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Sept 26, 2024 10:20:51 GMT
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My bug has been in my possession for 28 years now.  Used her to go shopping last week and she decided to drop a load of oil from the rocker cover on the drivers side.  Seems the cheap no brand cork gaskets from ebay were a lot thinner than the ones i've used before. New rocker covers bought (the ones on may have been the originals and were rather pock marked with rust) and a handful of new elring gaskets. |
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Oct 14, 2024 20:30:09 GMT
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Been using my bug as my daily for the past few days as my caravelle broke a water hose connector so I had to order a replacement.  Have you ever seen those Russian videos of a cow being transported in the back of a Lada? Well thats what its like having Lucy in the beetle.  |
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Last Edit: Oct 14, 2024 20:31:18 GMT by Zebedee
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Oct 14, 2024 20:43:17 GMT
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Been fun hooning around the last couple of days. Made a change rather than driving my caravelle.  My dogs even started to settle down a bit once they'd got use to the noisy exhaust.  Fitted new rocker covers, elring cork gaskets and bent the bales a bit to give a bit more tension on the covers but still got a leak from one corner of one cover. 🙄 Removed and resealed it 3 times and bend the bale a bit more before it stopped leaking. The other sides cover now has a slight drip of oil leaking from it. Looks like I'll have to bend the bale a bit more. |
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Ratchet
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The user formerly known as Thomas
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Oct 20, 2024 20:47:28 GMT
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Been fun hooning around the last couple of days. Made a change rather than driving my caravelle. My dogs even started to settle down a bit once they'd got use to the noisy exhaust. Fitted new rocker covers, elring cork gaskets and bent the bales a bit to give a bit more tension on the covers but still got a leak from one corner of one cover. 🙄 Removed and resealed it 3 times and bend the bale a bit more before it stopped leaking. The other sides cover now has a slight drip of oil leaking from it. Looks like I'll have to bend the bale a bit more. are you still using the original OEM clips/bales?, as i seem to remember aftermarket ones could be somewhat out of tolerance,(as in sometimes to overlong they could never clamp down hard enough to seal. i suspect parts QC hasnt improved since the mid 00s :I |
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1971 vw beetle 1200
1978 international loadstar 1700 4x4
1987 landrover 110
1994 Yamaha FZR600r
2010 honda CBF1000GT
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Oct 21, 2024 17:37:04 GMT
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Yeah, they're still the original bales. I used aftermarket ones on my bay window years ago and the rocker covers constantly leaked. Swapped to some original bales i got secondhand and it stopped leaking.
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