Old school builds/Tried, true, tested....cheap trick, Common sense builds and ideas/ solutions for the "common man" |
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Old school builds/Tried, true, tested....cheap trick, Common sense builds and ideas/ solutions for the "common man" |
Gunn1 |
May 25 2016, 09:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,021 Joined: 14-February 16 From: Minnesota Member No.: 19,670 Region Association: None |
Much like my grandmothers recipe for Amish oatmeal chocolate chip cookies would have been lost forever if someone didn't take the time to write it down, it is similar that many of those on the site who comment or watch from a far have common sense low cost solutions to building a type 4.
Not really asking for your trade secrets or any self promotion, just common sense solutions that over the years have worked for you. Primarily want to hear folks low tech, low cost alternatives for repairing or rebuilding the type 4 or the 914. Anything as a permanent approved repair fix to a Macgyver fix that can get you by. Anything that works well in combination that you figured out on your own or with someone else's help. Again primarily looking for a dialog on low cost common sense technicis to type 4 repair and rebuild info. Cheap tricks. Thank you |
Mueller |
May 25 2016, 10:37 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
Much like my grandmothers recipe for Amish oatmeal chocolate chip cookies would have been lost forever if someone didn't take the time to write it down, it is similar that many of those on the site who comment or watch from a far have common sense low cost solutions to building a type 4. Not really asking for your trade secrets or any self promotion, just common sense solutions that over the years have worked for you. Primarily want to hear folks low tech, low cost alternatives for repairing or rebuilding the type 4 or the 914. Anything as a permanent approved repair fix to a Macgyver fix that can get you by. Anything that works well in combination that you figured out on your own or with someone else's help. Again primarily looking for a dialog on low cost common sense technicis to type 4 repair and rebuild info. Cheap tricks. Thank you Don't let it break would be the 1st on the list. Besides used or hand me down parts to keep the cost down you could research what parts interchange with buses or other VW vehicles, I doubt you'll save that much but a few bucks add up here and there. thread too vague, are we talking repairs to keep it running until a proper repair done or a fix that will be labeled DAPO? Unless you buy stuff from JC Whitney, I don't see how a Type IV build can be done any cheaper than buying stuff from European Motorworks or AA Performance...of course if you have to rebuild the motor twice by being too cheap you might end up paying more in the long run. Keeping an eye on the classifieds for someone bailing on a project is your best bet to save real money. |
mepstein |
May 26 2016, 05:43 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,307 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
* This is really the way to save big bucks on a car.
Keeping an eye on the classifieds for someone bailing on a project is your best bet to save real money. |
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