Okay. After pulling the spare tire mount and closing the engine cover, it still catches. Performed a good inspection with the engine cover still hung up and found the top right of the inside of the engine cover is catching on the top right of the rear face of the fan shroud. I will have to grind down a little on the engine cover. I’ll take some…[Read more]

I believe the top bolts that hold the spare tire support are hanging on the rear face of the fan shroud. I will take the spare tire support off tomorrow and see how that works. In the library tab, if you go to the VW/CMC manual, page 39 covers the spare tire mount installation. It calls for seven 5/16 x 1-1/4 inch bolts. I believe these 1-1/4…[Read more]

Sam. I believe the turn signals don’t get power until the ignition switch is on. In VWs, the wire colors run as follows: red is power “all the time”, black is power with ignition switch on and brown is ground.

It may be the voltage regulator had a wire come loose. Check all connections for security. After that…I’m at a loss.

My .02 cents worth.

Cool beans. Y’all are amazing!

Glad it all worked out for you Dave.  🙂

Amen to that!  😛

Hard to eat crow but I’m eating it. Problem getting the dizzy shaft out was the tool. It wasn’t sitting in the top of the shaft enough. Took a break and tried again and out it came. Got her all back together and there was no Wveem. That’s because of the TD style muffler. Sounds nice. I’ll give her a good break-in run tomorrow. Sorry about my…[Read more]

Hard to eat crow but I’m eating it. Problem getting the dizzy shaft out was the tool. It wasn’t sitting in the top of the shaft enough. Took a break and tried again and out it came. Got her al back together and there was no Wveem. That’s because of the TD style muffler. Sounds nice. I’ll give her a god breaking run tomorrow. Sorry about my…[Read more]

Well I’ve been at it for 2 hours and so far I have gotten the distributer shaft up out of the hole 1/8 inch. Need it up 1/2 inch minimum to turn the shaft. Better if I can get it out all the way and inspect it. If I have to pull the engine to fix it……I’M DONE. The whole kit and caboodle gone. This Fiberfab has been messing with me since Ive…[Read more]

Yesterday afternoon I got the final release from the doc on my shoulder replacement with the only restriction not to bench press “more than 100 pounds.” He’s a funny guy! So back to Moneypenny full time now. Pulled the fuel pump and mount yesterday when I got home from the doc. The plan is to use my distributor shaft puller and while rotating the…[Read more]

Even better. Here’s what the manual shows. My offset is in the opposite direction. But I have another manual that says the way I have it is correct.

Thanks Ed. I’ll take a pic when I come back from my doc visit and post it. I’pretty sure I’m off 180 degrees off on the distributor shaft.

Dave. Good hearing from you again. Some of our seasoned club veterans may have done that very thing and can expound on it. I have heard of some guys in the VW forums threading a bolt into the starter bushing and pulling the bushing out that way. I’ve never tried it though. I’ll check my John Muir book and see if he mentions any tricks. There’s…[Read more]

Hmm…now I’m wondering what size tires will fit. More research is in order. Thanks for your help Bill.

Thanks Bill. I guess what I was wondering is will say…a 165R15 tire fit on a 15 x 5.5 and a 15 x 4? As far as I can series it will. Just want to be certain before I go purchasing 5 new tires.