I mentioned earlier in this series that I intended to run a set of Porsche 356 Carrera wheel spacers on the rear wheels, primarily for a cool and different look, but also to increase the rear track in order to fill the fender well and increase stability in cornering. Background While there has been a [...]
The rebuild continues… One of these is NOS, one is restored by Glenn. Can you tell the difference? Continued from Part I… ↑ The inside is a little cleaner than before. ↑ The weights have been cleaned and I use a paper towel with parts cleaner to clean the spacers. ↑ This is the order [...]
Editor’s Note: Glenn Ring has probably rebuilt more period distributors for the vintage VW, Porsche 356 and Mercedes crowd in the last few years then anyone out there. Glenn restored two 010′s several years ago for me, and returned them looking NOS. He even has a vintage Sun distributor machine to test them. I strongly [...]
Steam Cleaning By John Plow Article Published Courtesy of Ultra VW Magazine http://ultravw.com I first developed an obsession for automotive cleanliness 20 years ago while working at an air-cooled VW shop. Customers would bring in their VW Beetles, Ghias, Type IIIs and Buses for service covered in 20-30 years of grime. While the body and [...]
Most people do not know that Porsche recommended that you apply petroleum jelly to your anodized Fuch wheels a few times a year in order to protect the anodizing and rim. Anodizing was applied to the rims at the factory in order to protect the polished aluminum, and it can “cloud” when exposed to road [...]
By Glenn Ring Ever turn the key to start the car and hear nothing? Most times the starter turns but sometimes there’s nothing. It’s not the battery because all of the lights work and so does the horn and radio. It’s not the starter. The problem is that after 30 plus years the wires get [...]
By Clinton J. Scheidegger When setting the cam timing, I like to use white paint on the timing points, painting the teeth that are marked with a dot. The gears come with one machined dot on the cam gear and two on the crank gear. The object is to put the dot in the cam [...]
By Glenn Ring After installing my Berg 5 transmission, I noticed that the gear location was difficult. When downshifting from 3rd into 2nd, it would sometimes try to engage reverse, causing a rather loud grinding noise (not good thing). I spoke to Gary Berg, who built the tranny, and he told me that the shift [...]
Replacing Leaking Pushrod Tubes Seals John Plow Courtesy of Ultra VW Magazine Oil leaks can be one of the most frustrating aspects of owning an older car. Sadly, our beloved vintage Volkswagens are not excluded from this affliction. The old joke is that the only time an old VW doesn’t leak is when it has [...]
As noted in my earlier post, I wasn’t happy with the results, even though it was “correct”. So I stripped everything down and redid it, moving the decal to the larger space between the coil bracket and the coil lip. The second thing I did was to paint the shiny black plastic brown to look [...]
