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Hoobie Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2012 Posts: 87 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:59 am Post subject: |
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Yes that is snow. Finally melting. It was 45 yesterday. Supposed to be in the 50s today. Then late tonight another snow storm is coming. 5-8". There's also the threat of an even bigger one later in the week. This winter has really sucked.
Once the trans is out it's getting cleaned and I'm going to paint it. Leaning towards orange but not sure yet. Also need to replace the final drive seals, and I'm going to powder coat the cv flanges. |
Damn. it was 45 C over here last week, only escape was in the pool consuming copious beverages of a spirituous nature. since the trans is out (nice cleanup job btw) have you considered having it freshened up? new starter bushing, drop in a LSD, weld some more material back onto the hockeystick selector... tighten her up? Just saying, you know. It's out. Might as well.
My vote goes for the silver vein powdercoat if it's possible, I reckon that would look sweeeeeeeeeeet. |
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:17 am Post subject: |
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Hoobie wrote: |
swhitcomb wrote: |
Yes that is snow. Finally melting. It was 45 yesterday. Supposed to be in the 50s today. Then late tonight another snow storm is coming. 5-8". There's also the threat of an even bigger one later in the week. This winter has really sucked.
Once the trans is out it's getting cleaned and I'm going to paint it. Leaning towards orange but not sure yet. Also need to replace the final drive seals, and I'm going to powder coat the cv flanges. |
Damn. it was 45 C over here last week, only escape was in the pool consuming copious beverages of a spirituous nature. since the trans is out (nice cleanup job btw) have you considered having it freshened up? new starter bushing, drop in a LSD, weld some more material back onto the hockeystick selector... tighten her up? Just saying, you know. It's out. Might as well.
My vote goes for the silver vein powdercoat if it's possible, I reckon that would look sweeeeeeeeeeet. |
I actually was going to do some of that. The final drive seals, new starter, bushing, and maybe a new nose cone. I'd love to PC it but it would have to be stipped to just the case, and I'm not spending that kind of money on it. I may PC the side plates silver vein though. Going to PC the clutch arm, and might replace the shaft while it's out. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
My Patina 66
My 74 Ghia
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Hoobie Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2012 Posts: 87 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Yep it's probably not going to happen to silver vein the whole thing, but how awesome would it look? I wonder how much you'd need to disassemble to get just the trans case free of sensitive parts. messy job i'll bet.
this is what happens when you wire brush the hell out of it, but it dulls after a few months unless you clear it.
This baby has had the royal treatment including custom Weddles/Albins gears and everything that's not new or custom put back to original spec. plus a Quaife.
it's in the car waiting to be mated to the engine.... |
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:20 am Post subject: |
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My friend Chad painted the trans in his Buggy.
Looks really good. I want mine to look that good. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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Hoobie Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2012 Posts: 87 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:19 am Post subject: |
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that's a good looking box. The thing that stopped me from painting it is pretty much the same thing as you- didn't want to paint over anything that shouldn't have paint on it. This includes nuts and gaskets and covers etc. To do a really schmicko job it should be stripped down to nothing and painted while apart; I hate the look of beetles and parts that have just had colour blown over everything-it looks lazy. Like when you see 'full resprays' with the fender beading painted over and rubbers not quite masked off properly.
But I digress
more pics and more news as it happens please |
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:56 am Post subject: |
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Hoobie wrote: |
that's a good looking box. The thing that stopped me from painting it is pretty much the same thing as you- didn't want to paint over anything that shouldn't have paint on it. This includes nuts and gaskets and covers etc. To do a really schmicko job it should be stripped down to nothing and painted while apart; I hate the look of beetles and parts that have just had colour blown over everything-it looks lazy. Like when you see 'full resprays' with the fender beading painted over and rubbers not quite masked off properly.
