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85burb
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Joined: February 26, 2014
Posts: 220
Location: Lindale Tx
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Adjusted the valves on my 70. Most were ok. One was a little loose at about .008 and was set to .005 last time on the intake valve.
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slagathor
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Joined: December 08, 2012
Posts: 253
Location: Oakland, CA
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my bug sat for over 10 years without being started. i had to completely rebuild the engine. today was the first day that i started it up and it ran (not well until i adjusted the valves and set the timing) continuously. very proud of myself and wanted to thank the samba for all the guides to help me rebuild an engine since i have never cone it before
heres the video of it running for the first time, the sound is weird because i had my finger over the microphone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKWhMnf9B8g |
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miller0358
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Joined: November 07, 2007
Posts: 1200
Location: northford,ct
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:44 pm Post subject: do today |
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| Just sent my 71 super out to paint friday. I plan on having it back together by late spring with alittle luck and alot of work. Jeff |
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Kindredz
Samba Member
Joined: May 15, 2014
Posts: 28
Location: Nashville
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:30 pm Post subject: New 1900cc |
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Just installed this into my 73 sb. Took 2 months and had to send carbs back two times, they leaking gas all the time into the pistons.
Long block
1915 - 69 x 94, T-1/2, 7.50:1 compression ratio, 100 cam, 8 pinned crank & flywheel, high volume oil pump, AA P&l’s, Teflon buttons, rebuilt heads, anodized windage tubes and swivel feet
Runs awesome, no more flooring downhill to get to 80mph! |
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miller0358
Samba Member
Joined: November 07, 2007
Posts: 1200
Location: northford,ct
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:26 pm Post subject: today |
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Today I wanted to change the trailing arms on my 71 super. I had 2 that are in really great shape. I took one bearing out and couldn't budge the other for quite awhile. Forgot the snap ring under the seal. Removed the ring and just about fell out on it's own. Have to pay a little more attention to what I'm doing.  Jeff |
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Glenn 
Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001
Posts: 76897
Location: Sneaking up behind you
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jimk29
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Joined: June 13, 2012
Posts: 30
Location: Middletown, NJ
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my bug sat for over 10 years without being started. i had to completely rebuild the engine. today was the first day that i started it up and it ran (not well until i adjusted the valves and set the timing) continuously. very proud of myself and wanted to thank the samba for all the guides to help me rebuild an engine since i have never cone it before
heres the video of it running for the first time, the sound is weird because i had my finger over the microphone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKWhMnf9B8g |
Can't see the video, "This video is private." |
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Goshen
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Joined: April 03, 2012
Posts: 833
Location: Miami. FL & Cartagena
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jrrhdmust
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Joined: March 29, 2011
Posts: 45
Location: Georgia
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Ripped out the sway bar, and the right side strut assy. I disaseemblied the assy, and cleaned up and painted springs and bits. I just need to separate the strut from the drum, to put my lowered strut on.
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71 SuperBeetle (5 year old restoration under refresh)
74 Porsche 914 (Under Restoration)
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slagathor
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Joined: December 08, 2012
Posts: 253
Location: Oakland, CA
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my bug sat for over 10 years without being started. i had to completely rebuild the engine. today was the first day that i started it up and it ran (not well until i adjusted the valves and set the timing) continuously. very proud of myself and wanted to thank the samba for all the guides to help me rebuild an engine since i have never cone it before
heres the video of it running for the first time, the sound is weird because i had my finger over the microphone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKWhMnf9B8g |
Can't see the video, "This video is private." |
yeah i know, i found that out this morning. when i upload videos to youtube from my phone, it marks them as private. when i upload from my tablet or computer it gets marks as public...weird but its been fixed now. i have another video i have uploaded as i have a strange clutch sound. ill start a new thread for it |
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Jibbajaba
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Joined: December 17, 2013
Posts: 2
Location: NorCal
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| Last weekend I replaced the steering box and steering damper in my 69. Car was shimmying on the road when I hit bumps, and the wheel was not turning smoothly and had already been adjusted. Awesome improvement for about $150 total. |
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jrrhdmust
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Joined: March 29, 2011
Posts: 45
Location: Georgia
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Painted the different suspension bits, reinstalled the sway bar with poly eurathane bushings, cut the brake and speedo tab off of the original strut housing and welded on my new CIP lowered housing. Assembled right side strut assy and reinstalled on the car. Bled the brakes a little - quite a pain by yourself.
