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Murdlem Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2004 Posts: 512 Location: Port Angeles, Washington
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Just picked up my newest VW. 1964 Bahama Blue
and sold my 66
_________________ Eric Meldrum
68 Ghia
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lhd65bug Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2020 Posts: 49 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:54 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Fitted a replacement locking engine lid handle and keys (obtained from FleaBay) to take the place of the non-locking one which my '67 California Bug arrived with last year. I wasn't happy with the prospect of parking the car and leaving it so that anyone could gain access to the engine compartment with a push of one finger
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Big Bill Samba Member
Joined: June 21, 2005 Posts: 1783 Location: Santa Rosa, Ca
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Installed some Fog Lamps today, still need to install a relay and wire up a HD switch.
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Pops67Beetle Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2021 Posts: 127 Location: Queens, NY
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Great week! Motor went back in after the clutch, throw out bearing, flywheel and pressure plate were changed. Updated the speaker, cleaned, polished the speedometer, changed the gels, also cleaned the fuel gauge. Finally got the carb and choke tuned properly! Now it’s time to take her out in the spring time weather and enjoy it till it’s time to replace the floor pans and heater channels.
_________________ When I close my eyes I’m a little kid riding in the cubby..... Priceless!
13 y/o son’s quote while watching us replace the pedal cluster…. “Who says the Germans lost the war.”
67 Beetle bought new, 95% stock. |
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iowegian Samba Curmudgeon
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 9829 Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Installed my beautiful new VolkzBitz carb and my gorgeous refreshed distributor and fuel pump (both are original to the car) done by Sparx Werks.
And please overlook the incorrect fuel line clamps. They are from a HONDA lawn mower.
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alex857 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2010 Posts: 714 Location: Stuttgart/Germany
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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:26 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Celebrated her 60th first registration day on April 4th 2021 with a small tour near Lake of Constance (she is the third in the row, the on in front is three days older!).
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Pops67Beetle Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2021 Posts: 127 Location: Queens, NY
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Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:08 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Well fill her up with high test for a birthday treat. _________________ When I close my eyes I’m a little kid riding in the cubby..... Priceless!
13 y/o son’s quote while watching us replace the pedal cluster…. “Who says the Germans lost the war.”
67 Beetle bought new, 95% stock. |
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67rustavenger Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2015 Posts: 9775 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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I'm in the middle of changing my CB Magna spark ignition to an MSD clone with a Crane Hi6N CDI Box and Crane LX92 coil. The box and coil will live in the rear luggage compartment, out of the weather.
It's not complete yet. But close!
Also installed one of those WW battery acid absorbent mat's under the battery.
Sorry no pic of that. _________________ 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! |
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Pops67Beetle Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2021 Posts: 127 Location: Queens, NY
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Just a question about the coil. Doesn’t having it better than twice the original distance from the cap increase the resistance and cause trouble? Did it change the timing? _________________ When I close my eyes I’m a little kid riding in the cubby..... Priceless!
13 y/o son’s quote while watching us replace the pedal cluster…. “Who says the Germans lost the war.”
67 Beetle bought new, 95% stock. |
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MrGoodtunes Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2012 Posts: 852 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Pops67Beetle wrote: |
Just a question about the coil. Doesn’t having it better than twice the original distance from the cap increase the resistance and cause trouble? Did it change the timing? |
Since electrons travel at the speed of light, don't worry about timing; and, the extremely tiny extra resistance is also nothing to worry about. Main concern would be keeping the path of the longer coil to distributor wire away from hot metal surfaces to avoid spark leak.
Before putting my #1 & #2 cylinder sparkplug wires inside of a rib'd plastic conduit, I could see spark (in the dark) leaking from one of those wires to the hex head of lower right bolt that holds my alternator's backing plate to fan shroud:
(Mirror image at top of pic is due to having chrome shroud.) |
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67rustavenger Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2015 Posts: 9775 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:17 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Pops67Beetle wrote: |
Just a question about the coil. Doesn’t having it better than twice the original distance from the cap increase the resistance and cause trouble? Did it change the timing? |
The coil wire is shorter than the #1 spark plug wire from the distributor.
