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less vibration in beetle. Yay!

2010 April 24 12:31

I took the front right wheel and tire off yesterday, rotated it 180 degrees around its axis, put it back on, and took it for a drive.  It has almost no vibration in the front end now.  Which means that the front right drum is a little out of balance, as is the tire, but now they're more cancelled out.  Something I have to deal with, but not right away.

Car's still running reasonably well.  It's still a little rough when the engine's cold.  There's no gas smell at all.  Whoo!  And no oil light flicker whatsoever.  Double-whoo!  (When I got home, I turn the car off and then turned the key back on momentarily to make sure the light was still working.  :-)   )  Current squawk list:

• Hard to get into 1st gear; shift plate needs tweaking
• Desperately needs to be washed
• need to oil and clean the jack
• I'm suspicious about the gas gauge.  I added 3 gallons but the gauge didn't move much.  I may still have sender issues.  Possibly hung up on baffles, or having lubrication problems, or something?

Oh, and I did a little more composing on the Beetle page.   I've decided to finish all the writing first, and then go back and dig up the photos, rather than vice versa.  It was taking me forever when I edited photos before I wrote anything, which is why I'm so far behind.

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