What did you do to your volkswagen today?

cylops80 wrote:going to try and get her running today, put the drop spindels I got from stockornaught, thanks Alex. Wanted to cruise today but looks like I will bring her to the cartersville cruise in

I'm sorry you guys can't make it out but there will be more cruise by G.A.S. This year so look out for them. Now get to working on them Dubs

just got back from a 30 min drive and shut the car
off and noticed the red gen light was on after i turned off the car.
Went inside for a few minutes and then went to check the wires on the
regulator etc..



There was smoke coming from either the regulator or generator and both
were hot, the regulator seemed much hotter.



I disconnected the battery but im not sure how to figure out whats going
on.


ignition switch?

After a full day of working in the yard I decided I wasn't quite through punishing myself so I try to crank up the '76 Westy after sitting for 12 years.
New plugs, new gas, new oil and new battery and she cranked right up in less than a minute.

nice!!!!

Wow, These vdubs are awesome. Thats how it was when I got my 68. She sat since 02 till dec 09, towed her to the shop cause the man (Mr. Ragsdale) said it wouldnt run, put a hot battery in and a in one crank she started. Then I did the plugs, oil, brakes, etc Now I DD everyday.

I was pretty pleased that it didn't take more than that. It has a fuel leak near the cold start valve that I need to fix. Is this a common problem? It was squirting lots of gas everywhere and I was more than a little concerned with it so close to the distributor. Just bad hoses?

yikes,
I would look at the hoses and see if they are cracked, dry rotted, or cut. I was looking through the WORLDPAC online catolog we use at work(4nauto in villa rica) and (I dont necessarily need them but would like to replace them) braided gas lines. They were 87 buckaroos. It was enough for a full car(bug)..... Sound like a good price?

zabo wrote:
There was smoke coming from either the regulator or generator and both
were hot, the regulator seemed much hotter.

Check this thread Zabo.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=302638


As for what I did to my car today. I had gotten a nice nub on my points, so I filed it down and readjusted the points to .016. Then timed it and drove it to the Hooters gathering. Parked in amongst a ton of other awesome VW's and hung out with awesome people all day.

I loaded my rack with as much $#!t as I could get on it and drove it to Hooters.

......and I followed him all the way there.
Had a great time too

Don Hall wrote:......and I followed him all the way there.
Had a great time too

thanks guys we got to do this again. And Tim all that stuff made the bus even kooler in my eyes.

Finally pulled the engine. New push rod tube seals, oil cooler seals, new main seal, new front crank seal, cleanned the screen and new seals under all plates, had hoped to clean and paint the tin but only got the shroud and tins cleanned up. Getting the years of grime off was a pita, spent more time cleanning/scraping/brushing than replacing the seals!! Got the engine on the jack under the bus now ready to go in and mother nature decides to rain on me.. man a need a garage that a bus will fit in!!!

meinvw wrote:... man a need a garage that a bus will fit in!!!

I'm right with you there.

Didn't have time to post Friday or Saturday but with that said Shawn and I put in the new front tranny mount. I had'nt seen one like it before, it's called a rhino. Very solid piece but the down side is that it has larger bolts so it's a little hard to get them tightened down. I suggest taking a dremmel and grinding out a little area on the mount to allow room for a socket to fit. Other than that it is totally superior to the urethane piece it had on it before. Car feels completely different on take off. haven't drove it much but I report back how it does after a few trips in it.

fluxcap wrote:

Check this thread Zabo.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=302638

thanks man

DROVE IT!!!! So nice to be back in a bug again, haven't had a bug as a daily driver since October.

Replaced my noisy throwout bearing, and the starter bushing while in there. Got in some dyno time, was running lean but a rejet of the carbs brought everything back in line.

DiggerD wrote:Replaced my noisy throwout bearing, and the starter bushing while in there. Got in some dyno time, was running lean but a rejet of the carbs brought everything back in line.

so whats the numbers?

buggin70 wrote:


so whats the numbers?

Oh yeah, forgot that!

68.19 hp @ the wheel

97.08 tq

DiggerD wrote:

buggin70 wrote:


so whats the numbers?

Oh yeah, forgot that!

68.19 hp @ the wheel

97.08 tq

what size engine?

That would be a 1915 SP, 40mm Kads.

Replaced old fuel lines on the fuel injection. Now I can't seem to get her to hold an idle. But the rain has picked up so we'll save that for tomorrow.

DiggerD wrote:That would be a 1915 SP, 40mm Kads.

y single port?
y dont u make it dp

DiggerD wrote:68.19 hp @ the wheel 97.08 tq

Are you sure thats not 98hp? I'm sure your 1915 would put out more than that, right? I would think my little stock 1585(1600) is about 55 to 60. Seriously...

Maybe it's 97.08hp and 68.19tq that would be more in line with a 1915.

rpm750 wrote:

DiggerD wrote:68.19 hp @ the wheel 97.08 tq

Are you sure thats not 98hp? I'm sure your 1915 would put out more than that, right? I would think my little stock 1585(1600) is about 55 to 60. Seriously...

thats what i was thinkin
maybe he means 168

cause a 1776 makes like 100