What did you do to your volkswagen today?

Haha, his guilt trip in Cherokee finally got to you!

fluxcap wrote:Haha, his guilt trip in Cherokee finally got to you!

Yeah and I finally have some free time now. Finished up the radio install today!

Sold the radars off Java a week or so ago. Finally got the tires swapped over to my silver brms this morning. You should have seen the look on the guys face when I pulled in with Jenny and told him I needed some tires changed.

Also prepped a set of bus spindles. I pressed them apart and blasted them. Should have them back together painted and all tomorrow!

Packed the bus up with tons of parts to sale at Bug Blast

Spindles done!

Well Sat, removed the Engine, Trans, CVs, Shifter Rod from the Bus. The alternator has been making noise for a while so I thought it would be a good I idea to swap it out for a good one. I have all the bushings for the shift rod, will be replacing those. Discovered the shift coupler is warn out, CV boots need replacing, want to reinstall the cargo floor isolation cover, that is on the engine bay ceiling, it's warped. Run wiring for my backup lights. Clean all the grease from the busted CV boots off the bottom of the body, clean trans. I'd like to strip and paint the front bumper at some point. The weather for later this week might hinder me getting it back together for the cruise down to Callaway.

got 1776 in 62 today took it out for a ride , ran great just need to get ghia on the road now.

Buffed Jenny and started buffing on Java again. Got the roof done and called it quits.

Pulled the motor out of Judy, again. I've got to replace the rear main seal.

My neighbor stopped by a few days ago (one that I actually get along with) and said that if I was interested he would bring me some luggage from his in-laws that they bought in the early 60s for their beetle. Not really knowing what to expect I was patiently waiting to see if he would actually bring them. Well today he came walking down the street with all four in his hands and under his arms. The luggage is not what I have seen on the samba as VW luggage but it does fit. All four pieces are different and I haven't found any markings or manufacturing info on them at all. Anyways here they are.

Score!!

[img:b1e0]http://forum.georgiadubs.com/[/img]Painted on the suit case that I got for $1.00 .............

[img:4173]http://forum.georgiadubs.com/[/img]NOW its worth $2.00 !!!!

bulldawgdude wrote:[img:1142]http://forum.georgiadubs.com/[/img]NOW its worth $2.00 !!!!

Yeah, but you'd owe VW of America $10. if they found out

Installed transmission mounts in the 66

Pulled the engine and transaxle out of the Jolly Rancher. Now I need parts. Lots of parts,

Installed some OEM Rivited VW rear mud flaps on Irma.
Getting ready for the Cruise to Helen tomorrow with some homies here in the NW.Ga / Chattanooga area.
Pulled off the stand offs and engine did run warmer w/o them.
May have to run them even in the winter.
Not a problem unless I want to go over 60 MPH.
Then it seems that I need a stand off to compensate for the non vented hood.
-Livin and learning -
KC

Fixed the grounding issue on the right rear tail light on Java. It ended up being a simple fix. Also put a dome light in. I had to pull out the harness and make a new one and pull it back through. Finally have light in there now! Also cut the headliner in Jenny for a dome light and again no wiring can be felt through the hole. Will have to pull out the old harness and redo it but that will be another day.

Finally bled the breaks on the SP2. Wow. Lots of air in the wheel cylinders.
Plan to change the trans fluid tomorrow.

Recovered and replaced padding on Drivers seat in The Time Machine....passenger seat next weekend,replaced spring plate bushings....there was nothing left of the old ones,finally bolted jump seat down,re installed wiper assembly after I replaced wiped shafts. Checked motor before I installed it and it worked,checked motor after I installed it only had high speed.....put wiper arms on checked again and motor burnt up. Gotta do all over again. Stay tuned

Got the new engine fired up today, and went for a short test drive!
More chrome then I care for, but it'll do for now.

Woo-Hoo!

Update! Did a little more test driving today before work- She just needs some minor tuning adjustments.

I did ....eh-hemm..... "score" my first road reflector today ( ). I think I'll be putting those front shocks back on!

The chrome matches those tail lights
U better be weighting ID numbers down case and tranny and pan numbers just in case

I picked up 2 dead squirels and a dead rabbit with the front pan head when I drove to Helen the other day, I think I'll get some vinyl decals of dead animals and put them on the side window...
KC

sploval53 wrote:The chrome matches those tail lights
U better be weighting ID numbers down case and tranny and pan numbers just in case

What makes you think I didn't!