What did you do to your volkswagen today?

maybe when you come home you can bring the rhd with you

DOODLE BUGG wrote:maybe when you come home you can bring the rhd with you

More than likely its coming back to the states with me... even if I have to tear it all the way down and have it boxed up.
that burgundy looks sweet oh and Im tucking those 17s, pans on the ground

adjusted timing and took it to the trails for a little family hike.

I got the engine, trans pulled out. I pulled out the shiftrod to replace the bushings and went ahead and cleaned and painted the front rod. I also pulled the front door window frames and started pulling them apart to put new ones in. Also I put on my new passenger side mirror that Drew got me for Christmas.

Ordered a set of mahle rod bearings from advance auto, for the motor for my rail project. came to $10 with my employee discount. and the best part, is no shipping . and it'll be here on tuesday. Still gotta order the main bearings. they are about $45. not too bad, considering no shipping. just a little broke from the holidays, hahaha.

If your up my way anytime I have a ton of new bearing sets. Check the fs section.

As for what I did to mine was drive it to L5P yesterday, have a rubbing sound comming from a wheel that comes up now when driving for awhile, guess it time to bundle up and see what it is!

looked at it and decided she needs a new home.

Spent the money I had been saving to have my seats redone on a new mountain bike! Ooops....

Dropped off my BRM's and tires to have them mounted up, will stop by today on way home and pick them up. I'll post some pics of a car with them on it!

Bought 400+dollars worth of stuff from cip1.... Did get three spare rims so that was most of the cost.... one brm, one radar, one torker......

I just like seeing cars with matching spares....and since they were on sale I figured why not....

replaced axle boots- fun stuff.

Drove ASBug 67 miles through the mountians north of Chattanooga TN with the SCVF polar bear road tour.
I love the old autostick, no shifting - just leave it in 1 the whole time your going up the hill following the bone stock 4 spds. They kept having to shift up and down. Zoom Zoom.

Had alot of fun with my two young 'uns.

Have a great new year everyone!

KC out

cut floor pans of and tried to fit the wheels but im going to need some adapters around 3/4 -1 inch thick that go from 4on130mm to 4on 100mm

I have heat in the waterbug. I added a "ten amp" lighted three speed blower switch to the 250cc Kawasaki Ninja radiator fan that forces air through the heater box. The fan pulls five amps at start up but settles down to four amps or less depending on the speed selected. I had to flip the fan blade over so it would push air instead of pulling. My home made heater box is working great because I used a 1994 Chevy Caprice heater core so it's toasty in a short time. I hooked a choke cable up to the heater valve to control the flow of heated water through the core. The heater vents point straight down on the foot wells. I am begining to love this waterbug.

Next I will hook up the radio and cd player I installed in the passenger side of the dash and buy some good speakers then I'll have tunes.

I got the door window frames back on and made a battery tray and got it installed.

bakertim2 wrote:I got the door window frames back on and made a battery tray and got it installed.

Saw the pics. Looking good!! Been too cold for me to do anything!

Yeah, I know!! I know!!

drove he ghia to work man jtubes put off good heat the snot sickles almost melted just kiding but its cold

I checked the front brakes in Java. The drivers side drum needs to be turned...... I freed up the adjusters while I had the drums off. I then adjusted the shoes which were due for an adjustment. I still have to do the rears but it already has a better pedal...

I started the SP2 and let it idle for about 10 minutes!
Whew. Eventful day...

I spent most of the day fitting the rear cargo floor in the bus. Hope to have it at least tacked in tomorrow. I'll post pics the 60s section when I finish it.

bakertim2 wrote:I spent most of the day fitting the rear cargo floor in the bus. Hope to have it at least tacked in tomorrow. I'll post pics the 60s section when I finish it.

Nice! Cant wait to see it!

Drove it to work in the Ice!

Nothing, it's to cold in the garage to do anything lol!!!!!!

Too cold, pff. I got the rear cargo floor fit and stitched in. I will finish welding in tomorrow and post pics.

Prolly had way more fun then what was legally allowed, hahaha. Me and a buddy went to to the empty publix (it closed down) parking lot, and starting doing doughnuts, ice burnouts, etc. then went home and did the same thing, except in the mud and ice. went to go clean off the bug, only to discover the water hose was full of ice. spent prolly close to an hour clearing it, and finally cleaned all the mud and crap off, lol.

So in short, today i spent the day shortening the life of my motor