What did you do to your Beetle this week?

[Rome]

[indianpeaksjoe]

I covered the wires in my engine area with braided loom. It looks nice and with it being open, I hope makes it a bit more durable.

Apropos of nothing, here are two pups in the van I sold the Vanagon for.

-Joe.
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[Coreymillia42]

[Coreymillia42]

[62RagTopBug]

I replaced the seals on both of the headlights.

[62RagTopBug]

Headlight assembly gasket and headlight wiring conduit

[indianpeaksjoe]

I upgraded my front blinkers to kc rock lights tonight. I like them quite a bit.

More pics: http://robonza.com/beetle/index.php/2024/04/12/replacing-the-front-blinkers-with-kc-rock-lights/
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[OldSchoolVW's]

Finished restoring the headlight assemblies on my '63. I posted some tips at:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=372189&start=100

Before:

After:

Also installed new rubber conduit for the wiring, new plugs, new drain grommet tubes and new seals for the lens and between the chrome bezel and fender.
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Tom

"Following distance is proportional to IQ."

'63 Beetle Sedan
'69 Beetle Sunroof
'70 Beetle Sedan
'73 Type 3 Fastback

[indianpeaksjoe]

More little projects this week.
I got the rear scoop repainted. The paint was falling off in chunks.

I fixed a loose turn signal lever. The little plate had loosened up.

I wisely marked the wheel to make putting it on straight easy.

And I got rid of the security lug nuts. I really only park this at home.

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[67rustavenger]

Fixed a nasty pushrod tube oil leak on my 2276.

The screwdriver is pointing to the offending tube seal.

I was dreading having to remove the engine to fix the leak.
I talked with a VW restorer last weekend and he said to try grabbing the tube with a pair of channel lock pliars wrapped with a shop rag. I did just that while pulling the tube toward the head and wiggling the tube to get the seal seated better.
It worked! It took all of 5 minutes to fix. No more nasty oil leak.
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There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
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[djfordmanjack]

Cleaned my early 62 (10/61), had it inspected and safety checked (mandatory).
Rollin' !

At my parents underground parking with a nice dome light.

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Hotrods, Fords, Veedubs and Triumph Twins !

52 Barndoor DLX Coachbuild project
55 Wolfsburg panel project, og paint Taubenblau L31
62 Dickholmer, custom color Seeblau L360
63 1500 Notch, og paint Rubin Rot L456
67 1500 Käfer, og paint Lotus weiß L282 w/red interior

[alex857]

I took my 1961 pearl white ragtop for a spring ride.

[indianpeaksjoe]

New tire day!

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[OldSchoolVW's]

Installed a brake pedal switch to trigger the brake lights sooner than the "better-late-than-never" switch in the master cylinder. Since I am using this with 6v system ('63 Bug), I decided to use a relay so the supplied 18 gauge wire and switch wouldn't need to do the heavy lifting job of delivering current to the lights. I also left extra wire bundled behind a bracket that I added under the forward mounting bolt on the pedal assembly. It's much easier to do any future wiring work if it can be pulled out a couple of feet.

Seemed like a worthwhile safety modification. I will be adding a third brake light in the rear window later.

Every second counts in this age of distracted drivers.

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Tom

"Following distance is proportional to IQ."

'63 Beetle Sedan
'69 Beetle Sunroof
'70 Beetle Sedan
'73 Type 3 Fastback

[indianpeaksjoe]

I got in a package from Jason at Air Cooled Vintage Works. First part was to replace my air filter with this aluminum shrouded one. My old one was filling with dirt really quickly. Plus this model is on all the old buggy pics from Moab past.

And one from last night, pre swap.

Some new race trim valve covers for another day this week.

-Joe
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[indianpeaksjoe]

I installed a set of Race Trim valve covers. The 100* summer days are coming, I thought maybe the thicker aluminum would be better at heat dissipation. Also they look super cool.

-Joe
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[indianpeaksjoe]

Today I installed a new AAC grab handle and a new set,of Bosch plugs.

Bit of a bummer the new handle was scratched, but whatever.

This Hazet spark plug socket is nice!

-Joe
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[indianpeaksjoe]

I put in the Torque Resto fuse block.

Then I went to just put in the "right" bolts on the wire covers, and sometime in the last 55 years someone used the wrong bolts and mangled the threads. Luckily that was an easy fix.

Then I went to put on a set of EMPI headlight covers, and one was fine, the other was so shrink wrapped that after 30 minutes of toil I gave up. I called JBugs, and they sent out a new pair. So that is cool.

-Joe
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[indianpeaksjoe]

Swapped out coil's today. I went with the Beru from Germany, and it not being blue is killing me.

Then a fun spin.

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