What a flawless first drive! She just needed a little exercise to get going again. I think I hear a loose cylinder head on acceleration, something to look at when I pull the engine.
If your exhaust system checks fine you’re right; probably loose head(s) and you would lose power too. Sometimes the studs strip out from the case, especially when they are 10 mm and don’t have case saver inserts.
@@vayabroder729 Yep... also one of the other symptoms of loose heads is when it warms up it runs well and the noise goes away... also had that! Be pulling the engine soon enough when I start putting the body up on the bus frame. 😁👍🦆💩
My first car was a 69 Squareback, bought it and drove it from San Fransisco to Orange county through constant rain. Leaked everywhere. Later when I took it to a mechanic to look at it, he was stunned to see everything was in working order for its condition. While rust free she was still a beater. The one thing that eventually caught up with me was the chewed up engine mounts, the entire engine was being held by the transmission at that point and any hard road would chew up the Flywheel. Went through two transmissions before a competent mechanic told me the issue. 😵💫 Still drive it regularly, and with new mounts in place it is beyond reliable. Definitely a sleeper car, if you have the patience to put the work in.
Well....the lifted VW square back is moving right along. It's a runner! "TIME TO TARE IT PART!" It's 54 degrees in Chesterfield, Va. when I wrote is comment, Glenn.
Engine does sound great. My FI Type 3 ran horribly until it was warmed up too. The cold start injector was disconnected because it dribbled all the time and the T-stat was no longer closing. Replaced the T-stat and it warmed up quicker but, still ran terribly until it got some heat going. Adjusted the fuel pressure and that woke the engine up. In my case because the fuel pressure was set very low when I first bought it. The fuel pressure was so low, it would stumble on long hill pulls and heavy acceleration. Good luck!
Thanks man! It sounded good once it was warmed up. Wild Bill and I are convinced its a loose cylinder head. Ruby had the same symptoms when cold, once warmed she sounded great and made power once the engine expanded. I'll be pulling the engine soon enough! It'll make the body much lighter!
@DuckmanCycles Could be! My experience with loose head bolts has been my engines would die after about 40 minutes of driving and start again only after cooling down enough to get compression back. You could remove your rocker arms and re- torque the head bolts you can get to, as a test....or just pull the engine and find out 😉 Hope it is something simple!!
Blackie didn’t wanna come out n play lol Man two my fave bands wasp and twisted sister . If they would only do a mashup 😀Wish we were there already , your doing well as usual ❤️
@@jody8841 some reason I thought you were making some kind of Ant-Man racist remark LOL... if that doesn't make sense to you, didn't make sense to me either hahahaha
My first car was a 73 Square Back. In Wisconsin. I called it the Bondo Bug it had so many rust holes patched with bondo it was Base orange with Brown and grey primer. The Heater Vents were all rusted out so it was a cold bugger to drive in winter. It was great in the snow. My sister got it stuck once and let the mail man pull her out and wrapped strap around front bumper. Ripped it clean off the CAR. It screwed with my Hood release I was driving down road about 55mph and the hood flew open bent it back all the way to top of car. Ended up using Ratchet strap to hold it down after that.
That scrap you picked up is the platform to an adjustable bed, the lights are so you can see what you have stored under the bed -- makes finding the right play toy easy 🤣
Thank you 🤗 She made it, ran quite well, everything worked except signals. LoL! And I didn't get broken down nor stranded! That's a good one in my book!
Hi Duckman awesome video as usual 👍i don't mind the Square Back VW. My dad had 1 when we were kids. It was a white 1. Keep up the good work from Dave in Australia 🦘.
You mean the one I replaced, but yes! The rest of the brake lines actually look pretty good, but the soft lines can be deceiving! But its working for now! 😁😁😁👍🦆💩
The motor runs pretty well 👍. I like the fuel injection. You mentioned that Ruby's transmission might be different than the fastback. Do they have different ones for type 3s? Besides automatic. Mine is the automatic. Love how it drives. It does affect the performance quite a bit, though. My first car was a 1969 bug. Had the autostick. I really liked that one. It's brake line did the exact thing as the square back. Fun video Lord Duckman. 🦆👍. Noel
Well specifically the gear ratios are different. Otherwise Ruby originally had a swing axle which I converted to IRS so in the end the Transmissions are kind of the same.
Watch out for those exploding brake lines, I typically upgrade everything to stainless steel so that becomes a non-issue. This car will get all brand new stainless lines soon enough! 😁👍🦆💩
Always someone that wants to tell me that I'm wrong... I guess the fact that I adjusted the valves on video isn't good enough. I must have deliberately set them too tight afterwards just to make myself look special. LoL!
@@DuckmanCycles That is okay. It is another form of recycling - reuse/repurpose..... I dumpster dive any day. "One man's Trash is another man's Treasure." It is amazing what some people throw out....... You make good use of all your "findings".
