VW 1302 maintenance

Making use of Silver Week Holidays(we call so these 5 day holidays in Japan), some repairing procedures were performed for air-cooled VW 1302 Super Beetle 11AD. One is the replacement of boot on the left steering linkage rod inner connecting rod doing knuckle and tie rod. 19mm holed wrench and a special tool separator shown in the picture were required. Though relatively long time must have been passed, included chrome molybdenum grease prevented rain water and dust from coming in, so physical performance of ball joint is alive. As a replacement part, OHNO Rubber Company DC-2103 was applied, the quality of rubber material, such as life and flexibility are far better than an original foreign made boot.
Hard handle movement for front right side glass sliding was improved by guiding channel disassembling and re-tightening, and grease applying on pinion and guiding ruched spring, became lighter than before, but still remained some sliding resisting on the touching area with newly replaced rubber weather strips in and out, leaving its inconvenience as it is.
Thanks to some precise adjustment of basic A/F mixture control on genuine Solex 34 PICT3 carburetor, acceleration became linear and powerful, also after cold start phase. But, very little inconvenient phase remains which must be caused by the lack of the closing action of the thermostat that controls cylinder heating by closing the door on the cooling air way activating just while the initial moment of cold start phase, it's within my acceptance.