vwfye wrote: ↑

16th April 2023 - 7:34am

Entire rear of the car is blown apart...

Whats happened!?

Im not a fan of these electric conversions. Nice car none the less.

I will be there, I wil lcoem and say hello.

It now looks like I might be there, but I wont be in the fasty!

I love a happy ending! Glad we could help

All our exhausts go rusty, if it hasnt got holes in it. Best bet is to have it media blasted and then apply liberal coats of rustoelum stove paint. Its what ive used and it will last 2 to 3 years.

I still have a peice of flexi pipe, with a fuel filter in it. https://dsm01pap007files.storage.live.com/y4mXEIxppbFqy02-hgKm9exFq8fFnEH7P9s-Rs-Wc1XtRCfrucV7Iq36dNAcVidGS0cX1rWeQMvQJiVXKBkbe-yF4dkGxckXFpXsQzcHZk-WEx6SQt5qOFjKpJn6-mozUcCd1CspoDTCp0IaSKTzVwn8foG55OQTCOW0eVnJL_BoGoWqc_hwNZ56H-0BgSibV44?...

I am unfortunately working, so im out.

purplepeter wrote: ↑

22nd March 2023 - 10:47am

I've just looked & your exhaust is non standard.. the real thing would look something like this http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/type3/T3pbo/T3pb2-08.htm attched to this http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/type3/T3pbo/T3pb2-12.htm

Well spotted, I forgot about the photos. Looks like an single quiet pack.

Yeah, just me using slang. I always use 20/50. It been over 10 years and its never caused any issues. All the standard exhausts exit on the left hand side when you are looking from the back of the car. There is even a notch in the body wory for the tail pipe. If yours is on the right, I would guess ...

Youre right, thats the crankcase releif valve, the breath pipe should be connected to it, and as long as that connected to one of the airfilters, it should be hooving out the case. If its not working, it could be that a piston ring is leaking and pressurising the case. I assume you have the standard...

While it hasn't been confirmed yet. I looks like I'll be working, so if you can sell my space. Go for it. I don't want to be a last minute no show.

If I can make it last minute we can work something out.

AH ok, I was looking at the parts manual, they looks physically different to me. But I never worked on an auto, so I dont know for sure.

As far as I know Auto and Manual starters are different across the aircooled VW range of vehicles.

Where in the UK are you? if you are localish, then I dont mind popping round

Make sure the fuel hose you got has some ethanol resistance. Install a fuel filter in the line which runs along side the gearbox and change is annually. If you can get the oil cooler ultra sonically cleaned, it will be worth every penny. Change as many engine seals as you can, I would do a block spl...

Peter is right, and one thing I would add, is flush the brake system and then bleed with dot 5. Its something I have been doing on a lot of classics in my care. It is very expensive but it will prevent all the issues we get with winter lay up and rusty sticky brakes. And here is the ethanol proof fu...

It sounds like youve already begun. If the interior is ok, the best thing you can do is take it out and store it somewhere warm and dry while you do the work. Then theres no risk of paint/grease/weling fire. Do things in the order you see fit, some things are obviously like you have to take the engi...

Smart car that, what bits and bobs do you need to do? and what do you want to do?

Thanks everyone out there that has taken time to look at my projects over the years. It looks like most everyone except the bots have moved on. I miss people in the forums and being able to actually for wht they are doing, but I guess other types of social media have won out :( Bye all Im still her...

Nice to be reminded of warmer times and clean cars! Thats looking very well. I need to get the highbacks sorted for mine.

Itll be a quirk of the phone you used.