Habilis Boy » Videos http://habilisboy.com Fixing the world, one engine at a time Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:30:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Putting new wheels on my 96 Camaro! http://habilisboy.com/wheels-on-ready/ http://habilisboy.com/wheels-on-ready/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:28:19 +0000 http://benjaminslaby.wordpress.com/?p=128

Today my Mom, Dad and I escorted the Camaro to my house. When I got it home, I more thoroughly cleaned and then I took off the back wheels and board-out the center so that they would fit on the hub. I used a Dremel with grinder attachment. I got the wheels done in a short amount of time. I put them on the car and they fit perfectly! Tomorrow I will take it for a spin down my street and the car will be ready for a new owner!

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Today with great joy I can proudly say that I have removed a Volkswagen engine. The last nut that I was looking for wasn’t there, but on the other side of the transmission. It was a bolt that I simply removed and the engine came off. I am very exited that I I am getting closer to my finished product. I looked on the internet for an engine and found one for $300 in Plant City FL. It is a 1600cc dual port that was off of a VW Bus. It is a complete engine that needs a tune up and it will be good to go. I was very happy to find a dual port 1600cc engine because that will give me just enough power. I hope to buy it but I’m not sure if I can do to the economics of it all.

]]> http://habilisboy.com/off-with-the-engine/feed/ 0 The Parts Car: A 72 VW Baja Bug http://habilisboy.com/the-parts-car/ http://habilisboy.com/the-parts-car/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:00:32 +0000 http://benjaminslaby.wordpress.com/?p=102

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]]> http://habilisboy.com/moving-the-car/feed/ 0 Removing parts off of my 77 VW Bug http://habilisboy.com/day-8-of-77-vw-bug-adventure-removing/ http://habilisboy.com/day-8-of-77-vw-bug-adventure-removing/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:46:32 +0000 http://benjaminslaby.wordpress.com/?p=4

Today I got some work done on the bug. I put a small canopy over the car so I wouldn’t get too hot and I got all of the fenders off but one, because there was a bolt that I couldn’t get off. It was really frustrating trying to get the fenders off because they just wouldn’t come off! I got really mad and started to bang on the bolts to knock them through. Finally they popped off. I also installed the clean carburetor. I took out the driver’s seat and I also removed the gas tank and drained all of the rotted gas. That’s about all I got done today.

]]> http://habilisboy.com/day-8-of-77-vw-bug-adventure-removing/feed/ 0 Lots of work on my 77 VW Bug! http://habilisboy.com/day-5-of-77-vw-bug-adventure-ripping/ http://habilisboy.com/day-5-of-77-vw-bug-adventure-ripping/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:14:08 +0000 http://benjaminslaby.wordpress.com/?p=39

Today I got a lot of work done on my car. I pulled out the carpet and the door panels. I pulled off the carburetor so I could clean it out. I also stated to look at the floor pans and i found out that the owner before me had put wood flooring in because the floor had fallen through.

I spent about an hour ripping out the wood and I only got the passenger side out.  Under the wood there was all this glue and Bondo. I took out the gas tank so I could drain out all of the stale gas.

I worked mostly on striping down the interior but I got the carb out and a few other things so today was a good day.

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