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plextor Samba Member
Joined: April 15, 2021 Posts: 104 Location: Texas
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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vamram wrote: |
Here's a video of it running. You EFI guys, how does it sound? I think I hear an exhaust leak. Other than that, seems pretty smooth. (Note to Admin- for some reason the youtube tags are not preloading the video so I removed them from the link.)
https://youtube.com/shorts/Gcq-BAoBX6M?feature=share |
Mine sounds identical. Which means nothing! I've also blocked off the EGR filter recently as it was open there, and I'm not 100% convinced that is actually sealed. _________________ 1975 VW La Grande Bug (Super Beetle, 1600 EFI, owned since May 2021) |
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vamram Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2012 Posts: 7300 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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plextor wrote: |
Awesome!!!! I sure like my La Grande
I notice from your air filter housing box that it appears to have that diaphragm for the oil breather hose intact. That's rare!! Take photos of that if you don't mind! |
Haha, I will! But to be honest...I'm not even sure what's what in this beast yet! _________________ Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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VW_Jimbo Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2016 Posts: 9960 Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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Sounds great! Exhaust leaks are par for the course. You will need to regasket all of the connections.
Whats up at the front bumper and hood? _________________ Jimbo
There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but all the time necessary the second time!
TDCTDI wrote: |
Basically, a whole bunch of fuckery to achieve a look. |
67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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vamram Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2012 Posts: 7300 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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Jimbo the hood looks great to me, lines up perfectly at the cowl and edges. The bumper looks funny because it's missing the plastic end caps and the factory bumper strip. The spare bumper has all of it. _________________ Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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Save the Supers!! |
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VW_Jimbo Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2016 Posts: 9960 Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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vamram wrote: |
Jimbo the hood looks great to me, lines up perfectly at the cowl and edges. The bumper looks funny because it's missing the plastic end caps and the factory bumper strip. The spare bumper has all of it. |
Awesome! It a nice looking Bug! You are going to have some fun! _________________ Jimbo
There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but all the time necessary the second time!
TDCTDI wrote: |
Basically, a whole bunch of fuckery to achieve a look. |
67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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Marinablau703 Samba Member
Joined: January 09, 2021 Posts: 169 Location: Hudson Valley/LI, NY
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 5:49 am Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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Glutton for punishment I see!
Hopefully as you peel back the layers of this onion, you dont find major surprises. We all know how project creep works haha.
Looking forward to watching this project from the ground floor! |
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4408 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 6:03 am Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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I think you're going to love the fuel injection up north because it'll start as easily in the middle of winter that will in the middle of summer. You will find a lot of crossover information with the fuel-injected buses and air-cooled vanagons because they were using similar fuel injection stuff. The troubleshooting guide like you have there is really useful and you'll find more of stuff like that up in the technical section and or Archives of this site if you look in all the different areas and models that might have had fuel injection. When it comes to fuel injection Victor the tiniest little bit of air leak will cause lots of hard to diagnose problem so the first step is really replace every little piece of fuel line with brand new fuel injection rated hose and then every little vacuum hose and rubber boot that you can that will eliminate so much time and trying to track stuff down. Plus those fuel lines will start cracking from the inside out so they may look good on the outside but be full of cracks on the inside. At least that's what I found when I pulled them off of the Vanagon and that fuel injection system is under a tremendous amount of pressure I think even more than modern systems so when a line splits is just a vapor spraying out like a flamethrower waiting for an ignition it will find very quickly in an air-cooled engine. Immediately replacing all the fuel lines in a Volkswagen fuel injection car is a religion and high holy day mass at that so please do that first because I love reading all your posts _________________ 1966 Sportsmobile Camper https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0
72 Super Duper http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=672387
(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4408 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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H2OSB Samba Member
Joined: April 14, 2013 Posts: 1291 Location: Modesto, CA
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:45 am Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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What an awesome starting point! I wish I could find and justify having a '75. Grats on the find. I will definitely be following along.
H20SB _________________ (o\_i_/o) I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants. |
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vamram Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2012 Posts: 7300 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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Thank you thank you and yes I am a glutton for punishment, woke up sore this morning...
Buggee, all the rubber hoses were replaced by the PO over the last year using high pressure fuel injection hose.. I've gone thru the motor and tank, all appear fresh.
My concern is why did he use hose instead of the rail. I do see where the rail is chaffed at one of the hose ends, as if it had been rubbed against other metal for a long time. I have a spare rail in my parts stash. Replace, or run with the current set up? _________________ Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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Save the Supers!! |
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Lost69Convertible Samba Member
Joined: July 29, 2020 Posts: 446 Location: Rhode Island
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 10:41 am Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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vamram wrote: |
My concern is why did he use hose instead of the rail. |
I think you're referring to the metal fuel line running from cylinders 3&4 to the CSV (5th injector) and on to cylinders 1&2. Is that right? I've been told this part was not used on 1975 FI Beetles. Fuel hose was used instead.
My 1979 has the metal fuel line. And I don't know the year that VW made the changeover. (ignore the red and yellow circles in the picture)
_________________ 1956 Beetle Ragtop: My Father's car
1969 Beetle Convertible: My first car. I loved it, I lost it, and I never got over it.
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plextor Samba Member
Joined: April 15, 2021 Posts: 104 Location: Texas
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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yep '75 had the hose. I keep this image bookmarked as it's the nicest image of a new '75 engine bay I've been able to find.
_________________ 1975 VW La Grande Bug (Super Beetle, 1600 EFI, owned since May 2021) |
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vamram Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2012 Posts: 7300 Location: NOVA
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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Thanks Plextor, that answers one mystery. Another is the engine case. [EDIT] It's a single letter E-code case, not a 2-letter E-code. After a quick search I discovered on thesamba case codes page that this was sometime in its life a factory-rebuilt case, by VW of Spain....
Then there are the funky Brazilian taillights. A Hella rear lense will not fit these because the white plastic piece for the Hella brake bulb prevents the assembly from sitting flush.
And then there's the wiring mess at the dash....here's a glimpse of my future.
Finally, I have some FI troubleshooting to do once I get into this. It starts cold but idle is rough and under 800 or so for the 1st minute or so. Something w/the cold start valve I guess...? _________________ Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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Save the Supers!! |
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4408 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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plextor Samba Member
Joined: April 15, 2021 Posts: 104 Location: Texas
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 9:29 am Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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vamram wrote: |
Finally, I have some FI troubleshooting to do once I get into this. It starts cold but idle is rough and under 800 or so for the 1st minute or so. Something w/the cold start valve I guess...? |
Did you get to the bottom of that one yet? _________________ 1975 VW La Grande Bug (Super Beetle, 1600 EFI, owned since May 2021) |
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vamram Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:12 am Post subject: Re: Saving the Supers Never Ends! '75 Le Grande At Last! |
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Not yet - car is on ice until I finish fixing the '74. _________________ Eventually, "we are what we pretend to be.
Give peace a chance - Stop Russian-Soviet Aggression!!
'74 Super 9/16 - present, in refurb process.
'73 Super - 6/18 - Present - Daily Driver!
'75 Super Le Grande...waiting it's turn in line behind '74.
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Save the Supers!! |
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