Aircooled VW South Africa

Saturday I was up at sparrow-fart eager to have a fiddle - on the car that is Pulled the rear-left wheel, disconnected the clutch cable, removed the infamous Bowden Tube. Took it back upstairs to the kitchen sink (God help me) and gave it a thorough clean with boiling water and degreaser. Drove to the local spares place in the other car and bought universal grease. Guessed how many spacers to use according to an old vw manual's write-up. Fitted everything having greased it all up nicely. Set clutch free-play to recommended amount. Wheel back on. Went roaring off for a long drive. Car's quite happy. Gave it a scrub yesterday so it's all ship-shape and Bristol Fashion!

Snapped the acc cable on the R300 and had to do a quick patch job

Found crack in Oil Filter... workling till 14:30 then need to adjust timing, figure out why Bug keeps cutting out, clean sparks, check idle jets, fix dent in back fender, find out where that bloody leak is!

Stared gazingly at my latest Orange Peel ... and dreamed of a Utopia where spray paiting was not this F$%#$^# difficult!!

Took the sound system out my old hyundai and planning on putting it into the kombi after a nice break

Had the day off yesterday so I had the starter replaced on my seatcovers Opil and then got my buggy going. Went for a joy ride around the block and found the damage to the bug is more than I thought. The steering coloumn seems to have taken a knock and bent very slightly. I will remove the tank on the weekend for further inspection. There also seems to be damage to the wiring in the colomn as the is some strange goings on. I have all the fuses out except for starting and the battery still looses all stored energy.

after breaking down twice on my way to work and asking the s/c to tow me home. twice................and after replacing the starter motor brushes,dizzy cap,points,condencer,coil,rotor, cleaning the carb and charging the battery, the slut decide it was time to ride the high way again,still dont know what was the cause, decided to change it all, she was due for cheak up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tonight, I finished the back boards for Christn's front door panels. They are now ready to be covered.

Next up... the rear door panels.

Fitted new Carb... so the Beetle is finally driving without cutting out!
This weekend it's off with the bumpers and stripping the cheap matte black sprayjob the ex-owner did (and a blerri terrible job at that!) hoping the chrome isn't too scuffed!

Began the rubbing and prep.for the respray. finally. f-!k fixing up a f?!kup is harder. stay tuned for the rebirth of bugsy.

Covered one of the door panel panes for Christn in vinyl.
Looking rather nice. Will post pics when done.

Checked the oil

Did NOTHING, my 58 as been waiting for a transplant for 2 months, I pretend not to look at it when I'm in the garage, maybe just maybe, this weekend.

Did another door panel for Christn.

WHY IS THIS TAKING SO DAMN LONG!!!!

Dirk wrote:Did another door panel for Christn.

WHY IS THIS TAKING SO DAMN LONG!!!!

Now you know why some people pay to have it done.