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 lunar_c
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| posted on May 12th, 2016 at 03:58 PM |
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My new 1966 1300 Beetle
Bought this one a while back to replace my 67' that had a bit too much body work for me at the time.
It has had a reasonable home paint job (though they painted over the fender beading grrr!) in the original colour with most of the bodywork being done
to a reasonable standard with only a little filler, no rust found in the usual places, though a few bodges like welded up front bumper mounts (snapped
off bolts) that I'm currently repairing properly. It retains most of the original interior in very good condition.
The mechanicals have barely been touched over the years and it still had 6v electrics when we purchased it. It's had a new clutch and throw out
bearing recently but that's about it recently.
It came with a bunch of new seals and felt channels etc from the previous owner.
We drove it around a bit .. It needs a tie rod end, the front brakes done and a myriad of small things but it's a pretty honest car. Didn't drive
nearly as well as my 67' did but the mechanical stuff is what I'm good at anyway.
Here it is just after we bought it and washed it properly :
The motor wasn't in great fettle but I gave it a quick tune up so we could drive it over the summer and then a couple of weeks ago the entire
charging system failed completely so I decided to pull it off the road and do some major work.
Out came the motor .. Evidently I 's been leaking from the oil cooler for some time!
The tins were disgusting too.
A lot of scraping scrubbing and degreasing later the motor and tins are finally clean.
I cleaned up the engine bay and did the axle boots too .. New clutch and throttle cables, return Spring and a new apron seal are going in too.
And the original PICT 30/1 got a strip, clean and rebuild. A few threads in the housing stripped and I'm waiting on a tool to helicoil them. I'll
have to weld a small patch on the preheat tube on the manifold too. Coffee and scones aid productivity.
So now the motor is clean I am doing the valve clearances and all the seals that need doing and swapping the gen stand over to the altebnator type in
readiness for the 12v conversion I'm about to do.
I decided not to repaint the tins yet as I'm going to rebuild the motor in a short while. I'll probably get them powder coated, and sort out some
proper cooling vanes and a thermostat while I'm at it. My 67' had it all working and it warmed up and idled noticeably smoother.
Once the motors ready to go back in I'll get the cables done, I've replaced all the fuel lines and stuff as well. I'll do the shift coupler and
bushing and replace all the door seals, get the brakes and suspension sorted once this lot of work is done.
Planning on a 2.5" drop all round and a thorough going over of the suspension and brakes.
Interior just needs new carpet mostly .. And will add some additional sound deadening. This is my 3rd beetle and the best yet.
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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sander288
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| posted on May 12th, 2016 at 09:13 PM |
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Nice find, be good to see it when you've got it back together how you want.
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lunar_c
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| posted on May 12th, 2016 at 09:29 PM |
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Sander this is my second 60's beetle and I have to say yours is basically what I want mine to be like mechanically!
I want to build a motor much like yours when I pull the motor next .. Can you tell me where you managed to find 77mm barrels and pistons and did you
pay ridiculous money for them?
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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sander288
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| posted on May 13th, 2016 at 02:24 PM |
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posted by lunar_c
Can you tell me where you managed to find 77mm barrels and pistons and did you pay ridiculous money for them?
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Careful what you wish for regarding the motor; I do enjoy mine when I get to drive it BUT I do miss the sweet purr of the standard donk, especially on
a cool morning or evening on the open road....
I got my barrels from Just Kampers Aus, they weren't stupid money pretty normal for Mahle stuff ~$400 I think....
I did have to ring around though to get them in Aus; otherwise it's an overseas order
https://au.vwheritage.com/shop/beetle/111198057BKS/barrel-piston-kits-1300cc-...
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lunar_c
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| posted on May 13th, 2016 at 02:57 PM |
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Cheers mate.
I'll be starting to plan the motor work as soon as this lot of work is done.
Just looking forward to driving it again really!
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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| posted on May 13th, 2016 at 03:07 PM |
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looks great
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lunar_c
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| posted on May 13th, 2016 at 03:25 PM |
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Thanks mate. It's going to be really nice once it's done.
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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lunar_c
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| posted on May 28th, 2016 at 07:48 PM |
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Got the busted threads in the carb body helicoiled and back together. Have the whole motor assembled and just about ready to put back in and tune but
went to turn over the fan and it's rubbing so the shroud has to come off again. Weird because it span freely off the motor.
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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| posted on June 6th, 2016 at 12:25 PM |
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Managed to fix up the inlet manifold .. Got a bit of exhaust tubing and cut and formed it to fit over the hole in the pre heat tube (where they all
seem to go at the bend) and mig'd and linished it until it looked like this :
Pleased with that .. I have the rest of the motor back together and ready to put back in the car, all assembly was checked and signed off by the dog :
Hit a bit of a snag yesterday though doing the felt channels and door seals .. The window lift channels are rusted through so when the window went
back in to the new (tight) felts it busted apart.. Add it to the list of things to do ..
Tidying up a bit of wiring today on the starter and headlights and the motor will go back in on Wednesday.
I replaced the clutch cable, throttle cable with a braided stainless one, cleaned and lined the pedal cluster, replaced the clutch return spring, and
every fuel line on the car and the fuel level sender gasket on the tank.
All the body and engine bay seals have been done also.
Trying to do it all once and do it right so it's a reliable cruiser.
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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Good job mate, cars looking great. Good to see the dog approves!
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| posted on June 6th, 2016 at 10:41 PM |
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Cheers mate.
Enthusiasm has been good the past couple of weeks. Today I got all of the wiring tidied up ready for the motor to go back in and the wiper motor
armature changed to a 12v one from Das resto, and sorted out the horn wiring.
Got both windows stripped and cleaned just waiting for the new lift channels and seals now ..
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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| posted on June 7th, 2016 at 02:30 AM |
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If the axle boots are in good condition you need to loosen the clamps and lay the join line over to the horizontal position so it can flex properly.
Easier to do it now.
Looks good.
Tony
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| posted on June 7th, 2016 at 08:03 AM |
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I did that after the photos  thanks
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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lunar_c
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| posted on June 10th, 2016 at 08:17 PM |
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Just finished rewiring the horn and the last of the 12v conversion work and tested it .. And it all works! Bugger! Very satisfied.
Almost finished all of the door seals and just waiting on the lift channels to finish those off.
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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