What did you do on your car today?

Give details and pictures of your ACVW projects here.
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What did you do on your car today?

Post by 1972 »

Due to the fact that not everyone feels they have to open a thread about their builds (no offence to those who dont want to post up their builds) and maybe we can keep dirk from dying of bordom while his car gets some attention at the paint shop........ go ahead and feel free to post what you did on your car today? :mrgreen:


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Well, I had to clean and resurrect another dead spark plug...

It's quite annoying, since the spark-plug fouling from by Beetle's Cylinder #3, has spread to the other cylinders too :(
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Put a new(old working) presure switch on my beetle, also took out the brake master cylinder from the ghia, 19mm where do u get a kit for these, shops here do not have the correct stuff? :(
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Well my bugg decided i no longer needed access to the spare tyre and tyre weld by permanently locking the bonnet. So got in there today with some persuasion got it open , adjusted the cable latch and greased her up nicely, workin like a dream now, while i was dirty topped up the oil and gave the airfilter a good scrub.
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looks like qite a few of you guys have alot of behind the scenes to your ACVW's to keep them 100% keep it up love hearing bout what you guys get up to with your Acvw's :hangloose:
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1972 wrote:........ go ahead and feel free to post what you did on your car today? :mrgreen:
I dreamt about mine... :wink:

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mmmmmmmmm pine is that you standing next to it :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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I walked passed mine and got into the Renault and off to work...... Yep, tough love here mate!!
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Got my bus back after 2.5 months at the mechanic!
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ChrisG wrote:Got my bus back after 2.5 months at the mechanic!
About time! :hangloose:
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Took the screen and bonnet off my buggy to start on the replcement of the fusebox
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I think this is going to push me into all those little jobs that need doing. Try and post something done every week.
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I thought about mine
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Put Rui's disc brake conversion on. put new sound proofing behind the rear seat. put new carpet over the sound proofing. got a crack in my windscreen this morning that i need to get fixed today. but ya, this is since friday. should have been taking the engine out of the other car but thought stuff it, the bug comes first...
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What sound proofing did you use james??
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