Joey's '71 Super Resto

[Tim Donahoe]

On my '74 Super Beetle, I definitely had to pull the tank to attach a new hose. Use a clamp.

I install the back of the tank first, with the front tilted up so I can reach in and push the hose through the grommet as much as possible, then I let the front of the tank down. After that, I get under the car and pull the hose a little to make sure it's not kinked. Just kind of snug the hose down until you feel it doesn't come through the grommet easy. You certainly don't want to yank the hose off the tank fitting.

Tim
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[joey1320]

[joey1320]

Here's a quick(and kinda crappy) video of the engine starting and idling like a champ.



Link

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[joey1320]

Well last night at 11:30pm I decided to remove the engine. Got my work clothes on and went out to the garage. Took me a little while since I was being quiet. Overall a straight forward process and now the engine is out.

I'm placing an order with West Coast Metrics and I have a question regarding the transmission leaks that I have. I noticed a good amount of oil around the axle seals, or what I would call axle seals on a regular transmission. So should I be ordering this kit from WCM and if so, how big of a pain is it to replace these gaskets?

http://www.westcoastmetric.com/i-22964187-111-398-005a.html
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[joey1320]

Better pics

Nice amount of oil/gear lube on the bell housing. Will be ordering a front main seal and input shaft seal.

Good amount of lube/crud around axle "seals". Need to know how to remedy this.

Merry Christmas everyone!
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[joey1320]

Well I decided to rebuild the carburetor since it had a fuel leak. So I ordered a kit from Carb Junkys. Cool kit with many of the needed parts for a refresh.

Pics

As it was.

In the parts washer at work.

After a scrubbing. Still not clean.

Decided to dunk it in brake cleaner.

After initial disassembly. You can see the darker coloring on the front part of the gasket, that area was super stiff. I'm sure that's where it was leaking from.

Of course I forgot to take a picture after the cleaning of the bowl. Sorry Needless to say it came out great.

Back together.

Added an "anchor" for the safety wire to hook up to.

Leftover parts... Gaskets were all gummy and/or dry rotted.

Dirty ass brake cleaner...
Glad it's no longer in/on the carb

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[Cusser]

I rebuilt my Solex 30/31PICT in October.

Did you take out the little stainless steel balls? I didn't have any trouble getting the two small balls out (see http://1967beetle.com/carburetor-rebuild/); I did use one of my taillight screws to extract the one plug, but I did have to tap the plug with 4mm x 0.7mm thread first. I did get the throttle freed up somewhat.

See my thread (especially page 3) http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6...p;start=40
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[Q-Dog]

The engine doesn't care how clean the outside of the carb is. You need to disassemble the carb, remove the jets and plugs, then soak it, then blow out the interior passages and jets, then reassemble.
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'69 Dune Buggy
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'70 Beetle

[joey1320]

[joey1320]

[joey1320]

Well I started disassembling the engine components in order to replace the seals and gaskets, along with cleaning and painting/powder the tin work.

During the process I found out I'm missing the complete thermostat assembly and the hoover bit, so those are soon to be ordered.

Crappy pics I promise to take better ones next time

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[joey1320]

With the holidays we've been slow at work, so I took the engine tin pieces with me today and started cleaning/painting them. Luckily I only did the two rear exit pieces before noticing some fish eye happening

Because of this, I've decided to switch from rattle can to oil based paint with an HVLP gun. I went and bought a gun at harbor freight and hopefully I get the rest done this weekend.

I also removed the engine bay seal and tar boards. They were all completely dry rotted. I already got a new seal which I hope to get in tomorrow night. I'm debating on getting the tar boards, maybe I'll just clean the firewall and see. I have to remove the death foam from the quarter panels
Oh well. I moved onto the next item. Cleaned off the heat riser tubes and painted the manifold with heat resistant paint along with aluminum color enamel for the center piece.

As I was cleaning the manifold I removed the couplers and was about to throw away the clamps when I decided to give them a turn on the wire wheel. Man am I glad I didn't throw them away. These clamps are awesome

Before:

After:

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[joey1320]

I haven't updated the thread recently but I've done a whole bunch to the car, so here are some pics of the progress.

I had removed the engine and replaced a bunch of seals/gaskets on it. I also replaced the old pushrod tubes that were really bad and removed the oil sump. I cleaned the oil sump and reinstalled it with BMW's rtv which we use at work with great success.

Here's my Chinese head cover grinded down and ready for high heat paint. Love the fact the numbers are backwards lol.

Painted.

Used this cheapo Harbor Freight HVLP on the rest of the tin. Gotta say, for $9, it's a good little gun. Used Rustoleum oil based paint on the rest of the tin.

Makeshift booth at work

New pushrod tubes.

Fuel pump "pin'd" and marked.

