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Kharon8 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2011 Posts: 375 Location: Espoo, Finland
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:06 am Post subject: Got my 412 inspected |
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That's always a happy occasion.
No notes booked either ("repair this and this in a month") even windhield washer and horn didn't work. Rigorous inspector, noticed both and even checked that seat belts work and of course said that hey, these do not work.
Horn hasn't been working since I swapped the steering column (hadn't had time to troubleshoot yet) and windhield washer was working in June, no idea what is the problem now.
But the 412 is street legal until October 2017 now, that's the main thing.
It has been really fun to drive, farthest to Bug In Finn at Ruovesi, about 170 miles/270km from here. No problems at all. Real lazy man VW if any, 412 automatic with very comfortable suspension.
Some minor repairs done, too, summer holiday special (unfortunately it ended already ... holidays are always too short):
- Fuel hoses were leaking (poor quality hose had disintegrated), swapped
- Carburetor top end gaskets made and swapped, no leaks now
- Float chamber needle valve stuck (only the other, fortunately), gasoline everywhere, cleaned it and seems to hold now
- Other inlet plastic gasket swapped as the old literally crumbled away when I removed the carburetor, no wonder it had an intake leak causing very poor idle. Nice and solid idle now, not wasted work.
- Attached wire back to the choke heater ... no wonder it was using a lot of gas: the other choke flap was never opening properly as heating element wasn't powered at all
- Air filter quite clogged, removed it and ordered a new one _________________ Kharon -- '62 typ1, '63 typ14, '61 typ21, '65 typ34, '74 412, '75 typ26
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raygreenwood Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2008 Posts: 21474 Location: Oklahoma City
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:11 am Post subject: Re: Got my 412 inspected |
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Congratulations!.....yes......in so many ways the 411 and 412 were just about the most well mannered of a of the aircooled cars with the type 3 in close second.
Much less to pay attention to...and with a comfortable ride, very comfortable seats.....and automatic (though I like my four speed better).....and enough room to stretch out......ot can be a "lazy" ride with refernce to other ACVW. Ray |
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Kharon8 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2011 Posts: 375 Location: Espoo, Finland
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:19 am Post subject: Re: Got my 412 inspected |
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Oh yes, the leg room!
Or actually there being some as the others don't have much of it. Automatic of course helps a bit as one pedal less. _________________ Kharon -- '62 typ1, '63 typ14, '61 typ21, '65 typ34, '74 412, '75 typ26
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chabanais Samba Member
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raygreenwood Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2008 Posts: 21474 Location: Oklahoma City
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Got my 412 inspected |
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Wow!....thats a nice one!
Ray |
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Lars S Samba Member
Joined: October 04, 2007 Posts: 780 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: Got my 412 inspected |
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Congrats to passed inspection Kharon8!
Yes legroom is great in the Type4, not to mention the headroom...
Lars S _________________ Porsche 914 -72, Bahia Red daily driver
VW411 2-d -70, White, sold
VW412 4-d, -73, Gold Metallic, daily driver
Suzuki T500, -69, Candy Gold, sold
Suzuki K50, -77, Black, daily driver
BMW R69S -69, White, sold
Husqvarna 118cc, -47, Black, Sold |
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Kharon8 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2011 Posts: 375 Location: Espoo, Finland
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: Got my 412 inspected |
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Ooh, that's a nice 412.
I'm working for a company having headquarters in Oulu so I fly to there every few months for a day or two, but I don't dare to go to see this one, it looks too good.
Price isn't bad for a good 4xx, those aren't common here either. _________________ Kharon -- '62 typ1, '63 typ14, '61 typ21, '65 typ34, '74 412, '75 typ26
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