Frank Black...........
Lead singer of The Pixies.
Mind you.....I am old 

Ahh I know of the pixies, never knew he was the front man.

Well I've had a miserable few days with the buggy and my daily driver..

As far as the buggy is concerned I had plans to phone a VW specialist and get the buggy tow'd down to get a good setup so I could have a decent bit of fun before getting it fine tuned on a rolling road.
Little chance of that as yesterday I started the car up to ensure oil pressure was ok and that all the 'leccy things worked I heard a really loud banging clanking noise from 3 or 4 cylinder. Engine off and poo excreted. 

After some great advice on here I've ruled out spark plug damage so it has to be either the piston ring has gone or I have been a complete bellend and let something drop into the inlet manifold while refitting the carbs. (im starting to think this is whats happened)
I hope to god its not that, but whats done is done I suppose so can only sort it out.
Ironically the engine has seized with it set at top dead centre, but I cant rotate back or forward to check what cylinder its on. Not that it really matters now!
So annoyed as it was so close to being on the road for the first time in 2 years!! Will be 2 years next month I got the buggy, so I was looking forward to getting it on the road but oh well......

Will ring the garage to see if he's willing to take the job on and to take the top, and probably bottom end of the engine off and see whats happened and what needs to be sorted out. Hopefully it wont cost too much but I am doubtful lol.

To save myself from setting the buggy on fire I swapped out the sump bolt for one that has a temp sender and connected it all up the the wiring I had fed in. Hopefully it'll work come the time it fires up again. Changed the oil too while I was at it. 

Off to the garage we go!

Here's hoping its not overly serious where you taking it?

Took it to Alister Leith in Dundee, down at verdent works.

Something had fallen/got sucked into the carbs while I was doing a tune up. Looks like whatever it was has broken off part of the pushrod and left it in on the piston.

They stripped the head and took the bit out. Werent too pleased about some things with the buggy, the lack of tinware under the car.. i should be using different carbs, the clear dizzy caps are sh..e etc etc. Said not to bother with a rolling road setup as it was a waste of time. Not sure I agree with that but hey ho.

I asked them to tune it up after the rebuild but they said they couldn't 


Hope your not doing anything as daft as I am with yours haha!

Lol just running what's in it lol 1600 single port have another 1600 twin port sitting but engine in it runs so if it ain't broke n all that lol

Haha yes! If it works, leave it well alone... Lesson learned. Saying that mines was a bit keen to pop when I first got it but it ran fine other than that.... Should of stayed well away from my screwdrivers.

Well I've FINALLY got her back on the road Done a tour from Dundee to Errol and back, bit of motorway and then A roads. I cant believe how well it runs. Needs some fine tuning on the suspension as still way to much +ve camber so it snakes about a bit, and a fairly strong smell of petrol its amazing!

The baffles I made up for the exhausts work well too, its possible to have a conversation in the car where before it was a shouting match

So happy to have it finally back on the go!

The baffles I made up for the exhausts work well too, its possible to have a conversation in the car where before it was a shouting match
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I take it you take them out when the wifes with you 

Fortunately enough for me I dont have a wife, well at least not yet depends if she gets all broody or not! But they will be coming out for a photoshoot on friday with all the local cars folk.

Fortunately enough for me I dont have a wife, well at least not yet depends if she gets all broody or not! But they will be coming out for a photoshoot on friday with all the local cars folk.

Thats it matey...just fall ln Lust not in Love 

Decided to tackle the wiring I did in the engine bay to neaten it up. I was having some concerens with the throttle cable shorting against the ignition coil, and I wanted to bling it up a bit with a Filter King, pics to follow.

It was all working well, but tbh I wanted to neaten it all up as it was a bit of a mess.

Lots of lessons learned with this, not to rush is the main one. Take it slow and be neat.

Well heres the fruits of a days work... tidy bay and added some extra rear lights.. not wired yet.

Cool I might see you running about considering just round corner lol