LoL I too will run a un registered vehicle down a public highway to an off-road area to play... It adds a little spice to life...why conform to societies rules and taxation... besides the punishment is less expensive than the fee's involved to pay off the embezzling politicians most of the time...a 6th sense And good eye sight pays off
What a flawless first drive! She just needed a little exercise to get going again. I think I hear a loose cylinder head on acceleration, something to look at when I pull the engine.
If your exhaust system checks fine you’re right; probably loose head(s) and you would lose power too. Sometimes the studs strip out from the case, especially when they are 10 mm and don’t have case saver inserts.
@@vayabroder729 Yep... also one of the other symptoms of loose heads is when it warms up it runs well and the noise goes away... also had that! Be pulling the engine soon enough when I start putting the body up on the bus frame. 😁👍🦆💩
My first car was a 69 Squareback, bought it and drove it from San Fransisco to Orange county through constant rain. Leaked everywhere. Later when I took it to a mechanic to look at it, he was stunned to see everything was in working order for its condition. While rust free she was still a beater. The one thing that eventually caught up with me was the chewed up engine mounts, the entire engine was being held by the transmission at that point and any hard road would chew up the Flywheel. Went through two transmissions before a competent mechanic told me the issue. 😵💫 Still drive it regularly, and with new mounts in place it is beyond reliable. Definitely a sleeper car, if you have the patience to put the work in.
i drove one of these for 10 years and it was such a blast and expensive!
Kewl Beanz Pinto! Good job Glenn 😁. Makes me miss my old 71 chop top.. oh well, I'm gonna build another one! Thanks as always for the share!
Thanks so much my dude, if you start a building on one you better make some videos! I'm going to be watching!
Good stuff Duckman, a change from the norm!!!!!
Ya think so? Thanks man!
Can't wait to see what becomes of it, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones
Great things!, probably will get out there today with the ladies and see if I can get them a little dirty, too!
Well....the lifted VW square back is moving right along. It's a runner! "TIME TO TARE IT PART!" It's 54 degrees in Chesterfield, Va. when I wrote is comment, Glenn.
LoL! And its about the same here today.... back to wearing my hoodie!!!! Thanks man!
Engine does sound great. My FI Type 3 ran horribly until it was warmed up too. The cold start injector was disconnected because it dribbled all the time and the T-stat was no longer closing. Replaced the T-stat and it warmed up quicker but, still ran terribly until it got some heat going. Adjusted the fuel pressure and that woke the engine up. In my case because the fuel pressure was set very low when I first bought it. The fuel pressure was so low, it would stumble on long hill pulls and heavy acceleration. Good luck!
Thanks man! It sounded good once it was warmed up. Wild Bill and I are convinced its a loose cylinder head. Ruby had the same symptoms when cold, once warmed she sounded great and made power once the engine expanded. I'll be pulling the engine soon enough! It'll make the body much lighter!
@DuckmanCycles Could be! My experience with loose head bolts has been my engines would die after about 40 minutes of driving and start again only after cooling down enough to get compression back. You could remove your rocker arms and re- torque the head bolts you can get to, as a test....or just pull the engine and find out 😉 Hope it is something simple!!
Blackie didn’t wanna come out n play lol
Man two my fave bands wasp and twisted sister . If they would only do a mashup 😀Wish we were there already , your doing well as usual ❤️
Who? lol... I have no idea what you're on about! 😁👍🦆💩
Arghhh I’m heart broken Blackie lawless is from Wasp, come out and play is a cool twisted sister song . My joke goes over like a lead fart 🤪
@@jody8841 some reason I thought you were making some kind of Ant-Man racist remark LOL... if that doesn't make sense to you, didn't make sense to me either hahahaha
My first car was a 73 Square Back. In Wisconsin. I called it the Bondo Bug it had so many rust holes patched with bondo it was Base orange with Brown and grey primer. The Heater Vents were all rusted out so it was a cold bugger to drive in winter. It was great in the snow. My sister got it stuck once and let the mail man pull her out and wrapped strap around front bumper. Ripped it clean off the CAR. It screwed with my Hood release I was driving down road about 55mph and the hood flew open bent it back all the way to top of car. Ended up using Ratchet strap to hold it down after that.
Yep uts freezing here.. too cold to work on the squareback!! Be happy its warm and don't have snow on the ground still..
Actually it's not warm anymore LOL... high 40s. But still no snow. 😁👍🦆💩
That scrap you picked up is the platform to an adjustable bed, the lights are so you can see what you have stored under the bed -- makes finding the right play toy easy 🤣
That's interesting, to put lights under a bed LOL! Guess it makes it easier to find the cat!
Yayy Lemon! Great first drive!
Thank you 🤗 She made it, ran quite well, everything worked except signals. LoL! And I didn't get broken down nor stranded! That's a good one in my book!
Wow, you pulled into the driveway after your test run without the bed frame on the roof. Next scene it’s on, magic.😮
Hollywood magic!
