TheSamba.com :: View topic - Getting the ball rolling '73 Standard

Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:00 pm

Me too..I still need to bleed them again, they work, but a pump gives them better pressure. But once that's done, I'm about 2 1/2 weeks away from starting to coordinate the restoration.

Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:25 pm

I got the camcorder to work, so tomorrow afternoon Ill post up the video of the engine running.

Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:13 pm

Here's a long awaited vid.

Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:40 pm

Sounds great!

Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:45 pm

I think that's music to everyone's ears :)

Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:06 pm

Page 73 for a 1973 Beetle. :wink:

Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:21 pm

Beetlebaum wrote: Page 73 for a 1973 Beetle. :wink:

this was my other option of what to say :)

Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:23 pm

great work! good to hear it running like a champ after all that work you put into her.

Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:11 pm

Thanks guys! :D I'll take a better video of it tomorrow and maybe one of a cruise around the neighborhood tomorrow..Its amazing how well it runs..and I'm happy with the way the engine looks too..Sounds great fweeming down the road! I wish it would fweem at idle. :lol:

Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:36 am

I'll be waiting for the cruise video. I'm curious to what this "FWEEM" sounds like ;) My baja came with a stinger so it's just plain loud!

Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:32 pm

Sounds great, and looks great as well! :D

Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:45 pm

:D So I haven't been able to make a second video, the power was out yesterday, so my video camera didnt get to charge..But with that being said, the next week or so is supposed to be really nice, so I'll be posting up videos. I didn't realize how shakey I was in this one, so I want one that's less shakey..Also on Saturday, I'm putting on an OEM Coil, so I'll no longer have the blue one on there..and maybe even a german fuel pump..

Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:58 pm

We'll be waiting :)

Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:57 pm

Vid #2..Its a bit better :lol:

Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:04 pm

Taken it for a cruise with the camera yet???????? :D

Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:28 pm

:lol: No not yet, the camera is little, so I need to find a place to position it..I wanna capture the 'Fweem' too :)

Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:46 pm

PatterBon wrote: :lol: No not yet, the camera is little, so I need to find a place to position it..I wanna capture the 'Fweem' too :)
Do you have a tripod? You could take out a seat and duct tape the tripod legs to the floor.

Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:56 pm

PatterBon wrote: I wanna capture the 'Fweem' too :)

I wanna hear this "fweeem" ;)

Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:08 pm

I have not heard my fweem since late October and can't wait to hear mine fweeming all over the road!! At the end of April I should be fweeming once again!! :D :P !

Yours sounds great by the way and kudos for a job well done! (some Navy talk there :D )

Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:13 pm

letthemusicflow wrote: PatterBon wrote: :lol: No not yet, the camera is little, so I need to find a place to position it..I wanna capture the 'Fweem' too :)
Do you have a tripod? You could take out a seat and duct tape the tripod legs to the floor.

I put two of the legs of mine in the backseat, and then used the seatbelts to hold them in place. I took the third leg and extended it, then wedged it against the back of the e-brake assembly. No dismantling required!

And if you find a way to capture the fweem...let me know.