| June
8, 2003 |
• Sold at VW Classic 2003
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| June
4, 2003 |
• Installed new passenger window crank
• Reinstalled repro upper dash
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| May
4, 2003 |
• Ripped out original owner's wood rear seat platform
• Installed new rear seat, hinges, and upper seat hook
• Misc. interior clean-up
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| May
1, 2003 |
• Located and installed new dipstick
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| April
30, 2003 |
• Installed new rear view mirror
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| April
18, 2003 |
• Installed new driver's armrest, reinstalled driver's door panel
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| April
17, 2003 |
• Got another order of parts
• Cleaned up new driver's arm rest
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| April
7, 2003 |
• Got the first of a few order of parts
• Installed new driver's turn signal lens
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| March
27, 2003 |
• Adjusted heater cables
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| March
26, 2003 |
• Synchronized carburetors
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| March
21, 2003 |
• Working on getting some of the missing parts...
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| March
20, 2003 |
• Degreased engine and transmission
• Started poking around with a screwdriver near the rust bubbles on my
left rear fender. Woops, there is some rust damage:
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| March
19, 2003 |
• Cleaned off driver's door sealant a bit
• Cleaned and straightened rear air intake, installed lower seal
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| March
18, 2003 |
• Tightened driver's wing window so it will stay open at highway speeds.
• Removed door panel

• Repaired window crank threads using a file
• Removed previous owner lower door panel customization and cleaned up
door panel

Before |

After |
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| March
17, 2003 |
• Adjusted brake and clutch pedals

• Repaired driver's side fresh air control cable

• Corrected self-parking position of wiper motor

• Repaired trunk light
• Replaced taillights with correct bulbs
• Cleaned up brake and turn signals lenses, replaced a few bulbs
• Cleaned and repaired license lights
• Ripped out a few more extra wires that went nowhere
• Adjusted idle, checked dwell |
| March
16, 2003 |
• Tore out extra wiring, dash lights, and other non-stock items
• Drilled out hacked dash mounting brackets

• Set valves, fixed valve cover leak
• Repositioned oil temperature gauge under dash
• Installed wiper switch and rewired per factory diagram
• Corrected fuel gauge and dash light wiring
• Set timing
• Corrected regulator wiring
• Removed incorrect oil pressure sender, installed VW unit
• Correct engine compartment warning light wiring per factory
• Correct generator dash light per factory
• Installed 12v fuel gauge
• Cleaned up gas cap
• Set rear axle nuts to correct torque, checked rear brake shoe adjustment
• Adjusted e-brake
• Corrected fuel overflow hose
• Corrected fuel sender wiring
• Corrected dash column alignment
• Correct steering wheel installation
• Cleaned up fog light lenses
• Corrected after-market ignition switch wiring
• Corrected Volt-A-drop wiring for wiper motor
• Reduced idle
• Installed new fuel hose under gas tank w/filter
• Removed fuel filter in engine compartment
• Installed spare fuel tank as the non-stock sender above had damaged the
original tank
• Removed non-stock fuel sender, installed new fuel sender
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| March
14, 2003 |
• Tore out hacked dash and broken radio, leaving a big hole

• Installed temporary driver's window crank

• Removed previous owner turn signal repair
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| March
13, 2003 |
• Misc. cleaning
• Stripped out some previous owner foam padding and garbage
• Installed correct pedal plate
• Fixed accelerator pedal |
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March 12, 2003 |
•
Purchased. |