Bodge it and scarper. What is the best bodge you have found on your Dub?

[Birdy]

I'm still having trouble with the injection system of my 76 bus and this weekend while sitting inside Croydon Auto Repairs it decided it wasn't going to start. It's always starts on the button but it is always over fueling. We have since found out one of the problems why it is having this problem. And it was THIS!!!

http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/birdy_bucket/CIMG4306.jpg

While looking through the air flow control unit Mark found a bent up piece of 13 amp wire holding open the air flow flap.

For me this is the best bodge l have seen on this bus and I'm not even looking into its Steve Wonder inc MOT.

[FordCorsair]

several years ago, I found newspaper in the 'A' posts of my wife's 1302s and once unravelled it was an Essex publication... I can't remember the date of it though.

[Rossy]

Birdy! I can't read all of what you've said, the ad bars in the friggin' way:confused:

[Metalflakedave]

Birdy! I can't read all of what you've said, the ad bars in the friggin' way:confused:

That add bar is getting up my jaxy too.

Body welded to the pan and welds covered in bathroom sealant is the best one I have found on my bug!! Cudnt get the grinder in at the front near the bulkhead to cut it off so had a long chisel and a lot of hammering!!

[tofufi]

That's what the red thing in the top RH corner is!

I have ad-blocker on firefox, no more adverts ;)

[Shamrockez]

my 71 Beetle's channels have been filled full of expanding foam and fibreglassed and fillered over to the correct shape to make it look like a solid chanel and end....

For the amount of time they must have spent doing that, it would have been much easier to weld a new channel in...

[Birdy]

Birdy! I can't read all of what you've said, the ad bars in the friggin' way:confused:

Yes that advert is blloming annoying. I said: I'm still having trouble with the injection system of my 76 bus and this weekend while sitting inside Croydon Auto Repairs it decided it wasn't going to start. It's always starts on the button but it is always over fueling. We have since found out one of the problems why it is having this problem. And it was THIS!!!

A piece of 13amp wire stuffed into the airflow meter. What's the best bodge you have seen on your dub?

[Carbon]

There were too many to mention on my bug but this is one of my favourites as once again it will have taken as long as doing the job properly

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/alanjcross/Custard/Resto-2008/DSC00024.jpg

[Covin]

Wasn't sure which one to pick as I found that many restoring our Bay.
The drivers side sill was made from a plastic section of roller shutter door siliconed in and covered with underseal :rolleyes:

But one of the best was the front beam which was well rotten and also filled with silicone.... Death trap springs to mind :eek:

http://www.covin.co.uk/Covin/Baywindow/2006/Phase-2-2006/camper-4-9-06%20(5).JPG

[Metalflakedave]

Wasn't sure which one to pick as I found that many restoring our Bay.
The drivers side sill was made from a plastic section of roller shutter door siliconed in and covered with underseal :rolleyes:

But one of the best was the front beam which was well rotten and also filled with silicone.... Death trap springs to mind :eek:

http://www.covin.co.uk/Covin/Baywindow/2006/Phase-2-2006/camper-4-9-06%20(5).JPG

Silicone seems to be a favourite with rust repair......

[Birdy]

****** hell. I have have to take it all back what I thought about my busses bodges as it now looks like a little gem!!!

[Nic B-C]

How about these from a car featured in this very mag within last two years from the States

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o266/NicB_C/Coddingtons%20cabby/intherough007.jpgNote the hole in the tunnel there was one on the other side as well
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o266/NicB_C/Coddingtons%20cabby/intherough001.jpg That lump of black is the fibreglass taken out of that hole

[Marathon]

Could not get any heat to driver and passenger footwell vents. Ensured heat exchanger flaps were opening, all OK, looked for disconnected pipes, all OK. Started to worry that heater channels were shot but nothing at all was coming out of vents. Rags were stuffed into heater channel both sides. Easy fix!

Still no warm air to screen both sides, I wonder:)

[dc66]

i dunno about other peoples bodges, but i have just fixed my gear linkage with a bit of a mop handle! works a treat:D

[grizzly]

Remember having part of one side of a floor on a van I had being held in with silicon sealant I was very ****ed off but amazed by the strengh of it.

