My Project- 71 Super Bug - New Year

Proud_Dad · 2006-04-29T11:22:12+00:00

Hey All. Guess its time to share my drain on the finances. Bought her off Ebay last year but as we were moving interstate i've been putting off doing anything major to her until now. There is a bit of rust hiding underneath it all. New floor pans are in order as are new heater channels. A piller on passenger side isnt too healthy either. BIG job ahead!! here a few piccies to date. Pulled out all the glass and head liner. Bonnet and deck lid are off and tank is out (managed to spill a bit of fuel to! mmm fumes!) Hope to drop the engine out in the next few weeks and then seperate the pan and body [ Edited on 28-9-2006 by Proud_Dad ] [ Edited on 9-1-2007 by Proud_Dad ]

whilst i wait for the for permission from the minister of war and finances to purchase some new floor pans I got busy rebuilding the wiper motor. Seeing as i was going for a full rebuild I thought i would see to it to make sure that everything gets a once over. I forgot to take photos when disasembling but took a few whilst i was putting it back together. Everythiing got a clean and scrub with some white spriits. I wish i has taken some photos of when I pulled it from the car as it was pretty damn filthy. You'll just have to take my word for it. Getting the armature through the commuters was tricky with the springs and all. needed a hand to get it all in. I found it was a lot easier to put the armature through first and then put the motor casing on. Some fresh grease on the bearings and she was all sweet. Anyone trying this, just be careful when getting the rubber mounts back in place. they came out easy but were fiddly putting back. Broke one off at the tip. still working though. I ran out of batteries on the digi cam to take a photo so you'll have to trust me that i got it all back together, resoldered the wires and gave it a test.