What did you do to your volkswagen today?

71_georgia_beetle wrote:

Don Hall wrote:

Who is this gay guy that keep popping up from time to time?

I think his name is gif and he does seem to not like heterosexuals

He's got nothing against hetro's.
He just questions the 'creativity' of a few imaginations around this place.

Didn't think he was gonna bother anybody that much......

^

have to get a passenger inner tie rod, starting to wonder a bit.

Cleaned up the bug and drove it to South Carolina with my boy for a visit with my grand parents.

Don Hall wrote:He's got nothing against hetro's.
He just questions the 'creativity' of a few imaginations around this place.

Didn't think he was gonna bother anybody that much......

Here Don, I made him cool!

71_georgia_beetle wrote:

Don Hall wrote:He's got nothing against hetro's.
He just questions the 'creativity' of a few imaginations around this place.

Didn't think he was gonna bother anybody that much......

Here Don, I made him cool!

You rock Scott!!

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My 74 super would start randomly. so today i replaced the starter, and re-wired the pushbutton starter. starts up perfectly now. got a brand new starter with lifetime warrenty , and it only cost $30 . also got the recipts in a nice safe place, where i'll remember where it is, incase something goes wrong with it.

Stripped out the seats and interior of the '72 super and put them in my '72 standard...Went from blue to black.
Still getting used to not sitting on broken springs with a tee shirt covering the backrest....
KC

fixed all the oil leaks. no more spot marking!

resealed the trans in the 88, as well as fixed some exhaust leaks. OMG started it up yesterday and had to roll down the window to make sure it was running! Also built a full width bed for the gon out of 3 regular beds to make a full width. Ended up being to tall so have to address that, then bit the bullet and bought another gon. Just cannot stop the sickness!!!
Bed






And the new bus...

^ new one looks great

tune up on laurens 73, complete.

Narrowed a front beam for the waterbug. I took 3" out. It's a lot more work than I thought it would be. Lots of cutting, grinding and welding. I got some good inside tips from Billie at Stockornaut. I did not put adjusters on the beam as I'm going to put dropped CB's disc brake spindles on that I picked up at Stockornaut used for a good and fair price.

I think a 2 1/2" drop is enough and with the dropped spindles I wont have to sacrifice ride comfort. With 3" removed I will have the front tires tucked a bit more than just 1"on each side.

Tomorrow, if time permits, I'll pull the existing front end and put the new one together with the parts from the old one.

Changed the oil, adjusted the valves, adjusted the clutch, checked tire pressure, checked lug nut torque, checked brake fluid, and all with the help of the co-pilot.

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:Changed the oil, adjusted the valves, adjusted the clutch, checked tire pressure, checked lug nut torque, checked brake fluid, and all with the help of the co-pilot.

On which car?

Lets see......
Installed (contact cement) rear carpet drivers side. Another joyful dizzy ride to work!

Washed car....Waxed car....Vacuumed car. I took the wheels off and washed the fender wells, these disk brakes create a lot of black dust! Packed tools, parts bag...

Crap I've got to pack a suit case!!
Later Guys

rpm750 wrote:

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:Changed the oil, adjusted the valves, adjusted the clutch, checked tire pressure, checked lug nut torque, checked brake fluid, and all with the help of the co-pilot.

On which car?

Does it matter?

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:

rpm750 wrote:

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:Changed the oil, adjusted the valves, adjusted the clutch, checked tire pressure, checked lug nut torque, checked brake fluid, and all with the help of the co-pilot.

On which car?

Does it matter?

Just asking man...................

hahaha it was the new car

I'm taking my ASE certification test tomorrow, and spent most of the day cramming. But i took a break from that, and worked on the super. i finally started working on the dash again. the pic below is what it looked like for a while. but today, i mounted the pushbutton starter on it (its been hanging over the backseat for a few months now), i mounted the boost guage in the the dash (kinda pointless now, but i will eventually put the turbo back on, so what the hell), and i mounted my radio in the dash as well. the radio isn't hooked up yet, just mounted. I plan to mount several more guages in the dash, as well as a big ass tach right on top, with a shift light on the side.


Here is what it looked like for a while, except i had the stock speedo mounted right above the steering wheel. this was just a pic of me test fitting the dash. this was just something i just threw together, cuz i was tired of not having something to mount stuff, lol. i might make another dash later on, out of diamond plate, or maybe just aluminum, we'll see. but for now, this works

fixed brakes and tranny leak. fixed door poppers.

began mocking up a new dash. still need gauges and a dash pod. but im working with what i have w/o spending any money so we'll see how far that gets me.

well, as you can see above, i only have like $20 maybe, in my dash. not the prettiest thing, but then again not the ugliest either, lol. a little finishing work, and i'll be good to go, lol. drillin some holes for guages, and the radio, and a few other things. also gonna add some aluminum angle iron, as trimming around the edges, to cover up some of the bad kinks where the aluminum is folded over the wood, lol. hopefully pics 2morrow.

Drove all day (or at least it seems like) in the 62. Sitting in Bradenton right now!

Pulled the westy up to KY, traded for my old DC back. Great trip, hung out and spent the night with some friends in Gatlinburg TN the headed home. So have my DC back!!!!!! Now have to get a heart in it and get it rolling again! Do a lot of trading with this guy, and he saw the new white star I got and wants to trade a sportsmobile camper, and a 68 SC for it. Hmmmmm...road trip again!

I got the waterbug front end welded up painted and back in the car. I need new tie rod ends. I wiggled the old ones and they sounded like they were full of sand. I'm waiting on those tie rod ends to finish up. I shortened up the exixting tie rods and painted them as well.

Well I shortened the tie rods too much. Today I stretched them. I assumed that if you removed 3" from the beams then you should take 3" out of the tie rods....................................................

WRONG

I should have used my brain and removed 1 & 1/2" from each for a total of 3"