Chuck's Baja Build

[Ol'fogasaurus]

Dusty's Baja (half asleep and bored so I tried to do the two pictures to keep a wake 'till bed time )

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Looking awesome mate!

I love the roofrack, and your number plates!!


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[dustymojave]

And I'm trying to figure how my Baja wound up in Chuck's thread, Lee.
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Edit:
Scrolled back a year+ (only one page) and now I get it...

[chuckput]

And I'm trying to figure how my Baja wound up in Chuck's thread, Lee.
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Edit:
Scrolled back a year+ (only one page) and now I get it...

I was just as confused as you were.

[chuckput]

Many of my pictures have mysteriously disappeared (probably due to something I did), so I thought I should post a recent (albeit a couple months old) picture of my bug. Currently building a second engine for it. Keeping the Porsche 914/VW Type 4 layout. The new engine will be a 2257 longblock when done. The case and heads have already been gone through by Rimco. Have all the parts gathered and just doing all the measurements and clearances right now before final assembly.

[Ol'fogasaurus]

Lookin' good!

[chuckput]

Heads are ready to go.

Head 2.jpg

Head 1.jpg

CCd as well.

Head CC.jpg

Case all cleaned and ready to assemble.

Case Halves.jpg

Case Half B.jpg

Case Half A.jpg

The oil cooler produces a lot of heat, so I fabbed an aluminum "scoop" to try and redirect the hot air out the back window.

Cooler Scoop.jpg

[chuckput]

Went out a couple of weekends ago for a cross country run from US 78 and the East Highline to the Quechan Casino and back with some friends in their Razors (I was the only Bug). As can be witnessed in the tri-photo, my bug was not eager to stay on top of the sand (give me hard pack). Toward the end of our day, my alternator decided to take a hike. With a little ingenuity with jump starting it (twice) and a jump box I was able to make it back the thirty miles to where we left our trailers (though I drove out). I was able to load the bug onto a trailer and get it home. We drove it off the trailer and started into the garage where it died and we had to push it in the last few feet. Ordered a rebuilt alternator and got it installed, but when I tried to start the engine, it immediately died. Cranking on it produced nothing. We would then let it sit and try to start it and it would fire right up and just as quickly it would die. I am thinking a fuel starvation problem. I have a fuel pressure gauge near the carb and it was spot on. I pulled the hat off the carb and gave the throttle a pull and the accelerator pump circuit squirted fuel like it is supposed to. Now I am really confused. Plenty of fuel, but it won't stay running. My buddy was equally perplexed, but he decided to check the amount of spark that the ignition was putting out and we found that it would fire initially and then fall off. It ended up being the electronic ignition module in the distributor. It is a Comp-u-Fire Bosch 009 conversion (but to be fair, the module was replaced a couple of years ago with what I believe was a Chinese copy). Luckily, I had bought a complete Pertronix ignition system (billet distributor, coil, and wires) for the other engine I am building. Swapped everything out late last night and the engine fired right up and ran great. I then drove out today to Superstition for the SDORC Lost Lizard Fun Run. Case closed.

[TimS]

Nice pics and Report! Sounds like more fun in store for you.

[chuckput]

For the past several months I have been chasing an oil leak. It was on the right side of the engine and it would spray oil all over the engine fan and over the back of the car. I checked oil lines, the gasket on the breather chimney, the dipstick. I couldn't figure where it was coming from. Then it occurred to me that this issue began when I installed this new oil cooler.

Cooler Scoop.jpg

The cooler holds close to three quarts of oil and since it is "uphill" from the engine I wondered if the oil was running back to the engine and overfilling the sump. I sought out this check valve to keep the oil in the cooler.

Check Valve.jpg

Success!!!

[Piledriver]

FWIW the bolt for the thermostat pulley bolt is a through bolt on a T4, and a classic "intermittent oil sprayer" above sump level if left out. It gets a lot worse if he oil level is high.

[chuckput]

Latest upgrade is in the house! I will be spending some time on this over the next several weekends.

[CentralWAbaja]

Dang you didn't wait for mine to hit the classifieds

[chuckput]

Dang you didn't wait for mine to hit the classifieds

Well, NOW you tell me!!!

[chuckput]

A couple of months ago my younger brother invited me to join him at an event that he was coming to. He has really gotten into Ford Model Ts and was given a "Speedster" by a fellow club member who is in the very early stages of Alzheimer's (Yes, I said gave him the car). I am a little slow posting pictures (Photobucket ruined everything). There are a lot of similarities between Bugs and Ts and the group comradrie is the same. Now that I was introduced to a different way of adding photos I can post these.

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This is my brother's Model T Speedster