What did you do to your Beetle this week?

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I replaced all wheel brake cylinders, and all the brake hoses, and then bled the brakes of my 1965 Bug, 7 times Crying or Very sad

. Yep, bad master cylinder. So Sunday I plan on replacing the master cylinder with a 1967 dual circuit master cylinder. Very Happy

nlorntson · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:42 pm Post subject:

Hubby and I drove our 1962 Turkis ragtop to northern WI and back on this beautiful day. 290 total miles and averaged 60mph and 28mpg on the stock 40hp.

I pulled the plug and will drain the oil overnight. Will pull the strainer out and give it a good cleaning tomorrow.

Probably will also adjust the brakes and investigate a possible rear bearing noise.

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quattroginger · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:17 am Post subject:

front upper and lower ball joints done on my new 67 this weekend. believe they were original ones, ended up needing a 12ton press and a jaw puller to remove camber adjusters.

fly. GTI. · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:18 am Post subject:

I finally bought one...after 25 years of pining over beetles, I came across an OG 31K mile 63...and I'm in love

Maxoceanblue · Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:11 pm Post subject:

I finally got around to adding additional padding to my driver's seat. Bought 1" foam padding from JoAnn's fabric and just added it to what was already there., taking off the seat cover and reinstalling them were real easy. I had to use a couple of self tapping screws to secure the seat cover, most of my tabs were already broken. I also learned the seat covers I currently have are from TMI.
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quattroginger · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:55 am Post subject:

started fixing air ride leaks on new 67 i just purchased. last week did ball joints up front.

fly. GTI. · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:55 am Post subject:

quattroginger · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:18 am Post subject:

quattroginger · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:36 am Post subject:

deemed my modified trailing arms are shot. passenger side upper arm bends out to much causing positive camber. met a air cooled guy through a buddy, he is hooking me up with some free arms!

VWLooseNuts · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:20 am Post subject:

got my new wheels and tires one. went from fuchs to the 17" SSP

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76RennWagen · Samba Member Joined: May 28, 2015 Posts: 53

not sure whether to keep it slammed or reason to the original ride height.

Zundfolge1432 · Samba Member Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12467

I did what has become a weekly tradition. I wake up early Sunday morning drive my 74 bug out and grab coffee and a biscuit. I proceed for a leisurely cruise of about 30 to 40 miles and often stopping by a flea market. This week I found a genuine vw dealership wiring repair kit complete with all the terminals and splices. Ambient temps here running mid to upper 90s high humidity. Car still running cool.

meredith murray · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:38 am Post subject: Finally Getting it Painted

Finally, after 20 years of it being in the garage and me slowly collecting parts, I have gotten my 64 Bug to a restoration shop! I had taken it down to bare metal as much as I could, but as you can see it has now been blasted and is sitting in it's first coat of Epoxy Primer! YES YES YES! I have already restored the pan, just have to get it put together now! Took all of my screws to be blasted. I wish I would have labeled them 20 years ago better, took a long time figuring out most of them!

vwnut1 · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:16 am Post subject:

Wow, having a project sit for 20 years and finally having the time/funds to finish must feel great. Are the pros doing a complete restore or just the paint and body work? Are you having it resprayed in the original color? Keep posting updates, it should be showroom new once finished and a real gem.
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meredith murray · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:00 am Post subject:

MeeferMadness · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:25 pm Post subject: Brakes!

Finally finished off assembling all of the brake components. Filled the master cylinder reservoir, attached my $6 one man bleeder and all the brakes came to life. I expected a long process to get all the air out but almost immediately fluid went to all corners and the pedal came up firm!
Took 5 wheels to the sandblaster, picked them up today. Stopped by the body shop and we will be ready for paint sometime in August.
Meerfermadness

SirTimTIm · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:29 am Post subject: Re: hard decision

Underdog65 · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:20 pm Post subject:

I toasted my motor today. So I guess I'm up sh@t creek without a boat or paddle. Or the money.
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roy63 · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:42 pm Post subject:

ordered a hoover bit
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