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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:17 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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terryly Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2012 Posts: 309
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 5:13 am Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Oh yea that looks mo betta |
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Metal Twister Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2013 Posts: 405 Location: licking, MO.
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:47 am Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Heck Dave your all done... nutten but straight lengths now! Looks good my friend! _________________ Change is Opportunity!
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 11:15 am Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Metal Twister Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2013 Posts: 405 Location: licking, MO.
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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So did you get it done in time for the weekend? _________________ Change is Opportunity!
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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No...finishing up pinned removable rear seat mount now. Then still fuel tank and reassembly. |
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Metal Twister Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2013 Posts: 405 Location: licking, MO.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:42 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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So are ya gonna show this thing off or not? _________________ Change is Opportunity!
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 8:41 am Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Sorry, been a crazy few days.
Carb float adjustment.
Whoops, that's not dry yet! Get out and push, babe!
We had a blast, despite the chilly wind. Then the rear wheel fell off the Dodge on the way out, wrecked the front axle on the trailer, etc...
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Metal Twister Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2013 Posts: 405 Location: licking, MO.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:39 am Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Turned out great David! so red white and blue? Looks like a fun trip as well. For all the years I've been running around out there I think Ive only been by the Arial Grave Yard once and that was when I was about your kids age. Id like find my way back there and look around for awhile being ex Air Force and all. Did you camp at superstition and Ocotillo Wells? _________________ Change is Opportunity!
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Took all day Sat to finish, went out just for Sunday afternoon.
Thanks for serving! Come down for a visit and I'll take you out there. |
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Metal Twister Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2013 Posts: 405 Location: licking, MO.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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So how did it work? Carb issues? _________________ Change is Opportunity!
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Adjusting the float...it floods low speed bouncing around, so I lowered it, but it was running out of gas on the top end. Gotta get rid of that stupid progressive and get my Zenith rebuilt and on there. |
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dustymojave Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 5802 Location: Lake LA, Mojave Desert, SoCal
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 10:45 am Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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The flooding out at low speed in bumpy terrain is why many offroaders don't like the Progressive carb. The float bowl vent is an opening into the throat of the carb, which means that in rough terrain fuel can slosh into the throat and flood it out. The fix is to block off that opening with a piece of aluminum sheet epoxied into place and a fitting tapped into a hole drilled in the top of the float chamber. I'd have to dig out the carb I have to see just how to go about it. I've seen it done with good result before. But I've not done it on one of the Holley-Webers myself. And I'm a little suspicious of epoxy in long-term contact with modern gasoline anyway. A Zenith is an excellent carb for the job. _________________ Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
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Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet. |
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:15 am Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Thank you, sir! |
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Gents, I could use some insight. I took the buggy out for the first run of the season a few weeks ago. Ran good but brakes faded away. Busy with the Dodge and the Deuce and a half so I took it to the local VW guy. He found a leaky brake line. Brakes work great now. While it was there, he also installed a relay kit for the starter, cleaned up some wiring, added some grounds, stuff I'd been meaning to do.
ISSUE : Also installed Pertonix kit and 3.0 ohm Flamethrower coil. Now it pops, cracks, breaks up, blows black smoke once the RPMs get up a little, load or not. Checked plugs, dirty, cleaned contacts...maybe spark shorting down thru the carbon? New plugs tomorrow.
12.83volts to coil.
Noticed the reluctor wheel fits loose on the distrib shaft. Another one coming tomorrow, but tonight I tried putting electrical tape on it to hold it snug, no help. Played with timing while breaking up, no improvement. Anything I'm missing? Maybe wires, they are of unknown age and have been in the sun too much...but it was fine before the Pertronix.
009 and Progressive
Hoping to get it going for Thanksgiving...need to dig up a set of points....
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:47 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Attempted to break her out for the season and the DGAV is dumping raw gas down the primary bore and won’t really run. Tried cleaning it out to no avail, gonna get a kit. Have to be careful though, it seems once before I ordered one and everything was too big. 26/27 venturis in this one.
Still has the ignition breakup at higher RPM as well. Guess I need to look into the grounds per the link I posted. IIRC, last year I took the electronic out and put the points back in, but that caused the coil to overheat and not run. Wrong coils for points I suspect. Flamethrower... |
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 10:05 am Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Hey All:
Update, my kids outgrew our little buggy. Stumbled on a true 4 seater 1835 dual carb, 4.88 bus trans, coilovers etc. Need to do carbs and put tires on it for this winter, woo! |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12743 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:35 am Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Picture, we NEED pictures!! _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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DavidWymore Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: SoCal near Glamis
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: New Guy with a hunting buggy to be sand rail |
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Not much to see now. Rail with flat tires. I'll get some. |
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