Speedster Tune-up

Last summer I purchased my speedster here in Chicago. After a long winter it is time to take her out of hybernation. Does anyone know where I can get a tune-up for my speedster here in Chicago or surrounding area?

I called these guys for you already:
http://www.dupageautowerks.com/
They said they work on air-cooled VW engines, and to do a valve adjustment and tune-up for you, it'd come to something under $200.
Hope that helps.

Brad, if you are at all mechanical and have a place to work on your car, you will find it very satisfying and not that difficult to do your own service. With the help of the John Muir book, "How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive" which is available via this website, many a shade tree mechanic has been created.

I know a little bit about spinning a wrench, not wizard mind you, but found this publication to be invaluable keeping my 2000 VS alive and well. Not only that, but the book is an entertaining read. Better still, there are plenty of folks on this site who will be glad to help you if you have questions.

Just a thought.
Hoss
ps. BTW, the car was purchased in Glen Ellyn and I drove it home to Oak Park, but that's another chapter in my life.

Brad , Bring it over I'll show you how to tune it up. Email me.
Joe

Listen to Hoss, save the $200 bucks and get those hands dirty. My Speedster is my first car that I tune myself, and it was a breeze. The Muir book is good, but I also liked the Bug-Me Video. Luck!

Hoss; did you say Oak Park? That's Frank Lloyd Wright heaven!! My favorite!! I visited there last year.

Ricardo, yes that's where I lived for 21 years, most of my working career. You must have toured the home and studio while you were there and perhaps took the walk to look at the F.L.W. homes. The village was also the home of Ernest Hemmingway.

Definitely did Hoss; beautiful place to live....funny thing that Hemingway left there when he was about 18 and never returned. He wasn't fond of the fact that the place was too conservative for his free spirit.

Thanks for the info on the book,I just bought one off ebay for $12.80 total.I was going to have a shop do my valves,I rebuilt 356 engines for a couple of months while in Germany back in the early 70's,the problem is I forgot most of everything...hopefully this book will bring back my memory.......and the thing is.....if you do it,you'll have no question that it was done right.

Good for you Joe! That is just like riding a bike; you never forget it after you learn it; you just need to refresh your memory and the book will do it.

Ricardo,I really enjoyed some of the pictures you put up of P.R.....are you a baseball fan??

I'm not that much of a sports freak but I do watch the World Series and have been following the '06 World Baseball Classic. Our team here was undefeated until yesterday when the team from Venezuela kicked our ass.

Hey guys I'd thought I would jump in... I have had VW's all my life always did my own tune-ups! You will dig-it, it makes you feel so good and you will dig the connection with you and your speedster! Sorry, I'd just thought I would say something positive about the doin it your self thing... Carry on. rotnroby.

I know the latin players really are tough players.I have a half brother who played in Mexico in the late 60' thru the early 80's,he was inducted into Mexico's Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1999.......only about 110 presently in the Hall.....They called him Caballo de Fiero...meaning Iron Horse....His name is Gregorio Luque....back to self fixing.....I didn't want to get my hands dirty again but I can't see paying $60.00 and up for a valve job.I remember how I use whip engines out and replace clutches and pressure plates....it's all slowly coming back.

You'll definitely get it back and as Robby says, and it's discussed in the Muir's book, you'll feel a connection between you and your ride.