Oil sump cleaned. Threads on studs were booger'd up so I ran a tap over them. Reinstalled using gasket maker. This thing had about an inch of crud all over it.

Back together.

And back in the car.

While the engine was out, I also replaced the front main seal, input shaft seal, flywheel "O" ring and throw out bearing was secured with a wire. I also replaced all the brake hoses, wheel cylinders and master cylinder. My wife helped with the brake bleeding and the car is pretty much safe to drive. Now I need to get plates for it and actually drive it to see what else comes up.

I still need to work on the interior and clean it up a bit. Also thinking of lowering the front end, it sits waaayy too high for my liking
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[TX-73]

The axle shafts have seals that can be replaced. You can buy a seal/gasket kit that includes everything needed.

Seal is black ring in the middle. On this unit, the case cover on one side unbolts, I also replaced that gasket along with nosecone gasket and front/rear seals.

Flanges

As I remember there's a wave washer below the flange, made a tool to slightly compress the flange so the retaining circlip could be removed and re-installed.

Flange outer plug installed, just taps in.

Clean and ready to go

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[joey1320]

Thanks for the info. I'll probably deal with that come fall.
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[Buggeee]

[joey1320]

In one of my last posts I mentioned needing to get plates, well I got them and got the car insured and took it for a spin down the street. I quickly realized that I had some type of major play on my front end since the moment I got to 36mph the steering wheel would shake somewhat violently.

I decided that was enough of a drive and took the bug back Into the garage and inspected the front end. What I found, to my surprise since I could had sworn I had checked before, were my center link bushings completely toasted. Right then and there I decided I might as well freshen up the front end and ordered the center link, all tie rod ends, lower ball joints, steering damper and damper bushing.

The center link and tie rods came in a few days later and were quickly replaced. Then it was off to give it another test drive. I got the bug to about 55mph with almost no shake and what is present I think it has to do with a tire/wheel balance.

To celebrate I stopped at dunkin donuts and got some treats for the wife and son. Sorry for the horrid pic.

On the way back from the store I came to the conclusion I absolutely hated the stance of the car with the super high front end, so I removed two and a half coils from the front springs a few days later and here it is now.

I have driven it around the area and it rides great. Plus it looks better

I also cleaned out the interior and added the interior panels. Removed the front seats and corrected the non-sliding issues with the rusty tracks and next in line is painting the wheels and adding running boards, along with the remaining front steering parts.
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[Buggeee]

It's looking good Joey! I like that stance. The running boards will really make the car pop. It's a pretty color. Enjoy the ride
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[joey1320]

Mechanicals
1600 DP
New spark plugs (less than 30 miles old)
New fuel hoses and fuel filter - no hoses sitting on hot components
009 distributor with a 20+ year old Pertronix Ignition
Distributor static timed to 7.5 BTDC
Solex H30/31 Carb - rebuilt less than 30 miles ago
Valves set at .006" less than 30 miles ago



Well for some reason the VW gods are not being nice to me

My '71 Super started hesitating and bogging down while accelerating about 3 weeks ago. The only change to the vehicle at that point was my desire to attach the EVAP system. I mounted a fitting onto the aftermarket air cleaner and ran all new hoses to to the tank and charcoal canister.

The day after doing so, I decided to take the bug out for a quick spin. Up to that point my engine had been great at starting/running. This morning that wasn't the case. It took a lot more cranks for the engine to fire and as I revved the engine, it started to backfire - it had never done that before. I let the engine run/idle, thinking it would clear itself out but it didn't. At that point I went ahead and disconnected the fitting at the air cleaner, realizing I had not accounted for the extra air now being pushed into the carburetor, and I didn't feel like messing with it at the time. I did not cap the fitting. Didn't (still don't) think it was an issue.

After removing the hose, but with the fitting still opened, I did my run and as the engine warmed up the car felt sluggish at higher rpms. Hoping it wasn't a big issue I kept driving and made a stop at the grocery store. After coming out of the store, it was a total pain getting the engine to start. Just kept cranking. It finally did after my constant feathering of the gas pedal. Luckily the store is really close to me so I was able to get the car home, once again noticing the lack of power. I got the car in the garage and capped the fitting and the car was parked.

That was three weeks ago and the car sat 'till last Sunday(a week ago) when I went to drive the car and although it started normally, it ran the same way as before with no power in the higher rpm's. It feels extremely sluggish. I did some research on my setup and decided to replace the 120 main jet for a 125. It still has no power on the higher rpm range - like none.

I went this morning and got a timing light and set the distributor to 30 BTDC with the throttle opened as far as it would go. Still running like crap.

What am I missing?
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[joey1320]

I would like to add I haven't done a compression check on the engine. Will get my tester from work tomorrow.
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