JBugs - Father & Son - First Drive - Manual Transmission
Shortly after Nathan bought his first car, the Baja Bug that he and Sam have been working on in our video series, Sam picked up an old sand rail from a friend. It was complete, and came with an extra engine, that was closer to running than the engine that was in Nate's Baja Bug. So Sam & Nate got the top end swapped out on that engine and put it in the back of Nate's Baja. The original engine from Nate's Baja was torn down, inspected and then with Sam's guidance, rebuilt by Nate and stuck in the back of the sand rail.
Fast forward a few months and Sam and Nate were able to take some time to get the sand rail back in working order. So after some short trips back and forth to Grandpa's house a few miles away, they took it out to Geiser Loop, just south of Lake Pleasant, in Arizona so Nathan could finally drive a VW powered vehicle with a manual transmission.
Now, Nathan has been "driving" since he was 8 years old, everything from 4 seat Razors to turbo Can-Am side by sides, from old tractors to two stick lawn mowers, and from old Toyota LandCruisers to a dirt bike with a manual clutch. So he's got some driving experience, just not with a foot pedal clutch and a manual transmission equipped vehicle.
The trip started off well enough until the front right link pin pinch bolts found their way off the front trailing arms. After the front right spindle came loose at 50 mph, he noticed the right outer tie rod was missing the retaining nut! Hind sight being 20/20 it was pretty stupid of Sam to take the sand rail off road without going over every nut and bolt on the brakes and suspension...but nothing serious was broken fortunately. So Sam and Nate limped the rail back to the truck and trailer, took it home, got it fixed and did a "nut and bolt" check on the car and brought it back out for Nate's first drive!
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All parts used in this video that are available at: http://www.jbugs.com/
https://www.jbugs.com/jbugs-premier-5... - Spun Aluminum 5x205 Wheels
https://www.jbugs.com/product/6112.html - Buggy Master Cylinder with Reservoir
https://www.jbugs.com/product/1139455... - Brake Light Switch
https://www.jbugs.com/product/2116117... - Brake Hard Line (Used for the front to rear)
https://www.jbugs.com/product/1136117... - Brake Line Tee
https://www.jbugs.com/product/1136117... - Brake Hard Line (Used from the Tee to the left and right brake hoses)
https://www.jbugs.com/product/1136117... - Brake Hose Clips
https://www.jbugs.com/product/2116117... - Left & Right Rear Brake Hoses
https://www.jbugs.com/product/1136117... - Brake Hard Line (Used from the left & right hoses to the brake calipers)
https://www.jbugs.com/product/98-1150... - Brake Calipers
https://www.jbugs.com/22-2847.html - Rear Brake Caliper Brackets
https://www.jbugs.com/product/22-2973... - Rear Disc Brake Rotors
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