that70sBug

While cleaning and starting and doing the normal pressing of the clutch, I noticed that the clutch tube is possibly bad. I hear a rubbing/screetching noise when I press the clutch, coming from right behind the e-brake area. I'm thinking the clutch cable tube is disconnected at one of the mounts, NOT exactly sure where but I think I will need a stethoscope, to listen and find the exact spot. The reason I need the exact spot is I think the only way to repair it is to cut a hole in the center hump channel. This is a very important support beam of the car, and any cut will need to be re-welded shut to add to the integrity of the structural strength of the car. I found this excellent forum post on Samba called " clutch cable tube repair ", I think it is one of the better posts I have seen, I will try to document and update this post when I get to it.

I have an issue I identified earlier, the car will start and run if I give it gas, BUT it will not idle. So I decided to rebuild the carb. It has taken me a little while but, I finally got around to cleaning and rebuilding the Carburetor on the bug. I took the two bottom bolts off the Carb, Disconnected the Throttle Cable and the Fuel line and stuffed a rag in the hole of the intake. Then I got done to cleaning the carb. The Outside was covered in grime and a little carb Cleaner and some elbow grease and I was able to get almost everything taken apart and cleaned.  All the jets sprayed our and the parts replaced that came with my Carb Rebuild kit. The only thing is the Main Jet which has about 6 holes in it wasn't part of the carb rebuild kit, kinda disappointing but I got it cleaned out really good and things should be fine. Tonight I'll reinstall the carb and test everything out and hopefully this will fix my idle issue.