What did you do to your Beetle this week?

[MeeferMadness]

Took my October 58 car in for alignment. Unfortunately the drivers side front wheel had camber issues. Either the shims were set wrong or there is something bent. Will investigate and hopefully correct the problem.
Bruce

[Murt]

Just sitting down to watch the football game (soccer I guess for you guys)
Today, I’ve just pulled my headlights apart, checked and cleaned everything and re-assembled with Bosch yellow headlight glass and new rubbers
I hate those spring clips

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1966 VW Beetle ‘Jules’
1967 Kombi Splitscreen ‘Barney’
2018 VW Caddy Maxi R Line
2017 Golf GTD saloon
2008 VW EOS 2.0 TFSi

[TastyTuner]

Beetle in the garage finally has working brakes after replacing everything. gathered up some friends for a brew at my house then headed to a car show for the afternoon.

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TastyGarage

[scottyrocks]

In the ongoing search for the answer to why my car has an occasional stumble I pulled apart the carburetor looking for the piece of schmutz that would be randomly blocking a critical passage.

Alas, there was none to be found, but I did clean up the jets (with a piece of straw whisk from a broom). Also, the float needle valve was moving, but with some difficulty. I cleaned that up so it now slides smoothly.

Put it all back together, adjusted the idle mixture screw, but the occasional miss is still there, curiously still, after the car has been driven about 5 minutes, getting worse the longer the car is driven.

Now it will be on to the main wiring, starting at the battery, and moving to the pieces that connect to the back of the light switch.
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“If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch'

[67rustavenger]

Anticipating a cruise tomorrow (that's not gonna happen).

I adjusted the brakes, checked the tire pressures, changed the oil, adjusted the valve lash, reinstalled the heater ducts, reinstalled the 010 distributor after discovering that the carbon button in the cap had left home without sending a forwarding address. Set the timing with a stroboscopic timing light @ 32° at 3k plus rpm. Adjusted the carbs

I had some time left over.
So I worked on rebuilding the engine I have on the stand. I installed the lower cylinder air deflector tins, push rod tubes with new seals. Torqued the heads after applying sealant to the bottom side of the washers that are in the rocker box.
Tomorrow morning. I'll check the head torque and begin cutting the chromo push rods.

All in all. I think I had a very productive day.

Have a great weekend.
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I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!

[Cali_Army_Guy]

Built my short block for the literal 4th time last night only to pull it apart yet again because two studs in the case were stripped and wouldn’t tighten. Got that fixed today and will try again tomorrow. Quite possibly the most frustrating engine build of my life.
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2015 VW Passat Wolfsburg Edition
1966 VW Beetle - Sold

[57BLITZ]

Drove my '62 to work everyday this week!
I adjusted the points in my 009 Wednesday night . . . probably didn't need adjusting, but wanted my son to see what's inside a distributor.
This is the engine I put together a couple years ago . . . assembled with spare, used parts I had laying around along with two cylinders I purchased from Pick-N-Pull to replace the rusted ones . . .

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Jesucristo es mi Señor y Salvador!

[centerpunch]

Finally installed my modified speaker panel with gauges, and the vintage Momo steering wheel I found on ebay. Virtually all aftermarket steering wheels have angled spokes with either holes or slots, I thought this simpler design would be a better fit in a vintage bug.
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[scottyrocks]

This weekend I finished up the front end wiring cleanup, and began the fuel system refresh, beginning with the tank, which is out of the car now.

Replaced burnt wires, installed inline fuses, a new light switch, and a new, modern turn signal flasher.

The electrical cleanup did not solve my occasional miss issue, but every light now works, and the directionals flash like a modern car.
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“If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch'

[67rustavenger]

[centerpunch]

[pdaddy68]

Helped my 6 year old install a steering wheel

[67rustavenger]

[67rustavenger]

Noticed that my brake lights were not functioning yesterday morning. When I got home from work. I started probing the wiring looking for what the issue was. I found that there was no continuity between the "T-2" wiring splitter and the MC.
Removed the lower brake wiring harness and soaked the connections in white vinegar. Then gave them a little scrub to clean up the connections. Checked the continuity and found all was good. Reinstalled the harness.
Go figure, I now have brake lights again.

While I had the gas tank out. I added a jumper with a diode between the + and - posts on the electric fuel pump.
It was acting up a bit with continuous running when there was no rpm detected. It should only run for 3 seconds before shutting off.
After the diode jumper was installed. The pump behaves as designed.
Key on wait 3 second, pump off. Perfect!

Have a great week.
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I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!

[centerpunch]

[67rustavenger]

Note to self: Always check the float level on your ready to install dual carbs!

That said. I checked the float level on my Dellorto 36 carbs and found that they were too low. Causing the engine to run very funky. Like it was completely out of sync.
Once the float level was corrected. The throttle response is great with no more stumble when squeezing the fun pedal. Just a smooth acceleration through the power band.

I also reset the timing further advanced to 36° advance at 3200+ rpm. I have semi hemi heads. So I can run more timing advance.

I also have an engine on the stand in the garage. I installed the tins and headers. Carbs too.
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I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!

[alex857]

Did some colorful autumn driving:

[HippyTom]

Took my 63 to a fancy pants car show on a fancy pants golf course about an hour north. Nice cool morning, nice drive, even used my heater a bit. Was cruising up the parkway at 80 and passed a pair of old TR6s heading that way. Talked to them at the show and they were hi5ing me at getting their doors blown off by a Bug.

140 cars and I was the only VW. Great day, got lots of love representing Dubs and even brought home some hardware.

The only drive I’ve had down the middle of a fairway all year.

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51 Standard Split Window Bug
57 Oval Bug, 80s Custom Car
62 Sunroof Bug, Psychedelic Hippy Car
63 Sunroof Bug, Former Herbie, Dad bought in 66
79 Super Beetle Convertible, OG paint and interior
69 Weekender Bus
77 Bay Window Bus, OG paint
69 Bug Convertible - SOLD
71 Super Beetle Vert - SOLD
64 Karmann-Ghia, barn find - SOLD

[pdaddy68]

Very cool , gotta love those 63s😀
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1968 type 1 (green goblin) sun roof
1961 type 1 (beryl green w/ mohair)
1979 Rabbit (mint green)
1984 Jetta (white)
1963 type 1 (turkis)
1966 Type2 11 window
2008 Frontier king cab 4x4

[mukluk]

I finally got around to painting a couple spare wheels with good clips I had on hand, threw tires on them along with some balancing beads, and bolted them on the car. Knocked the dents out of some hub caps I picked up at Dubsplash a few months ago, cleaned them up, and popped them in place... must say I'm pretty happy for how they came out considering I paid $20 for the whole set. I rounded out the week by taking a 120 mile drive around some backroads and byways today.

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1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga"