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yesterday was a nice day like today  and i deicde to work on the 61
 i removed the empi 5 and put the original wheels on the car
future plans are to weld the empi5 (not by me) ::)

and today i remove the engine , because i will change the gearbox , i've a big noise  , like gears bearing or the conical couple ( ???)

and after removing the engine , i've to start to clean my carburettors because i had a small fuel leak
 and what a suprise on one carbs i've the screw of the butterfly which was loosened  :o :o  , now that fixed , and on the other carbs another suprise on the butterfly one screw was missing , where is she ??? i don't know may be into the engine now  ::) ::)

 after starting  of disassembling  elements of the gearbox , i removed the camber compensator , the porsches drums , because i will change those one by vw units to fit the torkers wheels
i drained the gearbox

Sweet car dude. I love the stance, the engine, everything.

You should drill your wheels or run painted 356 wheels, would be cool.

thx
for the 356 wheels i've a set of 67 vw wheels   ;)

67 vw ain't 356 porsche ;). ET is different, slots are different, not very cool if you ask me.

See the link below for something cool:

http://52zwitter.blogspot.com/2008/06/wheels.html

If you don't want your Porsche drums anymore, you can give it to me.  :D ;D

Any pics of the Torker wheels you wanna put of the car ? Porsche steelies would be nice too.

cool wheels but torkers will be the next wheels on the car after the OG 5 SPOKES
1st is a photoshop with the wheels and 2nd are my wheels

Looks good fabs 8)
Any other plans for it??

That's cool !  8)
Another question, why will you weld your empis 5 ?

3 wheels with cracks on the spokes  :-\thx kev  , no no other plans, just enjoying the sprintkit  ;D ;D

Beautiful car,like to see it for real with the torkers.Enjoy the work Fab.Grtz. ;)

I see yes. That will look great with grey torkers.

I think it's a safe idea to remove your Empi's. When I saw it last Sunday at Bitburg, I was surprise to see the damages  on it  :o
I can give you the adress where I made weld my Fuchs.  ;)

thx j-f  ;)

Pm sent dude.
 ;)

And adter welding if you don't use them you can give them to me  ;D (with your Porsche drums of course).

 ;D :D

and i suppose for free  ::) ::).............................................. ;D....... ;D...... ;D...... ;D..... ;D...... ;D............ ;D

Well... I can make the effort to pay 50% of the shipping... ;D

today i removed the gearbox of the 61 , next work will be the removing of my other gearbox from my old daily driver and change the axle, my daily was an 74 and long axle

so you still own that 74?

yes it was my first bug and i don't want to sell this one  , i have some plan for this one , but not for this time maybe in several year or i will do some work by my self and after a bodyworker will do the paintjob
 ;)

My first car was an 74 beetle too. It is in thousands parts, and there where many times that I want to sell it. But it is my first car, and I know there will come one day he will shine like he came out of the factory  :) Thumps up Fabs.

cool fabs, i didn't know that. what does it look like these days?

picture tomorrow  ;D

cool. i really like your 74 in all its incarnations ;)

Do you ever put the trans in your car Fabian?

no j-f i don't have the time to work every day on the car normally tomorrow ,will remove the engine of the 74 and maybe try to removing the gearbox i hope  ;)

If you don't want to take the 74 apart i could sell you the trans of the 68, it's in my garage and i don't plan on using it anytime soon...

Hi Roland,

Could you check the serial number on the old trans of your 68. I always wondering if mine is original or not  ;)

died here's some pictures of the 74 ,lot of work there is to make

 :'(
i don't know exactly where my seat came from , but for me they came from an gt bug , special edition in uk ??? is it correct , i love that seat but crappy now

here's the dash  ;)

That's a nice dashboard for a "74" ;) Fab.Are gone re-use the car? 8)

thx peter
and yes but it's not for now may be in a few year    ;) i've te 67 doors and rear decklid just looking for a nice rear apron

wow fabs, where did the rust come from? ???
looking cool

9 years on the road every season all days  ;)

nine years........thats jus fab fabs!! ;) ;D

again, great photos ;)
you look a little different in the first though.

i understand it looks a bit like mine before the respray...

