Getting there Just need to put a bus around now. I'll have to respray the part between the ashtray and radio. I touched it up and had a reaction I believe my infrared heater was too close and cook the paint More than often, better is worst than good.
Not a lot done lately. I worked a few hours today, and all brakes lines are done. Time consumming job to have something nice. Also reinstalled the gearbox I may put the wiring next, seems to be the good timing.
Bits by bits, its getting there. I was going to reassemble the door, and had to repaint and repair the quarter panel window. Broken tab. New one done. Welded and painted. Small job, but done.
Nothing done worth showing . Sanded, painted and reinstalled the parking brake lever assembly and the shifter, cleaned and lubed door window mechanisms, passed the new main wiring loom back to front, I thought it came complete, but it doesn't include the wiring going from the fuse box to the instrument panel, headlights etc. I'm still debatting if I keep and repair the original loom or doing a new one I have temporaly reinstaled headlights and the VW sign, it is no more blind now I keep faith I can have it done for this summer
I have four brackets like that, which are from the rear bumper, but I can not remember what they are use for and how to fit them. Can someone put me in the right direction?
Wiring time Almost 4 straight hours done today and 60% is done. I had some head scratching moments as the new one come from Wolfsburg West and is designed for US model. I bought it years ago, before knowing the good guy from VW looms I only have the main loom and had to do some repairs on the old one that goes from the steering column and fuse box. What naughty stuff is hidding there? I bet you can smell this picture Ok,its a ground, but seriously, there are others ways to do it Another few hours of work and I should be able to bring some juice back in it
Well, it is a bit harder than expected to rewire my Bay window I managed to go from this To this Which still need lot's of tidying up. I power it using an old 6/12v charger and a 15A inline fuse to avoid burning some wires. And something actually work!! I can not test anything else, the key switch decided to quit It is great to see it finally coming back to live
I took a break before falling completly in electrical insanity and start to clean the engine parts of my beetle's 1300 single port. I had to rebuild it again, after a Bugpack aluminium pulley damaged the case. I had of my friend machined the case to adapt a seal and turn down the pulley. After vacuuming the chips, I gave it a good pressure wash with hot soapy water. Then, drying it with air pressure, follow by a good coat of multispray, like wd40, to chase humidity, and air pressure again. After that, scrubbing the remnant of sealer with acetone. I derust and gave the pulley a coat of red oxyde primer before painting black.
A bit more done today. As I had dismantle the engine after only 20 min of running, I didn't felt necessary to clean everything again, so assembling the bottom end was pretty quick. I coated every moving parts, bearings, lifters etc with assembly grease. Mandatory picture, because if you happen to ask yourself "did I check if the dots cam were correctly placed?" It can quickly driving you nuts Then, after degreasing the case surfaces, I applied a thin coat of Curil, double checked if I didn't forget something ( cam plug is an easy one), I put the case halves together, criss cross thightened the M12 bolts while turning the cranck in the same time to be sure I wasn't pinching a bearing. Et voilà
Everything is coming back together smoothly Flywheel is back, and end play adjusted. Only a few more couple of hours before starting it
Done It is up and running, pulley doesn't leak But it leaks by the oil pump This thing is fighting me Pics of the endplay setting. Spot on .
Minor update. As I had to change the ignition and key switch, they are full of sand from sandblasting, it was a good time to refresh the steering column plastics. I tried a can of textured bumper paint from Autodoc , and the result is pretty nice. Paint can was cheap too, which is always good Time to practice Eastern langages Easy to apply, three some very light coats are enough. Being bumper paint, it should hold up well too.
