The Stupid Question Thread

[vamram]

[unclewede]

[vamram]

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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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[vamram]

Do torsion bars develop "fatigue?" If so, what is a symptom of this?
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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.
Click to view image
Save the Supers!!

[Tim Donahoe]

The car sags.

Tim
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[vamram]

[wcfvw69]

[cldavis39]

Why can I not find ANY fresh air intake boxes for sale? Why don't they make any new ones to sell for 1 1969-? VW???

[unclewede]

[EVfun]

Why do we clean the oil strainer every oil change? Oh, I've heard "because we don't have a filter" but its before the filter -- it will catch anything it can before the filter has a chance on all cars. On most cars it is never touched.
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[Bruined68]

Stupid Question Thread;
I am attempting my first rebuild of any kind on a 1968 Bug and I cànnot seem to get a correct answer about removing the body off the frame (chassis). I have been told that it comes off and that on the 68 it is unremovable. I know that I can just put bug up on stand and attempt to remove body but if it does not come off than I can use that time on something else. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
First Timer...............

[vamram]

[Marks65Ghia]

I have a 1968 Beetle and a 1974 Super Beetle convertible, the convertible is ragged out, but engine and trans are good and Hope to use them putting the 68 back on the road as my daily driver (my fist car was a beetle) I want to cannibalize the 74 for everything I can.

So,instead of trial and error, I though I would ask someone who might know. Please feel free to chime in with any advise, good or bad. Thanks!

[wcfvw69]

[SBD]

I've got a Kelmark GT kit car that I bought as a complete vehicle. It was assembled on a 1970 IRS pan and from the looks of things not much was refurbished before it was put together. It has the long torsion bars that protrude through the spring plate caps, double spring plates, and it's obvious that the torsion bar bushings need replaced.

Now here's where the problem lies. The body of my car fits so close to the end of the torsion bars that there's no way I can see to remove them without lifting the body or cutting holes in it. On one side the end of the bar is nearly touching the car.

Here's my stupid question. If I was able to disassemble things to the point that I could cut a slit in the old rubber bushings and slip them off of the torsion bars, could I then take a set of new stock rubber bushings and carefully cut a slit in them (like with a razor blade) and slip them over the bars, then put it all back together? Would the spring plate caps hold everything in place and make it work? I'd be sure to cut the new bushings in a spot where they wouldn't be loaded. Maybe the bottom or the rear. Thoughts? STUPID?
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[Huabtais]

My engine's in for a rebuild on the long lock and them I'm going to take over from there. My first one and trying to do and learn as much as I can on my own. It had a red Bosch coil that's been smashed and deformed by the bracket and whoever attached it. There were two resistors daisy-chained together on it. It was running when I got it, but burned a valve on #1. (Pics below from as the engine was when I got it). I have a brand new Pertronix 40511 40,000 Volt 3.0 ohm coil that I'm going to be using. Do I need the resistors or what search terms do I need to be using to do my research?
Engine is/was a 1970 SP 1600 with the 009 distributor. Going to a DP setup on the rebuild.

[Lingwendil]

^ you will not need those resistors when used with the new 3 ohm coil.

If that red bosch coil is still good, it would work great for people (like myself) that don't use points to switch the coil.
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[awreed]

I feel like a noob for asking this, but I really am not sure.

A new, unused CV joint is stiff and requires some grunting to manipulate by hand. The used but relatively unworn ones I'm planning on putting back in my '74 are loose enough that they move very freely and easily. Are these used CVs too worn? I know CV joints will break in over time, but can I still use used and decent looking German CV joints?

[Patty B.]

This boot that fits on the oil breather tube on the bottom of the car--is it suppose to be closed, sealed, on the pointy end or slit like a whistle mouth piece? Isn't it suppose to vent? I never had one before putting one on last fall and I was surprised to see it without a slit, the pictures appears to have one but it could be a highlight?

[mark tucker]

crap...so...for the stupid question thread...does any body know what I was gonna ask???dang brain fart...oh well. good thing I dont have shit for brains.