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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#800455
Hi

anyone know where I can get the loan of a hinge pin pressing out tool for a 68 beetle?

anyone have one??

LEE in Scone - Upper Hunter Valley - NSW 2337

PM

email ; vk2lee@qsl.net
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beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!

1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#800458
Lee,

I believe Club Vee Dub have one in their club tools if you are a member there.

Matt from Port Macquarie also has one. If you can get hold of him (PM me if you need his phone number) and it is OK, I could bring it down to Beresfield tomorrow (Sunday) night if that is any help. I will be there all week 'till Saturday afternoon.
From your ole' mate Jeff

1500S Custom Title Time!

1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#800459
68AutoBug wrote:Hi

anyone know where I can get the loan of a hinge pin pressing out tool for a 68 beetle?

anyone have one??

LEE in Scone - Upper Hunter Valley - NSW 2337

PM

email ; vk2lee@qsl.net
This is a drawing of some simple one Lee. Requires door off and hinge held firmly in a good vise.

Jeff. Did Matt get one that works? We made one from a drawing someone had a few years back but not sure if he got it to work. I have the body of another one here but needs the bolt and pin to complete. I'll have a look tomorrow as well and see what it needs to complete. I think it really needed a stabilising handle welded on as well.

DH

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beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!

1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#800462
Matts' is a bought one - works very well as far as I understand.
From your ole' mate Jeff

beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!

1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#800497
Oops - checked my PM before I came on here. I gave Lee your phone number Matt, but it sounds like I am best to organise to pick it up today. Probably won't be untill this afternoon - I have to give the bug it's 570,000 km service this morning.
From your ole' mate Jeff

1500S Custom Title Time!

1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#800513
Matt Ryan wrote:Lee,

Will send tool with Jeff if you like, unless you really want to do a trip to Port.


Dallas,

I couldn't get that one to work a few years ago, ended up snapping it. Then I bought one off a guy on the Samba.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=522550


Regards,

Matt.
Thought there was some problem with that design Matt. Not sure where we got those drawings from back then. I had a look at the other one still here but it doesn't fit the Type 3s as they have to push down from the top so the screw hits the curve on the door.

The simple type for the type 3s is off The Samba and is a VW tool designed to be just driven with a hammer. Does a Bug require a certain way to remove/replace, that is, top to centre/bottom to centre?

DH

rob53 Officially Full-On Dubber

385 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#800521
I heard of someone that welded a small rod to a broken air hammer bit and it supposedly worked really well.
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