Lot of good work going on there. Lots of rust.
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CheapChalee Seriously Crusin Dubber
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My 1966 Beetle
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Yes, lots of rust - definitely a lot more there than what i thought when i first bought it!
Next time i buy a car to restore i definitely will be more pedantic about rust!
Anyway, wont be too much longer and the repair panels will be starting to go in!
Next time i buy a car to restore i definitely will be more pedantic about rust!
Anyway, wont be too much longer and the repair panels will be starting to go in!
wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard
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Looking good Denver. Liking the way the bug hangs in the rafters.
At least once you cut the rust out you'll know its done right, not hidden under someone elses primer and filler.
😎
At least once you cut the rust out you'll know its done right, not hidden under someone elses primer and filler.
😎
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Thanks Terry,
Very true.
Denver
Very true.
Denver
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Heater pipe holder delete.
Before and After ~ !
Before and After ~ !
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Here you go.ptjcmaavw wrote:Lookin good. am wanting to see what they are going to run out like...👍
This is what I've been working on over the weekend. Got all the pan masked up and painted. I think i like the look 😎 - anybody else think anything of it?
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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Different but pretty cool 🙂
Oh, and I had an idea for the surface rust on the rest of the pan you'd stripped to bare metal. Rustbuster and those metal scouring balls/pads from household items in Woolies etc. Rustbuster in the paint isle at Bunnings. Wet the surface rust with the Rustbuster and leave for 30secs to a minute and then use the scour pads soaked in Rustbuster to scrub the surface rust away. Then use a clean rag to wipe the excess moisture away. Might be quicker than having to go over it with the drill/grinder again 🙂
Oh, and I had an idea for the surface rust on the rest of the pan you'd stripped to bare metal. Rustbuster and those metal scouring balls/pads from household items in Woolies etc. Rustbuster in the paint isle at Bunnings. Wet the surface rust with the Rustbuster and leave for 30secs to a minute and then use the scour pads soaked in Rustbuster to scrub the surface rust away. Then use a clean rag to wipe the excess moisture away. Might be quicker than having to go over it with the drill/grinder again 🙂
madness is in the eye of the beholder 👍
landfall Officially Full-On Dubber
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x2 for rustbuster
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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OK Thanks for letting me know..
Will be either that or giving my brother something to do with the orbital sander 😁
Will be either that or giving my brother something to do with the orbital sander 😁
psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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Hmm, me thinks that may fall under the cruelty act for child labour of 1982 😂adlbeetle66 wrote:Will be either that or giving my brother something to do with the orbital sander 😁
madness is in the eye of the beholder 👍
wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard
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Rust Buster or Rust Converter, Scouring pads and get your brother to do it! Just thinking out loud! 😉😂
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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😂 Does that apply for the people that are making the younger work, who are both under 15 y.o? 😂psimitar wrote:Hmm, me thinks that may fall under the cruelty act for child labour of 1982 😂adlbeetle66 wrote:Will be either that or giving my brother something to do with the orbital sander 😁
Cheers, will give it a go - got plenty of the scouring pads from mums kitchen, now to find the rust converter i had somewhere!wombatventures wrote:Rust Buster or Rust Converter, Scouring pads and get your brother to do it! Just thinking out loud! 😉😂
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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So think its probably time to start to bring everyone up to date.
I have a kind friend who came over to my house with his welding gear after i got home from school and welded in my pan for me ~ finally!!
That night i got the edges all clean and squirted it with some primer.
I have a kind friend who came over to my house with his welding gear after i got home from school and welded in my pan for me ~ finally!!
That night i got the edges all clean and squirted it with some primer.
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wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard
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Bloody awesome work Denver.
If you want a holiday, free room and food, we've got a beetle and a kombi and a 1 Tonner and a Monaro and a ........ You can guess!
Right. I'm off to the shed to stare at what needs doing! 😂
Seriously Mate, Keep up the good work.
If you want a holiday, free room and food, we've got a beetle and a kombi and a 1 Tonner and a Monaro and a ........ You can guess!
Right. I'm off to the shed to stare at what needs doing! 😂
Seriously Mate, Keep up the good work.
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Thanks Mate,
In reality, there's not too many other 13 year olds doing this kind of thing 🙂.
Haha... sometimes its like that isn't it 😁
Trying to get some more photos to upload now... 🙂
In reality, there's not too many other 13 year olds doing this kind of thing 🙂.
Haha... sometimes its like that isn't it 😁
Trying to get some more photos to upload now... 🙂
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Thanks mate,wombatventures wrote:Bloody awesome work Denver.
If you want a holiday, free room and food, we've got a beetle and a kombi and a 1 Tonner and a Monaro and a ........ You can guess!
Right. I'm off to the shed to stare at what needs doing! 😂
Seriously Mate, Keep up the good work.
