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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #600 on: September 15, 2010, 01:12:16 pm »
Drained a quart of motor oil... Added a quart of Marvel's Mystery Oil and the tap went away in about 2 minutes...
Quiet as a church mouse
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #601 on: September 15, 2010, 01:57:31 pm »
Excellent, See Us Old School Guys get it right some times! I hope it stays quiet! You can add Marvel to the gas also if needed for sticky valves. Good luck with it Shawn!
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #602 on: September 15, 2010, 06:29:56 pm »
Got paint for my bus today/
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #603 on: September 15, 2010, 07:15:12 pm »
What color? Tan or green?
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #604 on: September 15, 2010, 07:19:48 pm »
Stripped the dash of my '56. Really looks ugly now! Trying to get ready for paint! Hopefully this will be Herbie's older brother next year for the nice weather!
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #605 on: September 15, 2010, 08:12:17 pm »
Tan, I hope
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #606 on: September 15, 2010, 08:19:13 pm »
Getting ready for GRM.  Since its a magazine event we've been trying to add a little visual appeal.  No time for a proper job right now just something to "pretty" it up but still maintain the the scars and marks that show her story from this year.


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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #607 on: September 15, 2010, 10:42:27 pm »
The Syncro had a "whistle" (all the time) & some horrible noises at 3000 RPM. We feared that the valvetrain was the source of the noise. I did the "screwdriver-on-the-ear" trick and discovered that the alternator was actually responsible.

Jay & I replaced the alternator. The whistle is gone... The noises are gone.... She is so quiet it's un-nerving!

I am taking it to work tomorrow... We'll see how she does
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #608 on: September 23, 2010, 08:11:18 pm »
Ordered dropped spindles for the Rat today Of course now I have to save my nickles & dimes for new front tires
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #609 on: September 23, 2010, 10:31:46 pm »
Replaced the broken (and obscenely expensive) Stabilizer Link with a custom Van-A-Ru creation.
Jay took the old link,
TIG'ed a new threaded section on,
Machined the shoulder back in,
and then he climbed (litterally) the shelves of Pep Boys,
until he found a strut mount kit that contained EXACTLY
the right bushings & washers needed to do the job!

cannot thank him enough
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #610 on: September 24, 2010, 01:05:07 pm »


  Was it good an' broke when ya got it?  or........



         
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #611 on: September 24, 2010, 02:56:15 pm »
Quote from: Baha (Shawn) on September 23, 2010, 10:31:46 pm
Replaced the broken (and obscenely expensive) Stabilizer Link with a custom Van-A-Ru creation.
Jay took the old link,
TIG'ed a new threaded section on,
Machined the shoulder back in,
and then he climbed (litterally) the shelves of Pep Boys,
until he found a strut mount kit that contained EXACTLY
the right bushings & washers needed to do the job!

cannot thank him enough

What a guy! He did it in true Hot Rod tradition.
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #612 on: September 24, 2010, 06:44:04 pm »
Took my bug for a little cruise with Bugaru today, 6hrs and 100+ miles latter got home.

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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #613 on: September 25, 2010, 09:50:26 pm »
repainted the back of the bus again today also redid a few other rust spots and repainted, now its all one color again.
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Re: What did you do to your VW today?
« Reply #614 on: September 25, 2010, 10:51:50 pm »
Removed the Syncro's middle seats and installed a nice Berber. Got the curtains done. Install 'em tomorrow
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