Stephen,

How to describe sound with words… how about enhanced VW? Slightly louder than a stock VW, but a much nicer sound. Certainly not overbearing. Not sure it factors into your equation, but more info better than less … this was on a 1776 VW engine.

Top down, just a nice burble from the rear. Top up, seems the roof acts like a megaphone,…[Read more]

Thanks for your reply. It forced me to look elsewhere for the source of the squeaking. I discovered that the wheel bearings were the problem. They needed to be tightened. Quiet now.

Put date on calendar, hopefully I will be able to make it this year.

Al Greig

Have you thought about getting a hard start relay? They are really easy to install and they are like 15 bucks.

I have the Muir book, and I found a procedure to adjust my carb on Rob and Daves site.  It runs ok once it gets warmed up, but the cold start is miserable.  I tried adjusting the choke but it still doesn’t like it when it’s cold.  I’ll just keep fiddling with it.

I am selling a kit car

Are you still looking. I’m about to list my MGTD VW based replica on Barnfind.

Best Tom Birchmire   tbirchmire@usa.net

I took it to a repair shop this morning about two hours away south off Boston. The guy who is suppose to work on it just left for vacation and will be gone all next week. There was another guy there and I asked him if they had a special tool to remove the bezel without destroying the bezel. He didn’t know but said that the guy would never d…[Read more]

Use a very small screwdriver to pry the bezel edge out. Go slow and shallow. After you get about 2/3 around you’ll be able to take it off. Do it carefully; there’s a gasket in there and the face may be glass.

We’ll I was able to get the speedometer out of the dash. The next thing is getting the bezel off without destroying it. I’m sure they crimp the outer edge after it’s all assembled. I sent Bill an Email looking for advice. Any ideas here?

Leo
Have a read through this online forum
http://www.vw-resource.com/index.html

Also may want to consider buying the John Muir book How to keep your Volkswagen Alive and for more detailed explanations buy the Bentley Volkswagen Official Service Manual for the year of you VW donor

It’s a 30 PICT – 2,  The guy I bought the car from changed the accelerator pump diaphragm, and the float and needle to get it running.  I squirted card cleaner in the idle mix port and the idle cut off.  But I’ll probably do a more complete rebuild  after driving season.

There is no wire running up the steering column, and as it was extended I’m…[Read more]

I may be able to help with your VW carb. What Carb are you running?

For your horn:

Does it work aleady?

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Howdy!

Thanks for the suggestion, will look into it.

-S