OK guys, someone bid on this one, I am fighting the urge. I already have 9 of these little guys and my wife will surely beat me if I bid on another one. I...
I have a 10 by 20 space in the pavilion so I don't have any room for other stuff. I am looking forward to talking to some of the members of this group. Hope...
I have recently changed my E-Mail address. I would like to continue receiving messages from the group so here is my new address. Thank you Jim Payne ...
Jim..... You will have to change your membership information (I cannot do this for you) go to the home page. http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/loflyin40/ at...
Eric, When do you anticipate being at Carlisle? Will you be there on Friday? I'm looking at my schedule and right now Friday maybe the only day I can make it. ...
I am driving my truck and hauling the Avenger from Michigan to PA. If anyone sees an engine or something large near Lansing/Detroit MI that they would like to...
Here are the symptoms: The pedal used to be hard to push down to the floor, now it is easier. The clutch barely engages - if I give it some gas the clutch...
Mike - In John Muir's "How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive" he has several pages on clutch problems such as yours. A broken cable tube is one of the most common...
Hey Clem have the book, referring to it now... it says the play should be about 3/4 at the end out of the tube. Checking that now. Hopefully I can figure it...
I hear noise in the tunnel when pressing the clutch down. I am almost positive the tube is moving in the tunnel. The clutch is a stage 3 kennedy I believe...
I installed a complete hydralic clutch and brake system from Wilwood. The pedals are hanging units and work incredible. I also put in a Lokar gas pedal and 12'...
Hey Frank, great idea. I took a trip to the buggy shop and bought a Neal hydraulic clutch and dual cylinders for braking. Now I have to cut away at the chassis...
I had a similar problem on an old Nissan. The cable had become frayed and was stretching or binding at the frayed point. It borke completely in the next day or...
LOOKS GOOD Wayne Meckling <meckling@...> wrote: I had a similar problem on an old Nissan. The cable had become frayed and was stretching or binding at...
Hi guys, i got to thinking the other day. The former owner of my kit had my valk body sitting on a vw pan for years, and when i bought it, i noticed that the...
I am *almost* ready for carlisle. The new brakes and hydraulic clutch are looking pretty nice now. I had to cut a rectangular square in the chassis. Then I...
AS much as i would love to come to carlisle this year, its just not possible- for several reasons i wont bore you all with, but if things go well, i'll be...
Dana, I have a copy of this book and it describes in detail the most popular auto body building fibers and the appropriate bonding agents for each one. ...
I just got back from Carlisle. The show was great and our group was represented by come very determined owners. Mike with the black avenger loaded his car on a...
planning on using a mgb 3 wiper(converted to 2 wipers) and wanted to use the corvair wndshield wiper arms. the mgb posts are smaller than the corvair arms. has...
Mike... The wiper set up that you are talking about is lucas... I think that you would be able to use the LUCAS wiper arms... They are available in various...
In addition to Frank's notes below I got the names of several other Avenger/Valk owners that stopped by to chat, one which is only about 20 miles from me here...
It was great to see everyone again. We missed a few people from last year. The show was really nice and there were a lot of cool kit cars at the show. I...
Thanks for the info, Bud. I'll certainly look it up. Now that I have decent job, maybe i can start building my kit car, as well as my kit car library!...
Wow- it sounds like you guys had a great time this weekend. sorry i missed it. on the brighter side- ihave an entire year to try to make it to the next one!!!...
I too am sorry I missed it. Did Eric show up with his frame? Kevin ... From: Dana To: loflyin40@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:48 PM Subject:...
Mike, Nice pictures. Trip home uneventful except I went thru Baltimore to miss the Preakness race traffic and it still took me 2 1/2 hrs. Hope to see you...