My 181 - Kubel - Trekker - Thing

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Congrats Tom.....

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I hereby nominate Tom for the "Actually completed a project." award of 2010.

Well done! :D
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Hi all,

I have been absent from the aircooled world for a while but never stopped lurking.

It has been replace with Mtb'ing. Now if you thought air cooled was expensive try a MTB. eg Front Tyre cost R590.00 and I lost one after 30KM.

Just a quick update on the Kubel.

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The Kubel has been going well and has covered +- 9500km. Now its time to make it motor a bit more modern.
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You changing to Fuel injection?

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hey hey mr Bishop. its been a while. missed the old sharp witt and humour. :hangloose:

but watch it its been a bit hairy around here :mrgreen: :TIC:
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All i can say is Wow!
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Playing with my Thing Again!

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Motor together again with crank trigger and lambda sensor installed. The next thing to install is the coil pack.

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Checking if the mini fuel tank clears the tunnel and where to install the fuel pump.
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Now they say you simple plug it all in correctly and turn the key. Mmmmmm.......
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Yes you right there plug the 2 main Plugs in to the Computer after you connected all the input parameters to the bare wires at the end of the plugs and whala there you go
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Getting all the wires connected is taking some time.

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Does anybody know where I can get a new female plugs for the TPS. I would prefer to crimp the wires directly to the female plug so that the wires are the correct colour to the end.
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Hey Tom, glad to see you back...
I would try AC/DC or Zak Speed. Further than that, Hamrads in town (if they still exist). Unfortunately I cannot say that they will have, but that would be my sequence of shopping - hopefully they will be able to point you in the right direction...
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The motor side is complete. All that is need is to connect the Fuel lines from the motor to the car. After I have the motor running the wires will be cut to the correct length put into a proper loom with the correct plugs on the end.

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Here is a pic of the Kubel on the front cover of some English Mag.
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8) Looks good Tom :hangloose:
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Hey tommy. Brendan here. Good to c u playing with the thing again.

How u doing ?
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