How to lower the rear of a Super bug - Home Built Project Beetle part 30

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[@karl9299]

Magic mate, I'm refurbishing a very rare South African 1976 Beetle 1600S, only 3000 ever built, with curved windscreen.

[@musclecarczarig4003]

Coming next week, John Lemmon bonus episode where we lower the front and replace the carb! Great work Jeff!

[@kfrizzle001]

The Beetle is looking and sounding amazing Jeff! Now it's time to get out and enjoy it

[@TigerRogers0660]

Jeff, I gotta say this is the BEST looking beetle in Australia!! The Aqua colour has a lot to do with that! Great build. Tiger.

[@t0ymad]

Just watching you Jack the car up, you need a "Quick Jack" or similar. Great things especially for lower cars. It even works on a really low AW-11 MR2 race car. Also nice and stable when up. Keep up the good work, it's nice to see someone progressing well with their projects!

[@carlharvey7098]

You have done a bloody fantastic job Jeff! Off to follow Mrs Jeff now haha

[@silvermane9370]

Hurrah! John looks lovely, if a little sit up and beg. Best to do a couple of hundred kms and see how the front looks then. When I was at uni I had a ratty old Skoda 130 Rapide coupe, which was rear engined. I had heat soak problems with restarting which I solved by having the heater running all the time. Good excuse to have all the windows down in the summer! I paid £300 for it and got 15,000 miles out of it with the only maintenance costs being a tyre and some exhaust sealant. Those were the days!

[@wonderbat9]

I love this channel. Congratulations Jeff, lovely work, just the other two to do now!

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Other 3 ;)

[@dmjunqueirarv]

This car came out very nice. Congratulations!

[@wesmadebuilds681]

Just finished another playlist. Maybe I will watch the Datsun next. I have had others tell me they watch all my hundreds of old videos. I guess now I am doing the same for you.

[@Sharkerp38]

Awesome build, looking forward to seeing paint on the 240, and getting INTERPOL looking for the 911 engine ;)

[@michaelcurley7801]

Something very peculiar going on (or not going on) with that 911 engine. He was in LA months ago getting it built; since then ..............

[@ActionM]

Good work Jeff!

[@jamiepezoulas4546]

Lol, “I want it lower, not higher”! That had me rolling. You need some drop spindles to lower it 2.5” then it will sit right with the rear.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Drop spindles don't work with Supers ;)

[@jamiepezoulas4546]

Home Built By Jeff Ah, I wasn’t sure. Bummer.

[@StevenVigus]

John Lemmon is looking awsome Jeff!

[@jztrombone]

Will definitely join the live stream! Yay!

[@tx5brent]

Good work as usual. I do wonder if there is a small leak somewhere in the carb other than the float that is allowing the fuel from the bowl to slowly leak into the intake. That would be independent of if the float is working or not. I think you're right about it being flooded while trying to hot start. It sounds like it's too rich rather than too lean in the hot starts you have shown in pervious videos. Setting the float height is a fairly normal thing to need to do to a carby, a lot of dirt bike riders adjust float heights to make sure the bike doesn't starve on long hill climbs

[@cf5914]

A wise man once told me, "To fix your carb, fix your ignition." Its always true. :p

[@johnt.1288]

Love the car and congratulations on its “finishing it”. I have to be honest, working so close to the freshly painted car made me cringe a bit. I would have smacked the paint with the shocks once or twice. Tell Mrs. Jeff she’s not the last person to join instagram. I’m not on it yet. Good luck guys.

[@andrewhempel3828]

jeff dont forget to peen the large bolt that holds the trailing arm after torquing it to 87 ft lbs. They have been known to work their way out on the road. as to the carb apparently you can use a pict 30 31 carb float as they are the same size as a 34 pict if you are trying to source a used vw float. once you get the hard start issue resolved and looking at tuning consider if you have ethanol in your gas when jetting, do they have ethanol in Australia normally you would increase the jet size. Puttiing smaller tires on the front is a cailfornia loook thing and the stance may look off if the shocks are sitting higher with smaller wheels as that would only accentuate the gap from the top of the tire to the fender agian just opinions take them how you may. . good luck Andrew Topline VW sells strut inserts for lowered front ends the note on their std length gas struts that the front end rises on install

[@danielbates4137]

Great job bud from the great ole US of A 👍

[@bobbycowper2915]

KEEP AMERICA GREAT!

[@MrXslide]

More bloopers. Enjoyed

[@computiNATEor]

Aww. You two are such a cute couple.

[@michaeld.3779]

Elephant toenails. I love it!

[@mazcatii]

Have really enjoyed this series mate. When's the Porsche getting finished? So glad you painted the underside of the bonnet/boot. It's been doing my head in lol.

Nice work on her.

[@modssmodra2002]

I have had hot start issues from fuel evaporation from the engine heat my old falcons used a baculite insulator on the carb which often gets discarded and can cause hot start issues there is also the trick where you make a heat shield and any insulate any fuel line that runs on or near the engine and as some previous comments have said may also just be cheap Chinese carby.

