Casso the flipseat (August 1963) - not a restoration

[Enkiel]

[Eric&Barb]

[Enkiel]

I had two struggle finding parts since i got my bus ;
- finding a transmission and/or reduction gearbox
- finding the metal above the engine.

I know both can be easily found, but the shipping to canada always been a big issue price wise... until this week, when i found someone who had a straight axle transmission for me and that was able to ship relatively cheaply.

It might not be the setup i'd picked if i was to choose, but i'm still very excited to finally get something that'll work.

It's not in my hand yet, but i paid for it, and should have it wednesday, and i'm so excited, i have to share with people (and my wife dont care at all).

There's gonna be a few thing to do before it goes back in, but it's complete, which is a big plus.

Next is gonna be an adjustable beam.
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1964 Turkis Flipseat

[brettsvw]

I'm excited for you, can't wait to see the first video of you driving your bus.
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My 59 kombi build.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=635003&highlight=

My buggy build.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=558601&highlight=

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=289807

[ernstben]

[Enkiel]

[Enkiel]

So today was unpack day (yay!). Almost as fun as christmas.

Two small but heavy boxes were waiting for me in the garage tonight.

Now, excuse my shaky cam pictures, but heres ;


Transmission is nearly flawless (at least paint wise). A good gloss paint, with a few chips here and there but nothing major.

The straight axle. Quite frankly, i was nearly giving up on going straight axle, since new kits are nearly 2k+shipping... Everything is there, everything is in great shape. The only thing i need to purchase for now is new boots.

The Spring plate. They are not adjustable, but its ok. I'm not going too low and will work with whatever they can give me.

So now, i have no reason not to work on the bus.

Still need ; boots, brake line, handbrake cable (which length should i get?) and fixing that metal above engine (which is the last part i need now).

Still a long way to go, but getting so much closer.
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[Enkiel]

Thought about it all day, and tonight i decided to start working on the part i pushed since the beginning to fix ; the metal above the engine.

The first thing i did was figure out roughly what i wanted to replace. To do that, i used some white painting to give me a good idea.

I'm really just cutting what i need to. There's gonna be some patch needed elsewhere, but this is the most important part imho, since this is pretty much swiss cheese all around.

The part to replace it is really simple. I didn't want to spend too much time on a temporary fix, and really i do not have the tool to do much better. I'm sure with at least a press, thing would have been much, much easier.

I didnt take a picture, but i cut what was white, leaving a little overlap this time. Hopefully tomorrow i'll start welding it into place. Once that is done, i'd like to replace the rest of the rusted part, so when the engine go in, it won't have to come out for later repairs.
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[Enkiel]

So, my patch worked. It's not pretty (of course it isnt), but its solid, and better than swiss cheese!

So once again, measure 10 times, cut 12 times, and go a little overboard and cut too far....

At least, going slow, i make sure i only do little mistake.

About 3 hours later, welding is finished. It's more solid than it was, and i think i even managed to take out the curve it had.

Next part, is fixing those hole too. I'm contemplating doing it in two different way ;
1- Weld small patch (basically the square drawn)
2- Weld in a large patch that replace pretty much everything.

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[Enkiel]

Soo, lets say, there'S no turning back now.

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[Eric&Barb]

Now is a good time to do a lot of clean up, sand, primer in the engine compartment since you have that nice hole above for better lighting and ventilation.
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[cru62]

[Enkiel]

[Eric&Barb]

[Enkiel]

[vwuberalles]

If you're gonna be grafting non-original stuff in anyway maybe you can get the whole rear section from a bay or a Vanagon so you'll get the removable engine access panel, that'd be useful.
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1967 Kombi: Owned since age 17, Dad's retirement project.
1966 Beetle: My new project. (SOLD) Build thread--> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=678040

[Eric&Barb]

Is anyone out your way, and/or have you put out an ad for parting out type 3 or 4 square backs??
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[Enkiel]

[Eric&Barb]

Give it a try!
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[Enkiel]

Last weekend i got some help to remove the tranny. I seriously though it was going to be easy, but it turned out to be close to a 2 hour job with 3 noobs.

But we finally managed to remove the old transmission, and put it in a corner where i'll forget about it for the next few years.

I really wish i had a sandblast to clean this all up and paint it correctly, but i think i'll have to wait another time.

Also ended up removing the torsion bar. I didnt mark them or anything, but i think its okay (?).

The torsion bar are a bit pitted at one end, and whatever grease was in there is not some black goo.

What do you guys recommend doing now before installing the new springplate and everything? Should i bother trying to clean the hole where the torsion bar goes? Should i clean and paint them? Should i... replace them? (i hope not, i think those are expensive).

Next goal is to get the tranny back in one piece and ready for install.
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