What did you do to your volkswagen today?

peregrine67 wrote:Replaced pop-out rubber on one side. Then I replace the master cylinder and drove Judy up to the stop sign and back. I must not have all the air bled out or the brakes just aren't quite adjusted. It locked up one rear wheel and didn't feel like the rest were helping at all.
I think I have my clutch cable too tight too. I just barely made it up my driveway.

Did you start at the furthest wheel from the master cylinder and work back to the closest?

Grifspop wrote:Did you start at the furthest wheel from the master cylinder and work back to the closest?

Yup. The right rear was the only one that was stopping. I'll tinker with it again tonight.

Oh wow- first post of the day!
While I was painting in the shop at 3am, I polished and painted my vintage dealership frame- Can't wait to see it in the daylight!
G'night!

Finshed replacing the rubber on my pop-outs and reinstalled them.

brought home a new project. its a 1973 Apache Mesa pop up camper. tows quite well, cept the tires rub if i accelerate too hard, lol. gonna have to either get new tires, or roll the fenders. needs a little work, but nothing major. been sitting for 17 years. hope to have it ready for BAP next year.

EDIT: BTW the camera dates are messed up.







had to install a hitch:

Did some maintenance to O.B. today. I changed the oil, adjusted the valves, checked the tranny fluid level, vacuumed it out, cleaned up the headlight wiring in the trunk, fixed the horn, and hooked up the heat just in case for this weekend. Just need to wash it and raise it up a little and it will be ready.

I also changed the oil in Java and re-installed the decklid.

adjusted valves an carbs installed igniter in the dizzy on my bus to get it ready for circle yer wagens

Halfway in to work I had to pull over. Wicked knocking in the rear. Checked the driver's side rear wheel and 3 of the 5 lug nuts were loose. That's the third time that's happened and it's always the drivers rear. I've rotated the tires and even swapped brake drums. Go figure.

yeah that's what I thought too. but why would I always leave them too loose on just that wheel?

so it sill hapens on that one wheel even tho you've swapped the drum? if thats the case did you try replacing the lug bolts themselves? maybe the tapered part that grips on the wheel is out of round due to them comming loose (prolly got pounded out a little). i'd change them all out on that wheel and see if that solves the problem.

Added/ Built a new Accessory to a Accessory,A Fishing Pole Holder made of Bamboo

Bugman114 wrote:so it sill hapens on that one wheel even tho you've swapped the drum? if thats the case did you try replacing the lug bolts themselves?

That's the only thing left. The lug bolts are the only thing common to the problem at this point.

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:Did some maintenance to O.B. today. I changed the oil, adjusted the valves, checked the tranny fluid level, vacuumed it out, cleaned up the headlight wiring in the trunk, fixed the horn, and hooked up the heat just in case for this weekend. Just need to wash it and raise it up a little and it will be ready.

I also changed the oil in Java and re-installed the decklid.

Dang you are turning out some labor on it. Pre show preparations are mega fun,I have two other cars I'm doing stuff to tonight and tommorow. Can't sleep we are so excited about goin. Weather is gonna be perfect.

Knumb Knucks wrote:Added/ Built a new Accessory to a Accessory,A Fishing Pole Holder made of Bamboo

very cool!

new exhaust gaskets and no backfire anymore. but the other day I let a rather large man sit in the car to take a pic and now my steering squeaks any ideas why.

are the tie rods hitting the body or gastank????

Nope it sounds like around the steering box

Put a new carb on the 72 westy and it fired right up, now a bit of wiring and bolting the interior in and if it does not sell might be White Trash 2!!!

Hoping he Knight comes home soon.......cleaned up her room, now it's just a clean, neat, empty garage

well jolene died on the way home from cyw made it about an hour. then total power loss, limped her about 30 minutes to the next town. blowing oil out all over the place and sucking gas like a mofo. but still starts up and idles fine. had to leave her at a hotel in etowah. going back for her wednesday morning then i'll tear into her and see what happened

ah man that sucks bad!

did a little experimenting yesterday. i wanted to see how running a stock 34pict carb on my 2085cc motor would run. not to mention that the cold is a commin, and with no preheat, the weber 44 ice's up and runs like crap. so i put the ole stock 34 pict, back on with my preheat, and it ran pretty good. i was suprsed how well it ran. throttle response is instant, and theres a ton of low end power. top end didn't suffer too much, suprisingly. its a real blast to drive around town tho. it litterally pulls you back in your seat fronm idle to 3000ish rpm, lol.

got to dyno both of my engines today, 1 was a let down with a turbo,the other was great, gained 30hp just by changing jets, and thats rear wheel hp

tore jolene down today and looks looks like she's just got some glazed over juggs and some messed rings so gonna give them some love and get some new rings then put it all back together and she should be good to go