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John Reid is in Santiago

Remember the post 'Bad valves in southamerica' ? Well, I met John Reid himself and his girlfriend today in a friends ga...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by e-arroba-nn-punto-cl
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by e-arroba-nn-punto-cl

Internet car purchasing scam on Samba.com

First and foremost, I put thesamba.com in the subject line to try to catch anyones eye that may have listed a car there...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by cdagnolo
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by cdagnolo

brake job on a Thing

I will do my a front brake job on a 73 thing this weekend. I am a banker by trade but I have (successfully) done brake...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by rdavis1957
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by rdavis1957

New voltage regulator clicking

A few months ago the red light was coming on, especially at higher revs. I got the dynamo checked, that was ok, so I re...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nnnnn
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by nnnnn

Distributor Questions

Having recently purchased a new Kadron throttle body cum vacume advance port (from Aircooled.net, FSK0053), I am lookin...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by max_welton_2k
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by max_welton_2k

how is btlmex?

How are they to work with, or should say were to work with?
10 comments posted 22yrs
posted by sanddollar3
10 comments posted 22yrs posted by sanddollar3

request help

HI I just got a 68 vw bug and its a new project from end to end. Im at the stage of getting my stuff together and findi...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by xlandorx
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by xlandorx

Well and truely up the creek?

Tales of the Wonderbus. Summary so far: alternator belt broke while driving, engine overheated. #4 cylinder will not ho...
32 comments posted 22yrs
posted by j.michael.elliottAT
32 comments posted 22yrs posted by j.michael.elliottAT

OT - Weather in the Dominicans

Hello! ------ The news here show quite _bad_ weather in the Dominicans. I hope Karls, his axle nuts and his ACVW are all...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by olammi
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by olammi

is engine getting too warm ?

Done just under 300mile running engine in , Twin Dellorto 40's sound awsome ! Been noticing about someone with engine g...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by johnskeldon
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by johnskeldon

Go / No-go?

On the saga of the overheated engine that I am pulling out of the Wonderbus today. Summary: alternator belt broke, engi...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by j.michael.elliottAT
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by j.michael.elliottAT

dim alternator light

On my 74 super, I noticed that when I apply the brake, the alternator light is coming on very dimly. I wouldn't have no...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by strick242nospam
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by strick242nospam

Higher Amp Altenator

i need a larger alt. im running a high power stereo system in my SB and need to do a two battery set up with an ALT tha...
8 comments posted 22yrs
posted by irnman2646
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by irnman2646

BTLMEX going out of business

I got this e-mail today from them. We are very sad to inform you that due to low demand on Genuine VW parts, we will br...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by bboyle
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by bboyle