Southpaw
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Post by Southpaw on May 23, 2009 18:49:35 GMT -5
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jmallen05
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Post by jmallen05 on May 23, 2009 19:09:01 GMT -5
That looks like a solid start. Are those vw seats? What are your plans for it? Your starting to get quite a stable of vw's.
jerry
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Southpaw
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Post by Southpaw on May 23, 2009 19:45:25 GMT -5
These are seats in a VW , But someone else will have to do a full ID if they are VW seats . As far as for what in the he(( I'm going to do with this I don't know . Get all the systems checked , I know the carb & fuel pump and valves , Tune up & oil stuff . Shocks and tires look new . This is my FIRST Bug time will tell .
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Post by bren on May 23, 2009 21:52:50 GMT -5
I see a hoodride in the making. Slam it and dull down the paint a little more. Old style bumpers too, like George did.
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Southpaw
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Post by Southpaw on Aug 8, 2009 9:45:55 GMT -5
Started working on the bug this week . Found cut wires , melted wires , 5 fuses with foil raped around them , a mouse nest in the air cleaner & a pile of SH!t in the top of carb . I put a rebuild kit in the carb , repaired some wires , put some gas in . When i got to turning the key lights came on but did not turn over . So I popped the hood and found more wires striped & twisted spliced type thing going back to the dash and found a PUSH BUTTON start , Motor turns over and tried to start . I think that I will be needing a used carb for parts . And I don't have a 74 motor the numbers are H5 813980 , I checked and came up with about June 1969 I think . So this car may not have been a good deal but it a dun deal .
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vwcurt
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Post by vwcurt on Aug 8, 2009 15:21:44 GMT -5
sounds like fun, is it a singe port? alt, doghouse? air cleaner. some parts look right for 74, some look right for 69. good luck, let me know if you need help.
curt
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Post by busdriver on Aug 13, 2009 17:21:49 GMT -5
I prefer the single port motors myself.
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Southpaw
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Post by Southpaw on Oct 2, 2009 16:23:58 GMT -5
Put in a new master cylinder & rebuilt the peddles , then found a leak in the brake line inside down by the shifter so I replaced that also . I have been able to start but not keep running .
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Southpaw
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Post by Southpaw on Oct 4, 2009 7:07:02 GMT -5
I got all 4 brakes bleed out yesterday morning before leaving to go North .
Found a bad tie-rod end on the Right side .
I picked up 2 heater boxes from Patrick , Thank You Pat .
Today I'm going to try to put the carb together one more time and see if it will start and keep running .
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dansam
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Post by dansam on Oct 4, 2009 8:01:51 GMT -5
I love the seats. The rest of it has potential.
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Southpaw
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Post by Southpaw on Oct 4, 2009 13:03:48 GMT -5
Carb back on motor starts but will not keep running .
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Southpaw
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Post by Southpaw on Oct 5, 2009 10:35:59 GMT -5
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Post by Dustin on Oct 5, 2009 21:35:52 GMT -5
Great work Glen! Any plans to drive this or are you going to restore it?
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Southpaw
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Post by Southpaw on Oct 6, 2009 10:42:40 GMT -5
1st I need to get it to go up & down the road . If I don't get some $$$ going soon I may have to sell it , or start sleeping in my Green Tin Can .
Last night I started to do the tune up , started with draining the oil . Now I have pulled a lot of drain plugs in my past but never see a MOCA looking sh** like what came out from the 1st drop to the last drip . I'm pretty sure that I don't have a blown head gasket and anti-freezes . What I don't know is if the Good Old Boy that I got the Bug from added any long term storage type stuff to the oil if there is anything like that .
When I pull the screen it had a slimy sludge swamp thing end trails .
I'm going to and flush it before going for a test ride . The motor sounds good all but a tune up .
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Post by dubfreak1 on Oct 6, 2009 12:30:33 GMT -5
Probably a lot of condensation from too many short trips or no thermostat.
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