What did you do to your volkswagen today?

bumblebuggy wrote:Made a complete trip OTP in the Jolly Rancher. McDonough, Austell, Cumming, and back to McDonough.

you get the square back up and running?

Rachel and I took off the old rusty doors and installed the "new" ones. Tomorrow we'll work on transferring the window regulators, but it's just too hot today.

fluxcap wrote:you get the square back up and running?

Got the engine in and everything hooked up. Tried to crank it and....nothing. Have some issue in the wiring or maybe the switch. Ran out of time and had to pack it up.

tapped and clearenced the case and fitting for full flow on my 1600. had just finished cleaning up and was about to go inside, when lightning struck a tree 20 feet in front of me. My ears are still buzzing, and i've felt spaced out ever since .

and btw, i don't care how hard you think you are, when something like that happens, it scares the crap out of you. I think i jumped 20 feet in the air

Went through all the windows, trims, regulators and parts installed the best into the new doors we installed on Saturday. Then we took the front brakes off inspected 'em and repacked the bearings.

bumblebuggy wrote:I installed a speedo in the Jolly Rancher 1 1/2 years ago. Yesterday I rolled past 40K.

Today I rolled past 50K. Ten Grand since Feb. Slow and steady wins the race!

Spent this morning spitting and swearing-
Picked up yet another gas tank (#4) over the weekend- and it's leaking around the drain in the bottom....
and oh look, : someone patched it with fiberglass and mud! (At least my cigar wasn't lit!)

#1 Leaked
#2 the 'crustbucket"
#3 wrong size
#4 leaks too
In the words of Charlie Brown..."AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!"

Guess it's back to trying to clean up tank#2

Finally got the call that my engine for the SP2 is done at ProFlow. Maybe I can get over there next Saturday to pick it up and finally get it in the car!

Don Hall wrote:Spent this morning spitting and swearing-
Picked up yet another gas tank (#4) over the weekend- and it's leaking around the drain in the bottom....
and oh look, : someone patched it with fiberglass and mud! (At least my cigar wasn't lit!)

#1 Leaked
#2 the 'crustbucket"
#3 wrong size
#4 leaks too
In the words of Charlie Brown..."AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!"

Guess it's back to trying to clean up tank#2

You know they make new ones Don.
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=113201075L
Buy once, cry once

BKiller wrote:Finally got the call that my engine for the SP2 is done at ProFlow. Maybe I can get over there next Saturday to pick it up and finally get it in the car!

Hurry up man, I don't think I've seen this car in about 3 years now.

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Don Hall wrote:Spent this morning spitting and swearing-
Picked up yet another gas tank (#4) over the weekend- and it's leaking around the drain in the bottom....
and oh look, : someone patched it with fiberglass and mud! (At least my cigar wasn't lit!)

#1 Leaked
#2 the 'crustbucket"
#3 wrong size
#4 leaks too
In the words of Charlie Brown..."AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!"

Guess it's back to trying to clean up tank#2

You know they make new ones Don.

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=113201075L
Buy once, cry once

Yeah, but I just spent all my money to hold some campsites!
Always trying to economize-even when It bites me in the ars!

Don Hall wrote:Guess it's back to trying to clean up tank#2

Hot water and muriatic acid with some chain and it will shine again.....but dont leave the sending unit or anything aluminum near hahaha

Got some CLR, and a lot of chain- and everything is removed.

replaced the points in Gretchen that was long over due, replaced the gas gauge resitor after I arked it out replacing the wiper motor, tightened a loose speaker that has been buggn me for the last 30 days, not sure which i'll be more excited about in the AM

Picked up a set of Pedrini's for the SP2. Still debating on polish or powdercoating them..

well i pulled 2 cars home Tuesday the 60 and a 70s baja
washed and cleaned out the 60 trying to figure out what to do with the patina and taking inventory of the parts that i have and need

thinking to my self what am i getting my self into

BKiller wrote:Picked up a set of Pedrini's for the SP2. Still debating on polish or powdercoating them..

Polish the spokes and black out the background

Passed my interview now gotta go for a Physical I'n two weeks for vwoa chatt plant .

changed the oil, put on the driver side pop out latch, cleaned the windows, seam sealed the tent, and loaded about half the stuff for Cherokee....almost ready to go

cut up one of the bad doors to use for sheet metal to fix the luggage tray.

It was a long night- but I cleaned, dried, cleaned and dried my tank again. Got new fuel filters (2) installed, and took little extra time to mount them both as close to vertical as I could, to keep any more rust settled in the bottom and not allow it to flow thru the filter Got the Knight fired up, and shortly after sun up did a test run to Waffle House. MMMmmmm

good to hear.

I broke it on the way home from Cherokee and had to get a tow home.....rear wheel bearing went out felt like the car was going to shake apart hahaha

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:I broke it on the way home from Cherokee and had to get a tow home.....rear wheel bearing went out felt like the car was going to shake apart hahaha

Hate to hear that. What a way to put a damper on a great weekend.

hly3rd wrote:

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:I broke it on the way home from Cherokee and had to get a tow home.....rear wheel bearing went out felt like the car was going to shake apart hahaha

Hate to hear that. What a way to put a damper on a great weekend.

We still had a great weekend! The worst was yet to come though.....ac was broken at the house when we got home....oh well that is how the cookie crumbles sometimes.

It was nice meeting you and your wife, Hank. Hope to see you at the next one!

finally got to the last peice of the fuel system on the bus, finding the sock on the outlet of the tank to be the original sock and it was fully restricted more than half the length of the sock meaning anytime the fuel got down below the height of the clog it had been causing it to "run out of gas" I am 90% sure this has been my problem all along, even causing the old motor to cook from running lean and not to mention spending countless hours on the side of the road scratching my head knowing I had plenty of gas but no fuel in the filter and now finding it was something that took me less than 2 minuets to fix but months to find. All in all RELIEF for now.