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alex857
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Joined: December 26, 2010
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Location: Stuttgart/Germany
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Finished my door refreshment: Removed rust, installed new scrapers, vent window rubbers, felt channels and a small reinforcement bar. Then raided rust on the running boards.
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DurocShark
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Joined: April 05, 2004
Posts: 6624
Location: Crappy town in a crappy state. But the beach is nearby, so I have that going for me.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:25 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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Thought I was on the set of Babylon 5 for a minute...
Balanced the pistons. Assembled to measure deck height and realized I don't have a deck height tool anymore. Grrr...
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vamram 
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Joined: March 08, 2012
Posts: 7300
Location: NOVA
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:29 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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Nice Work!!
Dang - Londo Molari looked just like your engine!! Guess the Samba gods disagreed.
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VW_Jimbo
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Joined: May 22, 2016
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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| DurocShark wrote: |
Thought I was on the set of Babylon 5 for a minute...
Balanced the pistons. Assembled to measure deck height and realized I don't have a deck height tool anymore. Grrr... |
Can you torque the cylinders down and use a straight edge and a feeler gauge. That's how I was taught early on.
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DurocShark
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Joined: April 05, 2004
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Location: Crappy town in a crappy state. But the beach is nearby, so I have that going for me.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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That's how I was taught too. But I learned that the tool is MUCH easier to work with than mickey mousing something together myself.
Plus it helps if you have a piece of metal that has pretty consistent thickness. Within a thou or so. Plus you have to stack sockets or something to reach the threads,. etc etc...
I was just disappointed that I'd given mine away years ago, thinking I'd never need it again. Sigh...
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MERKURmeow
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Joined: December 19, 2017
Posts: 45
Location: SF Bay area
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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Idiots guide toolbox - compete!
Maybe I can stop being paranoid, maybe. I can't remember who says it "No boom today, boom tomorrow, there's always a boom tomorrow."
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AlmostHeavenWV_VW
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Joined: October 12, 2017
Posts: 1965
Location: WV
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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Finished my custom made brackets for the Kamei front spoiler (so I wouldn't have to drill holes into my fenders to mount it up) and put that bad boy on!
Hot dang it looks good! 
Now I just need the warmer weather to come so I can check out the better handling at speed!
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VW_Jimbo
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Joined: May 22, 2016
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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| DurocShark wrote: |
That's how I was taught too. But I learned that the tool is MUCH easier to work with than mickey mousing something together myself.
Plus it helps if you have a piece of metal that has pretty consistent thickness. Within a thou or so. Plus you have to stack sockets or something to reach the threads,. etc etc...
I was just disappointed that I'd given mine away years ago, thinking I'd never need it again. Sigh... |
That last sentence....I kick myself in the ass EVERYTIME I work on my Bug. I had soooo many factory VW tools. Sold them all, back when I was done with cars! Stupid young kid said that! The older man now knows differently! Damn!!!!
A straight piece of steel with two rare earth magnets keeps the bar from moving, and a good set of feelers gives you the exact number. Easy. The magnets help out a lot!! Home Depot sells them cheap in the hardware aisle.
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DurocShark
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Joined: April 05, 2004
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Location: Crappy town in a crappy state. But the beach is nearby, so I have that going for me.
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I hadn't thought about the magnets. I like that idea.
I still haven't done it, I'm sure AJ's wondering what happened to me, waiting for my measurements so he can CC the chambers on my new heads. lol
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VW_Jimbo
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:37 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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| DurocShark wrote: |
I hadn't thought about the magnets. I like that idea.
I still haven't done it, I'm sure AJ's wondering what happened to me, waiting for my measurements so he can CC the chambers on my new heads. lol |
The deck height tool is cool to have but the feelers and magnets work awesome!
You can get those numbers to him tomorrow if you stop by the HD tonight!
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DurocShark
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Location: Crappy town in a crappy state. But the beach is nearby, so I have that going for me.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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Work and life are getting in the way. I really want to, but it'll be 11pm before I get home and have to be back here by 5. (IT manager running multiple new ERP deployments... ugh.)
I'll have to shoot for it this weekend.
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DurocShark
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Location: Crappy town in a crappy state. But the beach is nearby, so I have that going for me.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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Upside is I drove the Baja today. So much fun to drive. Completely different animal from my fast and comfortable turbo Saab. 
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VW_Jimbo
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| DurocShark wrote: |
Work and life are getting in the way. I really want to, but it'll be 11pm before I get home and have to be back here by 5. (IT manager running multiple new ERP deployments... ugh.)
I'll have to shoot for it this weekend. |
Damn work getting in the way of fun!!!!
Good luck!
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| GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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Speedbird73
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Joined: May 04, 2017
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Location: Copake NY
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:01 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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| Got him out of his car port, adjusted the carb for the colder weather, and took him out for a drive. All the while, reveling in the glory that will be when he has his dual carbs installed! |
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mrpinkie
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Posts: 15
Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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spent the day painting the wheels and smoothy rings blue. I think they turned out good.
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alex857
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Location: Stuttgart/Germany
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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Installed an almost new trunk liner on my 1983 Mexican Beetle.
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jkvgo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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| Fixed tons of electrical stuff (dash lights, turn signal, etc.). Apparently the term “first check the fuse” really is true. Spent alot of time tracing an issue with my radio when apparently it was just the fuse lol. Planning to finish up with all electrical issues tomorrow. Only thing left is the horn, reverse lights and brake lights! |
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VW_Jimbo
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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| jkvgo wrote: |
| Fixed tons of electrical stuff (dash lights, turn signal, etc.). Apparently the term “first check the fuse” really is true. Spent alot of time tracing an issue with my radio when apparently it was just the fuse lol. Planning to finish up with all electrical issues tomorrow. Only thing left is the horn, reverse lights and brake lights! |
Good luck with that horn circuit! That is the worst circuit ever designed to have to deal with. Just in case. There is a bearing down in the column under the turn signal switch, that creates one segment of the ground path for the horn. I have had to change these out on several of the last Bugs that I restored due to wear. Sometimes that bearing gets overlooked.
Good luck!
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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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DurocShark
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Location: Crappy town in a crappy state. But the beach is nearby, so I have that going for me.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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Went to replace the wiper shafts today. Like an idiot I didn't pay attention to how the geometry worked, so after 2 hours of fiddling I stopped for the night. I'll pick it back up next weekend.
I did discover some worn wires, so I built a new wiring harness for the wiper motor. Couldn't match a couple of those colors but each one is a different color at least, and all in a nice loom. I just need to fiddle with the arms and get it right.
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nachche
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your Bug Today? |
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welded a new floor -battery tray
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