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'73 Bay wiring matter

Folks Been trying to sort out the wiring hell that was left to me by the PO of our 73 westy. It seems one battery is no...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jw
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by jw

1776cc saga doing good

All, I took the car to be tuned on a rolling road..... just under 80bhp @ 4750rpm at the rollers. So the engine is putt...
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posted by johnskeldon
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Cooling fin damage - can it be glued?

In the process of removing the cylinder heads from my old 1200cc engine I accidently broke off a couple of the cooling...
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posted by dukeofneil
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by dukeofneil

what is this part?

Can someone answer what this part is and what the main function of it is? http://staff.weber.edu/rtaylor/vw_part.htm Tha...
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posted by rob_taylor_
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by rob_taylor_

OT another use for Carbon Fiber

The racing guys like to use the carbon fiber hoods to save weight. Here is another less well known use for Carbon Fiber....
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posted by vw67fweems
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by vw67fweems

New Style Thermostat

For those who may have acquired the new style thermostat from CIP1 and been confused by the section of their instructio...
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posted by peterstevens
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POR-15 saved my original floorpan!

Cronicles of Dave's `73 SuperBug project, issue #4: Can't work on the tranny stuff today. I'm waiting on parts. So I de...
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posted by davygrvy
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by davygrvy

One more thing...actually two

How long do I have after I spray the etch primer before I need to spray something else? In other words, how long can th...
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posted by rlococ
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Next step after blasting and etch primer?

Hi all, The body will be back tomorrow from being sandblasted, and I'm unsure of what to do when it gets back. I figure...
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posted by rlococ
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by rlococ

Fitting a new rear apron

I am trying to fit a new (Brazillian) rear apron on my '63 Bug and it is a real PIA. It aqppears that some judicious cu...
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posted by braukuche
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by braukuche

vintage VW's in Canada

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posted by dlerch
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blowby, oil pressure, leaking, oil pumps...

I have oil spraying on the top of my motor. I think I might have the blowby problem. I also have type 2 melling oil pum...
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posted by rob_taylor_
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by rob_taylor_

How to find out the real cubiksize of my engine

I have bought a 1303 some month ago. The motornumber is a VW exchangepartsign following a D and no numbers. But the eng...
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posted by NOSPAM
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by NOSPAM

Dual Port Carb

I have been in the single port 1600 stock motor group for a long time now, and the urge has come upon me to do a break...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Removevdubbs
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by Removevdubbs