I made it up last night. From the coil to the firewall terminal is about 4.5". In the engine compartment the coil wire is just about 14" in total.
The coil puts out 510 miliamps. So I'm not concerned with resistance over that short distance. _________________ 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! |
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DurocShark Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2004 Posts: 6624 Location: Crappy town in a crappy state. But the beach is nearby, so I have that going for me.
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Sadly, all I've done with my 64 is move it around town.
First moved it from a coworker's garage:
https://i.imgur.com/6JDgfkG.mp4
To my Mother-In-Law's driveway:
Where the neighbors complained so the cops came and chalked the tires. So I spent all day Sunday emptying out her packed to the rafters garage so I could shove it into a hole there.
Makes me sad that I haven't done ANYTHING to it. Mostly because the bulk of my free time has been working on my 68 instead... _________________ No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. |
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lhd65bug Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2020 Posts: 49 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:44 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Fitted a new Rear Window Blind to my'67 California Bug. I didn't like the raw "unfinished" look of the frames as they came out of the box, so I etch primed 'em, followed by a coat of Ivory Satin before installation
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Murdlem Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2004 Posts: 512 Location: Port Angeles, Washington
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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Replacing the window seals in my 64.
2 done, 2 to go. Rest break right now.
_________________ Eric Meldrum
68 Ghia
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67rustavenger Samba Member
Joined: February 24, 2015 Posts: 9775 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Washed my pile last night. My bees were pooping all over the car and it was time for a bath.
The car needs paint too. But that is far down the road.
I also finished the CDI ignition install. The engine runs much cleaner and crisper. Considering that the current engine has semi-hemi heads.
A little tuning and time refinements will make a huge difference.
Next up? I need to swap engines for the NW Bug Run. Coming June 5th 2021. There is a fresh 2180 sitting on the garage floor looking for a good place to stretch it's muscles. _________________ 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! |
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Boyrcr420 Samba Member
Joined: February 08, 2010 Posts: 84 Location: Denver, CO
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Have been doing carb rebuild and tuning for the summer so decided to take a break and converted the back seat to a storage deck. Really wanted to give the battery more space and I never have passengers back there so this was more functional. |
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lhd65bug Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2020 Posts: 49 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Nice neat job; tidied it up nicely ! |
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lhd65bug Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2020 Posts: 49 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Gave the old bug a liberal coat of wax on the body and bumpers and polished it off; fitted a slip-over spare wheel cover the wife cut out and sewed up for me. I think it tidies up the trunk area / luggage compartment nicely ! She got some practice years ago when she made a full spare wheel cover for the front-mounted spare wheel of my then daily driver Bay Window Type 2 !
Kudos to TheSamba.com; it's a fantastic resource and has helped me out many times !
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CNsylvester Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2016 Posts: 47 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 12:53 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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It's mothers day in Australia today Sunday 9th May, and therefore my 1962's spent some time together, I threw in a rose from the garden too!
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Sqrbckguy38 Samba Member
Joined: December 21, 2004 Posts: 415 Location: Tooele, ut
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 8:39 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Beetle this week? |
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Well it has been some time, but i drug up the 67 and have been trying to find an oil leak. I believed it to be the oil cooler because why not, I was unable to see where it was coming from. Tore the engine down and then tore it out only to find the oil cooler was not the problem it was the flywheel seal. Once the flywheel was removed I found that the seal had torn, so I ordered a new one. Got it installed, cleaned up the tins and reinstalled. Once the engine was running again the oil leak was not immediately present but after the second time starting and a test drive it began pouring back out. So now I am going to have to do it all over again I guess to find out what happened. I was just debating finishing my SP build to install instead but have to wait for new case savers. _________________ It's not the fall that hurts, it's the sudden stop at the bottom.
69 Square needs love, even after 15 years
70 Fasty former dd, now my daughter's
67 Beetle, Opal |
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