| miketr22 |
Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:37 pm |
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| Anyone know how to remove and install the heater tubes under the rear seat of a type 1? They are the tubes that are pressed in the rear crossmember at an angle. |
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| 57BLITZ |
Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:03 pm |
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On early cars, they are spot-welded.
The later Bugs had tubes that are plastic . . . they are held in with two bolts. |
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| miketr22 |
Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:15 pm |
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| Not those, the tubes that I'm talking about are the ones that pass through the rear cross member. |
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| bugmandave |
Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:28 pm |
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| they are crimped in place. no way to remove them without destroying them or the area around them. why are you removing them? |
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| miketr22 |
Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:33 pm |
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| The car I'm working on had them removed. I have a pair of tubes from a donner car. If I could get them to shrink a little and get them in the holes I'm pretty sure I could use a pipe expander tool to reset them. Any ideas of how to shrink them enough to get them in the holes? |
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| bugmandave |
Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:34 pm |
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| make the holes bigger. |
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| Hokie87 |
Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:47 pm |
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miketr22 wrote: Anyone know how to remove and install the heater tubes under the rear seat of a type 1? They are the tubes that are pressed in the rear crossmember at an angle.
I had the same question but my search didn't find an answer. So I made it up as I went. The through 67 cross members from WW have the correct curved front edge but the incorrect (for 65-67) round hole.
I cut donor ducts out and modified the hole in the new WW cross member to fit the oval ducts with a saw and die grinder.
The pressing with initial installation of the donor ducts left two ridges. I left these on and just tack welded them in place with both ridges on the back of the cross member. After a coating of seam sealer it won't be noticeable.
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