My 1954 build thread "Beatrix"

txoval · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:38 pm Post subject:

A quick tip for spray painting...especially when its cold. Use a hair dryer to heat the part up and then paint

I'd powdercoat the pan washers, but there's nothing wrong with painting them either. The worst part about painting parts like this is the prep. Powdercoating is great because they sandblast the parts first. If you paint them, be prepared to work hard and damage your hands.

If you have a bench grinder with a wire wheel, they are pretty easy to clean...

TheLadyBug · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:05 pm Post subject:

I do have a grinder and wire wheel. However my work bench that was supposed to be installed in the garage in September is still not installed. I'm hoping as soon as it warms up.
I think I may powder them since it's on the bottom of the car. More durable. I was concerned with thickness and them fitting properly, or crushing the coat when they get tightened in place.
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1954 Beetle - because I can
2016 Golf highline - hubby’s daily
2016 Golf R - my daily

TheLadyBug · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:00 pm Post subject:

Finally got the wheel cylinders painted today thanks to my hubby.
He's painting the steering box as we speak Wink

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I began reading the Bentley to refresh my memory for putting the backing plates together. I found a page with a diagram and it has expanders and leaf springs and I began to panic as I'd never seen this stuff before. Luckily the diagram that matched my car was a few pages prior; as I read the wrong page I thought "oh great", perhaps my brakes weren't period correct and that would be one more thing to buy. Laughing

So now my question, how do the soft lines attach to the wheel cylinder? It appears I have two female ends. The Bentley is not clear with this. Is there a piece in there that I'm missing? I'll head out to the garage and dig in the brake bags to see if I can find a piece, and look through my disassembly photos.

Anyone with the same TRW steering box I have? Did you just use the original clamp? I can't seem to find anything that 'fits' better with it.

My brother needed more sound deadening dynamat for one of his cars (I think he needed 2 sq ft, lol, but bought 50 just to 'have on hand'!) so I went in with him and bought 50 sq ft of it for myself, too. Won't need it for a while but was cheaper to buy together. Man that stuff is unnecessarily expensive.
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1954 Beetle - because I can
2016 Golf highline - hubby’s daily
2016 Golf R - my daily

txoval · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:11 pm Post subject:

Yes, there is a metal brake line between the rubber brake hose and cylinder

Check this thread for pics:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=414940

TheLadyBug · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:59 pm Post subject:

txoval · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:22 am Post subject:

Surely you are going to replace all of your metal brake lines? They come in a kit.

See link for a blow up

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/wolfsburg_new/brakes/bug_brake/bug_brakes.cfm?type=1

Trevor P · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:09 am Post subject:

The hoses for the front go directly into the cylinders. The metal line at the front goes from the brackets on the pan direct to master. The rears are the only ones that have a metal line going directly into them. They use a hose between them and the pan. You will need to replace all your metal lines.
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Abscate · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:14 am Post subject:

TheLadyBug · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:02 pm Post subject:

I have all new hard and soft lines from WW.
Trevor cleared up my confusion today via text. I didn't realize the rear cylinders didn't have the soft hose to them; my car didn't have anything going to the rear so I was mistaken. I had the hoses in my hands and the rears were female/female so I wondered how they attached to the cylinders, not realizing there was hard line to the rears.

Stephen - photos would be awesome since I don't have a visual for reference as my car was missing the rear lines. Smile

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1954 Beetle - because I can
2016 Golf highline - hubby’s daily
2016 Golf R - my daily

Srecko · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:29 am Post subject:

Finally got the body painted Charmaine

TheLadyBug · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:04 pm Post subject:

Looks amazing!
I'm waiting to hear from the body guy yet about ordering new sheet metal (need to know extent of what needs replacing) and hopefully my body work will commence soon. Totally jealous of everyone who's ahead of me! The weather is warming up and I'm itching to work on her in the worst way.
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Charmaine
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1954 Beetle - because I can
2016 Golf highline - hubby’s daily
2016 Golf R - my daily

TheLadyBug · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:59 am Post subject:

A huge order arrived today. What a different experience than my last WW order that the postal service almost lost, had errors on the customs form and took 2 weeks. This order was shipped with FedEx. I ordered 3 days ago! It had less fees per dollar amount ordered and no issues. I strongly recommend using fedex for us Canadians to buy things from the U.S.!

