Advice on Single Cab Purchase

[Skim]

Just read this whole thread start to finish. Nice job. Hows the truck coming?
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[nice dad]

Master Cylinder is in. Better stop on a dime for the price I paid for that one year only dual circuit BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1967 Single Cab

[nice dad]

[nice dad]

Hope this works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oym6OJFDeRg&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgxJX2aLKUg&feature=youtu.be
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1967 Single Cab

[nice dad]

Well I installed the one year only master cylinder and whoot we have brakes.

Went to take her down the driveway for a test drive. As I depressed the clutch pedal there came a gnarly grinding noise. Pulled the motor to discover a bent fork arm, signs of grinding on the throwout bearing retaining pins. and metal shavings. Wow, is the pressure plate to heavy for the throw out bearing? Or sized wrong?

There is safety wire installed around the clips because a heard they were notorious for slipping out.
I am so close to getting her on the road, what a bummer. Is there a better set up like HD fork and different retaining clips, etc. Obviously, I don't want this to occur again.

Thanks
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1967 Single Cab

[hazetguy]

first of all: way too much grease in there! clean all that gunk out of there!
secondly: wrong pressure plate (that's the 71- style), which is what destroyed your clips when you stepped on the clutch. see the shiny ring on the pressure plate and the blue paint shavings in the bellhousing?
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[nice dad]

[hazetguy]

you could use the same clutch disc if it's ok and not slathered with grease.
since you're going to replace the pressure plate, i'd recommend putting a new disc in there at the same time (unless the one that was in there is perfect).
also consider a new throwout bearing, as perhaps that's where a lot of that grease came from? hard to tell since the grease is everywhere.
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hazetguy: invested?
thebucket: Yeah Haze, its where people put money into a company in hopes of a return on their money

[nice dad]

[GfunkBus76]

Cool thread! Nice project for your son... Hope he appreciates it!

Was looking longingly at a rusty 1967 SC.... not sure if your thread has inspired me or frightened me. With limited budget I'll have to skip it for now unfortunately - I'm sure this one would need as much or more than yours did!

Keep it up! Definitely going to be great to have it running and moving on its own for you!
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[nice dad]

First driveway run. Brakes work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t035D-kLKtU
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1967 Single Cab

[Eric&Barb]

Most excellent!!

Do slide under in the next day or two, so you can check for any seeps at all the lines joints and the brake backing plates. Hopefully all will be nice and dry!
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[nice dad]

Can someone please confirm that this is indeed a 1967 wiper arm and is correct for my SC. This is the only one that came with the SC when I bought it. I have seen some in the classified section claiming to be 1967 but don't resemble what I have.

Thanks!

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1967 Single Cab

[Eric&Barb]

Did a search of the split bus forum for "Wipe Arm". Search box feature near upper left of the forum web page. Checked the "Titles Only" to keep the results from being pages and pages.

Got these:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/search.php?searc...=titleonly

The hook on the first image is a mystery...
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[nice dad]

[EverettB]

It looks like a 66-67 long-base wiper arm except for the bent end.

Normally the arm is complete flat too - it sort of looks like round stock where it's bent into a curve
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[nice dad]

Well, time for another BIG move. From Pittsburgh PA to Honolulu HI. From snowstorms to hurricanes, never a dull moment. Aloha!

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1967 Single Cab

[ronjonlasvegas]

[nice dad]

Well, I am stumped! This darn bulb won't light up. I have power and ground with a new bulb. ? Should this bulb only have a single contact on the bottom? This one has two, just like the original I pulled out to replace. Each contact on the bottom is receiving power. I cleaned the corrosion from all the grounding contacts.

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Thank you
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1967 Single Cab

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