64valiant 10,634 Report post Posted February 2 you guys ever seen in side a fucked vw starter motor? the metal cogs have eaten the plastic cog up and then allowed play in the housing which then aloud play out at the bush end which has in result fucked my bush as well. great. only put this starter in the bloody car less than 4 months ago. has done maybe 12 start ups 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingbrick 6,375 Report post Posted February 4 Right so i did around 8 hours of relaxed work on this thing today. Mounted the radiator properly and made a front shround thing. The clear plastic was used for template making. Greg did an epic job of the shrouds fold- he did it with his knee and his jandled foot. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
64valiant 10,634 Report post Posted February 5 FUCK YEAH!!!! 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
64valiant 10,634 Report post Posted February 7 Pretty excited. Had the beetle running and let it do its own thing for a solid 30mins just sitting in the shop. No water trying to escape and make a mess in my shop, no oil leaks, nothing out of the ordinary and the oil cooler is good and the radiator is working well. Old mate matt said "all we need to do is get it starting when hot" and then it started up easy as normal start up. Fucken so happy! Such a good feeling. 17 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
