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Nice job. That's not an easy task even with two. What rubber did you settle for? Years ago Bill recommended and I used West Coast Metric on my old SO23. Just wondering are they still considered the gold standard? Or does Wolfsburg now make something better? Or is it all the CIP1 same? I wonder who ...

This reminds me of an incident I experienced nearly 14 years ago back in 2010. I was finishing the first MetroParks cruise in my '59 SO23 when I heard some awful noise coming from the engine compartment. I ran back to discover the crank pully had sheared off in two pieces. :o

No one had seen ...

I feel for you Don. It reads like a Six Volt saga!

Over the winter I really thought long and hard about how I was going to use the Beetle in the coming year. It's really only a drive-around-town vehicle, and I'm fine with that, but after running this little 36HP motor hard for the past 8-9 years; the leaky split case trans; and the clutch chatter, I ...

I love when I know nothing. And I love when my comment is on my knowing nothing.

But I will learn from the install.

the only minor modification was the fuel inlet was setup for 1/4" hose rather than the 5.5mm that VW uses.


For $100 and your time and expertise, I'd say that's a great investment!

So you threaded the housing itself or inserted a threaded insert?

Would all the other components from a Solex ...

Josh wrote: Thu Oct 27, 2022 4:56 am If it's flat and I am drafting a truck, I've seen 70mph. Any bit of grade I'm grabbing third and watching the needle drop.

I'm old let's talk brakes.

I've been LOVING driving this bus. The new 1600 DP motor is responsive and provides a level of safety the old 40HP couldn't deliver.

I decided to upgrade the CIP1 distributor we ran as a kind of test, so I reached out to Bill Fowler at Sparx Werks and sent him a Bosch "034" for rehab. It came back ...

Can't wait to see what the skinny tires look like. 8-) Who's doing your mounting and balancing?

Not sure yet, any suggestions?


No, I thought you bought some new vegan, sustainable hipstir skinny tires that you we're going to spring on us at Tune Up Day. :?

If it's just the mounting ...