What did you do to your volkswagen today?

fried_chicken wrote:

traded my jeep for this 70 bug.... neat little bug, no show car but its nice. has a narrowed beam and drop spindels (not installed)

Glad to see your back amoungst the living.
Now lets get together in NW Ga. for a cruise or somtheing...
KC

yeah that would be cool.

Rusty exhaust removed, new exhaust installed. The Thing is one step closer to being on the road.

new dist cap/wire,points and condenser. (thanks meinvw)
Also replaced the dist oring.

Ordered all the parts Bus Depot had on backorder from WW-shipped the same day.

ANYONE ELSE NOT GETTING EMAILS ALERTS FOR NEW POSTS??? I haven't messed with my settings, so i don't think I did anything wrong. Is it just me?

Bugman114 wrote:ANYONE ELSE NOT GETTING EMAILS ALERTS FOR NEW POSTS??? I haven't messed with my settings, so i don't think I did anything wrong. Is it just me?

I haven't got any alerts for a while now......

DiggerD wrote:

Bugman114 wrote:ANYONE ELSE NOT GETTING EMAILS ALERTS FOR NEW POSTS??? I haven't messed with my settings, so i don't think I did anything wrong. Is it just me?

I haven't got any alerts for a while now......

My home computer started letting me hit the see newest post button yesterday, before it would go to a page that stated there were "no posts that met your search criteria..."
I wonder if this is related, I'll trade your update emails for my button usage any day...LOL.
I didn't need to even buy a MAC to get it to work...LOL.
KC

i checked my preferences, just to see if they somehow got reset or something, but its still on YES for recieving notifications of reply's and PM's. Guess its a site thing, only the georga dub gods (bryce) can solve

good place for this discussion

zabo wrote:good place for this discussion

I agree!!

So back on topic....... I sorta fixed an exhaust leak I developed on the way back from Knoxville the other day. I would need to do some welding to get it back 100%, but I am planning on a new exhaust in the near future so I will just roll with it for now.........

Got the needed parts to complete my pop-outs! (Thanks Jeff/56Rag), worked on tail lights, pedal cluster, front carpet, made a rain curtain for my passenger door, helped put an engine in a car my friend was working on. I had a busy day!

installed a stage 3 pp due to breaking 2 stage 2's in the last month,,man i love that turbo

Picked up my gas tank from Sims Radiator. The inside is fantastic, but the outside looks like it was painted by a crack addicted monkey with a paint roller and some black Rustoleum mixed with beach sand. If you care what the outside looks like, you might want them to leave it unfinished.

Grifspop wrote:Picked up my gas tank from Sims Radiator. The inside is fantastic, but the outside looks like it was painted by a crack addicted monkey with a paint roller and some black Rustoleum mixed with beach sand. If you care what the outside looks like, you might want them to leave it unfinished.

I had sims do the tank in my '39. The tank in the '39 isn't visible so it's not a big deal. But in a bug, with it right up front, I would not let sims do the outside.

Fixed my charging issue in the 71. Found a wire I knocked loose on the regulator when I was taking out the back seat.........

DiggerD wrote:Fixed my charging issue in the 71. Found a wire I knocked loose on the regulator when I was taking out the back seat.........

That beats swapping out the generator

today while driving I get the urge to do something stupid, so when the light turns green, i'm making a left turn, and decide to do a burnout, so i floor it, the wheels are spinning, and i get out the the turn, and BANG. Crap. i guess i blew the 2074cc. oh well. Well, just to see, i try to crank it, and it cranks and cranks and cranks, but doesn't fire??? no metallic clanking, so wow, guess all is well. Now i'm corn-fused. I pull into a gas station, get out, and everything looks good at first glance. I check the plug wires, all is well. check the fuel filter, gas is there. WTF??? Still won't start. i go back and realize there is no positive wire on the coil, lol. I put it back on, and its really loose. squeeze it with some pliers and i'm on my way. So it seems while burning out, the vibration caused the positive wire to pop off, and since the throttle was open, gas must have made its way thru the exhaust, and caused a huge backfire, making me think i blew the motor, lol. anyhoo did a burn out comming out of the gas station. I really need to get wider tires. sometimes in traffic, when i see a small opening in cars, I'll try to go for it, but the tires will just spin, and the car won't move fast enough, lol. that gets annoying, but at the same time, I LOVE IT

Grifspop wrote:

DiggerD wrote:Fixed my charging issue in the 71. Found a wire I knocked loose on the regulator when I was taking out the back seat.........

That beats swapping out the generator

You got that right!!

This seems the week for electrical woes. First the condensor on the bus and now this.........atleast both were easy fixes!!

I set off a bug-bomb in the squareback so I can start tearing out the interior tomorrow with less fear of spiders!

BKiller wrote:I set off a bug-bomb in the squareback so I can start tearing out the interior tomorrow with less fear of spiders!

i set off three bombs in a at the house because of wasps an snakes in it it looked like a cheech an chong car in the driveway there was so much fog coming out of every rust hole

Got home today and soaked down the Square with Simple Green. Then fired up the pressure washer. The whole family was scrubin by the time we were done. Looks a lot better with the mildew and mold off of it.

BKiller wrote:Got home today and soaked down the Square with Simple Green. Then fired up the pressure washer. The whole family was scrubin by the time we were done. Looks a lot better with the mildew and mold off of it.

Pictures or it didn't happen! LoL

rpm750 wrote:

BKiller wrote:Got home today and soaked down the Square with Simple Green. Then fired up the pressure washer. The whole family was scrubin by the time we were done. Looks a lot better with the mildew and mold off of it.

Pictures or it didn't happen! LoL

X2

Finished carpet, got started on a spot I need to repair in the headliner, got a door panel on, then had to pull the whole door apart because the FREAKIN aftermarket window regulator I put in failed! Cleaned and greased the old one and it worked like butter. Another lesson learned. (I'm getting really good at rebuilding doors other than the dang window felt!)

DiggerD wrote:

Grifspop wrote:

DiggerD wrote:Fixed my charging issue in the 71. Found a wire I knocked loose on the regulator when I was taking out the back seat.........

That beats swapping out the generator

You got that right!!

This seems the week for electrical woes. First the condensor on the bus and now this.........atleast both were easy fixes!!

I've had charging probs for a week now. ended up being a bad gen, i tried three rebuilt gens from advance, then finally went to tims, and picked up the worst looking one there, and shazam! light is off and battery is charging!

now if i can just figure out my fuel/carb problem...