The parts continue to arrive from all of the vendors. Sparx Werks The restored Bosch 043 905 205H Distributor arrived rom Sparx Werks and it is a thing of beauty. William Fowler does a service to the classic VW community here! Compared to the old ones I have, I’m just blown away at how new…
Month: June 2020
Chinese Micrometers In The House!
So there have been more than a few times over the past 18 months when I’ve needed actual micrometers. During the 2019 New Build, I kept resorting to rather crappy digital calipers to get my readings and was always frustrated with them. Now mind you, the ones I have are pretty cheap so you get…
Other People’s Parts – Used FI components
So I made an offer on some used FI engine parts on The Samba and it was accepted. It was more than reasonable given some are electronic component parts of questionable functionality. There was another person on FB Marketplace that would not accept a similar offer, and he didn’t even know what the exact parts…
Restoration: Manual Tin Restoration
There are many ways to restore your cooling tins as you can probably imagine. Let’s face it. When it comes down to it they are just pieces of metal that get painted. Ask yourself what you want in a finished product. Perfect show quality restoration? Serviceable and clean? It is really all up to what…
Murbella – Day 32 – More tin painting. KBS Topcoat!
So I applied the KBS BlackTop Chassis Paint over some of the rust shield. The rust shield product is not UV-resistant, so it needs another coat of this. Yeah. I know. The parts are under the car. But I also hoped to smooth out some of my shoddy brush work. I continued working on some…
Murbella – Day 32 – My injectors arrived back!
I am rather out of words and what my cleaned and restored fuel injectors look like. Remember these pics from a few weeks back? The package I just opened is like magic happened. Other than some wear on the plastic electronic areas, the injectors look practically brand new! And that Cold Start Valve…
Murbella – Day 32 – KBS (The day after)
I thought it would be wise to see how the parts all turned out so I pulled them out into the sun. Let’s just say… an amateur did them and it really really looks like it. There is quite a lot of drip lines since these had to hang. For some reason, there seems to…
Murbella – Day 32 – Project scope changes.
So as with any classic automotive project, you can plan everything out months in advance, but as disassembly occurs, you need to be able to move with the flow, and if necessary deal with situations that may change, especially as you discover problems and the like. For my 2020 Murbella Projects, the suspension and brake…