Sandy the Squareback: A Student Budget Resto

JSMskater · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:50 am Post subject:

I got family and friends and loves lost in Victoria. awesome area, the island is fun.
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Mike Fisher · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:22 am Post subject:

The Mounties were cool back when! HE let us slide when we were smoking hash oil one Xmas night in the 70's in a closed Park! We opened the door on my small camper and he says "What is that smell?" My bro-in-law says "we just burnt the coffee on our Svea stove!" Wellllllll, I would really like to see some ID!!! Okay, but You guys be Gone in the morning! Good Night! Very Happy

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66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold

Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey

85fastlane · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject:

Ok so I'm a little overly stoked about it, but I thought it was cool, haha. Honestly, if you have the magazine (UltraVW April 2010) you can probably barely find this picture, it's so small. But this is me and my room mate Shawn cruising into the pancake breakfast at last year's GCVWS. Him in the '64 patina bug, me in the '69 square.

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85fastlane · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:31 pm Post subject:

Sorry for the double post but I just realized I didn't post any of the work I did over the winter. That last motor explodered, and I happened to have a spare case already torn down, so I did a rebuild on this sad, corroded, ugly case. It's my very first build and all I used was the Wilson manual. It's a stock 1600 DP with my dual Weber 34 ICTs on it. It started up no problem and is running strong. There's about 6000 miles on it already and quickly climbing, seeing as it is my wife and I's only car and we commute for school. I hope to start building another motor using the case that was in the car, which is in far better shape. Maybe something a bit bigger. But this is what I have for now.

All the parts laid out

It all looks so pretty

As clean as it's going to get

Reassembled crank

With rods

In place, what a fight to do by yourself, very difficult, could use another pair of hands!

All buttoned back up

Pistons and pots on

The old VW heads all cleaned up and rebuilt, amazing work by FVE&M in Abbotsford, recommended by AVR, they were cruddy and really ugly before

New valves, valve guides, valve springs, fresh grind, swivel foot adjusters

Looking good

And that's that, ugly case, I know!

For some reason my pictures stop here. But I assure you the bright tin work was put back on. So satisfying to build your first engine yourself and be driving it around every day!!!
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Russ Wolfe · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:06 am Post subject:

You think your case is crusty? Here is the one that Bob got with the Ghia.
That crud is from mouse pee for 20 some years.

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69sback · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:56 pm Post subject:

so where did you end up moving the fuel filter to? My filter is in the engine compartment too!

blankmange · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:07 pm Post subject:

85fastlane · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:27 pm Post subject:

My fuel filter is now located just after the fuel line comes out of the pan in front of the rear wheel, kind of beside the transaxle. Much easier access.

The case was pretty wet when I got it. Tipped it and water came running out of the dipstick tube. So needless to say it's a little soft. One head bolt pulled out when I tried to torque it. Oh well, there's 7 more on that side Razz

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Mike Fisher · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:45 pm Post subject:

Good to hear your engine rebuild fired up and ran without too much drama! JSMSkater & Tommy Boy had Us too scared to even attempt it! Wink

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69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold

Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey

Russ Wolfe · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject:

If you had a case stud pull, you should have had the case inserts installed. I just put them in on every case I build.
You can see them in that other picture I posted.
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85fastlane · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:22 pm Post subject:

Ya I know Russ Embarassed

The case was a barely run rebuilt by a reputable friend up here that had just gotten wet (the motor was wet, not my friend). So I pulled it apart, made sure everything was in good shape and measured up good and threw new bearings and some other stuff at it. So the case never touched a machine shop by me. Didn't want to take it in just for case savers. It's purpose is as a temporary anyways. I have a solid AS41 that I will soon start building as a 1776 and hope it's finished before this motor lets go. Next one will be done slower, more patiently, with some extra care.
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85fastlane · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 5:53 pm Post subject:

Hey folks,

It's been a long, long while since I've been active on this forum. Checking the forum was once part of my daily routine. Funny how school, marriage, kids, etc. changes all of that. I'm now living in a different province and have finished school, so the "Student Budget Resto" should be retitled to the "Low-Budget Working Person's Resto" as I'm looking to pick back up with my beloved Sandy and get her back on the road this coming summer.

I put about 10,000 miles on the engine I rebuilt, but it started to behave a little funny with idling on two cylinders (that troubleshooting thread can be found here) and then some electrical gremlins destroying ignition switches (voltage regulator?). With our first kid on the way (we're now expecting our third), Sandy got parked and hasn't been driven since.

Sandy rolled again when I trailered her out to her new home in Alberta and into my dad's spacious garage. I'll be spending weekends for the next few months heading to his place to get my sexy, ratty Square back on the road. Just wanted to say "hi" to some old friends and new members.

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W1K1 · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:34 pm Post subject:

Did you get it running yet?

Its Street Machine weekend this week
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85fastlane

Well, here we are. 10 years after I bought the car I'm hoping to get her back on the road. Finally! I now have a 6.5-year-old to help with the wrenching (and two younger ones soon to join the crew too as they get older). It's been sitting for 5-6 years, so I've pulled the fuel tank, will replace all the fuel lines, have dropped the engine for a good cleaning, and am doing a good once-over to determine what all needs repair. I haven't perused The Samba in years. Hope to be back as a regular again!

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W1K1

this could be an interesting year for T3's in town
there are 2 others that are vowing to be running this year too, A fasty and another square.
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1973 super
1965 squareback 1500E
1971 bay window westy- subi swap


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