[@steveveness3829]

Nice one😉😊👌👍👍

[@billywhizz98]

Nothing you can do cant be done all you need is a Bug a Bug is all you need Brilliantly done

[@alexjinks6172]

enjoyed your series immensely...Would be great to see a National Media Outlet pick up on yourselves and Dangar Marine to present Nation wide 'true' Reality show on actually restoring something other than Fake houses and gardens .......Thanks again for a great show !

[@warhorse38]

Ditch the Chinese carb and find a genuine one to put back on it

[@nathancash8346]

A very pretty bug, and it looks like it is going to be a keeper?

[@mcdick]

I commented it before, but I would really make sure the float level is OK and matches the carb manufacturer spec. And having after market AF meter for jetting would be bad idea either. I've got carbed motorcycle with twin carbs and the float levels (and that they match) are super critical item to check especially when rebuilding the carbs (say every 2 years). Too low and the carb can run rich and even hydrolock if the needle leaks when not running. Too high and might cause fuel starvation/lean condition. Had problem problem with the lean condition with one cylinder and changing the jetting didn't seem to matter. After I corrected the float level, the jetting started having effect and got the fueling sorted.

[@mawe42]

Gas pressure shocks raises the suspension a bit. It wont settle until they are shot again...

[@joostsiebeling701]

Has the same issue with my 1970 Fiat 500. Not starting on a warm engine. Replaced every part in the carb, no improvement. Replaced the carb with a refurbed one, no more problems. Till this day I still do not know what it caused. It still bothers me to this day 15 years later.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

That may be the eventual fix, but I would really like to track down the route cause.

[@joostsiebeling701]

@@HomeBuiltByJeff I wish I did! Haha.

[@user-oj7en8xx3g]

To cut the chase a bit, do you have any way to borrow another known-good carb and try it out, just to quickly isolate if that is where the problem resides? Maybe a VW Bug club member could lend you one or something similar?

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Thinking about it, I might. I will give it a go.

[@scottgarloff1390]

vacuum leak and or vapor lock due to fuel line overheating

[@xjs36]

Hi Jeff you can buy lowering springs for the super beetle.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

That is probably what I will do.

[@BraggenritesNetwork]

Yeah that front needs to come down on John Lemon. But I’m glad to it basically done. It was awesome following the build. Looking forward to seeing you finish the Datsun next. But What about the 911? When are we gonna hear it run? Didn’t you have an Alfa you were going to restore too?

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Rear is going to come back up, and the Alfa is in the wings ;)

[@civicboomer2135]

VW looks good. I had a Super Beetle. One of the problems I had was the fuel cut off valve. It would creep on the shaft to the coil that opened on starting and running. This would cause poor running and hard start up. I would unscrew it and tap the spool end which would slide it back on the electromagnetic coil that opens it on startup. Finally replaced it and it stopped the problems.Anyway it could be this or the valve is just bad. Just another idea to try.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Definitely worth checking

[@guy_autordie]

Don't worry Ms Jeff, I don't have an instagram account. Just twitter and FB ^^

[@robertwilson815]

really enjoyed your refurb Jeff, keep them coming....is there no choke on the Beetle? maybe something to do with that?

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Electric, but it works as intended ;)

[@ReseTTim]

Get some 'Smart' tires, those are smaller in diameter. That has been done at my beetle to lower it more at the front..

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Great tip.

[@hotdognr12323]

Did you solve the problem with the gas tank gauge?

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Not entirely, but it is working enough for me to live with it for the time being ;)

[@Axeltreman]

So what about the VW bug fans?

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

I love all cars, not just one brand ;)

[@ninjatechauto655]

Sounds a lot like vaporlock. Better carb should help.

[@jamespull12]

Wait was mrs.jeff meant to make an appearance at 14:24 ? 😂

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Haha, no, I am not sure how that clip slipped in there, but it is funny ;)

[@donfinch862]

Did you see my previous comment about heat soak, putting an insulator between carb and manifold? Modern fuels aggravate the prob. See here www.edelblog.com/tech-tips/resolving-heat-soak

[@truthseeker8483]

Never understood lowering cars...especially in Australia with our crap roads.....

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

'Cause it loos cooler :P

[@Mk12dexxa6]

14:25 O.o

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Haha, I don't know how that got in there, but it is funny :D

[@mrclown7469]

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That is fantastic, thanks. I will add it to the description.

[@alanparsons9934]

Please paint the underside of the engine hood, confused as to what to call it 😂😂😂bonnet or boot lid

[@alanparsons9934]

Wow I should of waited another 2 mins 😂😂

[@bobbycowper2915]

I'll never understand how guys work on cars with a watch and jewelry on.

[@jimporter]

Did you ever check this link for a solution to warm start issues? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWekdml3gbaWo80

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

That is for a starter motor issue, mine is fine ;)

[@tx5brent]

Good work as usual. I do wonder if there is a small leak somewhere in the carb other than the float that is allowing the fuel from the bowl to slowly leak into the intake. That would be independent of if the float is working or not. I think you're right about it being flooded while trying to hot start. It sounds like it's too rich rather than too lean in the hot starts you have shown in pervious videos. Setting the float height is a fairly normal thing to need to do to a carby, a lot of dirt bike riders adjust float heights to make sure the bike doesn't starve on long hill climbs