It doesn't seem too bad, a little paint respray, new seats, a nice engine and roll it again ! It's cool that you've find a way to keep your first vw.

no nico it was my first car , and the channel are the origianl one , and now there's some big hole under those one , 4 news fenders , some hole in the nose of the floorpan , rust on the body , as i said it was my first car  ;D
but if i rebuild this one one day , i will do a better body work like the 61 , sandblast etc.....
one day  ;)

fabs thx died
and yes a little bit fat at the time  i was taking cortizone :-\ i had a head like a balloon  ;D ;D

do I spot a chrome rearview mirror?  ???  or I'm a wrong...?

correct dem , but if you look the car there the chrome trim everywhere on the car at the time she was an old school   ;)

Hi Fabs,

No, I like it.  I always hated my black plastic mirror in my 72, I didn’t know there are older looking models that fit.  Did you modify it or is it just bolt on?
Maybe you are selling your “resto mirror” ?  ;D   ;)

i just put as it
the chrome is slightly affected (some little rust)
i will take a picture and post  ;)

okay, super!

i worked on the other car today to remove the gearbox, surprise the silent bloc on the front is 3 bolts and the mechanism of clutch is different, the abutment is driven(guided)
 :-\
she's a little bit dirty

here's the 2 gearbox on the left is the 74 , onthe right the old one 64(?)

I suppose that I am going to have to dismantle the noses from eazch box, and invert them ???
is it correct ???
let me know it my first time i will dismantle a nose trans  ::)

Here is my 2 mechanisms of abutment of clutch
the first one is guided is on the box that I to put on 61
the second is the ancient of the box which i removed
Is it possible to invert 2 mechanisms, not to change a clutch, because I have the crankshaft line which is balanced and I don't know if my clutch was it also ??? Otherwise I have another clutch for guided abutment  Or then I have the other model of clutch with a washer in the middle and on my other engine(on the 74) I had moved this slice do we can??(last pict in red)

and is it possible to invert those parts ??? because it depend the choice of the clutch , and the spring on the 74 gearbox broke  (the one i will put on the 61)
i want some info to have the better result
thx

fabs

Ah yes I also forgot the drain plug below the box, I don't arrive has to open it and it already in the time (in 94) and with which product then I to clean the inside of my gearbox because the oil was rather thick and I shall like restarting with a quite own box  ::) ::) ::)

hi Fabs,
1)you will have to swap the nose of the boxes
2)for the clutch: so you will install the box with guided throwout bearing? and your clutch on the motor is for non guided? I think you can remove the guide and install the older type clutch fork
3) you can exchange the springs and arms with no problems, thats what i did for my new motor as well

hope it helps...

thx ruff
is it the right clutch with the right mechanism

 ::)

 :oive used the second gearbox photo (the 74) with both these clutch's in my beetle  ???

is this ok ???

the first pic is good: you need a pressure plate without the "washer"

today i removed the nose of all gearbox and  inverted them while putting back well the stick of hockey in the good housing, it was not so terrible as I believed  ;D ;D

here're the 2 nozes of each gearboxes and the 2 gearboxes without the noze  ::) ::) ::).............................. ;D ;D ;D

next step go to the sandblaster to clean and remove the grease on the gearbox   ;)

I have industrial detergent and high pressure cleaner that will make some miracle to remove all the dirt on your gearbox.  ;)

If there is too much grease and dirt on, the sandblaster will have some problems because sand will stick in the grease.

j-f i will call you  ;)

Ok,

saturday, j-f & i  , have cleaning my gearbox with very good product to remove the grease  and yesterday the gearbox went to the sandblaster to be sanded and painted  aluminium color
pict follow tomorrow

today i pick up my gearbox at the sandblaster
 

someone can be help me with those number ???
thx
fabs

AB    4.375 (8x35)    Trompettes    3.80/2.06/1.26/0.89    Jusqu'au 08/70   ;)

Fabs, You ARE going to have the gearbox taken apart don't you ? (Because no matter how much maskingtape you put on it, the blasting medium WILL be IN your gearbox).