I just need to do a final bleed on the brakes and install the tires.
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71 SuperBeetle (5 year old restoration under refresh)
74 Porsche 914 (Under Restoration)
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zak414
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Joined: July 30, 2013
Posts: 184
Location: Elk Grove, CA
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Installed a rebuilt 205T distributor that I got from Tasb, here on The Samba. I replaced a 009 knock off and I am very pleased with how much smoother my car accelerates. As usual, the closer I get this engine back to stock, the better it runs.
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1962 Bug
40 HP Engine
28 Pict Carb rebuilt by Volkzbitz
Big Cap Distributor rebuilt by Tasb |
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cletus_zuber
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Joined: January 08, 2010
Posts: 2407
Location: Gladstone, Ore
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New brake light switches, German from Airhead. Lost brake lights recently, did all diagnostics, switches were culprit.
Old switches had VW/Audi markings, unknown vintage, I guess they just wore out...
Lights work now!
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slagathor
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Joined: December 08, 2012
Posts: 253
Location: Oakland, CA
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| first oil change ever since i started up the rebuilt engine 2 weeks ago. i havent ran it very much, maybe 5 minutes here and there. but today i let the engine idle for about 30 minutes with a couple light revs, shut it off and drained it. oil went in clear and came out pretty close to black (and luckily with no smell of gasoline). no metal particles in the oil with the exception of some very tiny aluminum shavings and very tiny globs of lithium grease (tom wilsons book for all the people who want to jump on my case about this one). and the only reason i found these tiny shavings and globs was i put a paper towel over the oil drain pan opening so it could catch the really tiny stuff. over all im pretty proud of my self for attempting my first rebuild and not messing anything up |
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EZ Gruv
King of Plaid
Joined: December 10, 2002
Posts: 8544
Location: Las Vegas
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New front brake shoes
Adjusted and bled all brakes
Installed replacement hood (after fender bender) - Still need to tweak the hood latch
New wiper blades
Peeled off the old dash cap in prep for a new one
Re-installed horn button
Fixed headlight bucket
Replaced leaky fuel hoe from filler to tank
Aired up all the tires, including spare
and vacuumed the interior.
Good times.
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1977 Deluxe Westfalia - 2.0L FI Type IV, Completely Original
Photographer for HotVWs, VolksWorld, AirMighty, VW Camper & Commercial, Hayburner, and more.
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donpedro
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Joined: January 17, 2003
Posts: 73
Location: Twin Falls, ID
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| I ordered a new accelerator cable, carb rebuild kit, pushrod tubes, and oil cooler seals. Plus I found some new rear wheels. |
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Freakzinho81
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Joined: December 30, 2008
Posts: 107
Location: Miami
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:57 pm Post subject: Working on the exhaust!! |
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Working on the bug little by little 
Got all my break lines replaced, wheel cylinder, shoes, master, rubber lines and finally was able to adjust them and properly tune the break system; it stops now.
Started to work no the exhaust system and decided to use an old EMPI muffler I had instead of using the huge Flowmaster just because I want to drop the back end at least 1 click to lower the car even more.
Here's the progress:
Empi muffler
My new iPhone is taking too long, this pictures looks horrible!
That's it for today, I'll be working on it this week and replace all the gasket as well.  |
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flygvw
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Joined: May 03, 2010
Posts: 73
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I waxed and polish my 72s original paint, she's pretty now and took a needle and thread and repaired the crack on the seams of her drivers seat (original interior). Then polished the chrome and buffed her hella taillights. Then took her to a car show.
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puddle
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Joined: June 09, 2012
Posts: 63
Location: Field BC
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Got the body off the pan and started cutting out the rotten passenger side heater channel.
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