DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Having sold my Beetle and 911 projects a couple of years ago I forgot I had all of these bits until I cleared the shed out the other day. Obviously now have no use for them and need the space so letting them go cheap as a job lot. Also as I'm very busy with work at the moment the items must be colle...

Finally got some time to work on the car a couple of weeks ago and guess what?! I've finally got it started! :lol: and man does it sound great! :P All I had to do was drain out and replace the 5 month old fuel in the tank :oops: and tip a teaspoon of fuel down each trumpet to give it a bit of encour...

Good point!
new fuel and fire extinguisher at the ready!

Ps just read your last post Gary, will look into winding the idle mix screws out a bit more..... does sound very similar to what you said! cheers

Might try the fuel can idea too, fuel was new a couple months ago as I cleaned the fuel tank out and filled it up to prevent it going rusty! Though it would last atleast 6 months though

Set the carbs up as per the info in the Haynes book/Garrys site, think it was 2.5 turns on the big screw and 1 turn on the small screw. Initially set the accel pumps as per Haynes as I did not have the measuring pipette thing, but I too suspected that they were putting the fire out so I backed them ...

Hi Gary Thanks for the input, I'm sure it is something simple like you said! Come to think of it I took a couple of the plugs out after failing to get it going and they were a bit wet with fuel, so maybe a weak or failing spark is the answer. Will have the rocker covers off to double check the distr...

Not been on here for ages, but good to see the site is alive and well and busy as ever! Anyway I'm trying to get my car going so that I can get it on the road for the summer and I'm running low on ideas as it just will not run! I can get it to fire on what sounds like most or all cylinders, but it w...

Fantastic! cheers for all the notes Gary!

Now I just need some warmer/drier weather so I can get outside and finish putting it back together!

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Dom

As a few of you may know I'm getting close to the point where I will be MOTing my 911 that I've been gradually restoring over the last year. I think I pretty much have it all covered, but would like to ask peoples opinion on a couple of things: 1. Does the rubber boot between the fuel filler neck an...

cheers Barry Thats a relief as that is what the guy at the shop recommended, ended up guessing how much I needed and now have 6 litres! never mind I can always flush it through a couple times!! Think the starter issue should be gone now, all wiring is checked and ok and have another known starter (c...

Gonna nip out at lunch and get some oil for my gearbox, but can't remember which grade should be used in a 901 box. Can anybody remember? Just wanna get some normal stuff for now to run through it for a few hundred miles then change to swepco. I've heard that this is the best thing to do 'cos the ol...

haven't seem them for sale anywhere, think SWB wings are like rocking horse whatsit! but as the bit you need is just a flat box I guess that it would be quite easy for someone with ok metalwork skills to knock one up.

Fraser, Think the car would look way cooler lowered....... on the indicator problem; your wing look looks like it's missing the indicator box? If its a swb car then there should be a metal box in the wing that the whole indicator unit slips into to protect it, cant see it on your photo! Not sure if ...

Cheers for the advice Barry, I had tried some of those things like checking earths, but had not thought about the simple things like trying to start it with the head lights on!! Will give it a go later!!

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Dom

PS pics of the Duke would be appreciated by all here I'm sure!!

I think it will fit, just had a look at the pelican catalogue and they say that a later '73 starter can be used on '65-'71 as an upgrade. Apparently the '73 motors are higher power to cope with the larger engine. Anybody confirm this please?