I was thinking the same thing...

hurry i will remove the nose  to cleaning the inside  and I put 2 wooden slices squeezed(tightened) well against the flask of trumpets before the sanding and the water cleaning with j-f and furthermore I had to move the diffl and to fill the inside with rags and has the first one sight there was no sand  ;)

it's not the first time i do that job  ;D ;D

thx for the words   and thx roland ;)

fabs

Fabs, i'm not underestimating your work (heaven forbid) Just to make sure......

;D ;D....... ;)

Fabs, maybe i sound stupid, but when you have the cover off i would water/chemical clean it again from the inside. It's the grit/sand you DON'T see..... Again, just to make sure. 8)

thx harry

Did you block the small breather hole in the intermediate case, too?

the small hole on the nose  yes

replaced the driveshaft oil seal? btw, i'm with hurry about the sand, it will go everywhere!

Hey Fabs,

Unrelated to your gearbox stuff, can you tell me where you got the speedwell horn push setup from?

thanks,
tom.

i bought the steering wheels like this i just added the stickers speedwell on the hub , this one is in plastic

i bought this one in 97 in a local swap meet (all marks) just for 75€  :o :o :o

today  i work on the gearbox , new mainshaft seal  and put back the plate around the mainshaft

and after put the new the cross shaft and the new throw out bearing
 I had hard to put back the new spring for the arm control lever for the  clutch cable
And in the story a piece of aluminium it is just broken behind the control lever or the spring comes to put itself above ( Red arrow) ::) ::)

i had cleaning the nose , no sand  inside, and no sand inside the gearbox  ;)

guys i need help i don't remember on wich side the diff is mount
does goes by the right or the left of the gearbox ???.................. ::) ::) i forgot  ::) ::) :(

help thx

Depends if you want 4 forwaed gears or 4 reverse gear  ;D ;D ;D

  >:( >:( ...........funny gary................... ::)............4 forward gears  :o

by the left  ::)  is that correct  ::)

yes

thx nico ;)  i was thinking that nobody want to help me here  :'(

monday i will working on  the gearbox again  put the diff inside and the short axle 

Hey buddy there is another cool little trick you can do - you should replace ALL the gearbox case nuts and washers with brand new items (maybe stainless :-\) it just gives the gearbox a really nice detailed finish  :)

yes cool idea lee but i'm hurry to fit the gearbox on the car , and replace the engine , and driving again the car

ah come on dude it will only take an hour  ;) :)

today put the short axle on the  side gear

and testiing the diff inside the gearbox

put the new paper gasket on the nose

Now you understand my nickname ...
Hurry Fabs ! ;) ;) ;) Go, Go, Go !

;D ;D ;D ;D

today i removed the gudgeons (lug nut??) , and put longest one for the berg trans mount

i  put the diff inside the gearbox , add some new paper gasket and close each side

 ;)
everything turn correctly by hand with the tail box(main shaft??)

 ;)

so it is not in the car yet???  ;D

good work. looks like you are cheking up everything. Lee's idea is a good one though. the new nuts would defintely make it all look even better.

just a question, do you use the one piece booths/ rubbers for the axles? i have them and they are the best investment i have done last year. they don't leak a drop.

next step will be calculate the number of paper gasket to put with the tube axles if i remember is 3 or 4 ???

nicolas are you talking about this parts ???

yes i've  those one since 99 if i remember well , i never had a problem with , but very hard to put on the axle tube  ::)

you need to put some in and see if the tube can move down on it's own weight. if not put in a thicker one or add a thin one until it just slips down. since you powdercoated the gearbox it will be different as before. i am not sure if the paint comes lose or not due to the corrosive gearoil, but i would leave the tubes on the tight side. so it moves down, but maybe not all the way, as the paint will scratch and then you'll have more play afterwards.

good thing about the booths. the first one was hell then i got to know how to do it and now they are on in minutes

If your sidecovers dint have any papergaskets because they are sealed with o-rings you shouldnt put in papergaskets. If you do you change the preload of the ring and pinjon for the worse. Try to check the play between the ring and pinjon when you have it together. Not more than 0.20 mm.

thx  ;)

today i put the left tube axle
 at the begining it was easy , and after the bearing didn't want to come down on the axle and by trying to make it come down, it is half a moon which moved  :-\
Where from I've of to re-dismount the clips and to put back the half a moon correctly in the sidegear  ::) ::)
3 paper gasket for this side

tomorrow or this week end the right side  ::) i hope that i wouldn't have the same problem as for the left side  ???

