What did you do on your car today?

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Tony Z
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Re: What did you do on your car today?

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wrong thread????
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73type2
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Re: What did you do on your car today?

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This weekend I tackled an issue on my Beetle, which has been bugging me for some time. Excuse the pun! Some months ago I replaced the original fuel pump with a new one, which I thought would be a good idea, as the old one has probably been on the car since 1971. I ran it for a while, always feeling that the car was not entirely happy with the new pump. On Saturday I plumbed in a pressure gauge and measured 5 psi, which I know to be too much for my Solex carb. I then cleaned up the original Pierburg pump, installed it, and measured 3.2 psi, which is closer to spec, and the car seems quite happy with it.

New pump:

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brianj
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Rewired my early bay indicator switch... Nice to have indicators again! This is the before....Image
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Re: What did you do on your car today?

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I cleaned up my flat faced rear drums .

Funny thing i dont even have a car
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