I had not planned to attend but the weather was nice, and my son told me he was going to help a friend sell stuff at the swap meet so I headed out Volksfest 29. It was about as good of a show as one can get for central Ohio. It has been held at…
It was just a matter of time…
So I put more miles today on Murbella looking for a stupid fuse than I did all of last year. There are many positives of having a convertible but what is really the most negative is the fact you are constantly hit with exhaust fumes while in traffic. It is disturbing because you can never…
Other People’s Parts – Żuczek’s future pop-outs arrived!
So last week I saw someone post a set of 1968 and later pop-out rear windows and I snagged them up. They arrived today and survived the journey from Utah unscathed, the seller doing a great job wrapping them up in lots of bubble wrap. They are mostly complete, and they’ll need some work…
AS41 Engine – Days 27 – Finally some success!!!
So we’ve had several weeks of 90°F and higher days that were so humid you wouldn’t want to spend much time out in it. Especially out in a garage. I tried off and on to work on the engine and diagnose the starting issues but finally gave up as sweat would pour down my face….
Other People’s Cars – Wilhelmo Paulina’s 1975 Euro 1303 Beetle
I saw Wilhelmo Paulina post about his car the other day and I forgot how truly beautiful it is. The Euro-style bumpers with the embedded turn signals has grown on me a lot since this style was never stock in the US. Turn signals were always on the fenders in most years of US import….
When 90 minutes becomes 7 hours – A Subaru Brake Job
So my daily, the 2013 Subaru Forester, was in need for new brakes They had degraded recently and the one rotor was definitely warped. Now back in May I decided to purchase a set of PowerStop brakes on Amazon. I ordered a full kit using both their fitment tool and if I recall, actually looking…
AS41 Engine – Days 25 to 26 – Still no starting
So there have been multiple days of failure in terms of getting the engine to finally start. Day 25 So Day 25 saw me attempting to get the engine to start for the first time. I have gone over everything and the first few attempts weren’t showing any substantial oil pressure on the temporary oil…
AS41 Engine – Day 24 – Final configuration
Today was all about the final installs and adjustments prior to attempting to start it tomorrow. The Coil So as to not have to deal with any custom wire lengths I just ended up installing the coil approximately where it would be on a stock engine. Not a huge fan for these smaller shrouds but…
New Local OPP
So I picked up some miscellaneous parts that Brett at Eurowerks is purging. None of it was really needed, but since he’s local and cleaning out I may as well grab some things if they could have value to The Garage of Love. I wanted a late 70’s decklid for decoration and there was one…
AS41 Engine – Days 21 to 23
Day 21 – Change of Muffler / Stand Placement So while the EMPI extractor muffler was ok for the loose fitment, when it came down to actually getting it installed with the J-Pipes fully tightened it just wasn’t going to happen without some bending and I really wasn’t in the mood for figuring out how…