To tell the truth, i don't think there are many other 13 year olds doing what i'm doing! 😉
Haha... sometimes its like that isn't it 😁
Ok. Now for an update.
The next morning (saturday) I got out the Sikaflex 221 and got dad to do it for me - who did water proofing once as a job so he knows how to do it 🙂.
When that was drying, i snuck upstairs and grabbed a green scouring pad from the kitchen. Pulled out the rust buster and started scrubbing on the tunnel - absolutely fantastic!
That brings us to Saturday afternoon when i mixed up some more Epoxy Mastic 121. Did a coat on the whole passenger pan, and the tunnel.
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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I don't actually have a photo of it at the moment, but will soon!
While i was waiting for everything to dry i decided to paint the sway bar for the front beam.
While i was waiting for everything to dry i decided to paint the sway bar for the front beam.
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JAB-AIR Learner Dubber
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Nice and neat work mate!!
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Thanks. Will try and get some more pics on here soon if i can!
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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OK. Here is a pic of when is painted, still have to do the seat rail on the passenger side...
Then came sunday evening. Masked up the tunnel and the drivers pan.
Out with the satin black on monday - then POP!
Monday afternoon came quickly once a few coats had been done on the tunnel...
In goes the newly painted master cylinder, and out comes the pedal assembly box... heck... how did this thing go again??? 🤪
Finally got that in using the original parts, then i will have to install the pedal assembly repair kit i bought.
Then i saw the fuel filter was quite dirty, so i grabbed a new one i had in stock, and on it goes.
Cheers all,
Denver
Then came sunday evening. Masked up the tunnel and the drivers pan.
Out with the satin black on monday - then POP!
Monday afternoon came quickly once a few coats had been done on the tunnel...
In goes the newly painted master cylinder, and out comes the pedal assembly box... heck... how did this thing go again??? 🤪
Finally got that in using the original parts, then i will have to install the pedal assembly repair kit i bought.
Then i saw the fuel filter was quite dirty, so i grabbed a new one i had in stock, and on it goes.
Cheers all,
Denver
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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Looking good there 🙂
When you finally go to put the seats in it's a good idea to sand the paint from the top of the runners and go down to about 1200 with the wet n dry. Then lube em with a bit of white lithium grease. The paint can otherwise make the seat grab instead of slide 🙂
When you finally go to put the seats in it's a good idea to sand the paint from the top of the runners and go down to about 1200 with the wet n dry. Then lube em with a bit of white lithium grease. The paint can otherwise make the seat grab instead of slide 🙂
madness is in the eye of the beholder 👍
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Thanks. Will do! 🙂.
Hoping to have the passenger heater out very soon, just finishing off this terms school work, then will be ripping into it!
Hoping to have the passenger heater out very soon, just finishing off this terms school work, then will be ripping into it!
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Yay! Update time!
Got the camber compensator off, and stripped back into pieces.
Got it all painted, and assembled back together again.
Next we decided it was time to get the engine back out.
Got the camber compensator off, and stripped back into pieces.
Got it all painted, and assembled back together again.
Next we decided it was time to get the engine back out.
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Engine is out. The flywheel has obviously been scraping on the bell housing unfortunately, so that will have to be cleaned up again...
Excuse the poor pictures...
Then it was time to pull the gearbox and replace the front mount.
Before and After 😁
Excuse the poor pictures...
Then it was time to pull the gearbox and replace the front mount.
Before and After 😁
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Once that was one, my younger brother started to strip down the engine... 🙂
Then i got the old front sway bar off to put the new thicker one on. The new bar came with urethane bushings, but the smaller clamps are too wide to fit between the lips on either side 🤪. So will have to work this out sometime soon 🤖
I added a pic of how the larger ones fit ?!
Then i got the old front sway bar off to put the new thicker one on. The new bar came with urethane bushings, but the smaller clamps are too wide to fit between the lips on either side 🤪. So will have to work this out sometime soon 🤖
I added a pic of how the larger ones fit ?!
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Heres the sway bar off 🙂
That'll do for now... I have just got to decide between 2 fan shrouds i have, then i will be modding it a bit 👍 ... Sorry, you'll have to wait and see 🙂
That'll do for now... I have just got to decide between 2 fan shrouds i have, then i will be modding it a bit 👍 ... Sorry, you'll have to wait and see 🙂
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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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You can buy a heavy duty roll bar clamp kit that would come with the urethane bushes or just get hold of some 1.5mm steel and make your own 🙂
madness is in the eye of the beholder 👍
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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I am waiting to hear from Mick Motors, otherwise i will do that 🙂
1cut808 Casual Dubber
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WOW. Good effort for a young bloke... I hope my boys will be this keen in a couple of years!
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Thanks... yeah... keep at them! 😀