WHAT IS THAT THING?! - 1974 VW Thing Type 181 - Electronic Ignition and Gauge Installation

Taylor gets to work on a customers 1974 VW Thing hunting an oil leak, installing a pertronix ignition and making a custom wire harness for a gauge cluster.

[@DC-bm7oz]

Nice job Taylor, you’re not all that dumb 😂

[@bvward]

New sheet metal tooling, Karmann-Ghia floor pan... Kubel was on Beetle floor pan.

[@jedschleisner8960]

Nice job on the wiring, very clean.

[@harryharker9564]

great wiring detail ,very precise and neat.and it works!! of course it does Taylor done it man

[@davidkeppler56]

Very neat job on the wiring, nice to see how it should be done.

[@VWJawbreaker]

Nice work with the bulkhead connector.

[@wickedwerks]

Thank you! I’m really happy with it. Planning to incorporate similar designs on the Oval.

[@VWJawbreaker]

@@wickedwerks wait, you’re not done with the oval yet?!? 😂

[@wickedwerks]

I mean, are they ever really finished? 😂

[@VWJawbreaker]

@@wickedwerks absolutely not! 🤣

[@danielspano3406]

Such a cool car. 👍🏻

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

The mark1 scirocco steering wheel looks good on the thing. 😎👍

[@DansAm76]

Things are great. Thanks for the Vid.

[@davemurton736]

Enjoyed that 👍😂

[@lynnsabcs]

Neatly done! Think what your hourly rate would be if you could really work that fast!

[@carlbarton772]

awesome intro lol

[@bugnamedVelma]

Most impressive. FYI...Tab is toxic!!

[@wickedwerks]

I think it’s there mostly for decoration 😂

[@jamesduke4957]

You are a Burper-erer😂😂😂

[@peterturenne6582]

What Pertronix unit is that? this might be the answer to my DVDA Bosch Distributor.

[@wickedwerks]

Should be the same as the SVDA units. I believe it’s D186504. Though I think that’s the part number for the complete distributor on Summit which I would not recommend; the vacuum canisters are trash. If you go on CIP1 and look in the electronic ignition section, you should be able to find one applicable. If not, shoot me a message on Instagram and I’ll help you find it ✌🏻

[@bookooc5605]

So don't leave us hanging! Where was the leak coming from?

[@wickedwerks]

To be honest, I never isolated it. I replaced the valve cover gaskets and intake gaskets. Cleaned up the tin and heads. Ran it on the stand for 30 minutes and nothing leaked. If I had to guess, valve cover gasket.

[@maniestrijdom7271]

I See it has a crankhandle pulley , Will you show us how easy it is to start it , please

[@wickedwerks]

Absolutely not 😂 I don’t think this car has its crank handle and having not tried a hand crank before, I have no interest in snapping my wrist trying to learn

[@somebeech30]

I'm trying to get you to repeat yourself if possible...on a previous video you talked about a website /store to get a aftermarket set of petals for a beetle..could you tell me please..thanks

[@wickedwerks]

I’ve mentioned many times that I really like the Vintage Speed accelerator pedals but that’s all that’s included; just the accelerator, it’s not a full cluster. If you Google “vintage speed VW” it’s one of the top listings, it’s a company in Taiwan, they make very high quality parts. Excellent exhaust and shifters as well.

[@somebeech30]

Thanks again

[@dcmflydude6320]

Who drinks that nasty Tab

[@wickedwerks]

The owner of the Thing 😂

[@shawnmarshall4680]

Please stop changing the tail light configuration from the single contact German configuration to the Mexican double contact configuration. It makes it look like an American style GM or Ford style vehicle and it’s not.

[@wickedwerks]

I haven’t changed anything.