Thanks guys. Moneypenny gets a break today as its 90% chance of thunderstorms. Its raining right now. But she’s covered nicely and I’ll get back to her tomorrow after my shift at the Robins AFB Museum of Aviation. I volunteer there Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info desk in the AM and afternoons I scoot over to the next hangar and help restore the B-17…[Read more]

Paul. Thanks for the photos. That should work nicely!  🙂

Gotta change the oil and get her seats in and then take the top and tonneau cover to our local “Over the Top” convertible top specialists. I’m going to let them handle the convertible top install and fit the tonneau cover. Almost there!

Sir Ed…you may call me “Murphy!” Why? Well the shower curtain I purchased was not quite thick enough and sagged due to the heat. It worked perfectly keeping the water out UNTIL…I took it off and poured a third of the water (that had collected in the part that sagged) onto the floor pan. But I know the curtain works and this time I spent a…[Read more]

That’s great news. Glad she’s running even better than before.

Merry Christmas to all. Remember to give your TDr engine a nice cup of warm oil!

Check the carb and distributor types. If you have a mechanical distributor and a Solex 34PICT3 well they don’t work well together. A 34PICT3 likes a dual vacuum advance distributor. Just another thing to check. And if you haven’t done it yet, check the setting of the choke. They are adjustable.

Two good suggestions to check.

Ed. No pressure valve that I’m aware of but I’ll check again tomorrow. There may be one internal to the master cylinder. Let you know tomorrow.

Roy. I’ve removed and installed the reservoir cap numerous times. Each time I’ve noticed the vent in the cap but have never checked it. I’ll check it tomorrow.

Thanks Stephen. So far I have not had any problems with the site. Should it make a difference I’m running an Apple system.

All my hoses are the correct braided hoses and secured as they should be. I may take my new brake master cylinder and mount it with reservoir in the shed, service the reservoir and let it sit in the shed for a month and see if this one leaks. If it leaks I’ll have to head to a salvage yard and get a master cylinder from a 71 beetle. If it doesn’t…[Read more]

The master cylinder I have is the stock VW dual Master Cylinder. It is leaking from the front fitting rubber seal around the base of the seal. This is the second time I’ve replaced the fittings and seals. I’m thinking of installing threaded input fittings on my other new master cylinder. Getting tired of servicing the break system every 4 months.

Already had the shoulders replaced last December. Now have the final release in two weeks. Then we’ll see about turning on my bionics. Steve Austin look out!  😆

Glad you’re up and around again. Having both shoulders replaced, I know what its like not being able to do this things you like the most.

Thanks guys. Guess the tonneau will me on my Santa list.  🙂