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Mon May 25, 2009 2:56 pm

Did you heat the lines up Skid? When I ran mine I used a hair drier to warm it up until it was soft, then it was easier to run.

Mon May 25, 2009 4:49 pm

I cut the IRS out of a striped '72 super beetle I brought home on Saturday, also nabbed the steering gearbox along w/ the Ujoints for 914 rack later on. Call to the scrap guy tomorrow and it'll be gone by the end of the day, just like the fastback that suffered the same fate last week.

Mon May 25, 2009 5:04 pm

Removed everything from the "new" passenger door and started the rehab process. Not that bad with help from the group here. Should finish that door tomorrow and start on the driver's side. Going to be so nice to have no rattling one piece windows.
Dan

Mon May 25, 2009 6:05 pm

Quote: What did you do to your off-road VW today?

Bought it and pulled it home. :D :D :D

Sat May 30, 2009 6:10 pm

Thursday, finished the passenger door rehab and installed it. No rattles.
Friday, while in Cincinnati, Oh, hit a local junck yard and grabbed two nice vinal bucket seats from a Ford Escort ZX2, 50 bux. I could not believe it. Can't wait to get back to Mo. and get them installed.
Dan

Sun May 31, 2009 7:43 am

Worked on some more wiring, got everything under the dash, working on making it as clean as possible. Trying to retain the ability to remove the hood without too much work if possible. Laying under the dash is not a lot of fun, going to the .99 store to get a shitty pillow to use under my head

Sun May 31, 2009 5:08 pm

Put the motor back together to a long block. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!
Should have it running this week, but I don't want to jinx it.

Sun May 31, 2009 8:44 pm

I bought home my markvfiberglass 1 piece front end

Sun May 31, 2009 9:36 pm

finally got the exhaust in place, ready to get the rear cage finished up. I left one of the pieces off when I welded the collector to the muffler. Modifications had to be made.

Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:03 am

Nice work Bradley!!! I put all new rhino mounts in, mocked up the remote oil cooler im going to install and degreased. Pics later

Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:14 pm

I rode with a cute girl in my offroad rail...

Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:11 pm

Pulled the Oil pump, figured out I had a flat cam and a Sand Seal from the P.O. !!! Woo Hoo!

Bought the CB Performance in/out oil pump, filter adapter, K&N oil filter, barbs, fittings, and 10' of hose...

Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:55 pm

Over the past few weeks or so i have put in a new Cross shaft in my Transmission because the old one broke so I put in the bug pack heavy duty one and it is very nice too btw i also put in a new clutch cable and adjusted the vales and jetting got it running like a top again =) Over the last month or so too I have been helping my buddy with his Baja also, i have posted pictures of it sometime in the past but anyways we finally painted it and it looks really good and also put new door panels in, side mirrors and rear view mirror painted the bumpers and also just did a rebuild on the carb and tuned it up also and got that one driving on the road again so that has been a lot of fun =P

Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:29 pm

baja kid wrote: Over the past few weeks or so i have put in a new Cross shaft in my Transmission because the old one broke so I put in the bug pack heavy duty one and it is very nice too btw i also put in a new clutch cable and adjusted the vales and jetting got it running like a top again =) Over the last month or so too I have been helping my buddy with his Baja also, i have posted pictures of it sometime in the past but anyways we finally painted it and it looks really good and also put new door panels in, side mirrors and rear view mirror painted the bumpers and also just did a rebuild on the carb and tuned it up also and got that one driving on the road again so that has been a lot of fun =P

You still selling the car? --See you at work... need more fasteners. :D

Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:32 pm

JohnSawyer wrote: baja kid wrote: Over the past few weeks or so i have put in a new Cross shaft in my Transmission because the old one broke so I put in the bug pack heavy duty one and it is very nice too btw i also put in a new clutch cable and adjusted the vales and jetting got it running like a top again =) Over the last month or so too I have been helping my buddy with his Baja also, i have posted pictures of it sometime in the past but anyways we finally painted it and it looks really good and also put new door panels in, side mirrors and rear view mirror painted the bumpers and also just did a rebuild on the carb and tuned it up also and got that one driving on the road again so that has been a lot of fun =P

You still selling the car? --See you at work... need more fasteners. :D

Haha looks like some one knows where i work lol :lol: Fasteners are down on isle 25 Sir, would you like some free popcorn and coffee while you shop? :lol: Yeaaaa still selling the car :? Its up on Craigslist and also on The Samba right now =/

Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:38 pm

got my 69 baja running after doing a 2.0 fi conversion wiring was fun it runs smooth can whate to take it out also bought another 69 baja to build for my wife its running a new 1600 single

Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:51 pm

I think my wiring is finished, time to label my diagram so I can field trouble shoot it easier, and all I need now is my stupid flasher I ordered online to show up, and I am good to go, I hope.

check all fasteners, valve clearance, timing , add oil ( motor has never been fired ), adjust clutch, bleed brakes one last time, and see if she fires off. Oh yeah, 5 gallons of gas might help too.

Then we get to deal with registration and insurance.

Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:40 pm

Finally got around to rehabbing the "new" driver's door with new window channels, rubbers, and scrapers. Was all done in an hour, after learning how to do it while doing the passenger side. Glad to be rid or the rattling one piece windows. The previous owner did a real hack job on the old doors.
Dan

Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:28 pm

Made several small trips since reassembling the motor.
Seems to be fine. In fact, we reduced the compression and now it runs better than it ever has. 9.4 according to aircooled.net handy chart.
Planning a trip of about 90 miles next Sunday so we shall see.

Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:52 pm

WD0AFQ wrote: Finally got around to rehabbing the "new" driver's door with new window channels, rubbers, and scrapers. Was all done in an hour, after learning how to do it while doing the passenger side. Glad to be rid or the rattling one piece windows. The previous owner did a real hack job on the old doors.
Dan Which brand of window seals did you use Dan? I tried installing some J-Bugs scrapers recently and they don't fit. The spacing between the clips is wrong.