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JBrady6
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Joined: November 23, 2006
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 Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject: Replacing heater channels on 67 |
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| Hello, the greatest thing happened to me today. My grandfather finally passed down the only vehicle that someone in my family ever bought brand new. He was the only owner. Its a 67 beetle with a 40 ford front end on it. So after getting the good news i went out and looked at the car to start getting some general restoration info and the only thing that seems rusted out bad is the heater channels (probaly the worst thing that could be rusted, go figure). I've been doing some research and the job looks like something that i don't want to tackle. So i was wondering if anyone could give me a ballpark estimate on what a shop is gonna charge me to put in new ones? I am planning on buying the parts myself so all the shop will have to charge for is installation. besides that the car looks pretty good and i look forward to joining you guys here with questions and restoration progress reports. Josh Brady |
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itlives
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Joined: July 12, 2005
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Location: Shreveport La
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I did my own-not really an answer for you. It was a first for me.
As for an estimate, I've seen anywhere between $800- $1400 mentioned here on TS.
Mine: $180 -heater channels
$ 20 - Harbor Freight 4" grinder
$ 20 - approx. for cutting & grinding wheels
$ 0 - borrowed wire welder
$ 40 -Bug - Me Video
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JBrady6
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Joined: November 23, 2006
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:21 am Post subject: |
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| itlives wrote: |
I did my own-not really an answer for you. It was a first for me.
As for an estimate, I've seen anywhere between $800- $1400 mentioned here on TS.
Mine: $180 -heater channels
$ 20 - Harbor Freight 4" grinder
$ 20 - approx. for cutting & grinding wheels
$ 0 - borrowed wire welder
$ 40 -Bug - Me Video
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$260
Time spent with my bug- priceless |
Hey thanks for the reply, I only say that i can't do it because i don't have a hoist or anything to get the body off the chassis. Besides that I could do it, my dad welds for a living so I'm covered there. Is it worth trying to do myself? I would like this to be a family rebuild, not a send it to the shop once a month to get work done. Is it hard to get the body off enough to do the heater channel job? I'm sure i could search and find this info but since i already have this thread started i'll ask here. thanks |
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Newman25
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Joined: February 17, 2006
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Location: Lake Elsinore, CA
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| You should grab the Bug Me Video on heater channel replacement. It explains the process pretty well. |
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JBrady6
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| Yea I should just go ahead and get the video, but I don't even want to spend that money if I'm just gonna watch it and decide that the job is too much for my work area or tools. |
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coW
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Location: New England
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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| JBrady6 wrote: |
| itlives wrote: |
I did my own-not really an answer for you. It was a first for me.
As for an estimate, I've seen anywhere between $800- $1400 mentioned here on TS.
Mine: $180 -heater channels
$ 20 - Harbor Freight 4" grinder
$ 20 - approx. for cutting & grinding wheels
$ 0 - borrowed wire welder
$ 40 -Bug - Me Video
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$260
Time spent with my bug- priceless |
Hey thanks for the reply, I only say that i can't do it because i don't have a hoist or anything to get the body off the chassis. Besides that I could do it, my dad welds for a living so I'm covered there. Is it worth trying to do myself? I would like this to be a family rebuild, not a send it to the shop once a month to get work done. Is it hard to get the body off enough to do the heater channel job? I'm sure i could search and find this info but since i already have this thread started i'll ask here. thanks |
It is pretty easy to get the body off - with a three other guys it just lifts off.
You can also jig it such that you can do it yourself (see my gallery - there are others here that have different contraptions that work equally well).
As already mentioned, get the bugme video if anything to get a feel for the difficulty factor.
If you're up for it, try it. |
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kingd33
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| Yea I should just go ahead and get the video, but I don't even want to spend that money if I'm just gonna watch it and decide that the job is too much for my work area or tools. |
I had the same problem, I did'nt want to spend the money on something that was too hard for me,but the video made it alot easier than I thought it would be. |
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smuenchrath
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The bugme video is a great idea - i have it myself and find it to be very informative. If you still aren't sure if you want to spend the money on the video, you can check out the stills at www.superbeetles.com. Just go to the 'Tech Talk with Rick' link and it has the entire video in screen shots.
Steve. |
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