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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:13 am    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

My New Beetle won't stop leaking water when it rains, even though I've cleared all the sunroof drains and had tested it several times with a hose.

So I'm taking the only appropriate action: I'm putting the New Beetle in the garage to air out for a few weeks and bringing Beetlebaum back online so that I can have a car to drive.

What needs to happen:
-drain the fuel and replace the braided fuel lines
-get him running again (likely nothing more than refilling the carb float bowl and then letting him run for a while, but we'll see)
-install the new heat exchangers and muffler
-a general once-over to make sure that nothing else went bad while he sat

Time for Beetlebaum to save the day.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

I've been working on important job-related projects for the past week or so, so I haven't been able to dive into Beetlebaum until today. I still have to finish the other stuff, but I figured, what the heck, it's Sunday--may as well do something fun.

So I put Beetlebaum up on jackstands for the first time since December 2018 and started draining the fuel. The fuel is so old that it smelled like varnish. Shocked I'd planned on draining it and replacing the rubber lines anyway, but there's no question why the car wouldn't even run poorly on this gasoline.

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So, tomorrow I'll run out and get some more rubber fuel line and a new fuel filter so that, when I do finish my other stuff, I'll be prepped to get out to Beetlebaum later this week.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:39 am    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

Just came across your thread and read through most of it. Cudos for doing so much work on it yourself! Applause
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:41 am    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

I wish I knew about this thread when I lived in VB.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

sportin-wood wrote:
Just came across your thread and read through most of it. Cudos for doing so much work on it yourself! Applause


Thanks--it's mostly because I enjoy doing the work, and partially because it would cost way too much to have someone else do it!

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I wish I knew about this thread when I lived in VB.


Ah, that's too bad! It would've been cool to coordinate a meetup. I recently discovered a beautiful '64 down at the oceanfront and sometimes drive past it to see if it's still there.

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Yesterday I got Beetlebaum to fire up for the first time since the pandemic started! But then he died almost as soon as he turned on, signs of a likely fuel delivery issue. I was talking to a fellow member of TheSamba who recommends checking the gas tank for rust, which seems likely, given how rancid the fuel had become from sitting. (It smelled like varnish.) Thankfully, however, I have a fuel filter installed, so no rust should have gotten into the carb.

Anyway, it's rainy today, so no Beetlebaum adventure for today. Later this week I should have a chance to address the fuel tank condition.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

Is the Bug Hut still in business?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

NJ John wrote:
Is the Bug Hut still in business?


Are you thinking of the Bug House? If so, yep, it's still there near Witchduck and the Boulevard. The local VW club actually has its yearly car show there this weekend.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

If I remember correctly it will be their toy run. I miss having a local shop. Enjoy!
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

NJ John wrote:
If I remember correctly it will be their toy run. I miss having a local shop. Enjoy!

Yep, it's for Toys for Tots! Thanks!
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

Well, well, well... it's Beetlebaum time again!

After a very tough past few years, late 2022 marked the beginning of me getting my life back on track after several years of a lot of difficulties.

Of course, the most important question is, "What's the deal with Beetlebaum?"

My New Beetle has a broken shifter bushing, which requires a ridiculous amount of work and expertise beyond what I possess, so the car is at the shop finally after sitting since July. The car I've been borrowing, my brother's Suzuki Samurai, has developed a major coolant leak (ironic, isn't it?), so it's down for the count as well.

Which means that Beetlebaum needs to make a comeback.

So over the past few days, I've been working on him for the first time in years. I got all the engine tin back in place and took stock of all the parts i have. I'm working to get the fuel tank reinstalled, because it had gotten rust and sediment in it when the fuel went bad from sitting for so long. The rust had clogged the fuel filter and the actual fuel outlet pipe from the gas tank itself. So I'm hoping that I've addressed that problem adequately and won't have to worry about it anymore!

Beetlebaum has been inching, literally and metaphorically, toward the road again, as I move him to get space to work underneath him. He has sat for so long in one spot that the driveway has rust spots from where the rain has dripped off of my car. Shocked

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I always seem to do most of my work on this car in the winter. d'oh! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

when the world comes to an end and all else is lost, we will still be able to cobble together old air-cooled Volkswagens and tool around in them with a huge grin

long live the Beetlebaum
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:36 am    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

Good to see ya back again! All the best with revitalizing Beetlebaum, and Happy New Year!
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Beetlebaum: The 1973 Super pulled from a Junkyard Reply with quote

It's great to see this car making a comeback, though unfortunate it's being pressed into service rather than as a pleasure vehicle.

It will outlive them all.
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