexy new intake from john at aircooled.net, for my 44 IDF. also a new filter. the quality of the intake is nice, but the instructions were useless. the diagram of the parts were wrong, and the instuctions were just difficult to follow. so i did the manly thing, and tossed them in the trash and figured it out myself. i tend to develop ADD when it comes to instuctions anyhow.

by Grifspop Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:34 pm

Blasted some Type 3 wheels, getting them ready for paint-(Thanks, Brian, for the use of your blast cabinet)

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by pwmcguire Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:35 pm

Got insurance and registration on the 66. Woo,Hoo Very Happy

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by bumblebuggy Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:15 am

Picked up Warbird from the alignment shop. Driving straight an should stop eating tires. alien

Will pull the seats from the Jolly Rancher tomorrow...hope you're ready for 'em Kip.

by dirtyd73 Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:02 am

Put a new header and a fat boy muffler

by peregrine67 Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:42 am

bumblebuggy wrote:Picked up Warbird from the alignment shop. Driving straight an should stop eating tires.

Will pull the seats from the Jolly Rancher tomorrow...hope you're ready for 'em Kip.

I need to find an alignment shop near me that'll do 45 year old cars.

by bumblebuggy Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:32 am

Think any shop should be able to do it if you bring them the specs. The problem is the modern machines don't have the info preprogrammed. They messed with mine for the better part of the morning and it cost me a pretty penny.

by zabo Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:24 pm

peregrine67 wrote:
bumblebuggy wrote:Picked up Warbird from the alignment shop. Driving straight an should stop eating tires.

Will pull the seats from the Jolly Rancher tomorrow...hope you're ready for 'em Kip.

I need to find an alignment shop near me that'll do 45 year old cars.

this place is great-

http://mobleytire.com/
173 Grove Place
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 373-3388

by Muffler Bearing Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:16 pm

It's in Marietta but Weaver will do it.they are right behind hank's place.

by pwmcguire Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:58 pm

peregrine67 wrote:
bumblebuggy wrote:Picked up Warbird from the alignment shop. Driving straight an should stop eating tires.

Will pull the seats from the Jolly Rancher tomorrow...hope you're ready for 'em Kip.

I need to find an alignment shop near me that'll do 45 year old cars.

Firestone did my 73 beetle, Try there.

by **Attorney Isaiah Loophole** Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:09 pm

Went to Napa this morning and picked up the primer and beryl green paint for the 60. Also started putting a used rear clip on it. Its not an h apron but it will work for the budget I have been given to build the car with. Sold the square today too!
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by peregrine67 Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:57 pm

So how many consecutive days do you have to drive a car before it becomes a "daily driver"?
Since rebuilding the front end I'm up to 5 days in a row and over 100 miles total.

by DiggerD Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:47 pm

peregrine67 wrote:So how many consecutive days do you have to drive a car before it becomes a "daily driver"?
Since rebuilding the front end I'm up to 5 days in a row and over 100 miles total.

I would say that qualifies...

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