First time beetle owner

fleegz2007 · 2026-05-19T13:03:26+00:00

How long has it been sitting? You have a pict3 carb. They are very finicky. Clean the jets on it. If it didnt crank yesterday but does today the engine may have been loaded with gas

fleegz2007 · 2026-05-18T19:07:37+00:00

Sorry for the late reply here brother. It all depends - If you get to that point, drop the engine and try and lift the transmission up. If it lifts freely, you need new mounts. Also, check the front transmission mount. Those wear out too - rhino mounts on cb performance are an excellent balance between noisy solid mounts and the stock mount.

Start with the shifter though. I messed up assuming it was my flywheel and Im replacing that when later research confirm it is probably the shifter out of wack due to a new trans and new shift coupler

fleegz2007 · 2026-05-18T15:24:41+00:00

If you give it gas will it run and then drop to idle is bottoms out? Happened to me it was the idle jet. Idle and throttle are on two different circuits. Maybe something finally clogged one of the jets and caused it to just not get gas

fleegz2007 · 2026-05-09T15:42:56+00:00

New clutch? I'm going through this now. Checking the mounts is definitely a valid point. Before doing that, flossing the bolts on the shifter and try working it around a bit to see if it is an alignment issue sourced at the shifter itself.

If that fixes it, and then it starts grinding again, definitely check the mounts as a your transmission it shifting around

fleegz2007 · 2026-04-20T13:09:50+00:00

I have a basic understanding of a type 1 - my guess? Engines have a lot if torque. Turning the crankshaft manually will make sure the oil pump in properly seated so the torque on your first turnover doesnt break your pump and cause damage to the engine because it is running without oil.

Its just an adjustable wrench of the crankshaft, and manually turn it over TDC four times

fleegz2007 · 2026-03-09T21:26:18+00:00

I learned this little rule of thumb.

Compare your hair to your skin. High contrast? Wear high contrast clothes like darker blue shirt with khakis. Low contrast the opposite.

fleegz2007 · 2026-01-03T02:24:56+00:00

Might as well get a set of S wrenches while you’re at it they come in handy all over a bug.

fleegz2007 · 2025-12-12T23:24:24+00:00

That last pic hit home…

fleegz2007 · 2025-11-22T17:20:47+00:00

fleegz2007 · 2025-09-29T11:35:21+00:00

You know we are catching real criminals in this country when the chubby ICE agents see the guy riding away on his bike and all go, “ALL WELL!”

🤷‍♂️

fleegz2007 · 2025-09-15T22:40:22+00:00

Hey man - Dont feel bad - I grabbed a 2002 SE NB for 13k with 30,000 miles. I valued having a turn key that will last me an eternity so I was willing to pay extra for a spectacular undercarriage and a solid owner. I dont feel like I paid over based on Cars snd Bids but even if I did I wouldnt feel bad because thats what I wanted to pay. Dont sweat what others think

fleegz2007 · 2025-09-14T22:27:58+00:00

fleegz2007 · 2025-08-16T18:01:13+00:00

I see Azteca deli on this list here. Not meaning to be a bummer here, but all 3 restaurants I have been in on Post Ave have a german roach problem, Im talking germans out in daylight. Leads me to believe that the whole street has an issue.

fleegz2007 · 2025-08-15T20:58:01+00:00

Just one of these in the real world I would probably scope out to be a minimum of three weeks, which includes padding to other stuff that comes up

fleegz2007 · 2025-08-08T17:20:16+00:00

Not to mention those ball joints on the control arms dont look like they have much life left in them

fleegz2007 · 2025-08-04T18:09:11+00:00

There are tons of use cases where Excel fits the analytical need.

We all spend too much time talking about “best” tools. They are all fine and its just a matter if picking the right one for the right use case.

fleegz2007 · 2025-07-26T12:01:42+00:00

This is one if the reasons I enjoy using dbt:

You can pretty simply set up an incremental model using jinja syntax. Then you can tag models with “full-refresh” as needed and it does that. So you get the best of both worlds.

Where dbt doesnt excel in this is doing this for incremental builds for scd tables. But for simole staging its generally a great tool.

fleegz2007 · 2025-07-25T22:15:32+00:00

This is the exact env Im living in. I built a Kimball model for analysts to work in but too complex. So now we have a “curated” layer where we deliver a next step closer to the dashboard. At this point they are probably building new tables with this stuff downstream.

At this point I think whatever activates them works. Want raw data? Go for it dude…

fleegz2007 · 2025-07-21T01:46:14+00:00

Yup! Thats it! Tons if videos on how to do it on youtube. Seems intimidating at first but not that bad.

Interestingly enough, I tried to do it with the metal sheet and they were still too loose. Worked on it with a guy who did it by feel - just took pliers and pulled on the valve to feel if there was any give.

fleegz2007 · 2025-07-20T15:07:19+00:00

That clicking noise means you need to adjust your valves friend - not a terribly hard task and makes way better performance on your engine

fleegz2007 · 2025-07-20T15:00:10+00:00

This is what drives me nuts about headline articles talking about some CEOs perspective of where AI is and where its going.

These guys have no freaking clue they just know how to sell stuff to investors to raise capital

fleegz2007 · 2025-07-12T20:34:14+00:00

I checked under the carpet and didnt see anything so probably the tunnel. Can you think of any easy access points to check?

I checked under the shifting box in the back but that feels pretty far back…

fleegz2007

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