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Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:01 pm

Latest progress...got underneath last night and cleaned the area above the transmission (above the Eber) to see if it needed to be repainted. So far, no rust there. I'm finishing the prep there tonight, and moving to prep the engine bay, which WILL need to be repainted (it's a bit rusty). I'll post pics on The Samba gallery when I get them.

Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:04 pm

Latest progress...got underneath last night and cleaned the area above the transmission (above the Eber) to see if it needed to be repainted. So far, no rust there. I'm finishing the prep there tonight, and moving to prep the engine bay, which WILL need to be repainted (it's a bit rusty). I'll post pics on The Samba gallery when I get them.

Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:25 pm

Latest engine bay work...

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=108255

Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:04 pm

Rock on! 8)

Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:56 pm

Danke Herr Uber!

Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:55 am

Latest engine bay prep images in the 412 area of the Gallery! Almost ready to apply seam sealer and prime!

Hey Keith, drop by for a look-see! I took today off to get the primer sprayed before surface rust sets in. I'm here. Give me a ring.

Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:37 pm

anglodeutsch4 wrote: Latest engine bay prep images in the 412 area of the Gallery! Almost ready to apply seam sealer and prime!

Hey Keith, drop by for a look-see! I took today off to get the primer sprayed before surface rust sets in. I'm here. Give me a ring.

Yeah Lane I might see if I can come by this eve. I had to work today and was in AZ all weekend hanging with the PHX crew and a bunch of samba people that all made the trip.... so I'll see if I can get by, If not maybe tuesday night or Friday... have to go out of town again for work Wed and Thurs.

Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:26 pm

The engine bay's been painted! :D :D :D :D
Pics when I get a few!

Yeah Keith, drop by any time. I'm getting close to needing to do the cylinder heads, the engine tin's next. I've now got a sand blaster, so that'll make short work of the nasty, rusty tin. :D

Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:45 pm

Any of you been able to log onto STF?

Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:26 pm

Nope, it's down, careful where you ask, they'll try to tear you apart on here. :lol:

Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:13 pm

ubercrap wrote: Nope, it's down, careful where you ask, they'll try to tear you apart on here. :lol:

Yeah I have seen that, thats why I asked here, hey the engine lid on back of that car looks familuar!!! :D

Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:12 pm

Hey DB, is that you playing the drums?

Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:16 pm

anglodeutsch4 wrote: Hey DB, is that you playing the drums?

LMAO I WISH!!!!!!

Thats Neil Peart, the drummer for RUSH.

Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:47 pm

Doesn't look like I remember him (it was 1982, though).

Engine compartment pics in the Samba Gallery!

Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:29 pm

Today was more sandblasting and painting of engine tin...the left and right tin, plus the AT cooling air intake deflector plate are now painted. Pics when I get them taken...

Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:34 pm

I finally got my gas tank welded up today and ground, my buddy is going to do a second weld (to get all the pin holes) grind it down again and it should be ready for 1 more dip and a sealing!!!

My Buddy said he can fab the tanks for between

$500 and $1k!!!! :shock:

Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:37 pm

:D Awesome! Glad to hear you're progressing on that tank. I've still got to drop mine to double-check for holes at the top (none anywhere else).

Friday night was Eberspaecher fire-up and test (part 2). I found an O-ring that worked on the pump discharge fitting (with some sanding down to fit), and that stopped the fuel leak. I recalibrated the pump, installed it, and did a 10 minute test run. My neighbor came by and was amused at the car with no engine that had a heater burning and churning! 8)

Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:42 pm

anglodeutsch4 wrote: :D Awesome! Glad to hear you're progressing on that tank. I've still got to drop mine to double-check for holes at the top (none anywhere else).

Friday night was Eberspaecher fire-up and test (part 2). I found an O-ring that worked on the pump discharge fitting (with some sanding down to fit), and that stopped the fuel leak. I recalibrated the pump, installed it, and did a 10 minute test run. My neighbor came by and was amused at the car with no engine that had a heater burning and churning! 8)

Have you got an engine?

Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:54 pm

Pic of the left and right tin...

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=196056

Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:58 pm

anglodeutsch4 wrote: Pic of the left and right tin...

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=196056

SWEET! You used high gloss? That will be soo easy to keep clean.