Re: What did you do to your volkswagen today?

by DiggerD Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:01 pm

What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 Bustedbeam002

What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 Bustedbeam001

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This looks like part of the Titanic........ Shocked

by peregrine67 Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:00 pm

Finished rebuilding the motor. I have everything ready to lift up and bolt back in. I have a couple friends coming over on Wednesday to help me put it back in.
While I had some daylight I inspected my front beam. Some recent posts have got me a little concerned about the rust underneath.

by DiggerD Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:18 pm

Test drove the bus all around today running errands. No problems, and no leaks from anywhere! cheers

Guess I can tear into the 71 and fix some of it's problems now, I like to keep atleast one road-worthy at a time. Wink

by **fluxcap** Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:24 pm

Jerome, you are nuts man! Glad you made it back safely.

by Bugman114 Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:44 pm

DiggerD wrote:...I like to keep atleast one road-worthy at a time.

lol, i hear ya. I got some leaks on tha 72 super, but i gotta get the 74 running before i tear the motor back out. gotta tighten up the heads, before they fall off altogether Laughing

, and while i'm at it, i'll slap the turbo kit back on Twisted Evil

by drewBAKER Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:21 am

my header came off of my heater box today when i was backing out of my friends driveway because my car and the asphalt dont get along too well

by **fluxcap** Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:11 pm

fluxcap wrote:
Bugman114 wrote:
fluxcap wrote:Replaced my fuel pump since the other one crapped out. Pressure was way too high on the new one so I had to dial that in. The old pump was high as well, so I cut an extra pushrod down about 1.5mm to get the pressure to around 3.5 (which is still a little high). I put the new pump on using the shortened pushrod and the pressure was nearly 7pounds . Gas was actually squirting out from the accelerator pump cover on the carb. I put 7 of the paper gaskets under the pump and that took the pressure down to about 5pounds. Had to make three more gaskets out of a cereal box. These three cereal box gaskets were the same thickness as the 7 paper gaskets so it's like I have 14 gaskets under the pump.

.....either that, or a freakishly short fuel pump flange. I went thru a box of BRAND NEW flanges, and they were all different sizes. the difference between the shortest, and tallest flange was about 1/8 inch

You may be on to something with the flange piece though. I've got a few extras laying around (both new and used) and I'll check them against the one on the engine to see if any of them are taller.

Finally got around to digging those fuel pump flanges out. The one on the right is an original vw flange, the one on the left is one I got from wolfsburg west about a year ago. There is about 1.5 mm difference between the two. That equals about 5-6 of the thin paper gaskets which according to my work a few weeks ago equals about 1.5 to 2 pounds of fuel pressure. So that definitely does account for some of my high fuel pressure, but not all of it.

What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 Flange

What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 Flange

by peregrine67 Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:14 pm

Put the motor back in just before the thunderstorm hit.

by VW12step Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:42 pm

Wiring, picked up a few misc. parts from the painter...finally, filled a couple of my weld-through holes in the pan, rebuilt most of 1 door, put deck lid on (both a pain in the ass), had a freakin' wonderful day!
bounce

by Bugman114 Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:25 am

VW12step wrote:Wiring, picked up a few misc. parts from the painter...finally, filled a couple of my weld-through holes in the pan, rebuilt most of 1 door, put deck lid on (both a pain in the ass), had a freakin' wonderful day!

Met up with gordon just after he finished everything above....... I was there for moral support Laughing

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by peregrine67 Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:17 pm

What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 Bus

Took her for a spin around the block. filled her up with gas and drove her about 15 miles. Then about a mile from the house she started sputtering like she was choking to death. Looks like I managed to completely clog yet another fuel filter with rust. How much does a brand new gas tank cost? I'm sick and tired of trying to get all the rust out of this one.

But it was fun to put a few miles on her.

by **Attorney Isaiah Loophole** Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:18 pm

Got my canvas in for the ragtop now to just get it installed

by buggin70 Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:11 pm

i help drew on a gravel road change out his spun drum

with pliers breaker bar prybar and a little crappy jack o and another drum

btw it SUCKED

by callahan Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:37 pm

made some trick new sunvisors
What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 012-1

What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 013-1

by meinvw Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:53 am

After driving for a bit with the busted beam, welded some supports in. Not a pretty job, but it works. Back to tracking straight and full brakes again! had to use my flux core welder since the big one is down but will go back and do a cleanner job once the other is fixed. Yeah right, probably just drive it till it breaks again! Laughing

by drewBAKER Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:47 pm

so i drove my car to the family reunion and on the way down this big ass hill my headlight decides to fall out and get run over by my car. then literally two seconds later my header pops off the heater box a second time.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

by peregrine67 Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:57 pm

Pulled the gas tank and threw it in the back of the truck. Tomorrow I'll take it to Sims to get de-rusted and sealed.

by 57RTOval Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:00 pm

After chasing/verifying wiring for the past two nights, I connected the battery and cranked up the 73 Thing. It started with no issues. Of course, I have no fuses installed yet. I'll start putting those back in one at a time tomorrow. Hopefully, she'll move under her own power tomorrow as well. Then I'll find out if I have any brakes!

by Grifspop Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:32 pm

Got my front brake drums turned on the '67

by peregrine67 Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:49 am

callahan wrote:

I like it.

by Cambur Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:36 pm

What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 65b1264f

65 bucks for a tow a half mile down hwy 20, but i was blocking traffic...

turned out to be a 3 dollar part, i didnt have time to look it over usually carry a spare but didnt have one at the time

rotor button
What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 D420da34

What did you do to your volkswagen today? - Page 20 D420da34

it has also started leaking oil quite badly...time for a rebuild i guess

by rpm750 Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:06 am

Same exact thing happened to mine but it had been running that way. Hot weather maybe? Weird!

by ASBug Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:24 pm

Changed the fuel lines and relocated the fuel filter on the RHD 1302.
Checked the timing and it is dead on.
Gonna "drive my VW to work" tommorow.
KC

by 57RTOval Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:37 am

Replaced the fuse block on the Thing. Several of the wires were weakened with many broken strands at the connectors. Clipped those off and crimped on new connectors. One wire felt like it has only 3 or 4 strands left. Jeez.

by MellowMidget Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:49 pm

Pulled out the pedal cluster and finally weaseled it apart. Now waiting on my drill to charge back up so I can remove the rest of the rust and get her painted while I wait patiently for my parts from CIP1 ....wait and wait.

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