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Just walk it off :lol:
sorry, not goint to happen. Compound fracture with two broken places, as well as a pin in her bones is not something you walk off easily 
Oh, well you should just shoot her, then.sorry, not goint to happen. Compound fracture with two broken places, as well as a pin in her bones is not something you walk off easily
If it's an old computer module that you've got, maybe it just needs a recapping, same as an old Mac! All other parts needs can probably be accomodated with the aid of the JC Whitney catalog and Hemmings Motor News. Does it have the original vintage radio too?
I have the vintage radio sitting on my kitchen counter. It will be put into storage in the basement when I get it fixed (has a problem with the tuner) which will be easily fixed when I replace the cloth/elastic cable that tunes the stereo and moves the little bar that shows the frequency. Right now, It's got a Kenwood AM/FM/Tape which is fine, and I will keep it in it. The car also has new stereo speakers.
Your mileage may vary, of course. [
] ]'>I've never worked on a VW motor before to be honest, just Mitsubishi's. I'm used to dumping out coolant, oil, transmission fluid, and brake fluid.
We went to change the oil and *Gasp!* we found METAL in the oil. Not just a little, but TONS of it. I guess we will be sourcing a new engine soon...
First, we are going to tear it down and see what happened and/or what is salvageable.
First, we are going to tear it down and see what happened and/or what is salvageable.
Fortunately, you may not have to get a whole engine. If the metal dust in the oil is from cylinder wear, then you can simply detach the old cylinders and bolt on new ones. Those old air cooled VW engines were great that way. In a conventional piston engine excessive cylinder bore wear means either overboring and replacing the pistons with larger ones or scrapping the block if it is too far gone. It is rare that a block should need replacing in an old Bug.
Beautiful bug.
Looks great!
Ok, well we took off the mass flow air sensor and TADA! intermittent sensor. We are trying to track down a new one, but it's going to be ~$100USD. We are contacting some people from thesamba.com and going to try to get one. The local parts place carries them, but they are like $250USD and we are NOT going to pay it (in fact, the owner of the shop told us to hit eBay, they just carry them for emergency situations should someone need it now and can't wait). The guy who owned the shop was decent enough to give us his honest opinion, which involved us not having to spend excess $$.
Nice to know we still have decent people around. Anyways, I guess my aunt knows the guy from when she had a corvette. In fact, he just sent my aunt some flowers after she broke her leg (and the reason we aren't on vacation )
This will be an easy fix though. We are actually going to take apart the sensor and see if we can just fix it ourselves.
Nice to know we still have decent people around. Anyways, I guess my aunt knows the guy from when she had a corvette. In fact, he just sent my aunt some flowers after she broke her leg (and the reason we aren't on vacation
)This will be an easy fix though. We are actually going to take apart the sensor and see if we can just fix it ourselves.
btw, the vw beetle is up and driver. I got even NEWER PICS with *NEW* wheels, as well as running boards on the car!
Picasa Album of the vw bug
Picasa Album of the vw bug