What did you do to your volkswagen today?

Spent the morning cleaning the garage and that typically triggers me to want to work on something so I went ahead and installed the new drag link and repainted the front bumper.

Turned the front drums on Tina and cleaned em up to repaint. Should be ready to put the frontend back together soon...

Picked up a 74 bay will have a bay up for sale soon

Got he drums all painted and the bearings in. Was going to get the beam back in, but had to replace the master cylinder on the bus....

Went and grabbed the bug from my parents house on Friday and used it to do all our weekend running around and general cruising. I had cranked it a few times, but hadn't put any actual miles on it since December , so it was nice to get it out, slide the top back, and enjoy the sun!

Chizzeled out a set of OEM 1958 Ghia pans that are in GREAT shape.
Gonna put them in the '73 Ghia.
Battery tray is even good.
These pans are way thicker than the Dansk ones I have for the thing...
KC

Made a set of hoops for my single cab.

Not TO the VW as much as FOR the VW... Cleaned the garage out... made lots of room... can even park a Bus in there now if needed... also got a Kegerator for the thirst of working on the Bug... here are before and after picks:

Before - VERY full and crowded



After - LOTS of room... can pull out the Bug and fit a Bus... rpm750 you know you want to try!

I love me a clean workspace! Wayyy better. I need me a kegarator too but I think I will just convert an old fridge.

Blew way too much money at CIP1 and aircooled.net to git my rail ready for BAP (:<

Bled the brakes, installed a horn, put in a new dizzy, adjusted the valves, set the timing, adjusted the mixtue, and put different speakers in Warbird.

Installed the rear trailing arms on my rail, as well as the trans. The late to early IRS conversion front mount worked perfectly c:

I changed the tranny fluid in the SP2 today. Looked like mud coming out.

Worked some more on my rail. Installed new rear disc brake kit. New brake lines. New mastercylinder. And got the rear wheels on. First time it's been on the ground since...... Ever, XD. Also made some limiting straps out of steel cable. PO's ground the stops off to gain more ground clearance. Was wondering why the CV cages were broken :/. Also got some lights installed B)

Been working a little here and there at night addressing some of the smaller rust spots below the belt line on the bus and sanding/filling in some of the older paint chips. Got the local paint store to mix up a match so I could paint the passenger door after I reskined the bottom, but it's far from being a "match". I didn't expect it to be perfect, but it's pretty far off. Plan is to address some of the minor stuff and give the bottom a new coat of paint before BAP. Still have a few bigger issues on the rear corners, drivers dogleg, rear cargo door and nose to address, but I'm really just wanting to get the bottom half all one color (it's currently three shades of red and primer), and I'll go back and fix the serious rust later and re-paint those sections as I go.

Ordered new rubber for the wipers on the '62 Rock auto had closeouts for $1.68 ea. Bought two pair.
KC

I drove the bug over to the ballpark for my brother's baseball game (we won ) and when I started it up to drive it back, the generator light came on and stayed on for some time while it was idling in the parking lot. When it wouldn't cut off, I got in and started to drive home because I figured that the generator had stopped charging and I didn't want to be stuck with a dead battery. Thankfully after a couple blocks it went off. I'm not sure if it was because of the cold or the gen temporarily stopped charging, or what. But, all is well now.

Loose connection somewhere most likely

The brushes in the 70's are like that, worn and it takes a minute or 2 for then to enguage the field windings...
No biggy.
Just watch it.
KC

Tried to have a new exhaust made but decided the shop was full of idiots. Calling Hank instead.

sploval53 wrote:Loose connection somewhere most likely

ASBug wrote:The brushes in the 70's are like that, worn and it takes a minute or 2 for then to enguage the field windings...
No biggy.
Just watch it.
KC

I got it. Thanks guys. I'll drive it around some and just watch it. But, to be on the safe side, I think I'll do a quick check on the wiring connections this weekend.

Jon65 wrote:

sploval53 wrote:Loose connection somewhere most likely

ASBug wrote:The brushes in the 70's are like that, worn and it takes a minute or 2 for then to enguage the field windings...
No biggy.
Just watch it.
KC

I got it. Thanks guys. I'll drive it around some and just watch it. But, to be on the safe side, I think I'll do a quick check on the wiring connections this weekend.

Blow a bit of compressed air in the inspection hole, then a liberal shot of WD40. That'll make the brushes slide a bit better.

Jon65 wrote:I drove the bug over to the ballpark for my brother's baseball game (we won ) and when I started it up to drive it back, the generator light came on and stayed on for some time while it was idling in the parking lot. When it wouldn't cut off, I got in and started to drive home because I figured that the generator had stopped charging and I didn't want to be stuck with a dead battery. Thankfully after a couple blocks it went off. I'm not sure if it was because of the cold or the gen temporarily stopped charging, or what. But, all is well now.

Man I hope you left out that you confirmed the belt was still spinning the generator before you drove it .

No belt = No Gen = No fan = No air = Blown engine

This has been a Georgia Dubs public service announcement.

bumblebuggy wrote:

Jon65 wrote:I drove the bug over to the ballpark for my brother's baseball game (we won ) and when I started it up to drive it back, the generator light came on and stayed on for some time while it was idling in the parking lot. When it wouldn't cut off, I got in and started to drive home because I figured that the generator had stopped charging and I didn't want to be stuck with a dead battery. Thankfully after a couple blocks it went off. I'm not sure if it was because of the cold or the gen temporarily stopped charging, or what. But, all is well now.

Man I hope you left out that you confirmed the belt was still spinning the generator before you drove it .

No belt = No Gen = No fan = No air = Blown engine

This has been a Georgia Dubs public service announcement.

Had that happen to me last week!!! Pulled out of the driveway, got about a mile down the road and gen light came on. Instinct told me to head back home so I did. Got in driveway, popped deck lid and saw a busted belt!!! Glad I didn't go any further!

bumblebuggy wrote:

Jon65 wrote:I drove the bug over to the ballpark for my brother's baseball game (we won ) and when I started it up to drive it back, the generator light came on and stayed on for some time while it was idling in the parking lot. When it wouldn't cut off, I got in and started to drive home because I figured that the generator had stopped charging and I didn't want to be stuck with a dead battery. Thankfully after a couple blocks it went off. I'm not sure if it was because of the cold or the gen temporarily stopped charging, or what. But, all is well now.

Man I hope you left out that you confirmed the belt was still spinning the generator before you drove it .

No belt = No Gen = No fan = No air = Blown engine

This has been a Georgia Dubs public service announcement.

Yeah, I left that out in my post.

When that light came on, the first thing i did was get out, ran to the back, and popped the decklid to make sure the belt was still there and the gen pulley was spinning and it was. I've heard many stories about vdubbers losing their engines because of snapped belts, so that was the first thing I thought of.