What did you do to your volkswagen today?

Put 30 miles on the 60 today after picking it up from Kips. The Doodle Bugg 1641 single port really moves the car down the road! I helped Kip put in the rear window and me and Ashley put in the quarters tonight. It is really coming along now. Just need to put the passenger mirror on, carpet and rear panels in! So close now.

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:Put 30 miles on the 60 today after picking it up from Kips. The Doodle Bugg 1641 single port really moves the car down the road! I helped Kip put in the rear window and me and Ashley put in the quarters tonight. It is really coming along now. Just need to put the passenger mirror on, carpet and rear panels in! So close now.

It sounded and looked good. We saw you on 19. We were at the Waffle House with the football team.



Phillip

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:Put 30 miles on the 60 today after picking it up from Kips. The Doodle Bugg 1641 single port really moves the car down the road! I helped Kip put in the rear window and me and Ashley put in the quarters tonight. It is really coming along now. Just need to put the passenger mirror on, carpet and rear panels in! So close now.

thats awsome i like to here good stuff

Worked on Moto all day trying to get ready for the Tampa trip. I have all the panels in the rear cargo area. Removed the bed and covered the foam also carpeted the front lower panel of the bed pedestal. Also finished installing new rubber seals on drivers vent window frame, need to mash the new rivet. Need to start thinking heat.

Started cleaned the shop up a bit getting ready for the tear down of Geek. I need to host a VW yard sale, I have way to much stuff that I don't need and will most likely never use.

I moved orange peel back into the garage and my pos triumph spitfire out of it
I got too much stuff ... With all the parts from my 63 and oval not to mention all the random parts scattered around my house and wills



Bob I am with u on the yard sale thing I am running out of ro

Today, I just drove it.

finished the tranny for the bus

callahan wrote:finished the tranny for the bus

Looks like OG went out the window for this bus, Very nice.

been out of the VW scene for a little while. painted my 72 super. the POS "OE brand" centerlink i got went out (only lasted about 8 months ). so i got a good used one, and some new moog tierod ends. but found my idler bushing is bad, so it still shimmy's like hell. and last week, my engine finally died (40 horse , #3 and #4, has no compression, oh well). So now i've just parked it, and am gonna fix all the other minor issues i've been dealing with. At the moment i'm driving my ole chevy truck (1979 C30, 4 door dually, 454, 400 trans, 5MPG )....... i miss my bug .

Anyhoo, today i worked on my sand rail. hope to have rolling in the next few weeks. just a thrash build to get my daily VW fix got the trans in today, sorta. its a late model 3 bolt IRS trans, in a 2 bolt housing. so i just added one of those mid bolt on straps (modified it a bit ). hopefully be secure enough to keep the trans from shifting. just throwing a nutha 40 horse in there, so i think it'll be fine. we'll see

pwmcguire wrote:

callahan wrote:finished the tranny for the bus

Looks like OG went out the window for this bus, Very nice.

Daym, nice paint job. one thing tho, i vaugely remember someone saying that the seam on the boots shouldn't go up or down because it can tear it or something. that it should go front or back. may have just been thesamba BS tho, i have no experience with swing axles (as far as working on them). just thought i'd throw it out there, just incase.

I loaned my truck to my brother for a while so I've been forced to use Pippi as a daily driver. She hasn't disappointed at all.

Last Wek: I took Pippi up to a nearby elementary school and let the entire fifth grade crawl all over her for some yearbook photos.

Yesterday: Spent the evening replacing the main seal and patching a few smaller leaks on Judy. Put the motor back in and almost got her ready to drive again but didn't have any oil in the house and I was geting tired. Thanks for the help and the company, Pete and Benjamin.

Polished and repainted wheels on the SP2. Still need to drain and refill the tranny.

rpm750 wrote:Worked on Moto all day trying to get ready for the Tampa trip. I have all the panels in the rear cargo area. Removed the bed and covered the foam also carpeted the front lower panel of the bed pedestal.

Where are the pics

New muffler (with picture, Eric)

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fluxcap wrote:
Where are the pics

Pics or it didn't happen right?

Bugman114 wrote:

Daym, nice paint job. one thing tho, i vaugely remember someone saying that the seam on the boots shouldn't go up or down because it can tear it or something. that it should go front or back. may have just been thesamba BS tho, i have no experience with swing axles (as far as working on them). just thought i'd throw it out there, just incase.

When Callahan was helping with my straight axle swap, he put the boots on my transaxle with the seams straight up as well and I mentioned the same thing to him. We accidentaly pinched one of the boots on the heater cable outlet and it ripped so I replaced it the next week. When I did, I put the new one with the seam slightly higher than 3 o'clock. 4 months later, the one I replaced had already failed, and the one Callahan put going straight up is still holding strong!

The transaxle looks awesome Callahan, hope the bus is coming along well, Bulli is barely a month away!

Thanks Eric. I know I know don't remind me. If it moves under its own power it's going to bulli no questions asked lol

callahan wrote:If it moves under its own power it's going to bulli no questions asked lol

6 weeks til Bulli

Saw the above quote on the samba today and thought it was fitting.

Eric is that you? Kind of favors ya.

Started welding in the cargo floor in the westy.

nice!

Installed a new trans mount and fixed the wire for my reverse lights. The engine is going back in tomorrow.

Got a key made for the 63 this past weekend, reinstalled the ignition switch.

One step closer........

sprayed gas all over myself at lunch - cracked fuel line. Now im sitting at my desk getting everyone high from the fumes. Im glad theres no smoking in the workplace anymore...

Got Judy running again. The points were completely fried.
Now she has a squeak when I engage the clutch and she crunches a lot going into gear. I've adjsuted the clutch cable to the point that I'm out of threads.