Cool...You are moving forward, brakes and all. A great project! Thanks!
Much appreciated, she's coming along a little bit at a time!
Looks awesome . Nice it drives hoping the title arrives very soon
Fingers crossed! Thanks so much! She got in contact with me yesterday on her own, she's in California now getting papers together!
Hi Duckman awesome video as usual 👍i don't mind the Square Back VW. My dad had 1 when we were kids. It was a white 1. Keep up the good work from Dave in Australia 🦘.
Thanks Dave! Very much appreciated! I'm quite surprised how many people really like this car, I didn't think it would have such a following!
"Holy Leaking Faucets, Batman." 🦇
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I know you need a leak but a square back must busting for a leak 😂
Oh it leaks.... LOTS! LoL! There is always a puddle on the ground under the holes in the floor pan after it rains!
Exactly what I was hoping for, that is one sweet lemon! Off-roading to let her get used to her new way of life
Exactly, foreshadowing! Heheheheheh 😁👍🦆💩
You can trust the break line you fixed...lol
You mean the one I replaced, but yes! The rest of the brake lines actually look pretty good, but the soft lines can be deceiving! But its working for now! 😁😁😁👍🦆💩
All that leaking fluid is good rust proofing !!😂
Actually, brake fluid does quite the opposite! Eats paint,and attracts moisture. If it was left that way these floors would be ruined! 😁👍🦆💩
@@DuckmanCycles It does eat paint but it's better than no fluid. I'm in the North east. Rust. Salt nightmare lol
Yay, more work 😁
Yayyyyyy.... and progress too! 😁👍🦆💩
Of all
bugs... I like squarebacks and buses the most✊🏾 touche’.
If not actually a bug.... but they do share a lot of the same parts! More fun things to come on this car in the very near future!
@@DuckmanCycles touche’ ... I call all Volkswagens bugs😂😂😂... forgive my error🙃
Wd40 works good on wasps and safe for paint and metal.
Even better when you had some fire! 😁👍🦆💩
Yeah, that's an adjustable bedframe. :)
It won't be for long! Hehehe! DONOR METAL!
@@DuckmanCycles If those actuators still work, they're pretty stout.
Glenn.... Focus.... We need more Eleanore.... ❤
That would be Nice! Hopefully soon!
You know in the commercial with Dustin Hoffman he couldn’t find the engine on a similar squareback.
I believe that was a Fastback, and yes we talked about that a couple videos ago in the comment section LOL
nice job.
Thanks so much my dude!
I wish vw used that dash in the beetle, looks much nicer! That’s your next project!😂
LoL! Just dump one in a Super Beetle. 😁👍🦆💩
The motor runs pretty well 👍. I like the fuel injection. You mentioned that Ruby's transmission might be different than the fastback. Do they have different ones for type 3s? Besides automatic. Mine is the automatic. Love how it drives. It does affect the performance quite a bit, though. My first car was a 1969 bug. Had the autostick. I really liked that one. It's brake line did the exact thing as the square back. Fun video Lord Duckman. 🦆👍. Noel
Well specifically the gear ratios are different. Otherwise Ruby originally had a swing axle which I converted to IRS so in the end the Transmissions are kind of the same.
Watch out for those exploding brake lines, I typically upgrade everything to stainless steel so that becomes a non-issue. This car will get all brand new stainless lines soon enough! 😁👍🦆💩
@@DuckmanCycles I did not know that type 3s, the earlier models have swing axel. Learn something new today 👍
The tappets being quiet usually means they are too tight...might have been a cause of the lack of power ? Bed have a coin mech?
Always someone that wants to tell me that I'm wrong... I guess the fact that I adjusted the valves on video isn't good enough. I must have deliberately set them too tight afterwards just to make myself look special. LoL!
Spray wD 40 or brake cleaner inside that hole lol
WITH FIRE! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Spray brake clean into that hole
With fire! 🔥🔥🔥🔥😁👍🦆💩
Mint👌😎
Thank you! 😁👍🦆💩
Great
Thanks! 😁👍🦆💩
Oh, Duckman was that a "Test Drive" or a "Dumpster Dive"?
No dumpsters were harmed in the making of this film!
@@DuckmanCycles That is okay. It is another form of recycling - reuse/repurpose..... I dumpster dive any day. "One man's Trash is another man's Treasure." It is amazing what some people throw out....... You make good use of all your "findings".
You want cool weather come on to Oklahoma buddy
It was in the 40s here yesterday morning... lol
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😁😁😁😁💥🚗💨👍🦆💩
First!
Nope.... second.
LoL I too will run a un registered vehicle down a public highway to an off-road area to play... It adds a little spice to life...why conform to societies rules and taxation... besides the punishment is less expensive than the fee's involved to pay off the embezzling politicians most of the time...a 6th sense And good eye sight pays off
Haha... well said! More fun to come! 🤣🤣🤣😁😁👍🦆💩