The All New, New "What have you done to your Bay today" thread.

With a lot of help from the guys on here I have greased my front beam. You need a lot of clean rags before starting this job.

 

Isn't it satisfying doing jobs yourself
More strings to your bow

 

Some progress today on the engine,

Fan shroud on, final fixed my cooling flaps, nearly all the tinware on, half the manifolds on, alternator in

Just waiting on one engine mount then the support beam can go on.

Should get the engine ready for install week Sunday.

Question... Should i attach the heat exchanger while the engine is out or when it's back in.






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Last weekend finally fitted the headline I got from Diddymen a year ago

 

And today fitted glass

 

Bulldog clips in a selection of colours! Like your style

 

Thanks cannot take credit for that as the dear wife had to go and fetch them

 

Having been away for the bank holiday, I decided it was annoying not having anywhere to put bits and pieces at night. So I thought I would knock up a rough prototype unit to try out on our next outing. I plan to put a 12v usb socket in there somewhere so phone and iPad can be charged overnight.
If the whole thing works okay, then I will get a decent one made up to match our furniture when we have some made!

 

Reasonably productive weekend. Despit having the lurgy! Made some mains leads up for the hook up. Changed push rod tube seals, swapped the petrol filters in the carbs, fitted a new mains inlet.

Not running though as stripped a rocker shaft nut!

 

We tidied up around the back end



And dismantled some hubs



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Took Ted for a blast down Witney by pass and around the back lanes, cried a little and came home.

 

Fitted the sliding windows today, fist one took over 1 hour 3rd took 20mins steep learning curve...... but I think it looks good now

 

Oh yeh, managed to remove all the nuts on the heat exchangers and replaced with brass ones as theybwill need to come off shortly.

 

Came back from camping Saturday managed Hereford to Winchester without going on a motorway apart from A34 which is less crap than some motorways for going fast..

Greased front beam. Discovered every rubber boot in the steering and suspension is cracked.
£50 worth ordered from JK.

 

Bet the new lot will be cracked in a few months
The quality of rubber parts nowadays is shocking

 

have you sold him then?

 

Took it to have tea and watch sunset at southport last night

 

Engine ready to go back in on Sunday!

Get ready for all the 'why won't it start' and 'what's that loud banging noise' and 'where's all the oil leaking out of' threads




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had a spare hour so finished pulling the pins out of the pistons that didn't want to shift using a big socket and 8mm engine stud so didn't have to resort to sledge hammer, it'll put them back in as well.

I then removed a con rod through the case to check condition which wasn't to bad, don't know if I would just get away with new bearings

these are standard and look original, well they have the vw stamp on them....