Aircooled VW South Africa

Nice job

Very nicely done!

On Monday, I lost the clutch on my Ghia at 17H00. All I could do was wait for the traffic to subside and attempt to drive the 40km's home without any issues. I eventually made it and pulled the pedal cluster to find this.






When I pulled the Ghia into the garage I heard the fan grinding on the housing. This was never heard before and once I'd fixed the clutch I investigated the noise. Now I had noticed a little oil around the enginge number for a while but took no real notice and decided to repair this small leak if ever I need to do the motor over.

Well last night I got the car running and found this.





While putting everything back together, Eksdom, decided to deprive us of power and had to carry on by candle light.





Eventually got everything repaired and running. Now I just need to find a DECENT hose clamp for a leaking axle boot. Damn! they make cheap shite today. The leaking clamp is stripped after only 1 tightening.

Jeez HR, not your lucky day was it? And the power on top of it too!!
Happens in three's apparently, so its all plain sailing from here on, enjoy it

Or did I just jinx it?

hitlers revenge wrote:

Where you in the Diwali mood?

No Tony, BUT.....

The new clutch pedal comes from "The Darkside".

Should I be worried????


Lol @ Hloni

Hey Bru, I'm not from Durban n'all, n'all.

Yikes.... good luck HR

What is the purpose of the brick on the right of the engine?

hitlers revenge wrote:

I put new shocks on my 71 single cab yesterday, now she's much happier on the road.

Fig, To hold up the fan housing while I replaced the broken generator stand.

Got rid of the torn and dust trapping carpets and replaced them with some nice rubber from Builder's Warehouse. We used the templates from Daisy (our other bay), to cut the new rubbers. They fit very well and are much nicer than the carpets in a daily driver.

Pulled the Type 4 motor apart to repair a bad oil leak. This motor must go in the fasty for Roadworthy. And as you see in "wanted', I need a push rod. The tip of one of mine split in 2.

Started putting the wind-up windows into the Fastback, with all the rubbers and things..........

I installed a fanbelt and a dizzy cap. Ya … real hard work

Took a diamond blade to the front of my speedster..........was dreading it for ages.

Notch, now running again after some major issues with crap in the fuel pipes, done oil change, still with it's ass in the air need to replace axle boot, and noticed there is a leak on the rear wheel, seems the seal has gone, or maybe the wheel cylinder, more work