adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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The current state of the passenger rear inner guard...
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My 1966 Beetle
ptjcmaavw Casual Dubber
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Hey mate, havn't been on here in a while to catch up with what you're doing.
Looking great, and from the pic above, it looks like the heater channel is missing?! 😏
Looking great, and from the pic above, it looks like the heater channel is missing?! 😏
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Yes, thats true. I have cut the heaters out and am trimming the new ones carefully as i go.
I left a bit of the passenger one in, still to be neatened up a bit so that it'll all blend in...
Excuse those old terrible welds there...
I left a bit of the passenger one in, still to be neatened up a bit so that it'll all blend in...
Excuse those old terrible welds there...
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Some work in progress on the fan shroud...
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m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber
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Cool idea for the fan shroud, I might do the same thing since I replaced my rotted out heater boxes for j-tubes 👍
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Thanks. I will have some updates on here soon > Now that i am on school holidays 🙂
Finky Commited Dubber
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looking forward to more posts. Your doing a great job!
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Here we are, the finished product of the fan shroud. Its not for a $100k show car, so it doesn't bother me.
Now coming along fast, the current progress of the engine.
Now coming along fast, the current progress of the engine.
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Oh, now that i have a new installation kit for my sway bar its now ready to go in! 😁
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wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard
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Fan shroud looks ace Denver.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Thanks man
Got a new breather on the oil filler too 😎
Got a new breather on the oil filler too 😎
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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And yes - the manifold isn't quite lining up 😏
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Trying to get the driver heater channel all sorted - as well as the fire wall.
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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We made a gusset to join the heater just before the B pillar. The front is just all tacked in for the moment.
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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And the passenger heater to date.
Quite a bit of lining up to do, the second picture shows how poor quality these are 😠
Quite a bit of lining up to do, the second picture shows how poor quality these are 😠
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Been a while since an update, so here we go!
Got the heater on the passenger side all tacked in, and we're just slowing trimming the firewall / bulkhead when we get time.
But had another issue. I went to pull the distributor out to put it into another bug as i was having ignition issues with it, and the drive came with it 😠
So this view is down the hole 🙁
I was told that there was supposed to be 2 shims / washers on the bottom of the drive, and they didn't come out when i pulled the drive out, so i put a fine screw driver down the hole and poked around, and i was sure there was only one there, so i got in there with a fine magnet and pulled it out. And there was only 1.
I thought for the worst and pulled out the sump plug, drained all the oil with the engine sitting on two old coke- crates and then pulled the sump plate off. Still no sign i shook it, flushed more oil though, and nothing.
Got the heater on the passenger side all tacked in, and we're just slowing trimming the firewall / bulkhead when we get time.
But had another issue. I went to pull the distributor out to put it into another bug as i was having ignition issues with it, and the drive came with it 😠
So this view is down the hole 🙁
I was told that there was supposed to be 2 shims / washers on the bottom of the drive, and they didn't come out when i pulled the drive out, so i put a fine screw driver down the hole and poked around, and i was sure there was only one there, so i got in there with a fine magnet and pulled it out. And there was only 1.
I thought for the worst and pulled out the sump plug, drained all the oil with the engine sitting on two old coke- crates and then pulled the sump plate off. Still no sign i shook it, flushed more oil though, and nothing.
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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So i took a photo of the shim between the calipers, and send it to a good friend of mine, a VW mechanic.
Thankfully, he replied that it was an early thicker type, and only the 1 shim was required 😊
Got the shim lowered down with some forceps, and then thanks to karmann141 and vwo60 on here, i used the distributor drive puller tool to put the drive easily back in the right place.
So in went the spring, then the distributor itself, and clamped it all down!
Turned over the engine, and all was perfect!
Well at least i know the drive is in correctly now!🤪
Thankfully, he replied that it was an early thicker type, and only the 1 shim was required 😊
Got the shim lowered down with some forceps, and then thanks to karmann141 and vwo60 on here, i used the distributor drive puller tool to put the drive easily back in the right place.
So in went the spring, then the distributor itself, and clamped it all down!
Turned over the engine, and all was perfect!
Well at least i know the drive is in correctly now!🤪
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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So then we had the fuel pump on and the weber & linkage on.
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Next me and my brother got it off the crates and onto the chassis.
I slowly and carfully bent the pre-heaters into their correct shape (empi quality once again shining out), and onto the car.
On with the extractors and the muffler and clamped up everything nicely.
We wiried up the coil and the starter motor ready for a test run.
Its half running, but spitting backfires everywhere and causing aero start cans to catch on fire, so we might just re-think that before we give it another go 🙂
I slowly and carfully bent the pre-heaters into their correct shape (empi quality once again shining out), and onto the car.
On with the extractors and the muffler and clamped up everything nicely.
We wiried up the coil and the starter motor ready for a test run.
Its half running, but spitting backfires everywhere and causing aero start cans to catch on fire, so we might just re-think that before we give it another go 🙂
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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber
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Great stuff!! A lot of work a credit to ya 😉
born again bugger
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Thanks! Got some more pics i'll post later on
adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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GO CB PERFORMANCE!!
Here in just over a week from payment.
Easy service to use and top parts!
Got a few goodies here including;
New clutch - installed.
My own Dizzy Drive tool 🙂
Gear Shift Coupler
Weber Re-Build kit
Coil Re-Location bracket - will keep this updated. My coil leads were hitting on the weber linkage, and i didn't think of this when i finished the tinware...
Here in just over a week from payment.
Easy service to use and top parts!
Got a few goodies here including;
New clutch - installed.
My own Dizzy Drive tool 🙂
Gear Shift Coupler
Weber Re-Build kit
Coil Re-Location bracket - will keep this updated. My coil leads were hitting on the weber linkage, and i didn't think of this when i finished the tinware...
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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!
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Then today we let her see a little sunlight again 🙂
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1cut808 Casual Dubber
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Getting there nicely!