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Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:46 pm

Hey all. Say, what color did the factory paint the inside of the headlight buckets? I scored a bunch of split headlight buckets/parts a little while back and I'm going to put 'em through the bead blast cabinet to clean 'em up real nice then paint them. I'm glad I've got a fully assembled piece, 'cause I might never get one together otherwise. Why'd VW make 'em so complicated with those crazy spring wires and stuff. Every time I handle the assembly, I'm all freaked out that the glass is going to pop out. Is there an exploded diagram somewhere I can check out to make sure mine are together corectly? "Oh yea", how the heck does the speedo come out anyway? Thanks, -K-

Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:42 pm

my headlight buckets are painted grey. as for the speedo, if its a 67, there is 2 screws that you have to unscrew to get it out. it pushes down when the screws are out. i think the speedo comes out the same way all the way back to just after the barndoor buses but im not sure.

Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:54 am

Thanks Josh. I've got those two screws out and the speedo will rotate slightly. Someone brush painted the dash black at some point (pride in workmanship) and I suspect the paint around the bezel is what's holding it in. I'm going to cut around the bezel with exacto knife and see if that doesn't free it. Later, -K-

Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:03 am

Inside of the headlight buckets were the same color as the bottom half of the bus.

Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:37 pm

Hey Andrew. I'm actually talking about the removable assembly with the glass lens and adjusters etc. Hey, is that the 914 for sale in the background? Later, -K-

Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:38 am

Ask and ye shall receive.....Here's a very nice rebuild procedure....
www.wolfsburgwest.com/wired/wired_02_01/wired_02_01.htm

saltfactor wrote: Is there an exploded diagram somewhere I can check out to make sure mine are together corectly?

Yep, OACDP parts manual http://vintagebus.com/docs/docproject.html

Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:22 am

saltfactor wrote: Hey Andrew. I'm actually talking about the removable assembly with the glass lens and adjusters etc. Hey, is that the 914 for sale in the background? Later, -K-

Yep, the 914 is still for sale.

Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:40 am

Thanks for the tech support dstefun. -K-