Talk me out of an idea I won't follow through with.

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes) 10/20/2019 at 00:53 • Filed to: I won't Orlove it.

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DDing an old Baja Bug.

Loud, old, slow, probably won’t start 1/2 the time. It seems like a fun time.

shop-teacher > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/20/2019 at 01:06

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Also, no heat.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > shop-teacher 10/20/2019 at 01:10

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Inverter, some hair dryers, & zip ties. 

shop-teacher > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/20/2019 at 01:18

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Nothing. Nothing could go wrong with this.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > shop-teacher 10/20/2019 at 02:12

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Aren’t Baja Bugs hacked together any ways no matter how good condition they are.

Echo51 > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/20/2019 at 03:56

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I would, but i also only have 4km to work, so if it craps out it’s not a long walk to get a trailer to get it back home again..

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/20/2019 at 06:41

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These guys sell EFI kits, so it COULD start every time if you fit one of those?

http://thedubshop.com/documentation/
:D

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 10/20/2019 at 06:42

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Do you mean no heat in the sense that the heater doesn’t work very well? Unless it was removed, didn’t Beetles always have heat exchangers from exhaust air or cooling ducts from the engine cooling air to heat the cabin? (I don’t know which classic Beetles used, I just know the classic FIAT 500 and FIAT 126 vented the engine cooling air into the interior for heating).

shop-teacher > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/20/2019 at 08:52

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Stock Beatle heaters did not work very well, but Baja Bugs never have stock exhausts, so odds are the bad heater has been removed.

shop-teacher > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/20/2019 at 08:53

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Also yes.

dumpsterfire! > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/20/2019 at 09:11

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many air cooled exhaust headers do away with the heat exchangers used for cabin heating. a more passionate vw nut might be able to tell that from the pictures, but not me.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 10/20/2019 at 09:22

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Ah, so they used exhaust heat exchangers like the 2CV then.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > dumpsterfire! 10/20/2019 at 09:29

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Ah, cool. Score one for classic FIAT 500s and FIAT 126s then! :D They were also air-cooled, but their cabin heat came from the cooling ducting/shroud around the engine, so you can fit whatever exhaust you want and still have cabin heat :P

This is the flywheel side facing the front of the car - exhaust on the left and the duct for interior heat is above it there. The other duct on the far right with the cooling fan is the intake which was also ducted from the side vents on the car.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/20/2019 at 10:02

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I believe  a certain Jalopnik staff member can give you some pointers.

daender > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/20/2019 at 11:28

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Pointers on how to roll it!

vicali > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/20/2019 at 15:52

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Daily Aircooled sounds a lot better than it actually is. Great f or fun or wrenching- terrible for running like an appliance.