[noddiesinbreadnightmare]

I had a 1303 that a previous bodger had used tar rooring tape to cover holes around the dog box area..Nice mate...

[TAXI!]

There were too many to mention on my bug but this is one of my favourites as once again it will have taken as long as doing the job properly

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b241/alanjcross/Custard/Resto-2008/DSC00024.jpg

Nice Work :D

[Toxic]

my 71 Beetle's channels have been filled full of expanding foam and fibreglassed and fillered over to the correct shape to make it look like a solid chanel and end....

For the amount of time they must have spent doing that, it would have been much easier to weld a new channel in...

I had that xact same thing! And it was on a '71 too!

[Project "Das Bug"]

That's what the red thing in the top RH corner is!

I have ad-blocker on firefox, no more adverts ;)

I dont mean to go off topic here but I just istalled ad-blocker plus to my firefox and I still get the ad banner in the top right! Any chance you can point me in the right direction please as I am new to firefox!

Cheers,

Pete

[TheFatControlleR]

That's what the red thing in the top RH corner is!

I have ad-blocker on firefox, no more adverts ;)

I dont mean to go off topic here but I just istalled ad-blocker plus to my firefox and I still get the ad banner in the top right! Any chance you can point me in the right direction please as I am new to firefox!

Cheers,

Pete

Any chance you guys can give us a break by not discussing ad-blocking on-forum. It's the advertising that helps keep this forum free for all to use... :cool:

[Albie3]

How about welding new panels over the old rusty ones ? I've seen it!

[Toxic]

How about welding new panels over the old rusty ones ? I've seen it!


Seen it?! Just about every repair panel on my bug was done like that! :mad:

Not by me I hasten to add...

[ray356]

every vw dub i worked on is like that, there is just no point as it starts rotting the minute it goes on, i call it M.O.T. quality welding, it done simply to get a test on it

[bugman_70]

i bought a 1303 for about 200 pounds about ten years ago that had bubble wrap and paper shoved in one of it's many holes

[JustinOval]

Any chance you guys can give us a break by not discussing ad-blocking on-forum. It's the advertising that helps keep this forum free for all to use... :cool:

There seems to a problem with the ad bar obscuring text on posts containing images.

[Toxic]

Soooo...

Last night I decide to tackle the bug's wheel arch. I took off the rusty repair panel that somebody welded on badly...







underneath is ANOTHER rusty repair panel, took that off and...







underneath is ANOTHER rusty repair panel, so took that off too and...







underneath is the remains of the original metal, rusty and holed, beaten back to put the repairs on top! :mad:

[ray356]

sound about right m8, i find this all the time, the most annoying thing is when you take off the layer to revel a mint original panel:mad: i use the least amount of a repair panel then but weld it in, i hate it when there overlapped:mad:

[bugman_70]

i ve just found out that some tit has pot riveted one of my running boards on :mad:

[Toxic]

i ve just found out that some tit has pot riveted one of my running boards on :mad:

That's what I was thinking of doing!









;)

[Metalflakedave]

That's what I was thinking of doing!









;)

What happened to 4 nice stainless nuts and bolts?

[Toxic]

What happened to 4 nice stainless nuts and bolts?

The bolts broke off in the sill ;)







I was joking u know :p
I'm going to use self tappers :D

[MarkC]

This evening I have removed almost a metre and a half of superfluous wiring from under the dash of my Notch. The previous botcher seemed to have an adversion to cutting wire to length. If it was too long simply wrap it around pipes and cable tie it to itself, the ones that were too short had additional lengths added - in one case there were four wires joined together with at least three spade terminals to choose from at one end :eek: :rolleyes:

[Toxic]

This evening I have removed almost a metre and a half of superfluous wiring from under the dash of my Notch. The previous botcher seemed to have an adversion to cutting wire to length. If it was too long simply wrap it around pipes and cable tie it to itself, the ones that were too short had additional lengths added - in one case there were four wires joined together with at least three spade terminals to choose from at one end :eek: :rolleyes:


One day I WILL get round to sorting my wiring out. I've found quite a few 'xtra' wires that lead from nowhere to nothing :rolleyes:

Already taken the clock out as I didn't want one in the car and it was wired up so it only worked when the ignition was on. Must have been for timing journeys ;)