One thing I love about JBugs is the professional-level YouTube content they produce. Now I have yet to ever adjust the rear IRS spring plates on any car. However, with Murbella’s bushings being 40 years old, and Żuczek to be torn down for complete chassis restoration, I’m definitely going to lose my spring plate/rear torsion…
An alternative suspension
So I spent a lot of time planning out the paths I may (or may not) take Żuczek down once I start on the restoration. A lot will depend on finances at any given time, as well as if I think I will be up to any given task when the appropriate time comes. While…
AS41 Engine – Reinstalling the ICT clones
Reinstalling the EMPI EPC 36 ICT clone carbs proved to be a bit more complicated than I thought since I had packed away most of the parts, as well as the linkage and such. I took the HMPX 40s off as off with their manifolds as entire assemblies. Of course, they were filled with gasoline…
Project Żuczek – Finally a car evoking the color combinations I’ve been thinking about!
So as you’ve probably read I’m constantly back and forth as to the color direction of where I want Project Żuczek to head in. My original plans reached back to 2017 when I acquired the now absent Yellow as the source of my project dreams and was trying to recreate a version of my mother’s…
AS41 Engine – First runs with the extractor muffler
Well I can say that the sound quality out of the “economy extractor” muffler I put on yesterday is just loud and disgusting and is what I basically yell at my son for when he breaks his mufflers and cat deletes them to get annoying douchey sounds. This is pretty bad. Note: I’m having a…
AS41 Engine – Muffer Change
So the never-ending drama of my not being able to tune the new engine lead me to seek out some additional advice in places I normally do not ask questions. (I was really hoping to find someone local that could come out and go over the engine/configuration with me.) Somebody from the COVVC group responded…
Getting Żuczek ready to deal with the fuel issues
So I got Żuczek’s front up on stands to get access to the fuel tank outlet and try to drain what’s there and begin the process of trying to figure out where that water-contaminated fuel was coming from. While I was down there I noticed some things I was definitely not happy about. The main…
AS41 Engine – Still not wanting to run smoothly.
So I got it started again with the new jets and of course, am still having a rough time dialing it in. It just hates being around 850-950 rpms for idling and constantly struggles. It runs better with an idle of 1100 or so but just feels like it shouldn’t be that high. Still not…
AS41 Engine – Days 28 to 45 – A lot of missed posting
Day 28 – The first of many delays begins… 2019-07-25 So it started right up with the new can of gasoline and I had it revved up and down for a while and then it just sputtered and stopped. I’ve tried for 10 minutes and it won’t start again. I noticed that the lights have…
New Plans – October 2019 to the Future
So there I am, having spent the last few days still under the feeling like I had to build an engine for Yellow to sell him as a fully functional car and yet he was being purchased as a rolling project! I started going down the path of engine bearings and all kinds of other…