[T3] Re: [T3] 1971 Bus, 1974 Super Beetle, 1964 Type 34, and 1949 HebmŸller

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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hi Don:

Do you live in Dallas?  I ask because of your recent purchase from Knight's.
(I live in Plano and work in Dallas.)

If you do live in Dallas, we should get together sometime.  I can introduce
you to Nadine (my Notch).

Jason
68 Notch


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Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:21 PM
Subject: [T3] 1971 Bus, 1974 Super Beetle, 1964 Type 34, and 1949 Hebmüller


> The 1971 bus is beginning to look like a bus again.  The engine had a
lotta
> problems.
> All are fixed, now. Still to go are the motor mounts and the engine shims.
> Finally found out that the 1600 engine has a rubber O-ring on the
crankshaft.
> The O-ring is best, followed by the metal plate, and then by the paper
> gasket. If one has the O-ring,
> he needs to leave out the metal plate and the paper gasket. The 1966? Ghia
> doesn't have an O-ring and therefore preferably uses the plate. The paper
> gasket is the last resort, and I dunno why it is still used. Anyhow, the
> O-ring is present on all 1600 engines, and therefore should always be used
> (that's what I'm told anyhow).
>
> Well, three shims totaling 0.72 mm thickness (24 mm each) didn't give
enough
> end play. So, I had Lee Roy at Knight's Foreign Auto Parts machine the
> flywheel again so as to get it right. The case, as it turns out, was a
> Mexican case. This bothers me, because that's twice in two trials that
I've
> ended up machining the flywheel. I'm gonna check it out tomorrow before we
> finally get the end play right. We have one extra non-machined flywheel,
just
> in case. This time I'm gonna do everything myself, just to make sure.
>
> This morning, I got a 1964 adapter from Southern Cal Auto Parts for my
1964
> Type 34. Installed the new, leather steering wheel. It fit perfectly, so
I'm
> home free on the steering wheels -  a Porsche 928 wheel for my Super
Beetle
> and a "made in Brazil" leather one for my Type 34.
>
> Then, I found some blue PVC hose to use as the fresh air hose on my 1974
> Super Beetle. I'm gonna take Scott with me tomorrow to have a look at it.
I'm
> already getting
> flack from Scott about the blue vacuum hose I bought, because it's so much
> trouble to install.
>
> I had a trailer hitch installed on my 1999 New Beetle. It's good for a
hitch
> weight of
> 2000 lb. and a tongue weight of 200 lb. The Humbler weighs about 1500 lb.
and
> we're gonna tow it via a tow-bar, where the hitch weight (horizontal) is
1500
> lb. and tongue weight (up and down) is essentially zero. If we used a 2000
lb
> trailer, we'd haft have 3500 lb. hitch weight rating and maybe a 200-400
lb.
> tongue weight rating. I bought a safety cable that latches onto the hitch,
> just in case.
>
> Don Garies
> dgaries808@aol.com
>
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