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spook Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:46 pm

old chinese secret

( mostly heavy soapy water and compressed air with a bit of phosphoric
acid )

vintagevolks Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:19 pm

Anything work good for doing it at home?

spook Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:42 pm

dawn and water with some nuts and bolts thrown in for descaling
drain water
blow out w/compressed air
rinse with Alc ( to remove the rest of the water)
re install
with fresh filter(s )
buy GAS

vintagevolks Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:16 pm

What's Alc? Thanks

vintagevolks Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:42 pm

What's Alc? Thanks

spook Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:30 am

alcohol, denatured

vintagevolks Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:06 am

Thanks Spook!

iVolkswagen Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:27 pm



Update: Running great!

However, the speedo went out. Started the death screech/wobbly needle, then it just stopped doing anything.
Also, my drivers window regulator is stripped.
Only trouble is, the window is halfway down..


Any ideas how I can change out the regulator with it like this?

In the meantime I whipped up a quick fix...

:oops:

Some pics (and videos) for your viewing pleasure.




Had the salvation army bell ringer (i work at a store) tell me lots of people take pictures with my car. I finally caught some of them doing it, when I went on break.. :D





VWAdam Tue Dec 28, 2010 12:04 am

iVolkswagen wrote: However, the speedo went out. Started the death screech/wobbly needle, then it just stopped doing anything.


Did you try greasing the cable when it started screaching?
The first cold spell we had, mine started jumping around and screaching like fingernails on a chalkboard. A little pb blaster and it's quiet and smooth.

jmsmilin Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:19 am


iVolkswagen Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:32 am

Update: the car has been sold.

Sold it at BugaPaluza. I really had no intention of selling but a guy came up to me as we were leaving and offered. I'm hoping he will post on here, because his plans were exactly what I wanted to do....slam and clearcoat. :twisted:

Thanks for watching

iVolkswagen Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:25 pm

The current owner contacted me and sent me these pics.... 8)
Slammed, 8 coats of clear, new interior and pans, etc....I love it!










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