Lahnajärvi cruising 6-2024

 we came too late, so there was not that much of cars, but still, at least we made it. here's couple of shots.

Dodge D100 "ex-town panel"

 

i wanted to go to the Lahnajärvi cruising with the dodge, 

so i would see what needs to be taken care of, to get this pickup to the inspection.

the carburetor is fine now, and the engine runs smoothly.

when i started the trip from somero to saukkola...

the brake pedal went down. there's some brake power but not much.

have to check for leaks, and take care of bleeding as well.

the engine temp meter didn't work... and the engine started to make noises...

well i got safely to our cottage, but there's something to work out.

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.

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...

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. :-)

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... 

 

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.

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...