torstai 7. maaliskuuta 2024

Autool smoke leak testing

 it is a great little box, and good and easy to use. there's smoke coming in different places, found one mystery leak. but the others are easy to fix. if you have a turbo car, i would highly recommend autool.




have to test is it the new exhaust gasket that leaks or where it comes...


also the v-band seems to leak a little bit...
have to check that out also.



keskiviikko 6. maaliskuuta 2024

vw drag race transmission update

 Looks better than ever, the race trans is getting in shape, but there has been plenty of bad things and errors in here. but anyways, this looks very promising... this will end to the orange race beetle-bug-fusca. im not in a hurry, as I'm trying to concentrate to the karmann ghia. and hopefully one day i can swap the orange bug soon to the sepänkatu garage... i also have the spare 2332cc superflo engine waiting...







tiistai 5. maaliskuuta 2024

1700cc upgrade

 i got a alternator kit from www.osakauppa.com - and a new water pump for the wasserboxer bug, so i have even more work to do, and with the inventory of kotten T. i got the missing parts for the alternator kit. and now its almost ready. i still have to get some engine tins... but it looks good. if you need a 1700 cc engine in your project, let me know. :-)







perjantai 1. maaliskuuta 2024

ghia update


The right side wasn't all that bad, things went pretty fast, 
the gasket was looking bad - a new one should do the trick,
 the spark plugs were changed also,
next thing will be the smoke leak tester...
jimi was really helpful, maybe we will get this in the dyno asap.
but i´m not waiting for huge numbers... 












 

keskiviikko 14. helmikuuta 2024

karmann ghia turbo - update


 spring is around the corner....so its time to fix the problems of the ghia. With Jimi (son) we've started to fix the leaks in the intake manifold ...its not that easy, but we are getting somewhere. too many hoses, no space, too many wires too. and i do have some problems with the fingers hurting a lot... BUT anyways, i hope to get the left side in shape tonight.






sunnuntai 17. joulukuuta 2023

endless tweaking...


there's something wrong in the audi, also in the rear axle.
have to get better pics, but that is not the only one.


looks like the transmission has to be taken out, to get one part of
maybe it would be vise to change the whole clutch too...?


I'm happy to have a mini-me that can make things 
while I'm totally exhausted. Jimi helped me to take the j-pipe off 
- after that it was easier to fix the leaking exhaust
we had to augment the rear suspension, but we were 
adjusting it somewhere 2 centimeters.
its better but needs to be higher at the winter.




maybe its time to think serious - about the turbokit...
 

tiistai 12. joulukuuta 2023

problems with the daily drivers...

 As the Audi a4 quattro is on the service, i thought it would be a good idea to drive the wbx bug. 

but some thing was bothering the bug, it had "bugs" always running the choke on. and didn't want to run good at any gears. stalled also in many places... But now its much better, 1. i started to change the plugs, and as you can se they look pretty dark. then i checked that the coolant is vanished...  but i haven't seen where's the spot that leaks. i put all i got, and bought today more from motonet. i also have new oil filter and 5 liters of oil. but have to change those this week... what i also did, i assembled the air temperature sender to the intake filter... so it should work better than before. there's still work, as i have to fix the leaking exhaust and maybe check the heater connections, so that it blows more to the front window....well there's always thing to do. studded wintertyres would be great also, as the little bug goes too easily sideways, almost twice the power and loads of torque... :-)


looks a bit black, have to buy some extra plugs to the wbx, 
but the problem is always, they ask what's the engine, 
what's the plate number?



i made it to the doctor today, and see my mom too, 
and autopelti hytönen too, and motonet etc...



lauantai 2. joulukuuta 2023

father & son project

 Jimi´s kawasaki kx85, was a fun little side-project, 
and it looks good, the little-big man will be 
pretty good to fix mechanical stuff...





new cylinder, new piston, etc... 





the black ghia will be next... or maybe the WBX bug...



lauantai 4. marraskuuta 2023

horror with the ghia

 as i have been hunting for the leaking places from the turbo-engine, it has been a really knuckle busting job, but one of the intake manifold is coming apart, (i guess that i will get it back one day) and trying to figure out how to glue it together, with something that really holds up. any suggestions?



everything looked good under valve covers... 
and no loose parts...




im helping JIMI with his kawasaki kx85, so 
JIMI helps me with the ghia occasionally... :-)


tough spaces to operate...