What did you do with/ to your VW today?

I drove mine to work!!

I took the electrical out of the front of May, removed the brake fluid reservoir and removed the fuel tank.

Getting ready to redo the dash, electrical, relocate the reservoir to on top of the master and mount the battery in the nose.

I am going to sand/strip the inside of the nose and maybe Zolatone it or something.

Oh and I have my fancy red gas tank I painted last year along with a mounted fuel filter that hopefully won't flop around so much.

Thinking about doing all the hoses with AN fittings...

Right now the front end matches the rear end as in it is all apart.

Getting close to the season!!!

MoonMullins wrote:

I don't think she will mind if I just switch with mine.... Lol

LOL, I don't think so!!

Bought a TDI motor to swap into the coupe!

zuhaelter_82 wrote:

Bought a TDI motor to swap into the coupe!

Nice! I have been looking at VAG submarines...

Mateo wrote:

zuhaelter_82 wrote:

Bought a TDI motor to swap into the coupe!

Nice! I have been looking at VAG submarines...

I am loving my mine. Timing belt. H2O pump, tensioner, relay roller, thermostat, clean MAF and a new filter.....check. I love having defrost

Today, after getting towed home at 4.30 in the morning, I replaced my clutch cable for the 3rd time!

I replaced the original cable with a new one because I didn't know how old the original was, thought I'd be safe instead of sorry! LOL The new cable broke after 2 months.



The second cable ( the one that broke this morning) lasted about 3 1/2 months. It basically broke in the same spot, but because we used heat shrink on it, it didn't fray like the first one.



Broke clean off.



So now we'll see how long number 3 will last. If this one does the same thing, I will be contacting the manufacture. Something is happening to these cables. I checked everything on the bus and all seems to be normal.

Low Class wrote:

Mateo wrote:

zuhaelter_82 wrote:

Bought a TDI motor to swap into the coupe!

Nice! I have been looking at VAG submarines...

I am loving my mine. Timing belt. H2O pump, tensioner, relay roller, thermostat, clean MAF and a new filter.....check. I love having defrost

It's a long story so I won't go into the details but I have 'several' MAF sensors for VW water pumpers if your are ever looking for one...

yesterday we replaced the pedal grommets on DD, changed her fuel filter. Topped off her gear oil. Installed stereo (number 2...who knew the yellow memory wire HAD to be connected?) Painted her lug nuts bright green so we dont loose them in the snow if we drop them....next up is the cb and antenna mounting....

smart om the lug nuts Andy. take spares just in case

badfishie wrote:

yesterday we replaced the pedal grommets on DD, changed her fuel filter. Topped off her gear oil. Installed stereo (number 2...who knew the yellow memory wire HAD to be connected?) Painted her lug nuts bright green so we dont loose them in the snow if we drop them....next up is the cb and antenna mounting....

I did!! I knew the yellow had to be connected! Ok, stupid question, but aren't the lug nuts black and the snow white? You can't find a black lug nut in the white snow? LOL

Sounds like you guy's are getting a lot done!

hahaha my guess is they may look like a rock or something kim so bright green will make them stand out...oh and thanks for telling me about the yellow wire TWO STEREOS ago...LMAO

badfishie wrote:

hahaha my guess is they may look like a rock or something kim so bright green will make them stand out...oh and thanks for telling me about the yellow wire TWO STEREOS ago...LMAO

You didn't ask! LOL

justcruzin wrote:

badfishie wrote:

hahaha my guess is they may look like a rock or something kim so bright green will make them stand out...oh and thanks for telling me about the yellow wire TWO STEREOS ago...LMAO

You didn't ask! LOL

next time a bit more intuitive maybe....HAHHAAHA jk

Put 25 miles on the bus today. First real time out of the yard. Had to play with the carb. And the timing a little but it didn't run to bad

I ment yesterday sorry.

WELL......FRIDAY I FINISHED PUTTING AN ENGINE BACK TOGETHER TO GO BACK INTO ONE OF THE TYPE 3S. SATURDAY I GOT IT IN FASTY!! IT RUNS!!! LOL. NOW TO SWAP THE MASTER CYLINDER AT SOME POINT AND BLEED THE BRAKES THEN THE FASTY SHOULD BE BACK ON THE ROAD!! HOPEFULLY FOR A GOOD LONG TIME.

Gave it a bath and took a pic of it with my new sign I found at the Swap meet last weekend!

looks good Kim

Thanks Andy!

WELL....GOT THE MASTER CYLINDER SWAPPED AND BRAKES BLED AND DROVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK REAL QUICK. SO FAR SO GOOD!!!

On Saturday we changed the brakes on Ocho, then we took all the drums off of DD and cleaned/adjusted the brakes after SST, adjusted the dizzy, broke the dizzy clamp, fixed and rewelded the clamp. On Sunday we changed dizzys and welded the legs back on the rack that broke off during SST XIII then added extra support to every leg....lets hope the rack will survive SST XIV...lol

Today I took the luggage rack off to start prepping it and the main pop top for paint. I found this when I lifted the top off.





Now I know why my window behind the cabinet was fogging up in the wet weather.

WELL.....LETS SEE......

YESTERDAY...TUESDAY I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO WORKING ON MY BAJA/ROD. I GOT THE FIBERGLASS ENGINE COVER FITTED ON THE BACK AND THEN DID SOME TRIMMING TO PUT SOME SLOTS IN IT TO ACCOMIDATE MY CUSTOM EXHAUST. THAT TOOK A WHILE BUT GOT IT TO WORK AND I DONT THINK IT LOOKS TO BAD....





TODAY I WAS ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE TINT WORK ON MY GLASS. I TRYED TO DO THE BACK WINDOW TWICE BUT IM GOING TO HAVE TO BUY TINT FOR CURVED GLASS FOR IT TO WORK I EVEN TRYED TO MAKE IT WORK USING A LITTLE HEAT FROM MY HEAT GUN BUT IT JUST WASNT HAVING IT. BUT I DID GET THE TWO REAR SIDE WINDOWS DONE AND BECAUSE OF THE SUN AND WARMTH TODAY I WAS ABLE TO DRY THEM DECENTLY GET THE SEALS ON THEM AND GOT THEM INSTALLED!!!!





ITS SLOWLY COMING BACK TO LIFE. DONT THINK ITLL BE READY FOR THE RANCH RUN (2011 RANCH RUN WAS THE LAST EVENT/TIME IT WAS OUT ON THE ROAD) BUT I WILL TRY. MAY BUGORAMA ITLL BE DONE????

I checked the oil and drove it to work!!!