MikeH
1600dp
Posts: 641
Joined: Aug 14, 2008 12:18:22 GMT -5
|
Post by MikeH on Sept 11, 2008 16:18:15 GMT -5
I'm thinking of buying some of the "bug me" videos. Has anyone watched them and are they worth the $30 a piece?
I probably know 50-75% of anything they would cover but am looking for those tidbits of info that will give me that "Eureka" moment. Plus its always nice to see close up the disassembled view of what ever I'm attempting.
Do you think these will give me that or is there another video set I haven't discovered that is better?
Mike
|
|
krmnnghia
1500sp
Posts: 165
Joined: Aug 11, 2008 19:51:57 GMT -5
|
Post by krmnnghia on Sept 11, 2008 16:41:28 GMT -5
Check your PM's  |
|
|
|
Post by bren on Sept 11, 2008 18:53:45 GMT -5
I think they are very good. Watch ebay, sometimes you can find them cheaper.
|
|
|
|
Post by ghiastein on Sept 11, 2008 20:16:14 GMT -5
I have the brake one on VHS somewhere and I bet people have others. We could have a club library I can donate my bug me video.
|
|
VDub63 ( Steven )
1600dp
Club Photog
63 Beetle, 63 Beetle #2 project, 62 Beetle project
Posts: 2,108
Joined: Jul 5, 2008 14:14:20 GMT -5
|
Post by VDub63 ( Steven ) on Sept 11, 2008 21:05:25 GMT -5
I borrowed Johns and I believe Dustins videos from Bren. So it will help me help Bren and his other 67. The floor pans and heater channels videos. I too would like to get the whole set for a reasonable amount of course"cheep".
|
|
|
|
Post by Dustin on Sept 11, 2008 21:08:22 GMT -5
I have the floor pan, heater channel, and wiring videos and found them to be very helpfull I attempted heater channel replacement for the first time.
|
|
|
|
Post by bren on Sept 11, 2008 21:17:15 GMT -5
I had some and sold them. Thought I was done doing cars.  |
|
|
|
Post by Dustin on Sept 11, 2008 21:22:24 GMT -5
haha done doing cars thats funny
|
|
dave
1500sp
Posts: 222
Joined: Jul 28, 2008 20:41:35 GMT -5
|
Post by dave on Sept 12, 2008 4:34:34 GMT -5
Bought my set off of ebay, Well worth the money and ended up buying all the rest of them.
|
|
krmnnghia
1500sp
Posts: 165
Joined: Aug 11, 2008 19:51:57 GMT -5
|
Post by krmnnghia on Sept 12, 2008 8:42:02 GMT -5
I offered the OP copies of mine but he was not interested. No biggie. Thought I would let anyone else know that if you would like a copy of any one of them just PM me. I had the VHS set and copied them over to DVD because VHS is the suck.
|
|
MikeH
1600dp
Posts: 641
Joined: Aug 14, 2008 12:18:22 GMT -5
|
Post by MikeH on Sept 12, 2008 10:03:38 GMT -5
The whole set is over $200 so maybe I'll ask for Christmas. There weren't any for sale on Samba or Ebay as of today.
I feel like I should buy them to support whoever produces these things. I'm sure they'll save me that much in labor and headache.
|
|
dave
1500sp
Posts: 222
Joined: Jul 28, 2008 20:41:35 GMT -5
|
Post by dave on Sept 12, 2008 10:16:34 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Dustin on Sept 12, 2008 14:26:00 GMT -5
They came to MAM Funfest one year and did demonstrations on dual carb tuning, floor pans, and heater channels. Very nice people and he could tune those dual carbs just listening to them and they would run perfect.
|
|
MikeH
1600dp
Posts: 641
Joined: Aug 14, 2008 12:18:22 GMT -5
|
Post by MikeH on Sept 16, 2008 8:49:59 GMT -5
I got a set of the BugMe videos last night and watched the engine removal and clutch repair. The engine removal part was pretty straight forward but was very nice to actually see it done instead of just read about how to do it. Engine removal from a beetle is definately easier than a Ghia.
What I like was the tips that might seem obvious to some but we're very helpful to me. These were the Eureka moments I was looking for like: where is the safest place to put the jack to raise the car to max height without damaging the frame; where is the best place to place the blocks; what kind of floor jack to use; etc.
The clutch portion was great primarily because I don't know squat about clutches. The instructor gave some nice tips on what not to do and how to do the more difficult adjustments with basic tools.
There's just no substitute for seeing it done. Glad I bought them.
One thing to note however. The DVD's did not play in my home DVD player. They did play in my computer. I'll be calling to find out if this is supposed to be this way or I got a bad DVD.
Mike
|
|
akitsuji
1500sp
Posts: 364
Joined: Jul 22, 2008 12:06:45 GMT -5
|
Post by akitsuji on Sept 16, 2008 12:43:58 GMT -5
AJ's club library is an exelent idea.
Aki
|
|
