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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17963 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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R. Deschain wrote: |
New 15" 215R75 BFG TA tires all the way around + the spare. |
215 won't fit in the spare tire slot. _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
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 |
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BSQUARE Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2004 Posts: 1876 Location: Feeling, Minnesota
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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Mike Fisher wrote: |
R. Deschain wrote: |
New 15" 215R75 BFG TA tires all the way around + the spare. |
215 won't fit in the spare tire slot. |
There are plenty of places on a Type 3 where a 215 tire will fit.
I want to see some pictures! _________________ 1988 Ford Festiva L
1965 Honda 50 "Super Cub"
2016 Miami Sun Trike |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17963 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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BSQUARE wrote: |
Mike Fisher wrote: |
R. Deschain wrote: |
New 15" 215R75 BFG TA tires all the way around + the spare. |
215 won't fit in the spare tire slot. |
There are plenty of places on a Type 3 where a 215 tire will fit.
I want to see some pictures! |
DUH! _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
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 |
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cdorety Samba Member
Joined: May 10, 2021 Posts: 23 Location: OR
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Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:14 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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R. Deschain wrote: |
New 15" 215R75 BFG TA tires all the way around + the spare. |
pics please!! |
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cdorety Samba Member
Joined: May 10, 2021 Posts: 23 Location: OR
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 11:09 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Today I finished installing a rear disc brake kit. I got an EMPI kit from jbugs because the site said it would fit my car......ya know? It does....almost.
Everything fits but the E-brake cable housing: it is not long enough.....by like an inch.
So, I 3d printed a little adapter tube and it should work just fine.
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gerry1 Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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fitted my new steering wheel,,,,,dealer option VDM wood steering wheel
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Sassuan Samba Member
Joined: December 23, 2012 Posts: 12 Location: Where I Need To Be
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:06 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Engine out. With the help of friends. Thinking a Type 4 will replace it.
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Sqrbckguy38 Samba Member
Joined: December 21, 2004 Posts: 415 Location: Tooele, ut
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:13 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Well I pulled my brothers old squareback out of the spot it's been sitting for over a decade in southern California. It's loaded up on a trailer and I'm hauling it back to my house in Utah to begin slowly rebuilding it.
Should be a fun drive back, so long as Vegas heat doesn't get us. I expect it'll be a few years before this little dude gets back in less than a million pieces, but that's old Vw life right? _________________ 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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luftKooled Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2021 Posts: 28 Location: IL
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 7:14 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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No posts in this thread in a bit and I dont think this need a new thread. I made a shift knob from a cool vintage billiards ball. Car is a burgandy red respray, the 3 is red so it seemed like a happy coincidence.
Drilled the bottom and epoxyied in a chrome lug nut. |
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andybla Samba Member
Joined: March 03, 2014 Posts: 630 Location: BE
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:20 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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cdorety wrote: |
Today I finished installing a rear disc brake kit. I got an EMPI kit from jbugs because the site said it would fit my car......ya know? It does....almost.
Everything fits but the E-brake cable housing: it is not long enough.....by like an inch.
So, I 3d printed a little adapter tube and it should work just fine.
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Very nice solution! |
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bun Samba Member
Joined: September 24, 2021 Posts: 17 Location: EDINBURGH
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:12 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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well got the engine & gearbox out the trike the torque convertor looked fried , got a type 4 torque convertor from London cost more for postage .& packaging anyway got the 36 mm nut off with help from my mate who has a big air gun , came off good \and easy with that thing , able to put new oil seal,checked the type 4 flexy plate no good for the engine so they type 3 flexi plate fitted back on torqued the nut up to correct torque , also a couple o drops of lock tight ,, so just got the the convertor to put on the engine once i get a dry day . so have a spare type 4 flexi plate, if anyone want s it . i need the wet friction plates for the type 3 gearbox if anyone has some for a swap in Scotland if any one is up for it
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bun Samba Member
Joined: September 24, 2021 Posts: 17 Location: EDINBURGH
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 4:27 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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well yesterday when it was dry removed the engine & auto gearbox type 3 the torque convertor looks fried so got a type 4 t\c and flexi plate ,the flexi plate does not fit but the convertor fits onto the type 3 flexi plate , iNEED A TYPE 3 AUTO TRANSMITION REPAIR KIT , IF ANY ONE HAS AKIT OR CAN PUT ME IN THE DIRECTION OF ONE ,a desperate man waiting thanks BUN |
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W1K1 Samba Member
Joined: March 04, 2004 Posts: 4897 Location: Southern AB
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:29 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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had my brake lights go out the other day, noticed when i pulled up at work in the dark.
