"Blue" '72 Square build from a newbie.

[Bobnotch]

[KollynnBlackpaw]

[Mike Fisher]

Manual transmissions also have 80-90 weight gear oil in them up to the 17mm plug on the side or they will burn up.
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69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold

Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey

[KollynnBlackpaw]

[Bobnotch]

[KollynnBlackpaw]

So, having another issue here. Took a drive to Portland last night and had my first REAL breakdown. On the drive, about 55-60mph, I started getting surges. I pulled off into Tigard and the car shutoff entirely at the stop. I barely started again and limped over to a Taco Bell parking lot, shut off the car, and he'd not start again. The oil was full, as I'd given him a change the other day ago, and the battery connections are fairly clean and well tightened. After setting for a while, checking spark plugs, adding just a bit extra oil, checked the fuses, etc, the car still wouldn't start. I couldn't even get the parking lights or lights to work. I sat longer, about 20 min total, and he started again, but continuing the trip I still felt the surges.

On the way home from the trip, I felt none, utterly fine with an extra person and some luggage in the car. What might be wrong?
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'71 Shantung Yellow AT/FI Squareback

[Mike Fisher]

You might have crud/rust in your fuel tank and/or fuel filter causing fuel starvation.
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69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold

Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey

[Bobnotch]

Run the Voltage Regulator tests outlined in Bentley. You could also have a worn brush in the generator.
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Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

[KollynnBlackpaw]

Well with those last few issues fixed, I've moved on and gotten those Huls camping hinges out of the 70, however I'm wondering how and if you can place them on a 72 seat, or perhaps I'm missing parts. They look strange, to me, and the 72's hinge pins are hollow, which makes me wonder how to get them out and if they'll fit the huls pins.

Pics of the hinge area and seat bottom for reference. They're confusing looking and I didn't see a ton of info on setting em up. If they won't transfer over to a 72, I'll end up selling them at this year's Bug Run or Bug In.

Edit: On that note, if I do need an earlier seat for these, does anyone nearby-ish (Oregon or very south WA) have a decent, white, earlier model seat and seat cables for sale?
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'71 Shantung Yellow AT/FI Squareback

[Bobnotch]

Contact Toby Erikson, he's in the Portland area, and has those same camping hinges in his Orange 72 Square. He's also got a write up on installing them, but I don't have a direct link available to it.
I hope this helps.
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Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

[KollynnBlackpaw]

[KollynnBlackpaw]

Does anyone have reccomendations for removing the carpet glue? I see a lot of answers for Rabbit stuff and wanted to know what y'all think I should do, as I'm ordering new carpet here with the money I made off the Automatic square I sold.

In other news;
Where is the inline fuse for the rear defroster and backup lights located? I had realized they have fuses somewhere back there while looking at the wiring chart for fun, and neither work, so I'm hoping that's the issue.

I'm working on sourcing an earlier model rear seat bottom for those hinges to go into. I'll be keeping my stock one and original hinges in case I ever want to sell off the hinges and seat.

I got the roof rack on! I don't have the slats in as they're being redone by my mother, but it still looks great up there and doesn't fit half bad. As he told me, you do have to pull on the legs a little to get it just right, but for a New Beetle rack it seriously fits well, and the emblem's paint is a perfect match to mine.

Cars and Coffee has been great fun! Got a lot of attention today, lots of nice cars there with me.

And as I said I sold the automatic square I had bought for what I feel was a fair price. Also sold some spare parts I had, including that bug beam from when I owned Oliver.
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'71 Shantung Yellow AT/FI Squareback

[Bobnotch]

[KollynnBlackpaw]

[KollynnBlackpaw]

With the money from selling the AutoSquare, plus taxes coming in finally, I've ordered a buncha stuff just to make Blue a little nicer! New back seatbelts since mine don't want to come out of their rollers, chrome handbrake handle for fun, new carpet kit, a new ebrake boot, an antenna for when I get a radio sorted, new sun visor clips, caps for the windshield wipers that I didn't even know existed, stainless steel trim kit from ISPWest, and I'll be ordering some mesh headlight covers soon!

Enjoy some photos. I really need to get a nicer camera!

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'71 Shantung Yellow AT/FI Squareback

[Donnie strickland]

[KollynnBlackpaw]

Noticed something today - occasionally at speeds over 50ish (usually 53-60) I'll get shaking in the steeringwheel. NOTE: The front doesn't shake side to side, it's perfectly stable and honestly the car practically drives itself, it seems to ONLY be the steering wheel. Could this be due to the earlier model steering wheel? Can this lead to issues? Again, there's NO signs of the actual wheels turning at all when this occurs, it just happens in the steering wheel.

Also some squeaking up front at low MPH driving in suspension-y areas, like the train tracks in town. Probably not anything important but only started occurring recently, or at least is only now noticable.
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'71 Shantung Yellow AT/FI Squareback

[andybla]

Maybe that could be the steering damper

[Donnie strickland]

Likely the upper torsion arm needs adjustment:

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71 Elm Green FI A/T Squareback

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