Tag Archives: WVO

Betty now has Heat in the Trunk

I spent most of yesterday and today working on Betty. I attempted to weld a piece of sheet metal to hold and protect the short section of hoses on the underside of the chassis. I’m not sure it is wise … Continue reading

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Amber Saves Betty from a Firey Death

I had Friday off, and was determined to make significant progress on the Betty/WVO project. I had already created the holes needed to run my HIH (hose-in-hose) assembly through a frame member of the car. I fought with those hoses … Continue reading

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Some New Holes in Betty

As of right now, the prime parking spot where Amber’s vehicle normally sits is occupied by a 24 year old green Mercedes, sitting on jack stands and missing all of its seats. I’m not sure how long this will be … Continue reading

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Heated WVO Filter

I received a key part for my waste vegetable oil (WVO) project tonight. I ordered it from Ebay. It uses an “oil cooler” from a Volkswagen and an oil filter relocation kit.

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Betty-Wilma Seat exchange

The biggest thing I noticed when driving Betty this weekend (besides the broken air conditioning and lack of radio) was the broken seat. It leans to the left and creates a sore back in no time. I decided to switch … Continue reading

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230846 – A good number?

I drove Betty to Lewisville this morning to play paintball. (I should have taken some pictures of that) Coming home, I noticed the odometer and trip meter were not working. I guess I better like that mileage, since I’ll be … Continue reading

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Betty Makes a Decent Grocery Getter

I didn’t get around to changing the transmission oil like I had planned on, but I did fix the transmission shifting problem I was having. All I had to do was adjust the tension on a cable connected to the … Continue reading

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“Texas in my Corner” –Finally!

I made it to the Tax Office before they closed, with ALL the paperwork I needed and finally obtained a set of license plates.

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Spending My Day off at the Tax Office

I took the day off to get some things done. The first thing on the list was to get Betty registered. I went to the Tax Office up in McKinney and learned I wasn’t able to transfer the title because … Continue reading

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Betty is Ready for Registration?

This weekend I switched around tires until I had 4 decent ones on Betty. I think I had 5 different types of tires between the two cars. The battery was dead to start with, and didn’t seem to want to … Continue reading

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