i figured it was a switch, but there was 12v in and out and the switch was working. So out the back to the first tail light, just so happens I added a LED flasher unit there that flashes the bulb 3 time really quick before it come on solid. For those people looking at their phones to wake up.
Turns out the unit failed, plugged the lights in normally and they work again
Now we have to wait for the snow to melt, 4 inches on Friday, and it was -17c this morning
_________________ http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/jim_martin_engine_build.php
1973 super
1965 squareback 1500E
1971 bay window westy- subi swap |
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mgerdau Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2008 Posts: 46 Location: Central Oregon
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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Ok, I'm lowering my T3. I bought a front beam from Airkewld that has a drop spindle and monroe max-air shocks. When installing the beam it looked like the shocks are intentionally put in upside down. I bought monroe MA803 max-air shocks for the rear. I installed the shocks right-side up but the stance of the rear-end is higher than I thought. Should I install the rear shocks upside down like the fronts? |
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mgerdau Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2008 Posts: 46 Location: Central Oregon
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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andybla wrote: |
cdorety wrote: |
Today I finished installing a rear disc brake kit. I got an EMPI kit from jbugs because the site said it would fit my car......ya know? It does....almost.
Everything fits but the E-brake cable housing: it is not long enough.....by like an inch.
So, I 3d printed a little adapter tube and it should work just fine.
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I bought an EMPI Disk Brake kit too. Just dry-fitting it in I noticed the E-brake cable was short. The solution I was going to use was to cut a section of the old brake cable housing and patch that in. Like your solution better! Guess I need to think about buying a 3d printer. |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17963 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:07 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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mgerdau wrote: |
Ok, I'm lowering my T3. I bought a front beam from Airkewld that has a drop spindle and monroe max-air shocks. When installing the beam it looked like the shocks are intentionally put in upside down. I bought monroe MA803 max-air shocks for the rear. I installed the shocks right-side up but the stance of the rear-end is higher than I thought. Should I install the rear shocks upside down like the fronts? |
Seems like they would work both ways.
I'd put them back as Airkewld had them, since they are the manufacturer. _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
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 |
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vwfye Samba Member
Joined: April 15, 2000 Posts: 7660
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 10:13 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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They were probably inverted to make the air valves more protected. _________________ 64 No'back Speedster "Pearl"
1980s Sand Dragster "The Plunger"
LME "Little Giant Killer 3" |
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ddare Samba Member
Joined: January 10, 2005 Posts: 583 Location: Cypress, CA
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:39 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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bun wrote: |
well yesterday when it was dry removed the engine & auto gearbox type 3 the torque convertor looks fried so got a type 4 t\c and flexi plate ,the flexi plate does not fit but the convertor fits onto the type 3 flexi plate , iNEED A TYPE 3 AUTO TRANSMITION REPAIR KIT , IF ANY ONE HAS AKIT OR CAN PUT ME IN THE DIRECTION OF ONE ,a desperate man waiting thanks BUN |
These are still available, google VW 003 auto transmission repair kit and pick a vendor.
https://www.transmissionpartsusa.com/VW_003_Overhaul_Kit_1969_76_p/710-000071021.htm |
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bonecollector Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2003 Posts: 311 Location: Southeast Idaho
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:58 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Type 3 today? |
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First Type 3 I've had.
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notchboy Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2002 Posts: 22416 Location: Escondido CA
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