A New Heart For Miss Zora

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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by poptop tom » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:43 am

Congratulations and nice work! :salute:

It's a great feeling!
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by Amskeptic » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:45 am

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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by dtrumbo » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:54 am

Congrats, Paige! I'm so proud of you and hopefully I'll be just as proud of myself here in about another month (I'm on a hybrid timeline of Westy78 and poptop tom for engine rebuilds!).
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by mentalQtip » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:23 am

How far you've come and learned so much.
You have earned the right to feel mighty good about yourself.

Good for you.

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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by LiveonJG » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:24 am

:occasion5:

Congratulations! Sounds pretty good too.

Nice work. We'll clink glasses for real in a few days.
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by misszora » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:53 am

Yes! Adjusting the valves and taking her out for a long, gentle drive in a few hours.
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by RSorak 71Westy » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:10 am

Yes please adjust those vavles and post another vid of it running without all that clacking.
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by Gypsie » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:35 am

Very very nice. Good figgerin on the coil. Enjoy your drive today.
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by hambone » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:38 am

Congrats! Have you done the ring break in yet? Do it soon before you drive it a lot.
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by ruckman101 » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:13 pm

OUTSTANDING!!

It's the little things that hang you up or throw you, you never check because, "Nah, it couldn't be...."


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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by Westy78 » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:38 pm

Nice job Paige! Yes, break in those rings before driving it anymore. You don't want to glaze the cylinders and have low compression.
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by Quadratrückseite » Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:53 pm

Congratulations!! I can only imagine the sense of accomplishment you must feel...this thread inspires me to take on my own rebuild. I just so happen to have a spare 2.0 sitting around... :)
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by misszora » Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:24 pm

Thank you! It does feel great. I still have some work to do though.

So, I could not get the side nut off of the transmission where you can check the fluid level. Aside from taking it into a VW shop, who could do a sneaky peek in there?
Miss Zora - '77 VW Riviera Hard Top Campmobile
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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by ruckman101 » Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:25 pm

I've found a cheater pipe on the wrench does the trick.


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Re: A New Heart For Miss Zora

Post by Amskeptic » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:56 pm

Westy78 wrote:Nice job Paige! Yes, break in those rings before driving it anymore. You don't want to glaze the cylinders and have low compression.
Find a nice low-traffic boulevard, accelerate with some verve from 25 to 40 in 3rd gear and let it slow back down, still in 3rd, for five times. Then just a nice easy bit of steady driving at 30 in 3rd for a mile, then 5 more repetitions from 25-45. Best to change the oil after, so do the ring break-in just before your 100 mile oil change.
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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