So after 90 minutes of trying to start the engine with the EMPI EPC 34s and the extractor exhaust, as well as that 90 minutes consisting of nothing but gun shots out of the carbs and exhaust, I gave up. Yeah. I could have taken a sledge hammer and pretty much just destroyed the whole…
AE Engine – Engine Tear-Down 9
So the last 2 parts I have to tear down of the the AE engine are the crankshaft and the heat exhanger to muffler connection. And I have pretty much exhausted everything to break the corrosion here. I have used PBlaster multiple times and multiple sessions of heat and I just cannot get it to…
OPP – Thermostat Flaps Removed
So quite a few weeks back I purchased a bunch of random air-cooled parts from Euroworks Garage to set aside as spares or to complete the various engine cases. One item was a complete doghouse fan shroud from 71 or 72 that still had a complete set of flaps, oil cooler tins on the rear,…
The Garage of Love™ is ready for winter (mostly).
So my so-called Garage of Love™ is now mostly ready for winter. During the summer, I more or less like to have both bays free to move around and make a general mess. I tend to work many days on something, then reset all my tools again and clean up, then start over. Yeah. Sometimes…
IRS Spring Plate Adjustments!
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…