What did you do to your Bug Today?

[NonStopPhantasm]

Today I got my 71 Super running for the first time in a few months. I took the engine out of the car to replace the clutch and the push rod tubes. Since this was the first time I took the engine out of this car after I bought it there was a lot of work that needed done.
I kept running up against budget constraints and had to wait a month or two before I could order parts. Now I am dealing with a fuel pump issue. I took the both lines off the fuel pump and had gas dribbling out of the the line from the tank and I collected this in a jar. Then I cliped the line to the bowl on the carb to the vents where the engine pulls in fresh air (the hood is off right now) and filled the line with gas from a syringe. The engine ran for about a minute off the gas that was in the bowl on the carb and what was in the line.
However, the engine wouldn't run with the fuel lines connected to the fuel pump as they should be. I ordered a new fuel pump and hopefully that will get me back on the road.

[Vanillagurilla]

[grandpa red]

Since I have the motor out of my '72 I'm in the process of replacing the heater cables and going to get a polished firewall.
Yesterday I cleaned out the pan and pounded out some dents under the back seat.Had to removed the rear heater tubes.
Also have to clean up the wiring mess under there and going to replace the battery cables.

[DurocShark]

Was trying to figure out the horn wiring. I was chasing the wire down the steering column and somehow bumped one of the hoses from the reservoir to the master cylinder.

I hadn't gotten around to replacing those yet, and now I have an empty reservoir and a towel soaked in brake fluid...

Has anybody found a generic replacement for the hose from a FLAPS? Since it's Sunday...
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No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow.

[ghianowbug]

Install the sunroof and new felt but had problems getting the clips in on the headliner piecethey just would not hold. Repositioned the rear tailight on the aftermarket fender to match the mexico fender , sorry no oog's. Installed new visors and clips . Next is thecwiring harness which I have been putting off

[ghianowbug]

Install the sunroof and new felt but had problems getting the clips in on the headliner piecethey just would not hold. Repositioned the rear tailight on the aftermarket fender to match the mexico fender , sorry no oog's. Installed new visors and clips . Next is thecwiring harness which I have been putting off

[DurocShark]

Since I couldn't drive it, I put new covers on the rear seat and set up a new TMI speaker shelf.

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No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow.

[DurocShark]

Forgot the installed pic. You can see a bit of the new seat cover too.

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No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow.

[Freebirdbeachbum]

Completed the engine bay. To the paint shop now.
Before:

After:

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1971 Super Beetle Convertible
1986 Alfa Romeo Spider
2017 Triumph Tiger Explorer
1972 Honda CB750 Four
1980 Honda 500CX Custom
1968 Benelli Cobra
1965 Moto Guzzi Lodola GT

[DurocShark]

[Freebirdbeachbum]

[DurocShark]

I don't know about wrong, but every one I've seen is routed under the heater tubes, the generator, and possibly the intake.

I would worry about them laying across the generator just from an interference perspective...
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No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow.

[Cusser]

There are plastic clips available to hold the spark wires correctly to the fan shroud (see retailers, set of three). I always use these and put the spark wires in the correct location.
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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

[finster]

the sun was out and the day was mild, the roads had been washed and dried of salt so I went to the supermarket with the top down (1st time this year). on the way home met up with a couple of motorcycle police from fettes and for a moment it all went...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dUv5FcyNM0
see 3:15
wish I had the music going too!

[TonyB]

[Freebirdbeachbum]

[Cusser]

I had a squeak in the front end of my 1971 VW Super Beetle Convertible, noticed it when I was installing that replacement electric windshield washer pump and I leaned down on the front bumper.

I jacked up the front end, put on jack stands. The only thing I actually disconnected was the two front sway bar bushings (two 8 x 1.25 hex screws and a U-shaped retainer for each. I used aerosol silicone spray and/or aerosol grease on the insides and outsides of those, and lubed the other stuff in place like bottom mounts of MacPhersons, outer tie rod end fittings, rear mounts for sway bars, and the bushings of the two control arms; was too lazy to keep taking off jack stands to figure out "exactly" might be the culprit, because I didn't care which was squeaking, just wanted squeak gone...

Result: NO MORE SQUEAK AT ALL, Yay !!! So successful morning eliminating the squeak.
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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

[cliffrun2]

Today I found a leaky fuel pump and fractured flange, so I spent the day researching and ordering replacement parts. Also decided its good time to upgrade the fuel line, adding a cut-off valve up front beneath the fuel tank, new hoses, and a new filter.

[Ricksurfin]

[seiyaTokyo]

I ate VW beetle chocolates in a Beetle tool box.


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Valentine’s Day in Japan is different than in the West.
Rather than couples exchanging cards or gifts, only women give gifts on Valentine's Day in Japan
My wife gave me VW beetle chocolates!!