Joxracing's 1966 Baja "The Resurection"

Post by **Hedrock** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:06 pm

Jox... As Dusty said don't forget the o-ring in the flywheel. It is very frustrating if you do one and not the other and you still have a leak.

Yes I know this from personal experience

dustymojave · Post by **dustymojave** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:13 pm

Joxracing wrote:alright, the one and only VW guy in my town said it would be even better to use an impact wrench.

And yes, its the baja with the leak, fords never leak

The impact is a a quicker and easier way, but if you don't have that capability...
The drawback to using the impact is that you cannot accurately torque the gland nut. It's easy to break them if you overtorque. Undertorque and it can come loose, wobble, and destroy the end of the crank and the center of the flywheel.

A better way is to use a torque multiplier tool with a torque wrench.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... ?id=271506

Wipe a little grease on the seal lip before installing the flywheel, and a little inside the pilot bearing in the gland nut before installing the clutch.

Joxracing · Post by **Joxracing** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:20 pm

My parts came today, ill probably drop the motor after the 4th weekend...

I also boldted up a skidplate to the bottom of my engine cage, ill get a pic later...

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

Joxracing · Post by **Joxracing** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:13 pm

Anyone know where you get lug nuts...err... lug bolts for wide 5 VW?

Joxracing · Post by **Joxracing** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:55 pm

Hahaha yess.... she doesnt leak!!!!

(lets hope it stays that way)

A couple friends came over at about 4, droped the motor, put the new seal on, fitted the engine cage, and wired the lights up.

We were riding around in it by 8 o'clock.

For about 10 min we gave it a shake down on some offroad trail we found down the street, and came home, and realized we lost a part of the exhuast and a light cage, so we were fixing that up...

And my mom came out and she said that one of the neighbors called complaing, and the cops might be coming shortly., so we had to put it away...

But im seriously pissed off, because those ranger sideXside's, dirtbikes and 4wheelers drive around all day, and dont get called on nothing.

When my dad got home, he called the neighbor(which has a loud dirtbike and a ranger) and gave him a good earful...

But i cannot drive the baja around anymore

Now i have to be the prick, and im gonna call on every ranger and Dirtbike that rides by.

But... the important thing is..... IT RUNS AWESOME!!!

Post by **david58** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:48 am

Hang in there Joxracing. Neibors can be a real pain.

72bajaben · Post by **72bajaben** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:49 am

man that sucks....its pretty much the same where i live. dirt bikes and quads and loud muscle cars all over the place....but god forbid i drive the baja out in the 100 acres of sand behind my house.

bajaherbie · Post by **bajaherbie** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:26 pm

when do you turn 16?

Joxracing · Post by **Joxracing** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:53 pm

September. But my parents DO NOT want to plate the bug. I might be able to persuade them though.

Lotrat · Post by **Lotrat** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:42 pm

Have them call the insurance company and ask for a quote on it. That will help. Hope you're a good student. You're gonna need all the discounts you can get.

Joxracing · Post by **Joxracing** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:46 pm

alright, i gots a little problem.

Why does my bug smoke soooo much??

Its coming out the pipe, and alot of its coming out of the breather and oil fill cap.

Joxracing · Post by **Joxracing** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:10 pm

Alright, i got a few oil leaks, hardly anything to worry about.....right?

And when i hardly rev it, it sounds good, but when ya rev it a little bit, it sounds like its got a knock to it.

I really hope its not a rod knock, what are some charecterstics of a rod knock?

Oh, and are those oil leaks nothing, or should i pay attention to them?

baja5 · Post by **baja5** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:19 pm

Always want to pay attention to oil leaks, at least I do. I hate leaving a trail. As for the Knock, rev the engine until you can hear the knock clearly, then pull 1 spark plug wire at a time off of the distrubutor. If the knock goes away of diminishes with a wire pulled the knock is most likely a rod and whatever wire is pulled is the cylinder in question. If the knock stays there, it is something else, maybe a Main bearing. If it is more of a tapping and doesn't go away it may just be a valve adjustment.

Joxracing · Post by **Joxracing** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:23 pm

Ill have to try that...

I dont think it would be lifter knock..

It depends, sometimes its really bad when i first start it up, then kinda goes away...

But its NOT a steady knock thats always knocking from idle to high rev.

baja5 · Post by **baja5** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:27 pm

Non steady, fluttering knocks are usually Main bearings. Although, it could also be the fuel pump rod, you can start the engine, let it idle for a minute to fill the carb, then pull the fuel pump off and the rod out. Then start the engine and see if the noise is gone. if not the it is deeper.