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Haven't done fuck all on this thing for awhile, haven't needed to!! Apart from what turned out to be a lose fuel pipe it been pretty reliable. I did balance the carbs again, which made a huge difference as it would stall at the lights.

Yes, thats the plan, but I think you put resin on the fleece to make it hard, then build it up with fibre glass etc.

I been wanting to build some proper front enclosures for the bug. You can buy these ugly plastic things but where's the fun in that!? I spotted this stuff in bunnings today. I noticed the mat is polyester resin and the cloth is epoxy, thoughts??

To cut a long boring story short, I ended up making one good wheelbarrow from two fucked ones. Had to drill a couple extra holes in the frame because of small differences, major problem was the axle I had was to short. So I made these. Most over engineered wheelbarrow ever. Actually works too.

Finished up the mill table.

As seen elsewhere on os.ng, I acquired a rong-fu mill drill, which necessitated a complete rejigger of the place. No wanting to lose my fuckin sick old chest of bank drawers, I have a plan. Moving this thing means first removing all 22 separate double sinked, adjustable depth drawer, I once tried to walk it across the floor, and as strong as it is the weight started crushing the corner. Chopped four draws high off, the bottom 1.5 draw were missing anyway. Used a spot weld drill, removed the floor, squared up the edges and bent it over with a pair of wide flat vice grips, worked really well. Tucked the corners in nice. Then realized I couldn't actually fit the floor and and to unbend it! And back up, you'd never know bar the plug weld burn through. Less drawers forces me to be more efficient and throw some crap out. Spent ages cleaning and chopping up metal. Nearly went with this design as the mill footprint is only 320 between bolt holes. Fully weldy now, I've got a 2x6 plank for the top.

Think I may have solved my flooding problem, put everything back together, turned on the fuel pump to prime the carbs and it pissed out the side of the banjo fitting! Seems this fibre washer fucked out. So that's the fuel leak sorted, now onto the massive oil leak and yet another broken exhaust mount! VW life!

Yeah I think the china carbs are a super common upgrade. What size engine did these DRLA dells come on @Thousand Dollar Supercar? 1800-2000cc?

Guwd damn, I'd love me some rack and pinion steering in the vw!!

Well, that was inconclusive. It was about now I remembered my eyes aren't as good as I thought. Cleaned everything, needle seems good, floats look okay, float and aren't full of gas. Guess I'll hook it up and see if it over flows again.

Thanks guys, will inspect tonight. I usually change the oil when it's warm, should I dump it cold in this case?

Got given this thing the other day. Brown 80s tiles had to go. Nice solid timber, smashed a bit of ply on the end. And the best bit! Mmmmm boil linseed oil.

Had my first major problem for a while with the bug on Monday evening. Id moved the car outside to work on garage stuff, went to start it later and the motor wouldn't turn over. The left carb was wet and dripping fuel everywhere, got the car pushed inside, removed the carb and sparkplugs, engine turns over by hand, carb was making a gurgling sound!? So hopefully the piston rings and bearings are okay. After a Google it looks like I've got a stuck needle valve or broken float? How or what do I need to look for? Is that the valve attached to the float mechanism? How do I actually diagnose this? Any wisdom from the carb Barrys?

Next project!! Looks awesome man.

Beautiful man, picture with the paper stacked please.