Fuckallathon, 2016

[trev]

Since this weekend is jam packed with VW-related shit to do and I'm stuck at home for the entirety of it doing the sum total of fuck-all, I'm decided to clutter up the already cluttered weekend with another VW related festival.

I'm neither going to Volksworld in London, Dubshed in Belfast nor Kickstart in Wexford. No, I'm going to have my inaugural fuckallathon right here in Co. Laois. It's a VW-centred event, where you actually own one or more VWs that all need a bit of work or love or attention thrown at them but instead of spending the weekend looking after them or getting out and enjoying them, they're going to get COMPLETELY ignored! There's no entry fee for the Fuckallathon, the event is completely free for all to join in. You'll even get a goody bag full of fuck-all and at the end of the weekend, there's a draw for a grand prize of fuck-all.

if you are an enthusiastic VW owner of any hue, aircooled or watercooled and you would like to get involved it couldn't be easier. Just do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to or with your VW for the whole weekend and you will have been a key player in the First National VW Fuckallathon. In case you were thinking of attending one of the other events, cancel your plans!! Fuckallathon needs you! This event will only be a success if enthusiasts join in in vast numbers!

So join me, stay at home, hang up the keys to both the VW and the garage, sit in front of the telly and do fuck-all.

Enjoy!!

 

[Mr Browne]

Lets start a list...

Mr Browne

 

[wackerwacker]

No its the shed for me��������������

 

[RattyOval]

Im in.

 

[JustinOval]

I've just stripped a tappet cam nut in the beemer. M6 fine thread, just to be sure I can't find another. Super.

 

[johnnyg]

I'm in.Looking forward to the goody bag.I always get fuck all,so I can add this to the rest..

 

[johnnyg]

I've just stripped a tappet cam nut in the beemer. M6 fine thread, just to be sure I can't find another. Super.

That is super.Well done

 

[EvilMonkley]

That is super.Well done

I presume that's the type of support he expected in this thread. Fuck all!

 

[JustinOval]

I presume that's the type of support he expected in this thread. Fuck all!

Yep. I should have sat in and done fuck all.

 

[trev]

in the spirit of doing fuck-all on any of my cars this weekend, I did a very small bit towards two other people's VWs this morning. I brought those 1303 bumper brackets to the Parcel Motel for drifterex. While there, I collected the fruits of a bit of internet rooting earlier in the week. Not on my own behalf, mind.

The auld chap (well into his '70s at this stage) who bought my old B2 Passat estate 12 months ago called me on Wednesday. The 33-year old rubber mounting block under the carb had perished and was drawing air after the carb, resulting in poor running. His mechanic couldn't get the part anywhere. I'm not surprised, it's a poverty-spec German model, never sold in Ireland or the UK with that engine and probably doesn't appear on the regular motor-factors radar at all. NLA from VW years ago. Also, the part is Passat-specific, i.e. not common with the same 1.3 engine in the equivalent-year Golf. He asked could I help locate one. First things first, I got the original part number from ETKA and tried the VW Classic Parts service. Nothing. Googled the shit out of it, nothing. Found a part number cross-reference site and got the equivalent aftermarket number for it. Googled the shit out of that and finally found a match at a place in Bristol. I placed the order on yer man's behalf but not in any great hope that it would pan out. Nowhere else listed the part. Anyway, it arrived today and despite ordering it under an aftermarket number, the part that arrived was a NOS genuine VW part!! Result! So I'll forward it to yer man on Monday for his mechanic to fit. Love it when a plan comes together, even if it's not for my own car!

On a side-note: I hope I'm still buying stupid cars that make no sense when I'm in my '70s.

On another side-note, how in the name of fuck would you have located such an obscure part for such an obscure model in the pre-internet days?

 

[JustinOval]

Was it Findpart.org ?

That site helped me save 300 quid on strut mounts, buying a pair that were for a different car but the only difference (besides the price and part no.) was the length of the bolts. Saved me 400 odd quid on a master cylinder too - working from a seal part no. up I found a repair kit in Germany for €25.
Before t'internet you just had to ask a dealer/mechanic/motor factors and trust what they told you.

 

[bug eireann]

in the spirit of doing fuck-all on any of my cars this weekend, I did a very small bit towards two other people's VWs this morning. I brought those 1303 bumper brackets to the Parcel Motel for drifterex. While there, I collected the fruits of a bit of internet rooting earlier in the week. Not on my own behalf, mind.

The auld chap (well into his '70s at this stage) who bought my old B2 Passat estate 12 months ago called me on Wednesday. The 33-year old rubber mounting block under the carb had perished and was drawing air after the carb, resulting in poor running. His mechanic couldn't get the part anywhere. I'm not surprised, it's a poverty-spec German model, never sold in Ireland or the UK with that engine and probably doesn't appear on the regular motor-factors radar at all. NLA from VW years ago. Also, the part is Passat-specific, i.e. not common with the same 1.3 engine in the equivalent-year Golf. He asked could I help locate one. First things first, I got the original part number from ETKA and tried the VW Classic Parts service. Nothing. Googled the shit out of it, nothing. Found a part number cross-reference site and got the equivalent aftermarket number for it. Googled the shit out of that and finally found a match at a place in Bristol. I placed the order on yer man's behalf but not in any great hope that it would pan out. Nowhere else listed the part. Anyway, it arrived today and despite ordering it under an aftermarket number, the part that arrived was a NOS genuine VW part!! Result! So I'll forward it to yer man on Monday for his mechanic to fit. Love it when a plan comes together, even if it's not for my own car!

On a side-note: I hope I'm still buying stupid cars that make no sense when I'm in my '70s.

On another side-note, how in the name of fuck would you have located such an obscure part for such an obscure model in the pre-internet days?

That's a great example of good karma....... you do fuck-all squared today and as a result something good turns up.


An example to us all.

 

[Adam]

I've been doing f*ckall to my VW for the last year anyway so whats another weekend!

 

[Endfloat]

I essentially did fuck all on my VWs too. I did have a man fit a set of alloys with tyres to my golf though, which makes a great difference to motorway cruising in the car. The old steelies had tyres that were too small for them and hence looked like castors and the engine was revving its nuts off.

 

[duts]

I essentially did fuck all on my VWs too. I did have a man fit a set of alloys with tyres to my golf though, which makes a great difference to motorway cruising in the car. The old steelies had tyres that were too small for them and hence looked like castors and the engine was revving its nuts off.

Sorry Ross but thats a no from me! You clearly had something done with a vw which is totally against the idea of the fuckallathon. Please remove your post and leave it clear for those of us that truely done fuck all!

 

[JustinOval]

I essentially did fuck all on my VWs too. I did have a man fit a set of alloys with tyres to my golf though, which makes a great difference to motorway cruising in the car.

+1 Much better with tyres.