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charlie replied to the topic Phase II in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 7 months ago
Next week is the last 4 days of school and Im ready.
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charlie replied to the topic Fuel and Oil ?? in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 7 months ago
Thats what I was wondering. I use the green sta-bill with the ethanol treatment in my boat. Ill start putting it in my toy. Ill talk to some of the race car guys around here about were to get the oil. Thanks
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charlie replied to the topic valves adjusted in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 7 months ago
Man Im glad I read this. I was going to use Royal Purple on my next oil change.
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charlie replied to the topic Greetings from an MP Lafer owner in the forum MP Lafer 13 years, 8 months ago
As I should have done befor asking . I just did a search on them and found the answer to my question.
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charlie replied to the topic Greetings from an MP Lafer owner in the forum MP Lafer 13 years, 8 months ago
That is a GOOD LOOKING car. What is the main diffrence in the MP Lafer and other td kit cars? What I mean is, is it just a diffrent brand of kit or is a diffrent car?
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charlie replied to the topic steering damper in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 8 months ago
Ok Wolfburg, Air Cooled, JCW and most others all have the same part no. so I guessing that they are made in the same place and form what I can tell that would be IAP. I have also found Moog, Gabriel and Boge. But I haven been able to find were any of them are made. What I took off is a Boge but I dont know if that is what came on the car new.…[Read more]
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charlie replied to the topic Phase II in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 8 months ago
My fat fingers ment steering stabilizer.
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charlie replied to the topic Phase II in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 8 months ago
Well except for a stearing stablizer that should be here this week Phase II is finished. We ended up doing much more than planed but Im sure all of you know how that goes. Any way the car is ready for school. I can’t say a big enough THANK YOU to every one on here who gave me so much help. Ill post some new pictures as soon as I get it all…[Read more]
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charlie replied to the topic More build progress in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 8 months ago
Buzz I got the pictures today. Those are great Thank you.
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charlie replied to the topic speedometer cable in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 8 months ago
The cable came in yesterday and I got it instaled. It works great. Now I dont have to use my hand held GPS to tell how fast Im going.
Also from info on one of the other post I did some more work on my gas gauge. It now works. So now I not only know how fast Im going I also know how much gas I have to go with. Im really feeling up town.
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charlie replied to the topic Hi from London Roadster newbie in the forum General Discussion 13 years, 8 months ago
Hi Karen
Nice looking car. Im sure glad you ask about the mirrors as Im needing new ones. I had not thought about the stone guards but that sounds good also.
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charlie replied to the topic speedometer cable in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 8 months ago
Thank you for the info. The cable for the older bus [ part no. ending in F ] seems to be tne one that matches what I need . It was shipped Monday so I should have it installed by the end of the week.
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charlie replied to the topic speedometer cable in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 9 months ago
I fogot to say that my car is a 1966 and that the speedometer is driven by the left front dust cap.
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charlie replied to the topic Phase II in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 9 months ago
Im just getting the ball joints.To tell the truth I dont know what brand they are. I just know that the parts store here could order them today and have them for me tommrow. I sure hope they work. If not I will have to order some and that will take a week or more to get.
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charlie replied to the topic Phase II in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 9 months ago
Ed it really turned out not being such a bad job, but there were 2 of us working on it. And the friend that is helping me is really good at doing this kind of stuff. Also the shafts just slid out by hand. I think we got lucky. When we put it togather the second time to get more lift we had to use the jack and chain. Which really worked well.
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charlie replied to the topic Phase II in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 9 months ago
The new bushings for the bars came Wed. and we got the back end all put back togather. The problem was that when we got the car back on the ground we found that we hadent raised it far enough. So today we took it back apart and readjusted the bars. When we got it back on the ground this time it looked good but we decided that we should lower the…[Read more]
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charlie replied to the topic More build progress in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 9 months ago
Buzz Im getting ready to make a spare tire carrier somthing like you have on your BCW and have a couple of questions. Does your carrier swing all the way to thr ground? Is that a plunger of some sort on the bottom to keep it from bouncing around? Thanks
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charlie replied to the topic Back bumper in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 9 months ago
Got the bumper on today. Those plans make a much better mount than the ones that came with my car. Thanks
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charlie replied to the topic Pictures 2 in the forum TD Replicas 13 years, 9 months ago
My hair is one of the few things that it didnt bother me to lose.
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charlie replied to the topic Back bumper in the forum VW Based Kits 13 years, 9 months ago
Got it Thank You
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