This post is only to point out the fact that there is an overly high number of replies to the original post, possibly even more than has ever been recorded in Volks Folks forums history.  Although original posts refer to a certain subject, at times the replies and secondary questions veer off the main topic, sometimes even morphing into another topic altogether, which, although this morphing is not against any rules, it can sometimes be confusing.

It's true that this post has long outgrown it's original topic "Help With A Slow Starter" . . . but don't try to stop it now.  It's taken on a life of it's own.  It's no longer a "post" or even a "thread" . . . it's a continuing saga.  It's kind'a like the old Batman series.  Everytime I read a new reply it's like watching another episode . . . and it always leaves me in suspence.   Will the starter keep on spinning?  Will Frank every show back up and hold the gas can?  Will the LaFayette Triangle be blown from the face of the earth?  Will Smelly Cat ever get to drive his bug?  Tune in next time to find out.  Same Tech Questions Forum.  Same Slow Starter Thread.

By the way, once this thread is "complete" (that will happen when the LaFayette Triangle explodes or Smelly Cat hits the road in a road worthy bug) I plan on turning it into a book.  It could end up being the next "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive."  Maybe "How to Keep Yourself Alive While Fixing Your Volkswagen" or "Some Volkswagens May Be Better Off Dead" . . . At any rate, with some cool illistrations it could be a best seller.  :lol:

Your correct Gobusgo,  the thread is getting long in the tooth, but so am i. Since the title  "Help with slow starter" could describe how long it is taking to get the motor running and on the road , i figure it has a few more exciting posts left in here..

 I think I said this already,  I could not see my previous post for some reason,  Censorship?    I changed the oil and noticed that what seemed to be fresh oil out of one of those brass oil pressure plugs.    I hope so,  I don't think I have the coconuts  to replace the rear crank seal.  Is 3 Quarts enough?  Being an ecological kind of guy,  I feel a little guilty dripping drops of oil all over the earth.  Do they make VW maxi pads  that you can stick on the tin and block to absorb oil.  If they don't ,  maybe this can be better invention than zippers.  S/c

Travis, I don`t think this thread will end anytime soon . I look forward to the morning editions to see what has transpired during the night. Im sure you will not run out of cinnamon buns .
 :lol:

Success,  well sort of.  I got some wire and routed the rubber fuel line away from move-vee spinny axels and things that get hot,  and just to be safe,  I used hose clamps instead of friction to connect the fuel filter to the hoses.  Always remember Safety First.  

I gave the existing keyed starter switch a 60 second inspection and learned this,  it will either make the starter go,  or if you wiggle the key in just the right place,  connect power to the ignition.  It is a one trick switch and will not do both at the same time.  Having decided that keyed  ignition switches are for weaker men,  I routed my remote starter dryer switch wire through the now un-used heater tube that runs behind the battery and  tapped to the starter,  Now,  all I have to do is reach around behind me and hold the  wire against POS battery terminal with one hand and push the remote starter button with my other hand  while pumping the thottle.  EASY no problem.  I just hope I don't conk out on a railroad crossing.

So there I was ,    back wheels on some red car ramps.  Ready to start the car , tires inflated, and someone took the gas can out to fill the lawn mower.  So I went looking for the gas can that by now must have at least 5% rain water in it since it was out in the yard for the last 2 days.

OK.. Contact,  ignition,  engine running,  barely, probaly due to the water.  Darn it,  I can't get the bug in 1st ,  grrrr  grrr "gear sounds" , I can't launch off the ramps.  I shut the motor, pop it in first,  push in clutch,  reach around and hold the wire to the battery, press switch, Roar.. the car lunges of the ramps like a dying red hippo while I'm turned around looking out my back window.   I scream and wet myself.  My wife looks at me sternly while she positions some landscape timbers in front  and behind the bug so I don't drive  either into the living room or back into her car.   Evidently,  the clutch kind of fused to the flywheel or something. The Hippo lurch must have broke it free.   I drove back in forth in the drive way and I can certify that 1st and reverse work.  TA DA  Pretty Exciting huh? S/C

Zen,  the problem with brakes is that you can't check them very well unless you are rolling around.  I can say this with authority

A.  I'm not leaking fluid
 and
B.  The brakes have been tested at speeds up to 2 miles per hour in my drive way.

I have replaced a brake line that runs through the cabin that was all rusty and it would squirt fluid on my right ankle by the accelerator.  All the cylinders have been bleed of old fluid and air.

It looks like the key switch has  a couple of allen screws holding it together so i'll rip it apart at a later date.   Have you got still got a wire cover?  Mike

One of the funniest sites I've ever seen happened back in the late 70s when I was taking Auto Mechanics at Walker Tech.  There was a guy that must have weighed well over 350 sitting in the back seat of his bug trying to install a slip-on seat cover on his front passenger seat.  All at once he screamed an obscenity, came out of the car like a world-class sprinter leaving the blocks, slapped at his rear end for a few seconds then yanked the bottom of the back seat out and threw it out of the shop.  All he could do then was watched it burn.  That was years before I got into VWs, but it made an impression.

Note to self: If you ever get one of them there bugs, make sure you put something 'tween the battery and seat springs.

By the way, don't mess around with a damaged battery.  Sulfuric Acid ain't nothing to play with!  :wink:

Pressure bleeding is the only way to bleed brakes.  Once you've pressure bleed 'em, you'll never go back.  You can buy a pressure bleeder, but you can improvise one from an old reservior cap, a valve stem and a bicycle pump.  Pressure bleeding gets ALL of the air AND all of the old fluid out of the system.