What did you do to your Bug Today?

[johnnyvw164]

Just finished my project of putting 914 tach and speedo into my 69, as well as oil press + temp and voltmeter into the radio opening. The radio blank plate was purchased on ebay. I also needed to put a fuel level gauge in, which went into the panel to the right of the center opening, as well as LED "idiot lights" for oil press. and generator. The only thing I need to do now is take the car for a drive to check the speedo calibration. I also need to go back in and put in some terminal strips for switched power and ground to make the wiring a little neater...I have a lot of piggy-backed spade terminals which are functional, but are not asthetically pleasing LOL
Also took apart the wiper assembly to clean and relube...they were slooooowww. All good now!

[Cusser]

[johnnyvw164]

I had gotten the gauge set with pre-cut "grills". Turns out the late model ones (padded dash) are physically smaller than the earlier ones and wouldn't fit...never did find a set for the later models. I did this same set-up on a Super I had back in the 70's (although with 912 gauges with green numbers) so wasn't afraid of taking the plunge on this. Speedo is about 5 MPH optimistic, so I know I have a "cushion" on the speed limits

[BCE56]

Frankenbug's padded dash was removed by P.O. who also cut the dash for single DIN. I recently fashioned a radio delete plate.
I will not be replacing the padded dash anytime soon. So-
Today I painted the dash top to make it look more presentable.

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'86 Syncro Tintop EJ22, OBD II SmallCar adapter plate conversion
'96 Volvo 850 Turbo
'69 Frankenbug now driven daily.

[BCE56]

Fixed (I hope) annoying rattle(s) in the passenger door.

Next up: chrome on bumpers is failing. I think I will paint them.
Not sure what color yet.
Candidates are SEM Trim Black, and Seymour Stainless Blast.

Stay tuned...
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'86 Syncro Tintop EJ22, OBD II SmallCar adapter plate conversion
'96 Volvo 850 Turbo
'69 Frankenbug now driven daily.

[Gr0unded]

[Cusser]

We use my 1970 VW sedan primarily for dragging the horse arena; it's dusty, but mainly rear of the VW. Today I did its yearly oil change service (STP 10W-40), new STP S16 oil filter (CB Maxi2 pump/filter), and service the stock type air cleaner.

I also stuffed some heat-resistant fiberglass tape into the crevice on left side of engine. That tin had been mangled by dealer-installed AC when VW was new, I bought it in 1972.

I also noticed that the big rubber stopper I had used to plug the hole in the rear tin had disappeared.

So I flattened a scrap piece of galvanized roof flashing I had, and cut a patch for that tin.

This VW is registered ($18 a year) and has classic insurance, so roadworthy.
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1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297

[BCE56]

[Cusser]

[BCE56]

[Govolsguy31]

I gave the buggy a bath and then took the dash apart for a redo. Going to do a wood grain/ stained look.

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1968 VW Beetle Manx Style Dune Buggy
2019 VW Atlas SEL Premium
2020 Chevy Silverado RST

[Cusser]

The bad: my 1971 VW wouldn't crank today when I was in Phx and tried to drive it. I hadn't driven it in 6 weeks.

The good: I looked it up in my records, and my battery was purchased in October 2016, O'Reilly Group 42, so that's terrific for an Arizona battery where my Phx garage easily gets into the 130s.

I'll likely replace with Walmart 26R.
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1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297

[a8ked]

Installed a rear sway bar, changed the oil and put on new front brake pads ,no more squealing from the front disks...!

[BCE56]

Applied dressing to Frankenbug and Syncro tires. Drove bug to the esplanade, then stopped at a local cafe for tacos and Bohemia.

Plan to tackle paint remediation next week.
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=BCE56=

'86 Syncro Tintop EJ22, OBD II SmallCar adapter plate conversion
'96 Volvo 850 Turbo
'69 Frankenbug now driven daily.

[Cusser]

[Dbcrump]

Having noticed that my back up lights weren’t working I spent the better part of the day tracking down the fault. Underneath the car, the wires were attached to the back up light switch. I took them loose, clean the contacts and reattach them without success. I checked the voltage and got 12 V on one wire, I use a jumper wire to short those without lights lighting up. I followed the power wire off of the coil to disappears into the tin and noted that the backup light connector was not attached to a wire. I had to remove the decklid to be able to get behind the doghouse and remove the tin and fish the wire out. I cleaned all the connectors and reattach them with success. The backup lights now work. I got the tin reinstalled and the decklid reinstalled before I remembered that I didn’t take any pictures. so I took a picture today showing the completed connection behind the doghouse where the wires disappear through the tin.

[Pewpew82]

Found the Death Foam!

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Baja restoration with my daughter

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=803429

[adventurebob]

got my new (rebuilt) pierberg fuel pump from sparxwerks for my 69. Tearing out all the other PO insanity.

[Scat Adams]

Steering wheel refresh;

Black carpet going in soon!
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'78 Super Vert

[OldSchoolVW's]