I am currently working on my 1974 Volkswagen Campmobile. 1974 VW Camper The story goes like this: I bought the Camper in Minnesota. When I found it the paint was extremely dull and faded. I was expecting a possible repaint but thank God for Laquer. After 8 compound buff jobs and a final wax she [...] [...more]
Changing an oil inlet line for a 356 or 912 motor. [...more]
I had a 1984 Mercedes 300D that had problems with the instrument cluster shorting. The short caused the gauges to bounce or completely shut off. I simple attached a ground wire from the metal stud on the back of the instrument cluster to the grounding stud behind the cluster and it fixed it. This process [...] [...more]
I’ve been researching some issues that my 74 Campmobile has recently developed and found great resources of information. The VW recently started blowing blue smoke. The engine still has good compression but for some reason oil is getting into the intake and causing the plugs to get fouled. I found a great resource at www.westfalia.org [...] [...more]
So I’ve got three vehicles with dual carbs. My 68-912 has Dual Webers, my 69-912 has the same and my 74 VW Campmobile has Dual Solex’s. I’ve been around carbs since I was 8 years old but I’ve never tuned them. My fondest memory, a single carb on our Scorpion Snowmobile. My brother would make me put my brand new [...] [...more]
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