MadMike's 'Casper' 76 bug

[madmike]

Called Bergs, I Thought I had Dialed a wrong # ,I ask him where the hell are u from? ,,,,The Guy was from 'London England' anyhow,, I ordered some Pressure Plate shim kit,, I just know I'll be needing,, gonna be raining all week here,,I'm getting antsie Trying to time this so I don't have the bug all apart, when the body shop guys calls me,, Yea,Im still waiting on that "Paint job' ,, been two friickin years since we made a deal told him a few weeks ago '$hit or get off the pot',treat me like a regular costumer and paint my bug or give me the Motor I built for you,, I can always sell the motor,,hope he don't call when I drop the motor to swap the trans Cheers,Mike

[madmike]

Got the Trans swap done ,just waiting on the Shim kit for the Pressure Plate, I turned 68 last week and boy do I feel it now ,, hope the Sauna tonight help with the pains Photo's are bassackwards first one is the new trans sorry for the crappy photos

[madmike]

Messiest garage in northen Michigan Note to self ,, 'Spring cleaning"
But that lil swap meet Impact gun save the day ,didn't lose the charge ,worked on the CV bolts too

[John S.]

Is the bucket supposed to catch the balanced box of tools? Hopefully the bucket is empty. Lol

[madmike]

I sit on that garden cart , bucket elevates tools so I don't have to been over so much , trying to save my back got the shim kit but the studs were wrong ( would'nt fit over the shim ) started to grind them to fit ,,say screw it just reused the bolts
Bugs back together & running , trans works on the jack stands ,, waiting for 'dry roads'

[madmike]

road dried up enough to test drive the bug's new trans , shifts good , no howl , has reverse ,, I didn't boost , ,,maybe when I get better weather etc.

[buguy]

Can't beat that!

[madmike]

U-Betcha, For all of $150 I have invested in the Trans w/oil I just order a Syncro ring for the old trans , I'll rebuild and Keep for a spare or ,,Sell it?

[buguy]

I think i paid $1700 for my rebuilt trans... So id keep it if it were me!

[madmike]

Well I was going to order that Syncro ring, from a guy on slamba,, $15 cool,, he re directs me to his site to place the order,, $85 ,,wtf was my reply back to him

[buguy]

Excellent!

[Clatter]

You can get new ones from Weddle - they ship right away, too.
https://weddleindustries.com/products/1 ... -311-295-D

At $13.50 each it makes sense to do them all.
Scott at Metalcraft told me these syncros are good quality, and the last trans i built with them worked great.

[madmike]

I should really check with my 'Locals' first,sometimes we forget the lil'guys

[madmike]

Got bored waiting for Spring to quit farting around(raining) tore into a motor someone gave me a while ago,, "Mouse motor" ,all of the hardest cylinders to come off I have ever had the pleasure to hammer on some I just remover the rod caps, I soaked everything with ATF/Acetone 50/50 had to take a break came back from small break,,,Man that Mix works cylinders moved ,I had used a half can of pb Blaster on this case about 6 months ago didn't do diddly nevr going to buy that again,,, Phewwwww mouse Pee,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,long ,,,,,,,,,,after supper ,,tapped the lifters out bores felt good,will check better later, so far: stock line bore/ std bearings, I love Michigan car/Bugs rot out before a Gazillion mile's are put on them,and Type 3 motors are less trashed too like this one,Cheers,Mike

[John S.]

Wow a mouse condo! The crank is probably only rusty because of the mouse pee, yuk!