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Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:04 pm
by JonnoDub
I done the toe in today and spaced the front wheels due to a scraping sound which turned out to be the tie rod scraping against the edge of the rim.
Took some more pics of my garage queen.........


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Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:49 pm
by Terry Phillips
Keep the pictures coming, good job and its looking great.

Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:19 pm
by JonnoDub
thanx Terry

So no more scraping issues with the small wheels , may need to get longer wheel studs due to the 6mm spacers inserted just for peace of mind.
Rear shoes have been adjusted , handbrake works. To tell you the truth the brakes dont feel much better than what they were previously with the old drum system. I have bled the brakes twice already and the pedal is hard.
My turning circle is also wider,,,,

I wrapped the exhaust today

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Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:57 pm
by Buged
Is the type 4 in? Sorry I'm asking now only but for some reason I cannot view all the pictures as it only presents a tiny icon saying image...
And if so, did you go the upright conversion or do a straight swap with bodywork effort?

Re: My Project beetle - wish me luck !

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:20 am
by JonnoDub
Im running a single port beetle engine at the moment, ended up sticking that 1700 type 4 into a kombi.

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