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cmouta
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:05 am Post subject: Thing Specific Repair Manual for First Time Owner |
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Hello all, first time ACVW owner here! Just picked up a pretty rough 74 VW Thing with many indications that it is an original Acapulco. Correct range VIN, running boards, proper blue paint hiding under a horrible all white respray. The top is missing although the surrey top posts by the mirrors remain. Seats have been recovered with a different scheme although trashed anyway.
This will be my biggest mechanical undertaking to date although I'm no stranger to restoring old stuff. I see there are lots of manuals for the 1600 motor so I'm not too worried about that but is there anything available that is Thing specific? I see there are some "all models" books but I had a Chilton's "mustang, capri, merkur" repair manual that I would have never used for my Merkur XR4Ti. It was just too generic.
Floorpans are shot, motor has had a missing intake boot and missing fan hoses for a questionable amount of time and there's plenty of acorns/debris in the engine bay so I wouldn't mind dropping the motor for a proper inspection but I probably should just remove the body completely off the chassis for the new floors anyway. Are there any manuals out there that document these procedures? I've read/bookmarked a few posts on the matter but nothing beats a step by step guide with photos if available.
Thanks!
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cmouta
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 7:03 am Post subject: Re: Thing Specific Repair Manual for First Time Owner |
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Ha, I've been on that site 100 times in the past two weeks. How'd I miss that?? thanks!
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kubelmann
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Thing Specific Repair Manual for First Time Owner |
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Buy it directly from: http://www.romtoc.com/romtoc-thing-data-cd.html |
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