What did you do to your Bug Today?

[Clara]

The old tape player /radio broke some months ago, which left me tuneless

Found this Blaupunkt in the garage and installed it the other day. It has a sticker with Riviera Motors VW on the top. The 8-track player does not work, unfortunately, but the radio has good sound.

edited to add pic.

[Buggeee]

[lacolin]

I have been putting off replacing the shifter bushing in my 69 bug. Today was the day, and I thought it could take a couple of hours or all day. I watched several videos and thought I had it down.
Removal was easy enough and the the shift rod was in good shape and rod already had a lot of clean grease on it. I added some grease. I did not clean it and re-grease it. Big mistake. Putting it back it it was very tight from the get go. Kept pushing it in and got to a point where I could't push it in any more. The rod has a bend in it and I wasn't sure if it was binding. I tried rotating it but it would only rotate so far. I decided to remove it, clean it and re-grease. Except now it was stuck. I was trying to push it back out with needle nose pliers and couldn't get a really good grip. Spent an hour moving it a few inches. Finally I tried using a regular set of pliers. Surprise! They fit in the shift hole and allowed me to get it out.
Putting it back in I decided to make a jig out of an 1" round pvc pipe. It was about 6 feet long with a 3 inch half moon cut at the end and zip tied to the shift nob. It worked great and it was in in 5 minutes. Only now I realized that it somehow got threaded under the brake lines in the tunnel in the back and I couldn't lift it high enough to reach the trans! I pushed it back out 4 or 5 inches, reached into the tunnel from the back, and was able to get it thru and lined up properly. Got everything in and good to go. It did take all day. Next time should take 45 minutes, but I really hope there is no "next time"

Colin

[Jrm1080]

Been about 9 months and an Arizona Summer since she stood under her own weight.

Next up:
Fuel tank and lines
Some wiring
And Speedometer.

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•’74 Type I work in progress.

[ghiaride1]

I know this is the beetle forem , but I spent all day also replaceing the shift bushing. I dont know how they designed this thing but I had to finally wslide the bushing onto the shift rod first and then push the bushing into the collar that holds it .. VERY DIFFICULT. but it finally went into its position. But I also realized that the shift rod is too short because every one always said the shift rod from a auto stick can not be used when converting to manual as I have just done. So I ordered one of those EMPI weld on rod adjuster parts . the shift rod was only 3/4 inch too short but that is a lot of course.My car is a 71 Ghia and it is in decent shape rust wise needs some body work engine ran after rebuild of 34 Pict
carb.after the adjuster is in it will be exciting to see if this used tranny is good. Any one need any auto stick parts.?The vacuum tank and other parts were good except it turned out why the thing couldnt work is because atf fluid was leaking out into something . But I did alot of troubleshooting , studied all the manuals . I quess the PO must have known it couldnt be fixed or didnt have the money. He last had it registered in 1986 .

[MERKURmeow]

Started upgrading my speedo. LED warning/indicator light next!

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[Juanito84]

I'm looking for an old towel I can wrap up the oil filter with in the wheel well. I can't get the oil temps to go above about 120°F (50°C), even going up long steep mountain passes.
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[Clara]

[Juanito84]

[jeffrey8164]

Since there’s no Ghia thread...
Today I bought a QuickJack 3500 lift to facilitate the upgrades on my 70/71 Bastard Child. Parts are trickling in from different places. I’m surprised about how many inquiries I’ve made for some very expensive custom parts met with no response.

Upgrades will be 1915 to 2276, retrofit a 7mm fuel line and electric pump, narrow the front 2” so I can finally lower it but that is a work in progress. I’m still researching options. This is what it is now:

[AlmostHeavenWV_VW]

[ms69]

took out gas tank and then discovered my engine block was cracked at the point where it meets the trans and leaking oil- wondering if i need a new block?

[mark tucker]

yes you need a new block(case) I wouldent waste money on a used case or a mag case. aluminum cases for me.

[AlmostHeavenWV_VW]

The only effective thing I did today was I scored some discount vinyl for the headliner job I have to do down the road.
$6/yard is quite a steal
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1973 Standard Beetle
1600DP AK case
Solex 34PICT3 Carb
Bosch DVDA 205AJ Distributor

[VW_Jimbo]

[MERKURmeow]

Replaced my crank pulley and started tuning my new Carb.
Work called off on account of weather...

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[DurocShark]

Finally got the old sand seal out of the 2180. Got a proper number off it... National 340400. It's a universal part, but oddly none of the parts stores around me carry it. So for $10 I ordered it from Amazon.

I did try to install the orange Empi seal that I had, but it's just a bit too big. I also noticed that the case was cut off center for the seal (it may still be centered for the crank though), and there's a chip broken off one side. Sigh.
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[Speedbird73]

Trying to trace the problem with flat spots in acceleration, and the bug dying on down shifting, so I gave it a tune up: New cap, rotor, condenser, points, and a new coil to boot.

A stupid question, though, what RPM do you guys up-shift at? (1972 std bug).

[DurocShark]

[danlewister]

Well, I finally got a break in the weather and the time to pull the body off the pan today, so I can get to all of the welding I want to do to the body and the pan. You can see I have a quarter panel to replace. There was waste behind it, so I'm going to do that work before I get to the panel. The lower end of the firewall and the "napoleon's hat" are pretty wasted, so I'll get into that. Then there's waste around the rocker panels and front corner of the rear wheel wells where water sat. I also have what looks to be waste from the dreaded rear vent on the passenger side, so I'll be busy with this for a while!