some updates  ;D ;D

last week end i put the right swing axles tube , no problem this time  ;D ;D

 The base of the camber compensator is also settled

Finally the big day came  ;D ;D ;D ;D i fixed the gearbox on the car  ::) ::)
the berg trans mount is on the gearbox too

now the brake are ready to be fix on the car , next step will be to receipt the brakes drums  ;)

Lookin good dude but get rid of those crappy RED mounts! I have a set break/snap on me and its NOT FUN - Trust me I'm not the only one  :)

the rhino silent bloc ??? no problrem with those this year ....... ???
can you explain lee ???

if they are "Urathane" just get rid of them - They will ALWAYS crack  :)

i ran red mounts for years no problems!  replaced with solid mounts, now there will be problems!!!!  shake rattle and roll. ;D

Yeah those red silent blocs are crap, if you're still motivated enough you might wanna change them for original VW ones...

But hey nice job fabs! ;)

thx roland

yep what lee and Roland say.
get rid off those red thingies... use originals .

otherwise good job and see you soon.

 ;)

those are orange   ;D ;D  and are rhino silentbloc
i will see in the future , i don't drive my car so much :)

Originals are best dude but as you say you do not do many miles ;) :)

today i put back the  empi camber compensator to the gearbox
and put back the rear brake drums

Tease... :D

looking good Fabs

today i take back the engine on the car  the rebuild isn't comlete  ::) some work tomorrow  ;)

So it's coming back together,good work Fabs.  ;)

yes peter  made some little work each days and normally she will be ready for the freddy files
 ;)
fabs

looking good, if i didn't have my engine to do this weekend i would have come over to help out a bit, but as you can see i got stuck in the garage as well.

thx buddy  ;)
 but for the moment i work by night i've work only in the afternoon

Looking really good, cant wait to see it with the wheels on its gonna look so  8)

that's it the engine is rebuild  : linkage  ,spark plugs wire , and the oil coller support behind the fan shroud  that parts take me some time to put the bolt /nuts , because no place to work behind the fan

and the statrter works well , the fuel arrived to the carbs , tomorrow i will put the balance tube between the carbs

question : the engine can he start without the  balancing tube ???

If you speak about the tube between manifold, I don't think it can start without it. Air will come by the hole in the manifolds.

Looking good Dr. Archives, like the way you blacked-out the engine bay.

A+

Dr. Tunes

thx j-f

thx hurry

i had the idea at the beginning of the rebuild of the car , she had to be cal look   ;D

hey Fabs
you liked the SEBRO GERMAN drums ?

Gunter





and put back the rear brake drums

Yes, they are drying in the cave , I put them in primer after in black and will put them on the car
  ;)
fabs

good news otherwise I might have been a dead man LOL
see you soon in Ninove world famous guy now
I will go to Valence and give your phone number to all the girls now you are so famous with the French Super VW Report

  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

:P :P :P :P :P :P

gunter don't give my phone number to maxxx after he will want to pose naked on my car  ::) ::)................... ;D ;D ;D

you're right j-f i put back the balance tube and she start in the first blow

So the thing is running now and ready for The Freddy Files  :)

no now  i will change the front brake drums and to purge the brake line

 ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GniqU0uS9Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GniqU0uS9Y)

Sounds nice Fabs!!!
  ;)

today i removed the front brake , and when i want to put back the vw one i saw a problem with the back plates , they're not he good one they're late model and the gole for the spindle is to big for a 61 model  now i will found 2 60->64 model and put back pfff stupid me  ::)

today nicolas and i  have purged the brake line , now the brake drums work well  ,

we go for a ride in the 61 to test the brake  , the engine turn well , but when we go on the street no power/boost , the engine sound like  on 3 cylinders , we return to the house , to check the plugs wires , but no problem , we have check the ignition , nothing , may be the carbs

nicolas can you explain to the other the problem may be You will better know how to explain that I
 ;)

here're  some pictures of the car with his news shoes  ;)

oh yes an another problem the knock off touch the brake drums hub that why i put another american racing caps on the front wheels
i will found something to put the knock off  :-\
pfff everything is problem pffff :-\

Hi Fabs Car Looks Great With The Torkers ;D But those Caps have to Go!!  The Knock Offs Look Good talk To Rayburn He put them on His Car?

wow, that's a very cool car :o



cheers
jan

yes but john 've disc brake at the front and maybe the hub  on the disc are machined one , mine are original one and i need one for the speedo cable

I love the wheels!

