My '70 Lowlight SC

Give details and pictures of your ACVW projects here.
Post Reply
Chris
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 11732
Joined: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:02 pm
What model do you have?: Beach Buggy
Location: Port Elizabeth
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Chris »

Yesterday I had 2 customers to go see.When I left the first customer,I felt that the clutch pedal was not like before,but soon forgot about it.

I went to the second customer and as I turned in by their gate,the clutch cable snapped,or so I thought. :cry:

Got underneath the Bus and saw that the cable was still fine.My luck,it was the clutch fork that broke.Drove it home all the way in 2nd and 3rd while praying for lights to turn green so that I don't have to stop.

So now the engine has to come out again and I found another fork for it this morning but it doesn't help much with the rain pouring down in PE.
Damn,I'm good!
Beach Buggy (Running and now Aircooled!)
VW TDi DC
Jetta V TDi
Top
Blitzkrieg
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 10784
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:41 am
What model do you have?: none
Location: Johannesburg
Has thanked: 91 times
Been thanked: 44 times

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Blitzkrieg »

Image
If it's too low, you're too old :twisted:
Top
Bad Ass Bob
Carburettor
Posts: 1924
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:27 pm
What model do you have?: ZILTCH
Facebook: www.facebook.com/brandon.gilson
Location: Port Elizabeth

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Bad Ass Bob »

Blitzkrieg wrote:Image


I dont smoke , so what do i do to help ?????
Bad Ass ???
Image
Top
User avatar
beetlefanatic
Donor
Donor
Posts: 3014
Joined: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:59 am
What model do you have?: Late Bay, Syncro x 2
Location: Pretoria
Has thanked: 8 times
Been thanked: 12 times

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by beetlefanatic »

AT BLITZ! :shoot: :shoot:

Don't burn it, sell it to me! :mrgreen:
The only substitute for cubic inches are more cubic inches.
Top
Chris
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 11732
Joined: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:02 pm
What model do you have?: Beach Buggy
Location: Port Elizabeth
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Chris »

At this stage of the game I'm willing to swop it for a VW Caddy.

I have to work and can't afford it standing.
Damn,I'm good!
Beach Buggy (Running and now Aircooled!)
VW TDi DC
Jetta V TDi
Top
User avatar
Hloni
Exhaust Pipe
Posts: 1538
Joined: Tue May 27, 2008 4:30 pm
What model do you have?: It was a '75.
Location: Sharonlea, Randburg
Has thanked: 14 times
Been thanked: 11 times

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Hloni »

Eish broer, eish...
"Volkswagen customers want a relationship with their cars. Names like The Thing, Beetle, Fox, and Rabbit support this" - Kerri Martin
3011
Top
User avatar
Tom Bishop
Single Port
Posts: 1205
Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:04 pm
What model do you have?: A Yellow 181
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1321084423
Location: Cape Town
Been thanked: 5 times

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Tom Bishop »

This must have been a Green Car in its past.
”Experience is what you get when you do not get what you want”
Top
Chris
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 11732
Joined: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:02 pm
What model do you have?: Beach Buggy
Location: Port Elizabeth
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Chris »

Tom Bishop wrote:This must have been a Green Car in its past.
Explain :wink:


I'm glad to report that we took the engine out,found that the fork wasn't the culprit but the thrust bearing that collapsed.

We got another one but the one problem we had was that the holes for the clips that hold the t/bearing to the fork were too shallow and it had to be drilled deeper.

Also found the oil leak and changed the pushrod guide tubes.Everything is back together and running again! :hangloose:

While the engine was out,I took a pic of the oil cooling tin that I sealed with duct tape.I works realy well.
Image
Damn,I'm good!
Beach Buggy (Running and now Aircooled!)
VW TDi DC
Jetta V TDi
Top
Chris
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 11732
Joined: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:02 pm
What model do you have?: Beach Buggy
Location: Port Elizabeth
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Chris »

The collapsed thrust bearing

Image
Damn,I'm good!
Beach Buggy (Running and now Aircooled!)
VW TDi DC
Jetta V TDi
Top
User avatar
Merlin
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 6124
Joined: Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:46 pm
What model do you have?:  Various
Location: Cape Town, ZA
Has thanked: 20 times
Been thanked: 39 times
Contact:
Contact Merlin

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Merlin »

This post removed, for no good reason. :mrgreen:
Last edited by Merlin on Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:52 am, edited 1 time in total.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
Top
Chris
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 11732
Joined: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:02 pm
What model do you have?: Beach Buggy
Location: Port Elizabeth
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Chris »

:D

I'm not taking any more chances with this engine.
Damn,I'm good!
Beach Buggy (Running and now Aircooled!)
VW TDi DC
Jetta V TDi
Top
User avatar
dubster
Valve
Posts: 1145
Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:30 pm
What model do you have?: buggy and '74 beetle
Location: Amanzimtoti
Been thanked: 3 times

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by dubster »

hey chris just read through the thread...ill go get a 5l petrol for those matches....lol...the buggy is doing the same with me...just fix the one thing then other thing goes...ei sometimes i wonder why i love these cars so much?but yeah if it does start up again (triple touchwood) id put the toyota in,like you said its your bread and butter,no one can deny that toyota's are relaible....
1974 1300tp type 1

kart kraft 1717cc buggy

''BLOOD AND TEARS WILL FLOW FOR ACVW'S,FOR LIFE''
Top
Dawie
Fuel Injection
Posts: 2115
Joined: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:25 pm
What model do you have?: Aircooled, various
Location: Kaapstadt
Has thanked: 45 times
Been thanked: 208 times
South Africa

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Dawie »

Glad to see it's running again.

Did you find out why the Toyota that was in there packed up? Airlock in cooling system or something?
Staying Aircooled is so much nicer.
Do'nt assume anything- (While doing fault-finding).
Top
Chris
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 11732
Joined: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:02 pm
What model do you have?: Beach Buggy
Location: Port Elizabeth
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Chris »

Dawie,the oil rings on the number 2 piston gave up the ghost.It actually still looks very good inside appart from that.

It seems like I just had some rotten luck and the extra weight of the Bus contributed to it giving up.
Damn,I'm good!
Beach Buggy (Running and now Aircooled!)
VW TDi DC
Jetta V TDi
Top
Dawie
Fuel Injection
Posts: 2115
Joined: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:25 pm
What model do you have?: Aircooled, various
Location: Kaapstadt
Has thanked: 45 times
Been thanked: 208 times
South Africa

Re: My Lowlight SC

Post by Dawie »

Like the Darkside?

Maybe you can still fix it up to put back in the buggy.
Staying Aircooled is so much nicer.
Do'nt assume anything- (While doing fault-finding).
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Projects”