WD40 is a Water Dispersant, it’s not too bad a keeping your hands soft as well but it’s useless as a penetrating oil. A slogging spanner and sledge hammer will get the nuts off; it’s the shock that does it. All you do with a socket and a long pole is gradually increase the torque until the wheel spins. I didn’t have the brakes fitted last time I removed mine, I just stuck a bit of wood in front of the tyre.
not much of an update, but this is all I have from this weekend... i had cut out the old NS sill about a week ago, got new OEM sills courtesy of Burntout. replaced the NS sill, put everything back together, not fully welded in yet and its a little rough round the edges. got new B post repair section, chassis repair section, front jacking points, belly pans etc etc. sorry for the lack of decent pics, I work and keep forgetting to take pictures. refurb'd the sliding door mech too new bits and got some powdercoating done.. thats pretty much it, bit of a poor update but hey-ho. next weekend im hoping to get the chassis section repaired, front jacking point on, b post repaired and new outer sill on.
I assume you have got both hub nuts off now. Lots of progress and you’re doing a quality job. When you get around to refitting the sliding door catch I think you are missing this spring – unless you have it stashed away. http://en.serial-kombi.com/volkswagen-bay-window-1968-1979-sliding-door-spring-1968-79-N34924.html I couldn’t find one in the UK and ended up buying it from Serial-Kombi, and then I moved to France.
the dash top looks good, Im going to take mine and my engine bay head lining to be powder coated tomorrow
a little update from this saturday, not a great deal of work done, its getting too cold and dark lately. Apologies for the lack of pics! basically I got the outer sill back on, and the new front NS jacking point tacked on. started on the b post, but the JK b post repair panel is too wide :s so it took some fettling, and needs some more fettling next saturday. then i turned my attention to the rear hub nut. as some may remember i obliterated my hub nut in attempts to get it off, managed to score a blowtorch from a friends dad, and with a bit of heat it came straight off. new one went on in the mean time so I dont mis-place it. I then took my newly acquired bunks apart, ready for powder coating or painting. and started making the bunk brackets... I also took a deliver of some new OEM dash vents and decided to stick them on. then when i got too cold I came in and decided to clean up my parts and organise them in my wardrobes. Tomorrow im meeting with a local v-dubber whos trading me a full set of door cards for my sliding door mech parts. then I'm going to try finish the bunk brackets.
Looks like you'll be doing a thorough job.......... But I fear as the job goes on, you may need a bigger wardrobe!!!! Nice job on the dash...........
another little update. I wasn't planning on doing anything today as I don't normally work on the bus on Sundays (neighbours complain) So I thought I would pull the engine from the back of the garage and see whats what.. stripped it down some.. I have hundreds more engine pics but photobucket is slow, and i guess you guys have seen them all before. Also met up with a local guy who traded me a full set of brand new door cards for the spare sliding door mech parts I had. oh and i'm missing this bit of tin ware. anyone got one spare? or know where i can buy it?
Nice work on getting the bolt on bits done first, think I'm going to be the opposite with having a painted bus, but very few bits ready to go back on!
great progress .....my house is also full of parts waiting to fit .....much to the annoyance of my Mrs ;D
little update, didnt get alot of work done on the bus this weekend. I got the NS belly pan pretty much ready to go on, took a few hours of grinding the old scrap off. (no pictures, cutting off stuff isnt too interesting) then I carried on welding the front NS jacking point on but ran out of welding gas. so then i turned back to tarting up the engine.. managed to unblock this with some clutch cable and this.. removed and cleaned the old doghouse cooler mount. then fitted a new one. (the old one was leaky and damaged) also took a few deliveries... new silicon boots..