Looks and sounds good sir!

thx for the words guys
i hope that we are going to find the problem of the loss of power when we drive
no one 've an idea about that ???
iginition is good , plugs wires  give the power to the spark plugs  , the engine turn well when he does'nt drive and we're on the road he sound like  of an engine which turns on 3 cylinders
When I moved the engine, I moved the linkage without touching the regulation of  this one, nor in regulations of carburettors ???
 keith can you help me ??? i suppose that you know the sprintkit , you're mr speedwell in england  ;D

thx
fabs

looks great with the new wheels!!!
will take some pictures in spa, chimay, drag day...

dirk zeyen

just got back from Austria and managed to pick up a copy of the super vw s on the way home , must say what a great spread 8)

The wheels are lookin' good Fabs,but sorry can't help with the problem.
I hope someone can.
C.U @ freddyfiles   ;)

With those tires, it wouldn´t hurt with a 2-3cm lowering in the rear. IMVHO.

yes johnny but i will see if the car will down a little after driving the car some kms
the front is good for me  but the rear will be better a little bit lower

allright, so i have been asked to help out with the brakes and that went good. JS is right it will need to be a bit lower at the rear, but the car has to settle first, allthough i doubt it will drop enough to get the stance just right.

but the biggest issue was indeed the engine.

i am not sure how sensitive these sprintkits are, but the engine wasn't happy, that is for sure. like fabs said the engine was turning OK at idle but as soon as you got going the car bogged and lost all power. it felt like a plugged idle jet or a distributor that was incorrectly set, but i havent any clue on how to adjust those britisch carbs. i have got some info from Fabs but part off it was missing (speedwell fitting instructions and they refer to pamlphlet G 66/SB211 which i haven't found and makes things even worse. so any help on these carbs is welcome)
we tried to set the distributor right, but that didn't change anything the lack off power under load stayed. i wish i could have worked on the engine longer, but i had other things to do, so hopefully your input can help Fabs out.

thx for the help nico  ;)

I have a progressive carb if you want Fab  ;D

>:( >:( >:( >:(
no thx j-f
 ;)

Sounds very much like an air leak guys - I know there are a number of "sealing" surfaces involved in these kits/manifolds - Just a thought guys  :)

 I also have think about air leaks and try to locate it by spraying "start Pilote" where the carbs seals on the manifold and don't notice an idle variation.

Engine start easily and idle well but revs lazily. 

sorry to hear about your problems fabs.
perhaps shooting a small video clip would help for people here to help you?

good luck!

died here's a video from today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP5PrXGlAGs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP5PrXGlAGs)

today i change the  4 spark plugs , and the spark plugs wire , the belt , I adjusted again valves and ignition
and With j-f we defused(unsettled) a stromberg (the right one) to blow him with the compressed air, then we went back up him and there....... no difference  :'(  except that the carbs on the right (the one we defused)  seems to work correctly , and now the problem seems to come from the left carbs , of or I am going to defuse him and to blow him with the compressed air and to go back up him and if it does not work, I shall appeal to a knowledge which is specialized in the English cars and the English carburators

 :-\
 no one have a idea ???

Why only "service" or "defuse" ONE carb  ??? I would have just serviced the PAIR just to be on the safe side  :)

I still think it sounds like an air leak :-\ :) OR it might be worth checking the fuel pump - your one can be disassembled and "serviced" OR "defused" ;)

Fuel comes correctly, there is a clear filter and you see that it flows regularly.
We serviced just one because it became late and were hopping for an improvement. Bad luck  :P

I'm also more thinking about an air leak. The right carb makes a "good" noise, but the left carb makes a different one.
 

I would suggest removing both carbs, manifolds, balance tube etc - Clean ALL sealing surfaces (also clean out the left carb properly) then refit everything with a SMALL amount of silicon sealant  :)

That's the way we will take.  ;)

Today, some people also suggest to check a leak at the fuel pump.

