Aircooled VW South Africa

i spent my day starting to attempt to move beetle into storage....

Had to replace my lights as the old rubber ones broke from old age.

I cleaned MO!

I swore proffusely at mine today, stalled in traffic, freaking hot starting problem a pain in the proverbial ass. Thanks to two really drunk mechanics that stopped and helped us out.

Nice meeting you sean! You have a sweet beetle and seatcover!

Blitzkrieg wrote:Nice meeting you sean! You have a sweet beetle and seatcover!

Were you the drunk mechanic??

Started some light interior cosmetic work, see my thread:

http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 5&start=60

(were you the drunk mechanic) he he no dropped in at blitz for a couple of bits and on the way home in boksburg my bug decided it wanted to chill and watch the aeroplanes. Nice meeting u too man got two nice toys there in the garage .

Gave her a lekker exterior wash b4 putting her into garage.
Noted that rims have size punched on them, 4J X 15. I know this has been adrsd, but not sure where 2 find thread, however, what is the ideal size & max SAFE size tyre 1 c an smack on this rim.
I also have set of widend Ghia rims, how do l work out which tyre width to smack?

Finally finished the front door panels for Christn. Now moving on to the rear.

Started her up again, drove round the yard.
Took a little video of how easy the engine starts and posted it.
Took some more pics of the headliner to plan the restore.

Removed all the spiral plastic wrap from the wiring under the rear seat... Started modifying a late beetle steering column tube, have to cut off the bracket that mounts the tube to the dash and weld on a different position so that it's compatible to the type 3 dash...

Removed, repaired and replced my buggy's fuse box. Washed and polished the'66.

On Sunday 5th I replaced both tappet cover gaskets.
Replaced sparkplugs, condensor, points, oil.
Modified the the oil breather pipe, it was a bit kinked.
Replaced the brake light switch on the master cylinder.
Washed the engine with a degreaser.

wanted wash and wax the bug, but still had to mow the lawn....my dog had dissapeared into that jungle and had to find him. so...next weekend then.

Spent the last half hour sitting in the dark and cold, figuring why my bug cut out 4 times in peak hour traffic, whilst detailing the carb discovered that the choke spring wasnt connected, suspect it courtesy of a a certain carb rebuilding company when i had it overhauled. So opened it up reattached it positioned it to the choke marks. Maybe this will put pay to my hot starting problems.