Hi James Well done on all the work you have done. I am hoping you can help me. I know it was a while ago but how did you attach the roll over jig to the engine mounts? Do you attach them to one side of the mount only or use a spacer to take up the gap. Thanks for any help
Hi mate, cheers it's getting there. I found this pic which should help. The jig mounts go towards the front of the engine mounts, I then added some box section to make up the gap. I think it was 25x50mm. Let me know if you need any further pics while it's on the jig. It'll scare the life out of you the first time you roll it over!
A spot of Neptune Blue for Iris’ underside today!!! To say I’m happy would be an understatement. She’s now ready to start taking off the rollover jig and back onto some wheels.
Only if you know the secret password. It’s the RAL code for the green torsion bars. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
You’ll probably find the feet make a few odd noises as they take the weight of the van. I had the wife down there the first time to help, but once you’re confident it’s a one handed job. Just make sure you take off as much weight from the van as you can. I tried to roll it with the pop top on and it was way too heavy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Well done bud that looks lovely all the hard work and attention to detail has defo paid off Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Front beam is knackered so hoping to pick up a decent Cali import tomorrow to replace it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I bought replacement rubber seals for the front torsion arms, but they look completely different to what’s there? Did they change the design? New one at the bottom. The seals on the imported beam look fine so I’m tempted to just reuse them instead.
The old ones are old and worn the new ones are new and not worn. But the new ones might not be better than the old ones. I hope that helps. EDIT. Did buy the correct seals, what was the part number?
New Cali import front beam picked up from Simon at NOSVW just down the road from me. It’s amazingly solid compared to the old one: He has some lovely buses down there including this little gem: I’ve started stripping it, nice to see shiny solid metal: Aiming to get this and the remaining running gear bits epoxied at the weekend, then top coated next week ready to bolt back on. I’ve also started cleaning up some of the brake components for paint
It was from coolair, their part number was 211405129A (not sure if that's the VW part number). I'll try it on the arm at some point, it's probably fine.
Poole got another good coating of snow this morning. Not enough to stop me getting down to the workshop though in our crappy little Fiesta. I’ve been putting off repairing the wheel arch on our Fiesta for some months now; I hit a column in a car park which dislodged a chunk of filler that someone plastered over some rot. It’s off for an MOT tomorrow so I couldn’t really put it off anymore. Pretty cold repairing this outside, Before: And after. I didn’t want to spend long repairing this as I’m not planning on keeping this car for a huge amount of time, so it was very much a ‘fill a hole’ repair, which should do for now: The ducks were back to keep me company in the cold: I finished cleaning up the front beam so Zinc primed it, along with some of the brake components (Paracord is perfect for hanging bits to be sprayed on):
Looking good. Have you remembered to plug the hydraulic ports and cylinder openings on the brake components to prevent over spray getting in?
I didn’t with the zinc primer as I only dust coat them. I do for further coats though as they go on a bit heavier. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
