moving on...

 

moving on, from the old...

...a family gathering...

to the new garage...

2 hours job in 3 days. the wbx clutch

 Ok, you would guess that changing a clutch cable is easy job, but this one was horrible.

as there are many wires, brackets, and stuff in that place where the wing-nut is located.

everything else went like a charm, but getting the wing nut back to the wire was pain in the butt. 

had to make a special tool to be able to tighten the nut, but now there's the 2 cm play in the clutch pedal, and its working better than before, but a new problem came, as the exhaust took a hit from a door stopper, and baaam, the header is bent again. ill try to fix it tomorrow... 

my special tool

pessureplate is pretty stout, but i got that working...

little by little...

had to drive the buggy at the garage, it is nasty looking and 

sounds like a bee with rabies. :-) 

new brake caliper to the dodge, 

even the snow hit the ground, 

but have to make this work. looks like these are kelsey hayes brakes...

us-parts came to rescue. 

coming...soon... some update of the orange bug.

 

WBX Oil change - makes you crazy

 Easy jobs "oil change" what could go wrong... well First tried to take the oil plug off, it is a bit different than in a basic type 1 engine. and i didn't have a correct tool for that, i bought one universal plug too, but there's no correct tool for this plug. so i made one from a bolt & couple nuts. that helped, then i took of the  oil filter... let that drain, ...ok now i have new oil for this engine and a new filter. BUT the filter won't fit, as the exhaust is not original. ok, back to home and another day, another filter, from a vw polo - a small one.

ok now the oil is in and the filter too. but the engine makes lots of louder noises... so the lifters might be empty of oil. i ran the engine arounfd 5 minutes... its still there. ok next time i have to run it harder and longer, then it might be silent again and smooth. i had same crap happening with the dodge v8, ticking and other noises. that was fixed with more oil and running. - these pesky hydraulic lifters. :-)

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...

 

malmi cruising 1.9.2023

 went there with the wasserboxer bug, but sadly, talked too much and the result is that don't have much of pictures... but what can i say. way too good happening... loads of cars, and great people.

problems with the wasser-boxer...

WOT is not always a good thing, especially in the traffic...and in the city traffic. I got a stuck throttle suddenly many times till i couldn't drive the bug. i got it to the garage, and started to locate the trouble... 

1. i was thinking that a old throttle can't be that tight after many years of use, so i dismantled some parts, and i was pretty sure that the problem is the TPS, but no. it was the 3D printed parts. way too tight fitment. 

but this should be easy to repair? lets see. i have to shave some material of the bracket, and then try to put back on their places again - yikes! will se how this turns out. but you learn by doing stuff... to be continued.

wbx bug - here and therewbx,

This thing seems to like driving, and goes like a go-kart, runs easily 120 km/h. 

starts, stops and goes!have to put the audi on hold, maybe to the painter, and some bushings has to be changed. so its time to enjoy the bug.