But I digress
more pics and more news as it happens please |
I know what you mean. Nothing worse then paint on rubber. Really annoying. I'm going to partially disassemble it and paint it. Also going to replace all the nuts and bolts with stainless. I buy stainless m8 nuts buy the hundred. The good thing about the trans being out is that I can finish detailing the chassis. Going to paint the forks, and trailing arm pivots, etc. It'll be much easier to paint the bottom of the packge tray now too. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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Hoobie Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2012 Posts: 87 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:35 am Post subject: |
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got to love stainless
annoying thing is that it has a sacrificial rusting problem when you put it against ordinary steel, and loctite doesn't work as well on it. Hasn't stopped me from replacing every 2nd nut, bolt and washer with it, however.
Latest progress pics? |
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:17 am Post subject: |
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No new progress since Sunday. Usually get home from work too late to tackle any major work on it. I do plan on working on it this weekend however. The weather is supposed to suck again, but I'm going to work on it anyway. Might push it into the garage and finish welding the cross members in. Haven't decided yet. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Worked on the Super today.
The bottom is looking much better. However, if you look careful you'll see that I'm going to have to replace the metal fuel line. Going to order a roll of stainless from Jegs.
Tomorrow I'm going to try and get some welding done on the cross members and maybe the floor. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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Hoobie Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2012 Posts: 87 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:49 am Post subject: |
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Woohoo! things always look better with a coat of paint (except rubber). If you're buying SS tubing make sure you go up to 8mm ID in case . I ran -8AN braided from front to back 'in case' because I'd rather route bigger plumbing than I absolutely need once and not have to worry about fuel delivery later when I start force feeding the animal. AN fittings also allow a modular approach which makes for easy addition of bits later on. As a tip, putting stainless tubing directly in contact with mild steel will make them both rust, so keep them isolated with mounts if possible.
love build pics. |
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:35 am Post subject: |
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I neglected to put a before pic
The painted pics are just the 1st coat. It's not done yet. However, you can clearly see a big improvement.
Started cutting floor patches too.
Not sure I'll be happy with it. May just end up replacing the pans. It'll look much better in the end, and doesn't cost all that much as long as you can do it yourself (which I can). _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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Hoobie Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:28 am Post subject: |
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some of the repro pans are thin and weedy, might be better using donor panels if you can find good solid metal and don't mind the cutting and fitting and cutting and welding and cutting and fitting etc etc. with a bit of effort you can make them look pretty good.
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:11 am Post subject: |
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I've used the Zito brazilian pans on other projects. They are the ones my parts guy gets. They are decent quality. I'm going to try the cut, weld, grind, cut, weld grind method 1st. If I'm not happy with it, it gets new pans. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Worked on the car some this weekend. It warmed up a little here. Did some welding. Needs a little cleaning up though.
Fitted it:
Painted the area behind it I won't be able to access with it welded in:
Welded it in and made a patch I'm not happy with yet:
Patched the outside:
Progress so far:
I also took the time to chisel off the remaining tarboards inside the car.
Now that it's warm I need to order some seam sealer and seal it and finish masterseries-ing things. I bought this Monday for the new metal fuel line I need to run.
Hopefully I'll start putting it in this weekend. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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Hoobie Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:08 am Post subject: |
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big thumbs up for fixing that which some would give up on
Keep the pics coming Sean |
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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Well, the new fuel line is in.
Cleaned the tunnel for the 4th time. This is what was in the vacuum.
The old line out
Clean tunnel looking towards the rear from the front
New line in and cut. Left about 2 feet extra for now
The front
_________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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Walking Contradiction Samba Member
Joined: August 14, 2013 Posts: 453 Location: Oregon, OH
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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Wow that's a lot of crap!
-Sam _________________ Samuel Hartford
1974 Super Beetle
Board Member of the Greater Toledo Volkswagen Club
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swhitcomb Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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Walking Contradiction wrote: |
Wow that's a lot of crap!
-Sam |
Yeah, it was full of mouse bedding, acorns, stink bugs, and just plain old dirt. Much better now. I'm going to use the Eastwood inner chassis paint in it.
Won't have any mice in it again anytime soon. Opened it today to find my cat, the mouse killer of my 3, sleeping in it. She got in through the hole in the floor I haven't welded back up yet. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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swhitcomb Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Cleaned and painted the trans today.
Not as nice as I wanted, but a vast improvement. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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My 74 Ghia
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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