MMTR Mini

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Lots of garage .org today. More tomorrow. Excited to start on this.

Lots of bites on Beetle parts. Surprising.

I think I need to get my engine hoist back from Troy.

I think I may sketch out quick ramps In Joe for easy double loading before I start. SO NICE to not have the buggy in the garage.

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I shoulda renewed reg on this in October. Inspection is up now and I can’t renew. Damnit.

This state is a pain in the ass.

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Trans stuck in reverse today. Was parked outside. Hope it’s frozen, will know after it sits in the garage for a day.

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Fixt




Now that I’ve done it once, trans could be out and in in an hour, probably. It’s 20” long and as big around as a coffee can. Weighs maybe 30#?

Could probably also do this repair in the truck.

I think there’s nearly no lube left in the trans. I didn’t try to seal those case halves again. Will see if the drip per day gets much worse.

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Beetle is pending pickup. Yanking engine tomorrow on a day off. Emptied the last of moving out of it just now.

Hopefully put some of its better parts into the wagon (hoping brakes and axles, both of which are upgrades to a tdi, and the wagon has a clicking CV which is what precipitated this.

Beetle body is going on a Chevy powered Toyota frame. Guy built one and sold it, wants another. Maybe some of y’all who go to mud events will see it.

Seems perfect to get rid of everything I don’t want at once.

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Beetles are way more complex.

90% ready to send the shell. Need a bit more wiring out of the car and that’s about it.



ECU and cross body harness are in the cowl same as any mk4, but it’s all under the dash behind the windshield. Still a wet location.  Bet those two mouse nests were great places. No wiring damage in there. But headlights were poorly rewired sometime.

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Found out from Ken at the meeting tonight that the guy I bought this Beetle from died in a private plane crash in Michigan last year. Shame, he was a really cool guy. Very much one of us.

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https://buffalonews.com/obituaries/john-s-camilleri-jr-died-in-plane-crash-with-fraternity-brothers/article_37135bd5-6b64-5906-8c3e-f9153b8a8eb7.html

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fuel tank leak. looks good+clean from the outside, but there's some spooge around the low point and tank drain, as though there is a patch in that area that's leaking.

Noted a puddle in the gravel underneath the back end of it. at least it sprung the leak outside on the gravel and not while parked inside.

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Wiped it off and got more leak. Sump rotten from the inside.

Only right fix is probably to drop tank and cut the bottom of the sump out. Every leak is surrounded By a soft spot. Structural clean paint

[M4wdFab]

boo! hiss!


i have half a can of POR tank sealer if that would help you.  its probably still good. 

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that stuff looks perfect. I need to clean and seal the MG's tank too, half a can is probably right for either one of those but probably should just pick some up. I think this is about a 7 gallon tank, Midget probably 7-10. I don't know if that one is a leaker but it's rusty inside and needs a good clean and seal

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I will certainly regret it if anything hits and holes the bottom of that tank though. maybe repair and then coat. that whole half square foot section certainly has no structure left to it...

[M4wdFab]

what shape (geometrically) is the tank?


maybe just easier to plop in a replacent thats close or just make one.


the tank i made for ians TJ5 was actually pretty easy.