So we were supposed to drive up to Toledo to finally have “Christmas” and unfortunately, the weather does not look like it will cooperate. Some forecasts show 1-3″ of snow starting tomorrow and then another 6-9″ on Saturday. That makes the 150 or so miles to drive pretty crappy. I already had Friday scheduled off…
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Our first snowfall of the season.
We’ve had some barely flurrying moments over December but this is the first real snowfall we’ve seen all season. The powers that be are predicting about 4″ of snow by tomorrow evening. Nothing major but still, Central Ohio hasn’t seen much in the way of snow over the past few years. I will need to…
Much coldness and sneeziness!
So basically I’ve spent the last 8 days with a helluva head cold and random bouts of sneezing. Has not been fun. I have literally done zilch in the garage, nor on anything else I wanted to get done while I was off the other week. It is supposed to be up the 60°F tomorrow…
Planning Stages – 2019 has a lot of work!
One of the things I’ve been doing on my week off is trying to work through all of the VW tasks that need to occur in 2019. The key thing to get done this winter is the rebuild of the upgraded AH case and then the basic stock AR case. Getting those done will put…
I so love this photo!
I so love this picture of multiple racing 1303s. Slightly flared fenders are oh so sexy.
Hagerty Time-Lapse Rebuild – Commentary Vid
So last year Hagerty released this rather amazing time-lapse video of a complete rebuilding of an air-cooled VW Beetle engine. The production of the video is quite top notch. But I just came across a follow-up video to this rebuild which is more or less a “how it was made/commentary” on the video itself….
I certainly hope this is the last tool I need.
So the cheap ass Raiseek Handgun .45 Caliber Pistol Cleaning Kit Brush Kit I purchased on Amazon finally arrived. Between the bore brushes I already own, and this kit, I should be able to do a 100% solid cleaning of all internal oil galleries and passages in the AH engine. I’m also hoping the cleaning work…
AH Engine – Planned Case Modifications
So I’m planning to make some of the basic case mods that I’ve been reading about. Almost all of them are just general improvements to the stock engine, and are not aimed at dealing with high RPM situations and the like. Planned Case Modifications Mod 1 – Clearance the case greater than it is –…
Case Mods – Sources of information I’m filing away!
So one of the things I’ve been researching are the many modifications that can be made to a Type 1 engine case’s internals. Now most of these arose out of experimentation in on the performance racing front, and of course, some of them would really not make any difference in a stockish engine, but I’m…
What’s that noise? The Garage of Love™ Sounds
I don’t have the capacity for learning or playing music but it is a massive part of my life. I’m rarely without my music playing on my aging iPod. I pride myself on the fact my musical tastes range from 1920’s era Jazz to a lot of modern alternative rock. While yes, the music of…