Welcome Stephen. I too am a newbie. I am getting so much helpful info here. Everyone very helpful. I like your pic. Unfortunatly I cannot seem to post pic’s of my TD. Evidently I am not very good at computors as well. But I will keep trying.

Thanks. I am attempting to replace my shift bushing today. Since I cannot get to the shift rod at the rear to disconnect it from the tranny and therefore cannot move the rod forward, how do I change it? Also got my new eempi muffler today. i will post how it goes later. You guys have been so much help on everything else I hope you have a fix for…[Read more]

Im so glad you kept the name Moneypenny. Its one of the best car names Ive ever seen. Our cars look like something right out of Qs lab and James would be proud to be behind the wheel.As I am rebuilding Eliza Jane, Im looking to put some hidden Bond gadgets throughout. Ill keep you posted and Im open to ideas.I wont comment on the Southern…[Read more]

StephenWelcome to the club. I joined about a month ago and am so glad I did. The members here are both friendly and a wealth of knowledge I think youll like it here.You have a great looking car and i cant wait to hear that its running and back on the road where it belongs. Have fun!

Welcome, Stephen! You have quite a list there, but it also looks like you have a good foundation to build on. You’ve found the best place on the Web for advice, ideas and encouragement. Best of luck!

Ditto. I’d turn the tach to show 6k at 12 o’clock but hardly ever get there. Shift at 5k unless a virtuous woman’s honor is at stake.

Thanks all for the input! I’ll have to do some research on the caster shims and figure out if I want to try them.

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not really knowing what I was doing was fun but a bit difficult.Me too. Happily there are all sorts here who do, and if you search the forums carefully you’ll agree every piece of info you need is here. But if you can’t find something you’ll be directed to a thread or given fresh info. If you haven’t found it yet another great source of VW…[Read more]

Well the business travel is complete am I’m closer to back to normal. So work on Moneypenny will continue post haste. oh yeah……tis truly good to be back.

Geez — that makes me wonder that the builder was thinking.  Must have been the sand drags…

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oh, I forgot — I also thought I had  “elephant feet” valve adjusters on each valve — as Kentt suggested

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Nine Grand was the estimate. Should have it back in a month.

Me neither. I guess he didn’t make enough $$.

Hah. That sounds smart. But I wonder if the rally guys need to get aftermarket control arms. 🙂

……and speaking of Dyno’s, did anybody see one at Carlisle this year?  There was one 2 yrs ago, but I don’t remember it this year or last.

I’m told that the control arms are designed to snap. This saves the mounting points from pulling and distorting the unibody. Sometimes auto engineers use their heads.billnparts2014-06-04 03:42:32

Kent, you’ve got the right word: pesky.  When we took the carb off the car and rebuilt it, I noticed that the o-rings that go around the idle mixture had hardened and cracked, and crumbled…another victim of ethanol.  The idle jets pull fuel from a small inaccessible chamber that pieces of the rubber had migrated to.  Used air and carb cleaner to…[Read more]

You need to get that pesky left Dell sorted out before spending dyno $$, IMO… 

Tire pressure! I’d completely forgotten about this. 

Yow.