Parkway projects

[Franz]

#6563

My wife/kids drive this car daily. The transaxle has had a main bearing making noise for a while.

I let problems go until they are truly a problem. It chunked out the bearing and started making bad-bad noises….so here I am changing a transaxle this weekend. I’m playing the “transaxle lottery” today. I had this core in my backyard, that I assumed I put there because I thought it was good. We’ll see. I may be doing all this work again next weekend if I loose.

[Scott Sain]

#6565

No whammies!

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[Kleake]

#6566

Fingers crossed for you Franz???

[ColeB]

#6568

Awesome franz! Goodluck!

[Andym]

#6571

Surprised you haven’t worn the tranaxle out in your slammed bug

• This reply was modified 5 years ago by Andym.

[Mrs. Muhr]

#6573

Don’t worry, I’m driving that right now, so any day now.  😉

[Peet]

#6577

Franz hasn’t been very excited about this trans install. Hopefully it works good. We could have been riding bikes today

• This reply was modified 5 years ago by Peet.

[Franz]

#6674

I won the transaxle lottery!

I wasted a lot of time cleaning and re-sealing. If I were a paying customer, I could have bought the transaxle rebuild with what the extra time cost. I’m glad it worked out.

[Franz]

#6675

Today’s parkway happenings. A wolfsburg 23 in for detail/loose ends.  Just got a list together of parts to order.

53 driving away.

[ColeB]

#6676

Im excited to see what you do to the 23 window! I have the belly pan at my parents. I forgot to put it back on after summer driving. Ill bring it with me this weekend.

[Franz]

#6677

Does it need the valves adjusted and heads torqued? Anything that I missed?

-throttle

-door panel

-paint detail

-beauty rings

-middle seat kick panel

-choke cable

-trim insert

[ColeB]

#6678

Ya, sounds about right. Adjusting the doors so they don’t bang and chip again. You could do the maintenance on it if you think it needs it. Valves, head torque etc. KB said he had it done here not to long ago, but you never know.

[John Jones]

#6691

Parkway Projects….  Thats kinda like our “retail” side of things I guess…  Franz and Pete be knockin em out! 😉   Thanks guys.. Your the best clean shoppers on earth!!!! 😉

Proud and Stubborn 👍🏻

[mtnbus]

#6698

Nice work on your bug trans Franz.

I just found a bug trans I plan on using some day under my skate ramp…. I hope Im as lucky as you

 

and that 23 ?? wow !

[John Jones]

#6741

Bubba…. you had a large box show up yesterday..  Does it contain new vanagon parts, used vangon parts or lottery vanagon parts? 😉  😉  😉  😉  😉

Proud and Stubborn 👍🏻

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