Shawn and I spent a couple hours last night trouble-shooting a weird fuel pump problem. Three times now, while driving, the engine has become starved of fuel and died. The Facet electrical fuel pump was not heard ticking away under the tank. The first two times this happened, it was revived after reseating the fuse and apparently fiddling with the wires on the back of the fuse block.
We tested the wiring and found that we could manipulate the on/off state by simply pushing the wire around behind the fuse block. At the ‘off’ state, voltage would drop from 11 or so down to 7.5 or lower. We’re going to re-splice the connection behind the fuse block and see if that helps. This was a strange one to track down.
But at least we also identified the horn relay as the hot wire on the steering column so we can work on getting that fixed now too.
The bug took Best in Class!
The pop-out windows are almost finished. I took a couple pictures to put on here to give an example of what it’s going to look like. This first one is with just the welting in place, holding the headliner material down so that it doesn’t come unglued.
And here are a couple with the frame for the driver’s side set in with the hinge holding it in place to get an idea for fit. It looks great!
The pop-out window frames are getting worked on and with some luck we should have those and the rear window in place for the spring and summer. I’m planning on taking it out for a spin this weekend as we should have some really nice weather. I want to take a couple pictures also to add here, so stay tuned. This Spring and Summer are looking pretty good for shows also. Volkswagens on the Green, Good Guys, the Old Town car show and Carnage on Larimer are the ones I’m really looking forward to this year.
There’s a hot connection somewhere, I’m thinking somewhere on the steering column, that likes to suck batteries dry. I left the trickle-charger unplugged for a couple months and it was so dead that the charger wouldn’t do anything. A full overnight charge got it happy as a clam.
With some below average temperatures the past several weeks, it’s been too cold and the roads have been too nasty, to get the bug out at all. I got a cover that fits nice and snug.
Bugzilla under wraps
It’s one size larger than what’s supposed to fit a standard beetle, but this one fits nice and tight. Come on Spring!
I’ve put up a bunch of pictures in the Gallery link on the title bar. The older pictures are fairly small, as I haven’t found the originals yet, but please enjoy what’s here. I’ll be adding more soon enough.
I’ve moved the content from the original site here to the History section so all of the content is still here. The main site address is getting redirected here now too. I’ve also added the Volksworld magazine roof chop article pages and a bunch of links.
I’ve glued the new rear view mirror into place. It’s tucked up nice and high on the windshield, and actually takes very little away from visibility. The mirror in my 300C actually blocks more visible area than does this one. I’ll get some pictures up showing it before too long.
Bugzilla at home in the garage
After more than a year over at British Sportswerks, the bug is finally at home and driveable. It’s even legal, it’s got tags and everything. It still needs the pop-out and rear windows finished and installed, but it’s more than good enough to drive on nice days. Luckily, we get a lot of those here in Colorado.
I just got a rear view mirror that I need to install, I plan on doing that this weekend. It’s a nice little 6″ oval billet mirror. It should hide nicely and keep me from having to crane my neck around to see if anyone’s behind me.
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