yes & no, still doing the o/t just getting less, normal hours instead of shift work, less penalty rates/fine print, sacrificed the $$$ & hours (prefer shift) for decent work & less B***S*** throughout the day, no complaints & love the job for over a month now, think i made the right choice
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Dear Mr Butler, i feel your working environment was too filthy, thought this mite make a nice change, scary how WHITE the box comes up in person, pics look a lil more dull than it really is...
why leave 40yrs of crud inside if everything else is going to be brand new?
not bad eh?
still a few stubborn bits but that should clean up with a lil thing i call, magic green stuff!
modded the nose cone to say bye bye to the now pointless nose cone mount & the lil rib below the hockey stick that is in the way of the torsion housing, came up nicely with just a hacksaw, file then blasting
shame the bellhousing doesnt look so pretty anymore, mite give it a once over prior to paint too...
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isnt the new nosecone aluminum?
intermediate is the ally bit your thinking of, the nose cone is/was standard late beetle, will be heading out to my bug tomorrow hopefully to see if i cut just the right amount out of it 😀 fingers crossed!
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3hrs of shuffling a lil bit of bug work around the rest of lifes necessities after working on a sunday...
nose cone stuff
want to push it that touch further yet...
rear brake shot, purely since they were there
look familiar to anybody 😂
thats of the 15x7s, plenty of room on the inside still, no nothings tightened up on spring plates its just loosley put together for now, have to pull it apart to set the height right later so not fussed just yet
pedals!
standard ones, as you can see the pushrods line up farily nicely with stock parts after a lil bit of grinding & welding at least 😁
thankfully i have a spare set of pedals to use as donor parts 👍
comments, queries, (wondering why even) feel free to ask, BlueV2 you have pm again, g'nite all!
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Shitload of work going into this 👍
😢 yup & it will still look ugly for ages yet 😢 i smell a german look rat 😂
trying to decide if i should include the lower engine stud/bolt in this contraption
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Albins gears, cromoly pinion nut, and steel 3rd/4th hub.
Still waiting for the 4th gear idler....
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
yay! finally showed up, well most of it, will call you as soon as im happy with the initial part of these mounts & try organise a night to get it all down to you, will have to be night/arvo id say, think its about time i got the rest of the parts to you, call ya sometime this week hopefully!
thanks for posting pics up 👍
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westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
it arrived!!! photos of the axles at all Mr Butler?? Thats going to be one sweeeeeeet gearbox!
No idea how an LSD works, but it certainly looks great!
shall i assume the packages from rod have arrived then?
main case of the 091 is 98.6% spotless, only way to make it perfect would be acid dipping & im not about to do that.
Mmmm i smell finished gearbox on the horizon
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See you tomorrow Dave.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
👍 woohoo 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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only day off, slept in, cya around 11 😀
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for those that are curious, the date for the dave's went well, we plan to see each other again in the near future to trade more gearbox porn 🙂
oh, sides tells me that steph & i should of grabbed a muffin with the tea 😂 the rear brake/axle pic mite look a lil different shortly, depends how i go after work tomorrow, fingers crossed i can squeeze in a little more work on the pedals too, still not sure if i want to paint the pan with POR just yet but hoping it will be sorted by end of the month.
it hurts thinking about it but ive found a house that appeals (2bays/workshop/carport...) & toying with the idea of getting a finger in the property pie, that kills the dreams for this thing though, will be interesting times ahead....
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Dont kill the dub man!
can i use your garage then? 😂
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the colonel wont mind you using his garage as i dont have one
if it were mine, id say yes, but as you know... thats not the case. id rather your stuff in there than my sisters "I moved back home" stuff.... (i cant make my car better with your stuff.....) hehe
Name these cv's, no prizes, answers on photobucket if you really dont know
the girl put up with 2-3hrs talking box & bugs at DB's so spent the day at burleigh, how nice is that water!
I feel like im going to have something about as cosy as mick's 58, perhaps even more so...
Bellhousing there ^ & nose cone below
anyone got an airconditioned soundproof, fume extraction system setup for their garage, its hot & i wanna play!
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2 more shots of those cv's for comparison
New pedal pivots
taking shape...
DING!
i think ive got some welding to do tomorrow 😀
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Are ya finished yet?😏
will it ever be?
not bad for measurements from 15km away from the floorpan eh?
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New Bush for nose cone:
Faced off nose cone and new bush inside:
Thrust plate to stop forward movement of main shaft:
Welded hockey stick to make shift quality more precise:
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
uh... does this mean its done?
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Mill off sections of bell housing for mounts:
Replaced all the bolts with studs:
Except this one would NEVER have fitted a nut in there:
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Gotta be said, the setup for mounting the slave cylinder looks pretty damn sexy....
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