77 Standard Resurrection

[VW_Jimbo]

So, as if my plate is not full enough. I have a young person in the house that will be in need of a car in several months. To teach value, I believe a person needs to earn what will be theirs. Enter my father in law. Great guy whom I absolutely love! Has treated me as his own, starting from day one. Love that guy.

Anyways, he had a tenant that had a problem paying their monthly rental payment. Renter had a 77 Bug, he was restoring, sitting in a parking spot, for the last 10 years! Long to short, guy gave the Bug to the Father in Law. My in law tried his very best to get the Bug running. Did not work out. Sat for a few more years. He calls me and lets me know that he wants to give me the Bug to get going, to sell, in an effort to buy the youngest a car. She gets her license in January.

Yesterday, I drove up the hill and picked up the 77. The father in law got some tires on it a few years ago, so those were in decent shape. Clamped the tow bar to it, and me and the wife drove 2-1/2 hours back to the house.

Got to the house after dark. Rolled it in the garage and figured I would give it a good look the next day.

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Jimbo

There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but all the time necessary the second time!

[calvinater]

Still fuel injected?
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"Albatross"!

[Deebs]

Like that color Jimbo!

[joey1320]

Great starting point
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**1971 Super Project
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[gt1953]

Ah the 77 standard sun roof model. The last year the standard was imported, nice find. Keep us all posted on the "Get it Running".
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Numbers Matching VW's are getting harder to find. Source out the most Stock vehicle and keep that way. You will be glad you did.

72 type 1
72 Squareback
({59 Euro bug, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 73 type ones 68 & 69 type two, 68 Ghia all sold})

[APPLEGREENVW]

All the nice cars are in the West coast. All we have here in the Northeast coast is over priced rust buckets.
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02/76 Beetle sedan

[VW_Jimbo]

Still fuel injected.

On Sunday, I went diving into the Bug. To see what I could see, see, see. Found me a fried battery positive feeder cable from the battery to the Alternator.

Decided to pull the loom and repair. Looked through the classified ads and found nothing I was willing to purchase.

The fuel injected harness did not get burned but there are two vacuum hoses which need to be replaced.

If I can get it to run with a repaired harness, it may be a worth while project.

Can you believe someone allowed a car to sit because a wire went south? Most likely the alternator is fried, still need to test that out.
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Jimbo

There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but all the time necessary the second time!

[kpf]

Congratulations, VW_Jimbo. Looks like a great starting point.

In your neck of the woods, that car will have to pass a smog test.
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1971 Super Beetle

[VW_Jimbo]

[chicagovw]

Will be cool to see this resurrected. Only a little over 12,000 1977 Sedans were sold in the USA!

[kpf]

If it comes to that, maybe try to sell the car to a non-smog state/county.
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1971 Super Beetle

[Buggeee]

No smog test in Ohio Jimbo. Send it over here and Joey and I will arm wrestle for it.

On Ebay there are vendors of wire that will sell rolls and rolls of any colored wire, with stripes, etc.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-Rolls-100-Feet-14-GA-Ga...ect=mobile

I bet you could build a main harness cheap.
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(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764

[VW_Jimbo]

[FeelthySanchez]

Nice haul.
Hoping the ECM survived that fireworks show ......
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[VW_Jimbo]

[jinx758]

Wait a minute ... doe this mean Jimbo is in limbo ? At least until the harness arrives.

Sorry ... couldn't resist. Just proving why my wife tells others she "caint takes me nowheres".

Much thanks to ALL you do for The Samba members & I'm sure many others.

Best regards ... jinx
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It's not unlike the same difference

You can't push a rope


VALVES (cold)
POINTS
TIMING
CARB (fully warmed engine)

SCRAPE ALL GROUNDS

My Craigslist rescued 100 footer :
1971 Standard Bug
1776cc dual port
034 distributor
38mm EGAS Carburetor

[VW_Jimbo]

[gt1953]

Sound like the proper approach to this 77 model. Yes I would have to say a lil rare late model due to the low amount of them in the USA.
This time of year family first.
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Volkswagen: We tune what we drive.
Numbers Matching VW's are getting harder to find. Source out the most Stock vehicle and keep that way. You will be glad you did.

72 type 1
72 Squareback
({59 Euro bug, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 73 type ones 68 & 69 type two, 68 Ghia all sold})

[VW_Jimbo]

So, on with the story...……………..

Got some time on Friday, after work, right before beer o'clock! Just reviewing what was going on. Went through all of the FI connectors and terminals, making sure they were clean and happily seated in their housings. Checked out the double relay and ECM for any off smells or burned markings. Everything looked in tact and happy. I also came up with a plan of attack.


I looked in my Bentley manual and did not find a wiring schematic for my Bug. Apparently the book stops at 74! Why?!?! So, I downloaded the wiring schematic from this website and blew it up in "Paint". I then copied it into Word and printed it out onto three pages. I then taped them all together and mounted onto a piece of cardboard. I then hung it on the wall above the sink in the garage, so that I had easy access and easy viewing! Worked out great. But that was the end of the time. It was time to go to the local brewery and drink a few beers!!!! Love my Fridays!!!


So, onto Saturday, went ahead and connected several of the wires from one point to the other point, to get the car running. I used mostly remnants from wiring house. I have this scrap bin that I throw the cut off segments into. At the end of several months, I have one of the employees strip it down to copper and take it to the scrap recycler. The money goes into a general account that we use to buy the guys lunch every now and then. Between the copper wire, the copper pipes, the brass pipes and the remainder of aluminum window frames, they get lunch a few dozen times through out the year!


Anyways here are the pictures, because everyone likes pictures! And yes, that is either Romex or Romex that has had the exterior insulation removed.

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Jimbo

There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but all the time necessary the second time!

[VW_Jimbo]

After that, I went to start it. It cranked over but just would not catch. I could spray carb cleaner into the AFM to keep it going, but it refused to run on its own. So, I pulled the AFM off and look what I found.....

Looks good right.....but then you give it a tiny squeeze and take a good look!

So, still not wanting to spend any money on this yet, I did what anyone with a bunch of Blue tape does. I taped up the air boot!

Quality tape job right there!!!!

Best thing is it started and died. Disappointment again, but I got further along!

Started it and kept it running by continuously spraying carb cleaner at the AFM. I would alternate between the AFM and different spots around the engine bay. When I shot the rubber boot at the end casting to plenum, the car raced up in rpms. Inspected it closely and found that the boot was not fully installed over the seam. Pushed it over a 1/2 inch or so and went into the cabin and turned the key. BAM!!!! The car started and ran on its own!!!!

Damn vacuum leaks!! That what I am always talking about. You got to dig deep and be really observant.

Car was running decent. I set some basics. Adjusted the brakes, checked all of the fluids and tucked the suedo wiring harness into the passenger compartment. Reinstalled the drivers seat and went for a drive. Me and the youngest pulled out of the garage and went around the block.


It made it around the block with no engine or tranny issues. Kept it under 20mph but managed to shift through all of the gears. All good. Can not wait to take it out on the open road!


However, during the time driving (all three minutes) managed to feel the front end is way out and really loose!! Thinking balljoints and a steering box rebuild, with tie rod ends. It is super stiff, probably in need of shocks. And the worst thin is I got dripped on from the sunroof. Even though there is a huge glob of silicon sealant sitting in there. But I figured that was going to leak, just not that soon. Its been sitting inside the garage for a week now!


Harness should be here on the 26th!

Until the next update!...……………………………………………..
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Jimbo

There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but all the time necessary the second time!