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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4421 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's Topless Bunny |
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Butcher wrote: |
Is the heater valve you swapped out the same style? The new one may cause the lever to be really hard to move. If that is the case, you can use the 'Porsche' type valve. Much easier on the lever inside the car. |
Interesting you mention this. The new one is the same style, but the action is stiffer. The lever inside the car is hard to move from the fully open position towards the closed position during the initiation of the movement. Like really hard. The dash is off so I have access and I spent time lubing the mechanism and otherwise aligning things in the hopes of freeing it up but there was not much difference. Do you think it will loosen up a bit with time and use, or is it more in the nature of a bad reproduction? I'll have to research the "Porsche" type valve to see what that is about.
Thank you for the insight Butcher.
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Ahhh... I see. Here is one for the 944. It looks to be cable actuated, and the attachment for the cable looks to be a direct replacement (as if the metal spring on the cable sheath would clip right into place to hold it fast). It would be a rotating disk rather than a ball valve, making for a much easier push. They are about 50 bucks. Do you think this is the correct one for the hack?
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4421 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's Topless Bunny |
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Almost there! This dash is tedious business. It's given an opportunity to handle some miscellaneous nonsense though.
In playing with the heater controls I noticed that the little mechanism for the AC had slipped out of its groove some long time ago, judging by all the dust in it. I cleaned it up, lubed it and put it back where it belonged, flexing the metal controls back in place with some pliers so it would all stay together as designed. I wonder how much head scratching went on before they gave up and just lived without the AC?
Replaced the melted defrost switch and added a missing delete panel to close up a hole.
Here she stands tonight, waiting for me to return the glove box door and knee pad panel.
If anyone is out there and knows... I'm wondering what these wires are for in the shifter box? My guess is seat belt alarms? They were loose like this so someone disconnected them at some point.
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kamzcab86 Samba Moderator
Joined: July 26, 2008 Posts: 7925 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:35 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's Topless Bunny |
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Buggeee wrote: |
If anyone is out there and knows... I'm wondering what these wires are for in the shifter box? |
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4421 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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Butcher Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2015 Posts: 1285 Location: Right Here
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Buggeee's Topless Bunny |
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Missing bolt on that PS bracket.
Looking good with no oil leaks too. |
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4421 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:19 am Post subject: Re: Buggeee's Topless Bunny |
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Butcher wrote: |
Missing bolt on that PS bracket.
Looking good with no oil leaks too. |
Thank you Butcher! I love having an extra set of eyes on things.
The bracket or tab on the front of the block that the bolt would screw into is broken and the bolt is missing for that reason. From the grunge on the face of the break it looks to have been gone for quite some time. From where I was, I could not see if it's an integral part of the block itself, or a bracket that is mounted to the block. The outer half of the ring with the threads through it is cracked off, leaving the inner portion of the circle, still with remnants of the threads. Here are some useless pictures pointing generally to the missing tab, which isn't visable both because of poor lighting, and because it's missing.
I'll revisit that area when I have everything off to replace the timing belt at some point. Until then I just buttoned it up without that bolt.
I have been bopping around town doing errands in it and so far the car is running well. The heater works, which is important this time of year in Ohio.
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4421 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's Topless Bunny |
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The front struts, and one of my front wheel bearings, were completely shot and it was much more cost effective to get a set of four adjustable struts for some reason so here we go...
I've gotten the front done so far. While I was in there I replaced, on both sides:
wheel bearings
hubs
strut tower bearings
control arms
rubber bushings for the control arms
rubber bushings for the stabilizer bar
complete axles with cv joints
With an automatic transmission the driver's side control arm bolt is trapped by the transmission.
So the transmission and engine need to be raised a little bit with a floor jack to clear a path for the bolt.
The rear transaxle mount to the floor loses a nut.
The front engine mount to the bumper loses two bolts.
And the whole driver's side transaxle mount comes off the transaxle and the car.
The bolt is free.
You don't have to do any of that to replace the struts, just the control arm on a automatic car.
And the wheelwell is cleeeeeaaan. (metaphorically speaking)
Nobody in town had a shop press in stock so here I am hobbling together some jig with angle iron on my bench vice in order to pound out the old bearing with the Thor Hammer. The old bearing is destroyed upon removal, per Bentley.
The new bearing got pressed into the carrier with a ball-joint press/air impact gun and then pounded onto the new hub on the vice with the Thor Hammer (being careful to only persuade the outer race into the carrier, and the inner race onto the hub).
Here's everything in place.
And with the old brakes (still with much life, somebody has been in here before)
These adjustable struts do not have a bump for the cam to ride on, although there is room for camber movement in the hole, so setting the camber will be an adventure.
The struts came with these wrenches and they can be adjusted while the strut is still on the car, which is nice.
I just guessed at a level for the adjustment and got lucky first try. I like the stance and nothing rubs!
The car drives great, as far as front suspension is concerned! Tracks pretty straight for not yet getting the alignment, which it needs now. _________________ 1966 Sportsmobile Camper https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0
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Synergy Solutions Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2022 Posts: 84 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:01 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's Topless Bunny |
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Any updates? _________________ Im a Mobile Aircooled VW mechanic, and work on old and new cars alike. Specialty in Camper busses/Vans, TDI, and FI diagnosis and repair.
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4421 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12740 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Buggeee's Topless Bunny |
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As he should. That is a beautiful car! _________________ We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age) |
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