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 Split nut
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| posted on March 26th, 2004 at 09:51 PM |
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My splitties
The green and white bus is a 62. And the dual cab is a 63. The bus sits in the garage most days and comes out for weekend picnics and the odd show
in Brisbane. The dual cab was purchased just recently and hopefully she'll be a daily driver shortly with a slow restoration on days off. I also
have a 61 dual cab with a heap of work to do. Anyway, hopefully I can manage to attach some pics.
Ross.
[Edited on 26-3-2004 by Split nut]
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| posted on March 26th, 2004 at 10:03 PM |
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My dual cab
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Split nut
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| posted on March 26th, 2004 at 10:18 PM |
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I couldn't even bear to drive the dual cab without fixing the very dodgy accident repair in the rear. This is what it looked like.
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| posted on March 26th, 2004 at 10:19 PM |
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They are beautiful 
Jodie
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Split nut
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| posted on March 26th, 2004 at 10:19 PM |
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And with the new panels welded in. I did a new battery tray at the same time.
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| posted on March 26th, 2004 at 10:30 PM |
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Man you're buses rock!!.....beautiful work on the standard.
You're collection is very similar to mine...although my greenbus has a few more shades of intensity to it, also got X2 dual-cab splits.
What is the go with splitty's, you buy one and they seem to multiply...
Well done champ...
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| posted on March 26th, 2004 at 10:31 PM |
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Nice splitties my uncle has a van very similar to yours same colour scheme.
"I choose to Cruze VW Golf Mk1 Style!!!"
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| posted on March 27th, 2004 at 07:36 AM |
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Greenbus, you're right, they do seem to multiply. I've added some more pics of some of the busses I have owned over the last 5 or so years. I wish
I'd kept them all now!
I keep buying them and something better comes along or money gets tight and they have to go. It's very expensive having 4 cars registered at once
when you can only drive one at a time.
This is a 63 bus I had.
[Edited on 26-3-2004 by Split nut]
[Edited on 26-3-2004 by Split nut]
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Split nut
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| posted on March 27th, 2004 at 07:38 AM |
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64 bus
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| posted on March 27th, 2004 at 07:40 AM |
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62 ute
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| posted on March 27th, 2004 at 08:34 AM |
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mate i know exactly what you mean, as i have four regos at the moment. great looking green 11 window. good to see another twin cab. when i was
searching for mine you could not find many at all, and now that i own one they seem to be everywhere. i reckon in three years the car shows will be
flooded by them, just like they are with the splitties now. 
Simply Cruzin'...
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| posted on March 29th, 2004 at 05:47 PM |
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Hey man,......what a collection! Did you restore your other buses or did you buy them as is?
As an aside, what method did you use to remove the screws that hold your side gates on? I have'nt tryed mine yet but I'm sure they'll be a real
mongrel....
Cheers
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| posted on March 29th, 2004 at 06:02 PM |
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posted by greenbus
... what method did you use to remove the screws that hold your side gates on? ...
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An impact screwdriver is the recommended tool... I didn't have one, so I used my largest Phillips head screwdriver (the right size) and clamped
vice-grips onto the screwdriver shaft to provide the torque- that worked fine...
hth
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| posted on March 29th, 2004 at 06:34 PM |
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awesome set splitnut...you've done well.
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| posted on March 29th, 2004 at 10:36 PM |
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or is the screws get striped do what i do and weld a bolt onto them and use a spanner!!! much easier!
cheers
rhys
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| posted on March 30th, 2004 at 07:00 AM |
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I got my biggest phillips head screw driver and put a shifter on the handle. While pushing the screwdriver towards the screw with as much force as
possible, I turned it with the shifter. This worked once. Then the handle turned on the screw driver and that game was over.
I then took a peice of angle steel and welded one end to the screw driver shaft and did the same again. This worked well until one stubborn bugger
turned the nut inside the panel. It's always the last one you do. Then I had to drill the top of the screw off so I could at least get the hinge
off and give myself something to work with.
Because the screw was stuck so well in the thread and I couldn't drill it out and cut a new thread (it just kept spinning), I ended up making the
hold in the outer panel a little larger and welded a nut flush with the outer panel. This was very easy to do and works well. You can't tell when
the hinge goes back on and I didn't open up the whole side panel to fix the problem. The only difference is that the nut is fixed in one place where
the others have a little adjustment. If you're careful, you could do them all like this as long as you get the nuts in the right place.
Good luck getting the screws out in the first place and save the hassle. Spray them with RP7 or something like Penitrine (I think that's what it's
called).
Also, hitting them with a hammer and punch may loosen them if they're stuck to the hinge but the nut in the back is loose, so I imagine it will have
little effect on that. I just relied on brute force.
Ross.
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| posted on March 30th, 2004 at 04:42 PM |
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Thanks fella's, sounds challenging to say the least....I'll let ya's know how I go when I get up to it ( I think I may delay until I'm in the
right mood!!).
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