I can't wait to open it and get all the sheet metal off to the body shop!
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Charmaine
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1954 Beetle - because I can
2016 Golf highline - hubby’s daily
2016 Golf R - my daily

Abscate · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:29 am Post subject:

TheLadyBug · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:19 pm Post subject:

Well today was going great til it was pointed out that some of the stuff in my WW box was incorrect for my car. 'Fits all bugs through '65' does not mean what I thought, Laughing

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Well, at least I can return the rear bumper brackets and quarter panels.
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Charmaine
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1954 Beetle - because I can
2016 Golf highline - hubby’s daily
2016 Golf R - my daily

slalombuggy · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:04 pm Post subject:

Don't get too excited about the lack of fees from FedEx, there are more coming in the mail, usually in about a week after you get your parcel. They're as bad as UPS. I still prefer CanPost after shipping and receiving thousands (not an exaggeration) of items over the years for cars and model railroad equipment.

brad

TheLadyBug · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 12:55 pm Post subject:

More?! What more could they charge?
Ack. I need to contact them and get my taxes reimbursed for the stuff I'm sending back. Not looking forward to that either.
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1954 Beetle - because I can
2016 Golf highline - hubby’s daily
2016 Golf R - my daily

sunroof · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:55 pm Post subject:

Fedex cannot make you pay for something you did not agree to. It's like if I went to your house and washed your car without your knowlege or permission and sent you a bill for $45. If you met the delivery man at the door and he asked you for $45 and you paid it, you paid for nothing as there is no brokerage to do for antique auto parts. It is like if you park in an Impark lot without paying and they give you a ticket and you paid it, you are paying for nothing. They cannot make you pay for any more than the service you used.

Don
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Zwitterkafer · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:59 pm Post subject:

If I do not pay the delivery man what he asks, my parcel goes back onto his truck. How does that do me any good? FedEx correctly does not charge import duty on antique auto parts, but taxes are collected, and for the processing involved there is a brokerage fee. The irksome thing is that it is a captive brokerage which may not be economical, and you don't have a choice in the matter, except to say up front "don't ship FedEx or UPS".
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TheLadyBug · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:40 am Post subject:

I have never paid actual 'duty or customs' on any parts I've ordered. It's always just been the tax and their $10 fee. However. This time that I got stuff from FedEx, they only charged me GST, so perhaps the PST bill is coming in the mail. Either way, I have the form all printed off and ready to send to the canada customs agency to apply for the taxes back, since I'm sending several hundred dollars worth of stuff back.

I'm pretty annoyed with myself. I was told very clearly where to order sheet metal from, and for some reason unclear to me, I ordered stuff from WW. The apron is made by Autocraft which is good, but the rest of the pieces weren't right for my car at all. I'm a little annoyed that WW states these parts are correct for certain years when they are not. What a waste of time and money. At least Tony at WW was super nice and I'm sending it back today.

Virtanen is making me the rear luggage section and cross member and support part that I need, as well as supplying me with the rear quarter sections that are correct. I will be ordering the rear bumper mount areas from Wolf. I am just waiting on the body guy to confirm I don't need anything else before I order from these two guys since they are overseas and if I need anything else, I'd like to order it at once.

Hubby has spent the past two evenings (or trying to) take apart the doors. It seems that a lot of water inside the doors has rusted things and made them impossible to disassemble. The window channel screws are giving him a headache.
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Charmaine
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1954 Beetle - because I can
2016 Golf highline - hubby’s daily
2016 Golf R - my daily

TheLadyBug · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:56 pm Post subject:

Today - ordered the remaining sheet metal needed from Wolf and Virtanen. I secured a coil correct for the car also. I also found a guy in europe with a few engine pieces correct for my car, so I'm hoping after he has another look at his stuff, I may have most of what I need to make the engine period correct. I am still after some engine tin though. A few items will be finished at the powder coaters tomorrow, I ended up coating the pan washers. It's been an expensive week.

I am on the fence as to whether or not I should purchase a new generator - mine is thin slot but from '58. Part of me is leaning toward finding a '54 one so I can honestly say all the parts are '54, and part of me is saying that no one will care about date codes when it's all done. Are there any differences in the generators between 54 and 58 that I am unaware of?
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Charmaine
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1954 Beetle - because I can
2016 Golf highline - hubby’s daily
2016 Golf R - my daily


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