My weekend warrior 1970 baja bug build

TDCTDI · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:47 pm Post subject:

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After getting the beam back in, I realized that I should be able to use the Thing front beam braces, I plan to use some flat steel stock, drill four holes in it (two for the braces & two for the pan to body bolts) once it's bolted to the pan I'll then weld the steel piece to the pan & then bolt the braces to it (after cleaning them up).
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GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:59 am Post subject:

The bad part of cleaning & painting any part that you are working on is that every part that attaches to it must go through the same process or it looks that much worse. I really didn't want to do a nut & bolt restoration on this beast but since I have them off...

My buddy doesn't understand why I'm doing it either.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

HERC · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:47 am Post subject:

Now you're forcing me to do it....damm it. Cool

I'm gonna pretend I didn't just hear you say that and take that off and paint it.
I'm with the dog.
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TDCTDI · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:20 am Post subject:

Don't do it HERC, one thing leads to another & it makes your project take longer. Confused

By the way, what are you working on? I was curious & looked up your profile & didn't see anything current, your last ride was sweet though, as the others said, once you're bitten by the bug you'll always be back, glad to see you're back.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:32 am Post subject:

& the part was already off, I might as well make it nice too because once it was on, I'm not taking it back off to clean it up.

Here it is with brake parts assembled, I installed the rear wheel cylinder on the front as prescribed by Dustymojave & others.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

GoMopar440 · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:17 am Post subject:

TDCTDI · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:18 am Post subject:

Hey GoMopar440 (I can't shorten that without insulting a true moper fan) your rail is looking great, did you source rear T3 brakes? Do you have a blast cabinet? If so ORANGECRUSHer had a great idea that I employed for a filtration system.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

GoMopar440 · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:05 pm Post subject:

I bought a whole '68 T3 car(ish) thingy for the drive train and brake parts. It's one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen, but the parts I want off of it aren't too bad. So far the rear brakes on it are in better shape than bug parts on my rail. Runs and drives with a good clear title, not bad for $500 IMHO. I just have to close my eyes while I'm working on it. Laughing

Do you have a link to OC's sandblast cabinet filtration system? I've got the large HF floor model and it has air leaks like the smaller HF table top blast cabinet I used to have. I'll be pulling the glass and sealing it with silicone which should take care of most of the leakage. With the bigger compressor I'm now running, the whole cabinet swells up a little bit when I'm using the blaster. I have a couple shop vacs I was thinking about dedicating one for a dust collector on the blast cabinet, but I haven't come up with a plan on how to build one yet.

BTW: No problem on the name, just use whatever you feel comfortable with. I'm not very thin skinned so getting my user name abbreviated doesn't bother me in the slightest. As long as I can figure out you're talking to me is all I need to know.
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Homemade rail for street & off road: BJ front beam (bent), IRS rear (boxed/maybe bent), stock T1 DP 1600, 009, 34PICT-3 (soon to be dual 40HPMXs), 4-1 glass pack exh, T3 brakes (F disk, R drum & Dual MC), Bug trans (002, 5 rib going in soon).
Link to my rail (re)build thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=629493

TDCTDI · Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 2:35 pm Post subject:

That is an excellent candidate for parts, you're doing it a service.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:17 pm Post subject:

As far as the water filtration goes, I used a 5 gallon bucket & several fittings found in the shop vac accessories of the hardware store.

I cut a 3' section of 2" wand down & Swiss cheesed the end of it to maximize air to water contact & reduce agitation, the hose to the shop vac is the high point & the hose from the blast cabinet goes to the center hole with the extension to the bottom of the bucket.

It's quite effective in removing particulate, I try not to aim the blast nozzle towards the cabinets exhaust port in order to reduce the loss of blast media, it's heavier & tends to settle in the cabinet while the rest gets vacuumed out. I put the other disc in there to try to reduce the amount of agitated water getting sucked up by the shop vac. Once you get the filtration system on, make sure you remove the air inlet plug on the back of the cabinet, it sounds as if you might still have this on if the cabinet is swelling up, if you don't remove it before turning the vac on, you'll suck th gloves off the inside of the cabinet Evil or Very Mad

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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

GoMopar440 · Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:54 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the tip on the water filtration system. Doesn't look too hard to duplicate with the parts I already have on hand. Finding a 5 gallon bucket will probably be that hardest part for me. The wife snags all of them for her projects whenever she sees them around. Rolling Eyes

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Homemade rail for street & off road: BJ front beam (bent), IRS rear (boxed/maybe bent), stock T1 DP 1600, 009, 34PICT-3 (soon to be dual 40HPMXs), 4-1 glass pack exh, T3 brakes (F disk, R drum & Dual MC), Bug trans (002, 5 rib going in soon).
Link to my rail (re)build thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=629493

TDCTDI · Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:59 pm Post subject:

That's a gorgeous backyard you've got going on there.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

GoMopar440 · Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 6:27 pm Post subject:

I'm trying to enjoy it while I can. Old man winter isn't too far away from making another extended stayover. We usually get our first snow right before halloween. Shocked

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Homemade rail for street & off road: BJ front beam (bent), IRS rear (boxed/maybe bent), stock T1 DP 1600, 009, 34PICT-3 (soon to be dual 40HPMXs), 4-1 glass pack exh, T3 brakes (F disk, R drum & Dual MC), Bug trans (002, 5 rib going in soon).
Link to my rail (re)build thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=629493

TDCTDI · Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:55 pm Post subject:

I got the drivers side beam support cleaned, painted & installed

Then I made the plate to extend to the beam support.

& got it bolted in place, I'll eventually weld it to the pan & relocate the brake line mount to the leading edge of the bracket.

& here it is from underneath.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

Sandjunky · Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 3:04 pm Post subject:

This is a really cool thread! Thanks for taking the time to document and take pictures of everything. That bug is going to be sweet!

Hey, I use the Hobart Handler 140 that I've had for 6 years now. I converted it to shielding gas and I couldn't be happier with the welds. It definitely has its sweet spot in the Voltage and Wire speed settings, but overall the Hobart really is a great little 115V welder.

I used it exclusively on my mini buggy and custom trailer build. If your welder has the option to convert then I highly recommend it!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=634342

*Sorry, I edited my post to include a link instead of a picture of my ride in your thread.* Embarassed

TDCTDI · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 5:46 pm Post subject:

Thanks Sandjunky, that's a cool buggy you've built & I like your rail too. I'll eventually convert the welder but I'm still works ng my way through a large spool of wire.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:26 pm Post subject:

Here's the drivers side brake line, the original flare nuts are in good condition so I'll cut them off & reuse them on the new line I'm going to make.

After cutting them off I slid one onto the new brake line & then positioned the line into the brake line flaring tool clamp bar by lining up the line to the depth step on the mandrel.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 5:02 am Post subject:

I then flipped the mandrel over & inserted it into the brake line. To

& slid the yoke over the clamp bar.

Then I tightened the forcing screw to compress the brake line.

After removing the yoke & the mandrel, this is what the new bubble flare looks like.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

Jubbly Bug · Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:24 am Post subject:

Nice build thread matey . Its makeing me want to get back on with my bug eye Baja keep up the good work

Jim

Jubbly Bug · Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:24 am Post subject:

Nice build thread matey . Its makeing me want to get back on with my bug eye Baja keep up the good work

Jim


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