At least it made VW owners check the air pressure in their spares!

The adapter will get the wheel mounted.The turn signal cancellation mechanism should be stock VW stuff. You’ll just reuse what you already have. And of that doesn’t work, I did say “should.” 😉

Great day!

I’m going to a car show tomorrow also on lake erie, Evengola state park.  Park has a beach, its a very popular place for beach babes .Not much car watching here. 

Awesome time, man! Good on ya.

couple-three days a week. I went out a bit on Tuesday. Will probably go again tomorrow.Not really a work-appropriate car & I have a lot of work these days . . . .

Excellent. Keep us posted of your progress, Allen.

Every day that it doesn’t rain and none is in the  forcast.  

Greg ,

 

I finally got the trailing arms completely cleaned and painted. Tomorrow I’ll install the ball joints and then clean and paint the front beam and move on to the brake drums and brakes. Photos can be found here:

Hey john barry, that would be an interesting thread. A chart that you go to once a month to fill in number miles we drive at the end of the year we woud know total miles our replicas drove and what the cost of gasoline to drive them was.Since i,m bacially cumputer dumb.I would be a poor person to do this.Maybe our leader would know how to do th…[Read more]

ok – I have about 19000 on mine..

about 18 thousand

Hey  Greg -How many miles are on your LR?

Bill, Exactly correct!  The axle spindle is hollow and the speedo cable runs through it and through a 3/16 square hole in the end of the grease/dust cap.  I think that this was standard on VW’s for many many years.  A bit non-conventional if not odd.  Did you know that the windshield washer fluid for many years was propelled by air from the spa…[Read more]

Sorry, but not having a VW based machine, I’ve been confused over the last bit here

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I love an easy fix.

one nut each side top under wheel well very loose pulled up on fender tightened. Something that was a little strange driverside bolt went from front to back .Drivers side back to front .  Someone must had a problem before            

You’re talking the front fenders correct? How many of the bolts were loose?

Seriously Ed, It grew in diameter when I did it.  The exact opposite from what I wanted.  I wish I had saved the cap that I “whacked the crap out of”.