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The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:49 am
by Muderick
Can anyone say Ricoffy or washing machine hose?
Lo and behold, it sounds good, and runs like a dream!
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:56 am
by fig
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 10:30 am
by Muderick
Fig, im going with the pantyhose over the carb rim route...!
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 10:43 am
by VW-rules
As for the colour scheme
Left over Noddy Town paint or retro-hippy?
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 12:55 pm
by Chris
Muderick wrote:........ it sounds good, and runs like a dream!
.......and looks k@k!
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:22 pm
by Thumper
LOL
But it works! Its a "boer-maak-n-plan" story this.
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 3:44 pm
by Tom Bishop
A Rat motor.
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 4:29 pm
by fig
They painted the engine lid rubber seal so nicely, I wonder why they didn't paint the coffee can?
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 4:35 pm
by Tom Bishop
When they done the can it was all nice and chrome like.
Now its got the Patina look.
This guy could start a whole new craze.
Nice healty motor that looks like cwap.
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 4:40 pm
by Blitzkrieg
Tom Bishop wrote:When they done the can it was all nice and chrome like.
Now its got the Patina look.
This guy could start a whole new craze.
Nice healty motor that looks like cwap.
Please! Let's not go there
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 5:41 pm
by Muderick
fig wrote:They painted the engine lid rubber seal so nicely, I wonder why they didn't paint the coffee can?
Come on Fig... Paint the coffee can... that surely would make it look silly!
Chrics: LOL!!
indeed!
Blitz: I agree... that is where the Ratty line should be drawn...!!
Took this pic outside of Berg Motors... the guys could not stop laughing when the guy said its there for a service...
ERICCCC! Bring me the # 13 tin opener and a tea spoon!
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:36 pm
by ZeroAxe
Laugh as much as you like, but the ORIGINAL filter like this from VW, can fetch over $500 these days!!!!!!!!!
I will give him a Fiver just for shits-n-giggles
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:38 pm
by TonyE
I hope the coffee was decafe.
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:16 pm
by bugspray
The things acvw owners do. Amazing purely amazing. 10points for ingeniuity tho. Quick jack, what are the exact pros of having that pipe from they oil neck to the "Filter"? i get the oil bath filter is better to filter the air... But whats the purpouse of the pipe?
Re: The funniest thing i've seen in a while...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:44 pm
by fig
bugspray wrote:The things acvw owners do. Amazing purely amazing. 10points for ingeniuity tho. Quick jack, what are the exact pros of having that pipe from they oil neck to the "Filter"? i get the oil bath filter is better to filter the air... But whats the purpouse of the pipe?
It's for the crankcase breather on the oil filler. It ensures the crankcase breathes clean air and that the engine burns the noxious fumes that are emitted from the breather.