[T3] Mirrors for '69 Squareback

[Dave Hall]

I'm glad I didn't know about Jason's tie-rod end before we went hurtling
down the twisty descent from the summit of the pass over the Rockies!  

OTOH, I seem to recall that early Beetles being driven by army personnel
after the war often crashed, and a broken track-rod end was commonly found
in the wreckage.  It was suspected to be too weak, until it was demonstrated
that a Beetle could be driven at speed on twisty roads with only one
track-rod!  It was concluded the drivers were at fault, not the track-rod
ends.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 04 January 2012 19:52
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Mirrors for '69 Squareback

On 4 Jan 2012 at 11:54, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

> Like John and Jim pulling the engine at the host hotel to replace the 
> main seal (04), or Brian doing an inprompto front end alignment and 
> jet  change at the host hotel (after hitting something on the way 
> bending a tie  rod) (2010), or the guy who had FI trouble, dropping 
> the car off the flat bed on Sunday, and the experts swarming it and 
> getting it fixed, so he could drive home  (08).There were more, but 
> those were the highlights. ;^)

Poor Sophy, she had so many little problems in her shakedown cruise. 
The jet plug that fell out while driving, but waited patiently on the tin to
be found and reinstalled, the idle jet that wouldn't stay open, the left
carb that came loose from the manifold....

Then there was my '69 in 2002 which had brake light switch failures and then
needed a new RF brake hose after I tried to get them working by stomping on
the brakes really hard.

Jason Cornfeld's disaster waiting to happen: a tie rod end so worn that it
was a miracle that it stayed together.

Good times!   ;-)

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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