http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog Corbin Dunn and Louise Lovelle Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:27:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last weekend when my cat disappeared I was busy having fun doing some mountain unicycling. I might as well remember the good stuff. Saturday a group of us rode Mr Toads Wild Ride as a 13'ish mile shuttle. I think it was my fourth time riding this trail (hopefully by writing ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/08/unicycle-ride-mr-toads-and-hole-in-the-ground/ Please help! My cat Piper is missing. She is a siamese, with white snowshoe paws. She is a polydactyl (extra toes) and is fixed. She comes to the name Piper (when she feels like it). She was last seen the morning of Saturday, August 28th at our house in the Santa Cruz ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/08/missing-siamese-cat/ The speedo in the bug was broken. Ed, who I bought the car from, said it was just the cable that needed replacing and that he had replaced it a few times. I suspected something else must be wrong if he had to replace it more than once, and when ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/08/plug-bug-speedometer-repair/ What a fun weekend! It started out at 10 am with a mountain unicycle (muni) ride at Soquel Demo Forest. Jason, Aaron, Chris B and I rode up Highland to drop in at the top of Soquel demo and hit up Braille Trail. Kevin was a little late, and without ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/08/weekend-fun-and-the-zip-line/ I needed to replace the seals in the little vent windows and put in a new handle. This involves pulling the glass out out of the vent window channel and riveting on a new handle. It turns out it isn't easy to do. I had found some general vent window ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/08/plug-bug-window-door-restoration/ General Tips on Restoration Classic VW Bugs - http://www.classicvwbugs.com/restotips.htm - Lots of videos on how to do various restoration items.. This is where I first learned how to install windshield, and he gave a great tip on using weed whacker wire. The BugShop: Project '57 - http://www.thebugshop.org/goresto.htm - Lots of general tips ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/08/vw-bug-restoration-links/ Well, the project's batteries are going to be delayed. I checked up on the battery status, and it turns out there was a mishap with the order - Evolve Electrics goes through Alliance Batteries, which orders them from China. Something went wrong, and the right ones weren't ordered, so I'll ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/08/plug-bug-battery-delay/ I was really nervous about installing the headliner. I heard it was really hard to do, and frequently didn't come out right or required a second headliner due to the first one getting messed up. Because of that, I ordered the "easy install" single piece headliner, as opposed to the ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/08/plug-bug-headliner-install/ I ordered the wrong seal for the hood, but I finally got the new one and stuck it on. The car is looking great! It looks really high in the rear since there is no engine or batteries in; those will make it sit lower. The front is lowered, but ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/07/plug-bug-with-the-hood/ Note: this post is out of order; I did this quite a while ago, but our internet (Surfnet Wifi) has been down at home. The rear luggage floor, behind the rear seat, was rotten with rust. I didn't want to replace the entire panel ($200) as I figured it would be ... http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2010/07/plug-bug-luggage-panel-replaced/