I also wonder how to check the float level on this carbs? Needle valves are 1.5 but I don't know how to check if the carbs have the same float level? Same method as weber? And which height?

For the sealant I normally use a stick, like that.

(https://jdparts.deere.com/partsmkt/document/english/pmac/5935_fb_Form_In_Place_Gaskets_files/image006.jpg)

i don't know if it help someone , but here's the fitting instruction from the sprintkit

and thx for the help guys i hope after cleaning the second carbs the problem will be resolved

 ;)
fabs

 :-\

 :)
i know that i don't have the right needles on my carbs , i need the 9x needle , this needle is for the 1200cc

 :)

 :)

 :)

COOL old instruction dude  :)

today i remove the left carbs and cleaning this one , nothing special inside this one
here're a few picture of the inside and different parts for those who haven't seen a stromberg carbs

on my needle is written 11 and to be better with my 1200 i need a 9x

Here is the tank ,where is the fuel with ballcocks and saw the screw(pointeau)  for the level of tank

Here is the pointeau screw(idle screw ???) , I had to leave that with the smallest number, that is 1.5, the  new one in the repair kit of was 1.75

here's the oring who goes between the manifold and the adaptators
It seems to me strong to crush, I am going to change him

That looks like your problem right there dude - that Oring is not seated correctly  :)

i will change it   ;)

friday i changed the o ring on the left carb ,and nothing special  ??? same noise  :'( , the car doesn't run correctly , and being remembered to me of some thing which wasn't well put on the carb from the right (membrane of the boiseau) , after that the car  run very wel ,l no power lost everything turns well , i was happy
 but yesterday  i turn the key , the engine syatrted well , ok , i put pipes for the breather box  he goes for a small trip to enjoy the engine ,no problem
return at house , i said i will adjust the wealth screw , and oups the engine doesn't turn well anymore oh shit  >:( >:( >:(
 I unsettle the top of the carbu and move the boiseau ,to see if the wealth screw goes up and down well and the absolutely nothing she blocks , ok for the x time i unsettled the carb, have it recleaned, and greased, I put quite back in place, gone back up the whole and always the same thing that does not still work, :'( :'( :'(

i removed the spark plugs to see if she received the voltage from the ignition , I confirm, I felt well him  ::) ::) ::).............. ;D ;D ;D ;D

but after watching the color of the spark plugs they seemed to be new, no black color of carburation, of or I deducts that from it or, there are no sparks in at the sparks plugs, where from the mixture air / fuel doesn't burn, or then the fuel doesn't arrive correctly in the combustion chamber  ???

last thing i will check, will be the ignition  we(nicolas & i) will chnage this 010 by an 019 is it a good choice ???
let me know what do you think

thx
fabs

It is there to understand nothing, I have just taken out the car and everything works  ::) ::) ::)
 pfff stupid english carbs   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

huh???

Go slowly, and change only one thing at a time!

It works now  ;)

it seems that the cylinder (boiseau)  inside the carbs sizes sometime.

that's what i 've done yves one thing at a time go to the quick and cox today and the car run "well" some adjust at the carb will be fine  ;D

cool fabs! glad to hear it worked out.
so, the next job is to lower the rear end?

Yeah, the back end needs to come down some. BTW, your car is now my wallpaper.  ;D

--louis

VERY VERY good advice dude ;) :)

thx  yes we will lower the rear a little

today nicolas and i  worked on the engine  ,we made some fine tune on the carbs , and adjust correctly the advance on the 010

after having to replace the boiseau and the needles , the engine turned already well, but we noticed that the boiseau of the right carb  didn't come down again profoundly,where from we have still unsettled the carb to see why he didn't lower , and there a small adjustment at the fuel screw(idle jet ???) and  we go back up the whole

and the engine turns very well

thx for the help nicolas

 ;)

2 inner splines!  :o

no problem, glad i could help and get that thing going again. hope it stays like this and the idle stays like it was running yesterday. always nice to learn new things


nah! that would be an 80's looker, what Fabs is after is a 70's looker and they were quite high to todays standards. but very nice on his car. so it needs to get rid off that positive camber and nothing more.  ;)