Ed

I will take a look in my VW coffee can- I might – which side do you need?

Turning right to tighten or turning left to tighten?

Or not enough!

Hey does anyone have one of these bearing adjuster pinch bolts you could mail me? I’d buy two new nuts but the shipping from Cip1 will kill me and I don’t have a long enough shopping list to get to free shipping….

Ed, you’re thinking too much.   (I think 😐 )

Went to put on the front wheels tonight to get Bridget back to rolling status. Whoops.

Ratza-fratza…

Here’s an interesting observation I hope Roy (he of the vast wire wheel experience) will clear up:

The left (driver’s) side wire wheel hub spins on clockwise (i.e. normal threads). But the bearing keepers on that side spin on counter-clockwise. Hmmm.

Went to put on the front wheels tonight to get Bridget back to rolling status. Whoops.

Ratza-fratza…

Here’s an interesting observation I hope Roy (he of the vast wire wheel experience) will clear up:

The left (driver’s) side wire wheel hub spins on clockwise (i.e. normal threads). But the bearing keepers on that side spin on counter-clockwise. Hmmm.

Sounds great Sam. Hope it was just the old style charger and the starting problems are behind you.

Allen, I think so, but honestly I don’t remember for sure. I went to get the car today from my son’s house and it started just fine and no problems on the drive home.

Kall, I’m glad I didn’t pitch the “old” charger. I think that would have been a mistake and added to my list of many that have been made over the years.

Sam

One thought about battery chargers.  The ” smart” chargers now on the market are a lot more complex than those of only a few years ago.  Those that sense battery condition may refuse to charge a battery that is outside of the charger’s working window; it acts as if the battery isn’t even there.  Problems like this may require (oh no) reading th…[Read more]

Sam. When you changed the starter did you also change the bushing in the transaxle case? If not it may be the problem. The bushing costs very little. Something in the $3.00 range. Again just another thought of many you will receive.

I’m still at a loss as to what the real problem was/is. I had a starter problem when I first bought the car and had to replace the starter then. The car is still at my son’s house so I haven’t been able to do much with it yet.

Sam

Ed, you are a wizard!

Really looks great Ed. That fender just need a good coat of wax and tada!

If it’s icing you’ll know easy. It does happen! I had it happen in Bridget on a sunny July day, and just going round the corner. Also had the idle shut-off solenoid lose its wire once. Had to have a neighbor help push me the last 100 feet up the hill to my driveway.

Well today we have an unexpected milestone.

Yeah, that is paint on my newly-stretched left front fender. But it’s a little misleading…

It’s kind of a “sacrificial” color coat so I can see how mucked-up my smackem putty job is. They say you never see the flaws until you put a shine to it anyway, so…Duplicolor rattle-can, baby!

But…NOT…[Read more]