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57BLITZ Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 2385 Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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I wish I had done this to my '68!
Thanks for the update and keep up the good work! _________________ Jesucristo es mi Señor y Salvador! |
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kingkarmann Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 4105
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Nice work and percerverance
Mine took about nine years. To me your right on track! _________________ "Depression is a malfunction of the instrument we use to determine reality.”
Mike Gerson
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Got a little garage time in today and was able to get the panel cut down to size and started to weld it in.
Once I get the rest welded in it's time to take out the engine. I have a leak, that I suspect is a rear main seal, that needs to be addressed and I also have a small section of metal that the engine seal attaches to that needs to be made and welded in. While I have the engine out I'll go ahead and pretty it up a little with a good cleaning and some paint.
I've also decided to go ahead a put dual carbs (mainly for the look) and a extractor exhaust on it. It's a bone stock SP 1500 (original engine) so I'm looking at either Solex PDSITs ($350), Weber ICTs ($450) or Kadrons ($750). Still haven't decided so opinions are welcome. _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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Caliherold Samba Member
Joined: August 02, 2014 Posts: 68 Location: Chalmette La
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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Very cool! I can't wait to get my car to this point! Looks great. |
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Caliherold wrote: |
Very cool! I can't wait to get my car to this point! Looks great. |
Thanks. Yours will be there before you know it at the rate you're going. _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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Rogb Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2013 Posts: 47 Location: Louisville, KY
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject: 73 Ghia Restoration |
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Hi John, I see you're coming along. That's good. I haven't gotten to the welding point on mine yet but I,m getting close. It is up on the rotisserie now just for final dis-assembly and then off to the soda blaster hopefully this week or next. After that I'll have a better idea of what I've got and then order the necessary sheet metal. Maybe when I start on the bodywork you'll come over and give me some pointers. Take care |
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: 73 Ghia Restoration |
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Hi John, I see you're coming along. That's good. I haven't gotten to the welding point on mine yet but I,m getting close. It is up on the rotisserie now just for final dis-assembly and then off to the soda blaster hopefully this week or next. After that I'll have a better idea of what I've got and then order the necessary sheet metal. Maybe when I start on the bodywork you'll come over and give me some pointers. Take care |
Just let me know when you're ready. _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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Caliherold Samba Member
Joined: August 02, 2014 Posts: 68 Location: Chalmette La
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:50 am Post subject: |
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John Miller wrote: |
Caliherold wrote: |
Very cool! I can't wait to get my car to this point! Looks great. |
Thanks. Yours will be there before you know it at the rate you're going. |
I have 2 Years! I hope the day I turn 16 and get my License Ill be driving it!!! |
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c21darrel Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2009 Posts: 8206 Location: San Dimas
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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I've also decided to go ahead a put dual carbs (mainly for the look) and a extractor exhaust on it. It's a bone stock SP 1500 (original engine) so I'm looking at either Solex PDSITs ($350), Weber ICTs ($450) or Kadrons ($750). Still haven't decided so opinions are welcome. |
you will be happy you did, very worth while investment. You'll have more power and better MPG. Win-Win. I only have experience with Kadrons on 4 different motors and they all ran great and got 28 MPG with a high strung 1776. Look around, that price seems high.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/search.php?...ds=kadrons
Talk w/ Jeff at Kaddieshack, they rebush and completly go through them and will set them up for your displacement.... |
That price is from Kaddieshack. Got a very detailed e-mail back from them. The single port manifolds and cut down air cleaners to clear the decklid springs add quite a bit to the base price. _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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57BLITZ Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 2385 Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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John Miller wrote: |
That price is from Kaddieshack. The single port manifolds and cut down air cleaners to clear the decklid springs add quite a bit to the base price. |
Personally, I would go for the Kadrons over the others, but unless you are prepaired to go through the carbs yourself (following Jeff's instructions . . . http://kaddieshack.com/kadron_rebuilding_instructions.html) . . . get them from KaddieShack! He does a BUNCH of work to the carbs so they will run well on your engine!
I got a VERY good deal on a pair of very low mileage Kadrons off of the "C-List". The shafts were not worn, but one of the carbs looked like it had been used to barbque hot dogs . . . read: non-stop backfiring.
I'm sure that someone bolted the carbs onto their engine and was NEVER able to get it to run right.
When I took them apart, I discovered that the accelerator pump discharge nozzle leaked out the side instead of squirting and the gasket under the needle seat was oval-shaped so that the fuel never stopped flowing into the float bowl! Those were factory defects that I was able to correct.
If you buy your carbs from Jeff, he will have taken care of all that! _________________ Jesucristo es mi Señor y Salvador! |
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c21darrel Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2009 Posts: 8206 Location: San Dimas
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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So, are we going dual port now
That just seems like a crazy price for Kads... I guess SP manifolds are not easy to come by.
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No, I'm trying to be a good boy.
If the original engine ever comes out of it I'll be throwing a double handful of hundreds at a 2110.
SP manifolds = gold hens teeth _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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rcooled Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2008 Posts: 2493 Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:54 am Post subject: |
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c21darrel wrote: |
Talk w/ Jeff at Kaddieshack, they rebush and completly go through them and will set them up for your displacement.... |
$750 is OUTRAGEOUS for a set of Kadrons. I realize that the S/P manifolds are pricey, but still... You might consider picking up a set of used Kads at a swap meet, from CL, or from the classifieds here. You can easily rebuild them yourself if needed, and tweaking them for your application is not difficult at all. You can also modify the stock air cleaners to work with the deck lid hinges as I've shown here in this thread.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=455700&highlight=
Gene Berg offers a very nice linkage specifically set up for these carbs that would be worth looking into as well. Kadrons will only tolerate very low fuel pressure (2-3psi), so a fuel pressure regulator will be needed if you go this route. _________________ '63 Ragtop (current)
'65 Ghia coupe (totaled)
'67 Ghia convertible (current)
'69.5 Ghia convertible and
'62, '63, '65, '69 Bugs (all long gone) |
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c21darrel Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2009 Posts: 8206 Location: San Dimas
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job! _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Scored a set of Kadrons!
Thanks to a very awesome individual a set was bought at the Pomona swap meet this past weekend. Now the search is on for a set of single port manifolds. Woohoo! _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Well Darrel was even able to find the ultra elusive single port manifolds for a ridiculously low price the very next weekend. So then all the goodies where packed up and shipped. I can't thank him enough for all his help.
Ran a quick compression check before (hopefully tomorrow) pulling engine and found this:
1 - 90
2 - 110
3 - 120
4 - 95
Now I need too decide what to do about that while it's out. _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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c21darrel Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2009 Posts: 8206 Location: San Dimas
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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FYI, concerned about your compression test. Warm engine? Valves set?, plugs out?, throttle wide open? Try squirting in a little marvol mystery oil and try it again wet. |
Too late. Already on the floor.
My thinking now is if the rings are indeed bad I'll need to change the pistons and barrels anyway so I may have a little machine work done and open it up just a tad. Nothing crazy maybe to a 1776. _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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