What did you do to your Bug Today?

vamram · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 1:10 pm Post subject:

Wow, that is beautiful. Are the seats sew-fine as well?
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'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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Save the Supers!!

peteandvanessa · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:12 pm Post subject:

vamram · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:45 am Post subject:

Installed a cheap but good enough Pyle stereo w/bluetooth and an sd reader in the glove compartment. Wired to a pair of old crappy Pioneer cone speakers in the kick panels and works great! Bluetooth works excellent, can stream my music and make hands free voice calls! Dancing

Now I can sell the 2011 Sonata... Wink

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Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.’”
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!

'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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Save the Supers!!

jrrhdmust · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:20 am Post subject:

Timed the car and finished tweaking my dual carb set up. Now I have a new oil leak to figure out.
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71 SuperBeetle (5 year old restoration under refresh)
74 Porsche 914 (Under Restoration)
02 Porsche 996

GArBa · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:25 am Post subject:

addressed some rough idle/backfiring the car had developed during summer by swapping distributor cap&rotor with OEM replacement parts.

the old cap had a lot of carbon deposits but those cleaned out fine and since the coil post still looks good I'm going to keep it as an emergency spare.

the old rotor had a badly pitted contact surface and failing insulation, so that's now junk.
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cars:
'97 type 1 1600i
~~'14 type AA Seat Mii~~ (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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moped:
'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

tjslosson · Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:21 pm Post subject:

synchronized my kadrons and re-fastened some loose tins.

Walter4 · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:41 am Post subject:

Adjusted the brake pedal piston (even though Bentley says not to) and FINALLY passed safety inspection!

GingaNinja · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:34 pm Post subject:

Pulled the engine out of a 74 autostick super. First time pulling an engine. As soon as I disconnected that +*#@ torque converter everything went as smoothly as the videos show.

85burb · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:35 pm Post subject:

I took off the holley bug spray and installed factory carb. Too cold out for the bug spray.
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1964 beetle
1974 standard beetle

Henderbug

I had limited time to work on the car today, so I figured I would disconnect the wiring from the headlights and turn signals in order to be able to remove the front fenders. What a mess.

All four of the bolts holding the turn signals on the fenders sheared off when i attempted to remove the nuts. I had previously put some PB blaster on them, and did not even apply tons of torque. Crap! Not sure what i will do about these when it's time to remount them. I can't even find replacement bulb holders (it's a '69).

Removing the headlights was also a total hassle. The screws holding the inner bezel were almost all seized, and the screw heads were already stripped in a few cases. I was finally able to get four of the six out. One on each side remained so stubborn, i needed to use vice grips on them.

The headlight retainers are both pretty messed up - super rusty and kind of banged up. Deciding now if I will spend time to clean them up and bang them back into shape, or save the time just spend the $$ to replace them. They are either $30 or $50 for "best quality".

All in all, i figured it would take an hour; ended up taking closer to 3 hours.

JBong · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:24 pm Post subject:

Well my High backs to Low Back conversion is now complete. I am extremely happy with the outcome. Although I believe that the TMI product for the conversion kit needed some more foam. There was like a 2 in gap between the foam and the fabric. So I ran to walmart and pick up some low density foam roll for like 6 bucks for a 10 ft roll.

GArBa · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:57 am Post subject:

after enlisting my father's help, finished the tune up of the engine with four new spark plugs... hard task on a mexi due to the FI rails getting in the way of #1 and #3.
had to disconect the harness and put together a silly looking contraption made of two extensions and two cardan joints to be able to move the socket and undo/tighten the plugs.
Then went for a short test ride, at last everything was fine but then realized neither of us was carrying his driving license...
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cars:
'97 type 1 1600i
~~'14 type AA Seat Mii~~ (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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moped:
'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

RedHeadedJosh · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 5:19 pm Post subject:

i drove mine for the first time today to work. second time driving and really scared the something is going to go wrong Shocked

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72 super beetle resto
71 westy Resto ( http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=477613 )
Don't tell me what I can and can't do!

Freakzinho81 · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:42 pm Post subject: 1968 new lights!

Today I worked on getting my H4 light hooked up and properly aimed at the street and not at the second floor. Nice lights I got on eBay came complete with the bulb, running lights and halo/cat eye LED as well (I haven't connected that yet).

Had to trim the housing a little and added a rubber grommet so there's no issue with all the electrical.

As you can see!

Nice looking resistant polycarbonate plastic lens.

Tired old burn glass seal light Cool

After all the wires were properly placed on the housing.

Good looking... Twisted Evil

Low bean on Laughing

High is yet to be installed along with running light and LED Halo option.

Another angle with the new fuel flap door that was missing (5 bucks at the scrap).

Night time show Shocked

Thats all I did!
Next job on the table BRAKES

EXJAY · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:16 pm Post subject:

^ Nice!. Just got my newly re-built/bushed carb in the mail from Tim Volkzbitz. Damn thing looks too nice to be covered by the deck lid.
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'74 Superbeetle (Family owned since new)
'73 181 Thing (sold)

Hnoroian · Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:47 pm Post subject:

Installed a new battery in my 68. I started her up, went to the back to check on things and noticed a fuel leak when I pumped the gas Sad

time for a rebuild... I'm really glad I noticed now rather than driving down the road...
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air_cooled75 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:49 am Post subject:

Today I pulled the body to replace the pans and channels. I have a lot of work ahead of me thanks to these lovely central PA winters.

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1970 Bug
1975 Bug
1963 Ghia

keyj5618 · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:42 pm Post subject:

Slung a belt on the way home from work and did a roadside repair Confused

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1970 Beetle/ Home Built 1600cc DP

1971 Super Beetle

jrrhdmust · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:12 pm Post subject:

sanded down the front springs and mounting hardware, cut of the brake support tang and welded it on my lowering strut.
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71 SuperBeetle (5 year old restoration under refresh)
74 Porsche 914 (Under Restoration)
02 Porsche 996

scumbag

And drove it for quite a while. Something sounded off and I kinda remember that valves were at almost zero gap when I adjusted them. Ultimately I do not know if I have hydraulic lifters or not. Easy way to tell! Help! 75' bug


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