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Briano1234
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I feel like Mel Fisher... Today's the day...

Two words of wisdom... NeverSieze.. is that one word or two?

Everything that needs to be removed moved or adjusted, got a liberal coating of the stuff.

Kown after my coffee I shall go slay a dragon.
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have a good one today!
all i'm going to do is an oil change... maybe replace my rear motor mount... and possibly mock-up my zender skirts...
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Well, the starter is in, that is one sob let me tell ya... the Axles are bolted and torqued, the oil is in the engine, and the battery is on the charger.

The tranny is about 58 0z short of full, so I had to verify that dextron2 and dextron 3 are compatible which they are.

The exhaust is still off, I am going to let my muffler guy do it.... I have done enough.

Will it start or won't it. Will it rev or sputter and die, the suspense is killing me.........

Stay tuned for the final episode of as the cabby turns...
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tried to start it and it wouldn't fire.....damn,,,,,Then I remembered that I forgot to plug in the hall sender....

First time right up....Loud, Extreeeeeeeeeely loud, but we have a cabby...

i drove it around the block, and I need to tweek the timing as it is close, but just not right.

The tranny shifted gears and so far no leaksssssss yeahhhh...

So Mondy after getting the muffler reattached, I might have to take it out for a cruise....

Next week The top
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Rawk!!!

i'll have another beer for you :)
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Fan-farking-tastic Brian. Very happy that everything worked out for ya. Can't wait to see the car in person.
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Yeppers Many thanks to William and Christine for the Donor Parts.... ps. I still haven't gotten that off yet.. but it is on my list...
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congrats man, you have earned it!!!!! glad its back on the road.
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Brian, there is no hurry. So don't sweat it.
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Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaw!! :thumbup: 8)
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Well this Thread is oooooverrrrrrrrrrr... I got the top finished for now, I will have to replace the cable with a genuine VW.

I had the exhaust hung today.....resonable... and drove it topless.... I will snap some pics in a bit................
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This was one of the first posts I read this morning after I got Calimus' e-mail. My first thought was "I wonder if the crank is busted?"
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Just kidding!
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Post by Briano1234 »

well I got the cabby on the road...

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I got so excited that I had to make a pit stop.



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Driving topless just tickled the crap outta me :)

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Many Thanks goes out to William, and Christine...... :P :P :P
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Post by kuklaki »

LOL those are some pretty sh!tty pics there, Brian :lol: :lol:

Sooo happy the lil Cabby is running and she looks mahvehlous!!!
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