Another FNG.... Glad to find this place!

[VileZambonie]

Go Angela! lol

[RMC_SS_LDO]

thats a tidy looking truck dude!   Bare feet   i hope you let the old girl cool down first 

Cooled for the most part, but still warm enough to help get the plugs loose.  She found out the manifolds and plugs hold heat for a while 
It was her idea but it worked out pretty well....  When we got done, she didn't need a shower, it was more like a job for the power-washer! 

We started by popping the brake vacuum line and a can of Seafom in upper end of the motor and went thru almost a full can of carb cleaner to break the old junk loose.  After about an hour soak, we took her for a "spirited" drive.  We won't have any mosquitoes in Camden County any time soon! 

Got back and tackled the plugs, distributor, fuel filter, oil change and various odds and ends.  Old truck actually running pretty strong!  We've got a leaker (oil) from somewhere, but we'll hit that after I get back from Iraq (deploying for a year, starting in July).

I think everything now is cosmetic for the most part.  We just need a new exhaust to let her breathe better!

Had a good time, Angie is learning more and having fun ripping stuff apart.  What's not to love!


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Allen

[Fordeatinz71]

wow man, she doesnt mind workin on her own ride i can see!  that's awesome.  that is one pretty Silverado too...love that color pattern...

[choptop]

Ha, those pix remind me of when my wife and I were first married. Her truck needed a tune up, and I was working on my Super Beetle's carbs. She came over and said she would change the plugs, so I said ok, set her up with the tools, and went back to work on the bug. (She'd taken auto shop, so I knew she knew what to do) Well, a half hour passed, I finished the bug, and looked up to see what she was doing. Well, I didn't see her anywhere, so I figured she'd given up, and went inside. (She knows how, just is limited in strength at 5ft and 100 lbs soaking wet) Well, I walked around to the front of the truck to see her in the engine bay, sitting on the fenderwell, putting the last one in. I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. Thank God, I am tall, because I would never fit in there. Thats a good kid your raising there, I hope my daughter does the same.......Nice truck, and Thank you for your service to our Country. My best friend is in Iraq, and our prayers are with all of you guys, and gals. Need to set her up on here so we can keep up with the progress, and help her anyway we can. Thanks and God Bless

[Fordeatinz71]

yea, i'm pretty small myself and i can get inside my Sierra's engine bay when needbe...lol.  BTW, not to thread jack, but do you still have Bugs choptop?  i'm a HUGE air-cooled Bug fan...

[choptop]

No, I traded my baby for a 66 Chevy stepside which I later traded fro a 83 GMC crewcab dually. I miss that bug. It was a 71 super beetle with a 1777cc dual weber setup w/ a stinger exhaust. It would fly, and still get 26+ mpg. Hope to build another sometime...

[Fordeatinz71]

yea, i've had a few of 'em, but my favorite was a '72 Super Beetle with a 1776 dual Kadrons.  i forget the name of the exhaust it had but it was a performance muffler that tucked under the apron...quick lil bugger.  it was a teal color that looked green if you looked one way, blue the other...really pretty car...had white/black interior...man i miss it...my wife now hates 'em, i told her "tough stuff, i will get another one...soon"

[autorepr]

Shoot that's a nice ride! Good shape overall, F.I., A/C. A pick up is as useful as a big hammer, put that woman in her place and spend as much as you want on it. (I can say that being 500 miles away! he he he heck!!)

[SRK-087]

welcome