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bigvwhead
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"LIKE" Thats how every winter storage should go  (my 58' bug was that way this year)  see ya in Co.
Happy motoring 
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blankmange
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Location: Bloßer Stahl-preapocalyptic MidCoast
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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with the cool weather so far this spring, the idle was a little low, so a simple bit of fiddling with the idle set screw and everything is OK again...
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blankmange
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no pictures, but replaced the engine cover seal with the seal from ISPWest - fit like a glove, a little 3M gorilla snot in the channel and away we go...
also, picked up the jailbars from the powder-coater... they are almost too pretty to put on my car... I need to get some mounting screws and install them...
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vwfye
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how much more quiet now?
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blankmange
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:45 am Post subject: |
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| how much more quiet now? |
about the same - it wasn't noise that alerted me to the failed seal, but the intrusion of engine/exhaust fumes in the cabin...
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dc
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:27 am Post subject: |
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I forget; on the engine lid seal: is it groove side up or down?
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blankmange
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:33 am Post subject: |
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| dc wrote: |
| I forget; on the engine lid seal: is it groove side up or down? |
up!
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vwfye
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:00 am Post subject: |
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hey Blank... with the carb mods, where did your before/after MPG come out?
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blankmange
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:38 am Post subject: |
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| hey Blank... with the carb mods, where did your before/after MPG come out? |
so far, the Solex's are about as economical as the Webers - I gained about 2 mpg, mainly probably due to the Webers were jetted rich...
it really doesn't seem to matter, as I normally drive it less-economically than I should...
right now I am getting 26 to 28 mpg; if I drove it more daintily, I can imagine 30 mpg easily...
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vwfye
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when you changed the venturies, did you up the main jet size?
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blankmange
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:34 am Post subject: |
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| when you changed the venturies, did you up the main jet size? |
yes - somewhere here in the build thread is the set up we settled on....
EDIT:
26mm venturi's in them, 137.5 main, 175 airs, 55 idle pilots...
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vwfye
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thanks man! if i ever build another 1904, my carbs will get that mod.
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blankmange
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| vwfye wrote: |
| thanks man! if i ever build another 1904, my carbs will get that mod. |
obviously, you'll probably need to increase the jetting a bit compared to my 1776, but you'll have a good starting point...
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Joser11
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 6:20 am Post subject: Sport headlight kit |
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Was this the sport headlight kit that you used?
http://www.mamotorworkstv.com/vw/product/sport-hea...ir_303101/
If so, how are they standing up to weather and time ? Have the lenses turned hazy?
Bout to buy some bot on the reviews in the website a fellow said that the lenses turned hazy.
How are they holding up ? |
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blankmange
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 6:22 am Post subject: Re: Sport headlight kit |
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Was this the sport headlight kit that you used?
http://www.mamotorworkstv.com/vw/product/sport-hea...ir_303101/
If so, how are they standing up to weather and time ? Have the lenses turned hazy?
Bout to buy some bot on the reviews in the website a fellow said that the lenses turned hazy.
How are they holding up ? |
they are holding up great - the lenses are glass and are not hazy at all...
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Joser11
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 7:07 am Post subject: |
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Thanks.
If yours are glass then the ones I am looking at (ones in the link) are not the same as they are made of plastic.
Could yo provide me with the links to the ones you bought? |
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blankmange
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:37 am Post subject: |
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| Joser11 wrote: |
Thanks.
If yours are glass then the ones I am looking at (ones in the link) are not the same as they are made of plastic.
Could yo provide me with the links to the ones you bought? |
that link appears to be the same ones that I purchased several years ago - if they are plastic now, they've changed the headlights....
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blankmange
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 10:51 am Post subject: |
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back to the jailbars:
test-fitting:
rear fitting:
driver's side:
passenger's side:
from the rear:
inside view:
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Shaven
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found them... very nice. they look great 
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Stuartzickefoose
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sweet  any recent updates? have you still got it? i gotta read this whole thread...someday....
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