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Adam Kirian
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 Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject: Parcel tray removal |
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How hard is it to remove a parcel tray from a '64 deluxe? I am thinking of taking mine out and puting some POR-15 on it, as its got a little surface rust in some areas.
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Ragman
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Super easy. Remove the screws on the panel, then remove the column bracket under the panel that attaches to the steering column. Slide it down. Then pop the parcel panel out. |
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Adam Kirian
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Cool. I haven't looked at it yet, but that sounds easy. |
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Grant
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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and the spedometer cable.
i had to take mine off. |
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Ragman
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| Grant88 wrote: |
and the spedometer cable.
i had to take mine off. |
Yeap, thats another thing. No problem though, just twist it off. Take off the dust cap, and C clip, and pull it out. Remember where it comes out from, so when you put it back it you know what holes/routes to use. |
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| Grant88 wrote: |
and the spedometer cable.
i had to take mine off. |
Yeap, thats another thing. No problem though, just twist it off. Take off the dust cap, and C clip, and pull it out. Remember where it comes out from, so when you put it back it you know what holes/routes to use. |
It can be a pain to run it back down through the front nose. Being that it has to come off the wheel and the screw-on cap to the speedo will not go through the tray hole. If you are going to do just the tray, why not loosen it, pull it down, mask the areas you don't want to cover, and just do it "in place". That way you wont have to pull the speedo cable. 
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MrWhoopee
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:51 am Post subject: |
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And that's another one of my gripes with VW. Why didn't they make the hole in the tray big enough for the upper end of the speedo cable? Seems obvious to me. So you might have to put a grommet in the hole to keep stuff from falling thru, big whoop!
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MrWhoopee
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:53 am Post subject: |
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Oh, and while I'm at it, drain holes in the tray for when the windshields start leaking. Ok, that's all. Rant mode off.
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happyhippo
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Sorry to play devil's advocate here, but why treat the parcel tray with POR 15 for some light surface rust? Seems like a mighty big hammer to fix a mighty minor problem. If it's only light surface rust it shouldn't get any worse. If it's cancerous rust, then the problem needs to be addressed at the source of the moisture and then the tray can be fix/replaced.
Taking the parcel tray out sounds pretty easy, but when you have to mess with the speedo cable it really adds to the "hassle factor".
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:26 am Post subject: |
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One of the POs of my bus made the hole in the tray bigger for the upper end of the speedo cable.... it does make for a nice drain hole when the rains come down...
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Ragman
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:56 am Post subject: |
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| Removing the speedo cable takes like 5 minutes. Probably 10 minutes for the first time. |
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Adam Kirian
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| I used some POR-15 on the underside of my bus a day to two ago and I have about half of a pint left in my fridge waiting to be used. I planned on doing half of my cab floor and the tray, if the tray was easily removed. It may seem like overkill, but hell, I gotta use it somewhere. |
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Ragman wrote: |
| Removing the speedo cable takes like 5 minutes. Probably 10 minutes for the first time. |
Removing anything has hardly ever been an issue. It is the re-installing what can become a pain. But hey, whatever floats your boat! 
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Grant
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| the first time i took out my cable putting it back in was a pain (at least 20minutes). and the 2nd time was easy as pie! first try. i probably just got lucky though. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I replaced my speedo cable a few months back. I used a painters light under the front of the bus so the hole could be easliy seen from the inside and a small mirror to see into the tight cavity on the inside. It was about a 15 minute job start to finish. |
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ccb_dan
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One instance when rust was helpful! 
PO on mine trimmed the speedo hole on mine so my removal is a piece of cake too. |
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hitest
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^^^ quite easy to do with a Unibit- and the bus will never know.
And in related news- rather than POR 15- why not prep and paint it- then try your hand at gluing vinyl in there- as was the case when new?
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