So I was kind of shocked all of my KBS stuff arrived on the same day, even though some of it shipped from the manufacturer and not Summit Racing directly. But, I have everything I need to at least try these products out on the trailing arm, spring plate, and cover. I still may try…
Category: Systems
Murbella – Day 9 – Metal parts cleaning and prep
So while my old parts cleaning plastic bin is large enough to hold the trailing arms, it is going to be prohibitively expensive to create a deep enough pool of solvent to soak the undercoating in to soften it up. I poured all of my solvent that I have in other cleaning bins and then…
Murbella – Day 8 – Stub axle spacer drama continued!
So that damned inner bearing spacer has been a major problem. I finally asked my son to get involved and while I applied continuous heat from the torch he managed to finally get a flathead in the gap and some progress was made in getting it moving away from the base. I had hoped to…
Murbella – Day 7 – Stub Axle spacer drama!
So when I got the stub axle out of the bearing housing the other day the inner spacer came out with it. Now I don’t mean just out with it… i mean really out with it! The spacer will not budge at all. I’ve been soaking the stub axle for days in mineral spirits to…
Murbella – Day 7 – And a trailing arm shall be free!
I threw out a question to the VW Aircooled Tech Help Group I’m a part of on Facebook to get some input on the risks of introducing any damage to the pivot joint if I brought an impact into the situation. Since I’ve never seen a trailing arm off a vehicle, I just did not…
Trying a new vendor for carb parts.
So most of the VW-centric vendors don’t focus on the widest availability of carburetor parts for VWs. Sure, they have the basics, and often various kits, but when it comes down to the individual bits and pieces, especially a wide range of jetting options, no one vendor has a wide variety. I ended up opting…
AS41 Engine – EMPI EPC carb work continues
So as I previously mentioned, I decided to go back to using the EMPI EPC dual single barrel carbs I purchased and had originally intended for the new engine. However, based on conversations with people as well as researching other people’s efforts with these, as well as the Weber ICTs they are cloned from, I’ve…
Murbella – Day 6 – Spring Plate Removal & Pivot Arm Issues
I wasn’t feeling all that great today but I needed to get out of the house for a bit so I went out and tried to get the trailing arm off. It did not go as planned but other stuff was removed. Partial Fender Removal To actually make room to work and be able to…
Murbella – Day 5 – Stub Axle Removal and Bearing Housing Disassembly
So what it really comes down to is my fear of hitting things too hard to avoid any possibility of damage. I couldn’t remove the stub axle yesterday since I was being too kind to it. Today was a different matter. I used the rubber end of a hammer to safeguard the end and with…
Murbella – Day 4 – Hub Disassembly
I started the rather process of removing the brake drum assembly to get to the main bearing hub. You can tell how little driving I did in 2018 and 2019 as the rear bakes have almost no dust and as still extremely clean from when I redid them 2 years ago. I remember how…