Aircooled VW South Africa

HR, love the pictures of the beetle....I would have bought that from Gumtree from photo's! Well cool and looks in good condition.

hitlers revenge wrote:lol @ Karma, yes they did, but only after it caught fire. Lucky the had the deck lid open and saw it start and could kill it straight away.

I was warning the lighty with the Red Baja about that when we took the Tie fighter donor apart.... glad they learned without injury

Dead Serious, Karma

Can supply pics of burnt air filter

HR- couldnt help but notice the the afrodiziac sticker and the sta soft tube on the back seat. is there a theme the boys are going for

lol @ Farhaad,

HR, SHEESH, so I shall keep spreading THAT warning!!!

Electrics sorted out and working nooice, even fixed the seized wiper motor. cheap but excellent auto electricians FTW!! dropped off at the upholsterer now. aaaawesome, cant wait. black og vw gti mk5 carpet and grey hoodliner. now to choose seat colour and door cards.

Just topped up oil, and adjusted Idle today. She Idles great now, will see how a trip to class goes tomorrow.

Want to wash the poor dirty lady before I go to class tomorrow...

...Deadline week so using the old bug. Leapt in after a 14 hr day yesterday to go home. Ignition on. Push the start button.... nothing! Felt a cold sinking feeling from head to toe. Started the process of elimination with the ignition system to find the fault. Checked the immobilizer, key-switch and all wires to and from: fine. Jacked up the back and took a look at the wiring by the starter: found the little critter! A small red wire had disconnected from the solenoid - how? God alone knows but gave it a crimp and plugged it back on, dropped the car, got everything back in and then convinced the security guard at the office I was not stealing the car. Fired her up and away we went! I cannot complain really as this car has NEVER let me down and fortunately it was in the confines of the under-cover parking area where I work so no "main intersection cut-out" drama. Had to giggle at the poor thing as they like to tease us don't they?

bugspray wrote:Electrics sorted out and working nooice, even fixed the seized wiper motor. cheap but excellent auto electricians FTW!! dropped off at the upholsterer now. aaaawesome, cant wait. black og vw gti mk5 carpet and grey hoodliner. now to choose seat colour and door cards.

What seats did you decide on?

hahaha, the seats are still a matter of contension. hahahaha. havent decided yet. doing everything around them. lol. but bonolo has a pair i maybe interested in.

Met him yesterday and saw his Beetle. Those seats are quite nice, but they are huge!!

Yeah he mailed me pics. They look huge!! what are your views tho? worth it, cos the way I c it, im gonna loose alotta real legroom....

Especially for Karma and Blitz, as promised, some pics of the bay's dash etc.

Dash with VDO rev counter and oil press, temp and volt gauges. I used the holes for the old speaker on the dash to route the wires through. So no new holes were drilled. All this is temporary until Betty get's her make-over. I just don't want to damage the new engine in the meantime. Hazards switch in pieces. New mirrors.

Yesterday I unplugged the battery and closed the garage door.... next time I do any work will be in Feb....

beetlefanatic wrote:Especially for Karma and Blitz, as promised, some pics of the bay's dash etc.

Dash with VDO rev counter and oil press, temp and volt gauges. I used the holes for the old speaker on the dash to route the wires through. So no new holes were drilled. All this is temporary until Betty get's her make-over. I just don't want to damage the new engine in the meantime.

Bay dash vdo rev.jpg

Hazards switch in pieces.

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New mirrors.

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I was expecting to see a Porsche 944 rev counter