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[richparker]

[richparker]

Spent another couple of hours with the bug today. Don’t feel like I got much done, but I can’t do it all in one day. I was able to get 2 coats of primer and paint on the gas tank, I primered it early this morning and painted it this afternoon. Still hot and dry here, great for painting. Then I installed the master cylinder and bent the brake lines to fit, which was a total bitch and took a lot of my time. But I got it done.

Early today I was speaking with my builder about the transaxle. Since both boots were badly torn, we were concerned about that it might have been run out of oil. So I pulled the drain plugs and was happy to see a fair amount of oil come out. It didn’t even have a lot of metal swirls in it. While I was under there I scraped a bunch more of dirt off. That caked on stuff is like cement in some places. That took some time as well.

I also picked up my tires from the shop. If I don’t like the silver, I’ll just paint them again.

Varga dual circuit MC with the reservoir on top.

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[joey1320]

Great save 👍
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[richparker]

Thanks, toxicavenger70. Many of the items you posted on you list I am going to do. I’m gonna leave the transaxle stuff for now to see if it even works. I’m also gonna leave the spring plate bushing for now as well. Although I do understand the importance of replacing them. I replaced them on both my old ‘68 Westy and my current ‘71 Westy. I appreciate your feedback, thanks again!

Didn’t have much time today, but I felt like I did something. Yay! I got the passenger front hub and drum all assembled. I installed a new ATE brake cylinder, got all the hardware cleaned up, cleaned the star washers, installed everything and installed new FAG roller bearings and a new seal in the drum. Then I hooked up the new soft line, screwed it to the hard line and got that all squared away. I got the drivers side cylinder and soft line installed and got the hard lines all squared away there too. All hard lines are now secured to the MC. I also installed new KYB Excel G shocks on both sides.

I was putting an order together at WW, so I decided to pull the pedal assembly to see how bad it was. It’s pretty crusty. So I add a bunch of items to my order to rebuild that as well. One more thing to the list…. I’m hoping to get everything I need to get done finished before the end of the month so I can have AAA tow it to the shop for the engine install. 🤞

MTNbus and I are headed back to the graveyard on Friday to look for some more stuff. I’m thinking some new seats I saw last time,maybe some running boards and some pop out windows.

It’s looking pretty clean, well better then it was anyway…

Super crusty!

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[Busstom]

That's interesting how you packed the rear wheel bearing in moly. I've never done that, as it will be lubricated by and swimming in 90-weight very soon. I'm curious if your mechanic recommended that.

[richparker]

Although I’ve been working on the car everyday for a couple of weeks now, today I feel like I actually got something accomplished. I got the front drivers side drum finished and adjusted both sides. Front brakes done!

Now it was time to tackle the rear wheel bearings. I’ve read a bunch of threads in this forum and you all had me convinced this job was a PITA and the axle was going to fall out. We’ll, it turns out the axle doesn’t fall out and I had both bearings out in about 20 minutes. I put the axle nut on and tapped the axle out as far as it would go. Then used the pneumatic cutting wheel and cut a grove into the bearing. I put a chisel in the grove and sacked it with the 3 lbs hammer. This moved the bearing enough to get the chisel behind the bearing so I could tap the axle back in to push the bearing out. This job was way easier then you all described, which I was stoked on. I lightly packed the new bearings and got those installed. I understand they are lubed from the transaxle, but my builder told me to grease the so I did.

After that I disassembled the pedal cluster and cleaned that up, it was pretty crusty. It’s looking a lot better now, I got the pedals primed and they will be painted tomorrow.

Good day!

Tank looks ok, or at least better then it was anyway.

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[Chickensoup]

yeah im not sure thats too healthy for syncros
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[richparker]

It’s been a productive 3 days. Friday we went to the graveyard and I got a nice set of front seats and a backseat. These are in good shape and I’ll use them until I do the full interior. I also got the tubes that go from the exchangers to the body and a star washer I needed.

Saturday I worked on the rear brakes since I got the new bearings installed. Both sides got new soft lines, new ATE brake cylinders and new shoes. I cleaned and used all the hardware that was in there.

Today I adjusted the rear brakes and got the axle nuts as tight as I could. While I was working on the back I installed the new rear shocks. Then I pulled apart the shifter and pulled the shift rod. I cleaned and painted the shifter and the base. While that stuff was drying I cleaned the shift rod with the wire wheel, installed a new bushing and reinstalled a new rod. I didn’t have a new shift coupler, I’ll have to get one and install it at a later date. Then I greased the steering box and all the zerks in the front end. Then I installed a new clutch cable, Bowden tube and throttle cable. As the day was winding down, I pulled the gas pedal and rebuilt the brake and clutch assembly. I ordered a new gas pedal and linkage, I’ll install them after I get the assembly installed.

Not sure what I’m gonna do next. I gotta got through my list, cross some stuff off and add new stuff. I have a buddy coming over on Tuesday to help me do a few things. I’ll probably work on the brakes some more so we can bleed them before I reinstall the gas tank. Its gonna be tough to put fluid in reservoir on top of the MC, so I’m thinking I’ll set all that up before I install the tank.

We loaded up the ‘59

Rear is done

Shift rod after I cleaned it up

Cleaned, painted and installed shifter

Rebuilt pedal assembly

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[mtnbus]

Great progress Richie ! Keep the momentum

also, nice avatar photo "upgrade" !

[richparker]

[richparker]

I didn’t have much time to wrench the past 2 days, but I did manage to get some stuff done. I flipped my axle boot clamps so the screw head is on the bottom now. I cleaned the transaxle ground strap. I installed a new steering coupler. I wire wheeled, primed and painted the floor pans. The gaping hole will be repaired when it goes in the shop for the engine. I loosened all the fenders and pulled the old bead, after I clean up the paint I’ll install new bead. I also finally got the brakes all buttoned up and I’m hoping to have the time to bleed them tomorrow.

I ordered a few more small things from Jbugs, hoping to have it by the weekend. But, I’m not holding my breath.

Got the MC install finally finished

Painted pans and a hole…

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[richparker]

I also found out that my car was built in November of ‘64 and my plate numbers match the numbers on the tunnel. I wish these cars had M Plates like the buses have. Those plates tell you everything about the vehicle.
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[Pruneman99]

I had a buddy with a hole in the floor pan of his beater he had in high school. He called it the "contraband hole"

[toxicavenger70]

I switched the brake master reservoir to where the cap faced the front of the car. It made filling it up with the gas tank in a little easier.

I am not sure if you are wanting to use the heater on this car or not, but if you are this is a great time to replace the heater cables and make sure the flaps are all working.

Keep up the killer work.

[richparker]

[richparker]

So I’ve been poking around the forum, looking for info and I found this post about a US Spec European Delivery cars. This car has the steering lock and I don’t believe it has a flasher switch. Do you guys think this car a US Spec European Delivery?

My next question is about the birth certificates. What will they tell me about the car? Do they offer as much information as an M-Plate on a bus?

[toxicavenger70]