Hello! Log in or Register   |  Help  |  Donate  |  Buy Shirts See all banner ads | Advertise on TheSamba.com  
TheSamba.com
 
64 Kombi restoration (Formerly know as the "partial restore”)
Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 11, 12, 13 ... 48, 49, 50  Next
Jump to:
Forum Index -> Split Bus Share: Facebook Twitter
Reply to topic
Print View
Quick sort: Show newest posts on top | Show oldest posts on top View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2017 7:37 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Blasted and painted some engine parts tonight.

Added primer to the last bit of epoxy I applied.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 9:44 am    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Looking like I will need to purchase a full set of front torsion leafs. I figured there would be lots of individual leafs kicking around. I have one narrow and one mid width leaf broke.

Actually considering welding the two broken leafs and putting them back for the summer, (no more than a thousand km this summer)... or more likely just leaving them out. Seeing that it was common to remove some anyway...

Going to keep looking but time is running out and the budget is tight.
_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Decided I didn't need to work today Smile

Some more blasted and primed. Sprayed zinc before​ the epoxy in the vent box as I couldn't tell if I got all the rust. Also a good layer of zinc around edge of the roof. Hard to blast it good there.

Hope to get most of the back done tomorrow. Should be much easier blasting in the back.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
Fifty-Eight Rag
Samba Member


Joined: September 07, 2011
Posts: 936
Location: St. Louis, MO
Fifty-Eight Rag is offline 
PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 5:30 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Looking good...
What zinc primer are you using?
_________________
1956 Oval
and a barn full of VW parts

1956 Oval build thread
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0

1962 Single Cab Restoration
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7959298#7959298

1967 Beetle Restoration
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=495269&highlight=larrys
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 5:55 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Fifty-Eight Rag wrote:
Looking good...
What zinc primer are you using?


Thanks.
Eastwood. 95% zinc they claim. Goes on nice.
http://www.eastwood.com/zinc-rich-galvanize-aerosol-13-oz.html
_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2017 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Walls and ceiling blasted and epoxyed. That was more blasting than I like in one day.

Next up is the floor.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
wcfvw69 Premium Member
Samba Purist


Joined: June 10, 2004
Posts: 13389
Location: Arizona
wcfvw69 is offline 
PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2017 8:49 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Dude,

You must have like a coffee pot out there. You're energy seems boundless! So many of these threads start off with gusto and then the OP burns out and the threads die.

Nice to see you continuing to push through!
_________________
Contact me at [email protected]
Follow me on instagram @sparxwerksllc

Decades of VW and VW parts restoration experience.
The Samba member since 2004.

**Now rebuilding throttle bodies for VW's and Porsche's**
**Restored German Bosch distributors for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored German Pierburg fuel pumps for sale or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche fuel pumps or I can restore yours**
**Restored Porsche distributors or I can restore yours**
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 4:42 am    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
wcfvw69 wrote:
Dude,

You must have like a coffee pot out there. You're energy seems boundless! So many of these threads start off with gusto and then the OP burns out and the threads die.

Nice to see you continuing to push through!


Haha. Well I love working on it... and cant wait until I'm driving it.
_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 11:00 am    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Primer over the epoxy this morning. Loving how nice it looks cleaned up.

Dug out my old parts. Everything is in poor shape but I can get by with most. It was always the plan to get the body correct and worry about the quality and correctness of the bolt on stuff later. I will need to get replacement front signals though.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2017 12:54 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Carburetor rebuilt. I mostly put a kit in it last summer to get it running but never cleaned it.

Had one part left over. A spring washer that doesn't seem to fit anywhere. Too small to go on the shafts...

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 5:22 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Floor done. Just the back of bulkhead left inside.

Started looking at the steering box. It has no play but need a seal. Took the wire guide tube out to clean the old wire out and it has a hole rusted in it. Going to drill the tube out and weld in a new steel tube.


Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
trophytruck481
Samba Member


Joined: October 15, 2016
Posts: 2
Location: Adelaide
trophytruck481 is offline 
PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 7:52 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
sgellis wrote:
Rear corner welded in.

Had good luck and everything went together very well. Battery tray was a tight fit. When I taped the battery tray in the stick I had holding the frame the proper width came loose. Everything is actually straight. Smile

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


hey mate following this with great interest
can i ask where you got the small little panel clamps from ? i haven't asked around but my crash shop guy didn't know what i was talking about when i asked him about them , cheers James
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Classifieds Feedback
Eric&Barb
Samba Member


Joined: September 19, 2004
Posts: 24764
Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
Eric&Barb is offline 
PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2017 8:52 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
trophytruck481 wrote:

hey mate following this with great interest
can i ask where you got the small little panel clamps from ? i haven't asked around but my crash shop guy didn't know what i was talking about when i asked him about them , cheers James


Butt welding clamps:

https://www.amazon.com/Harbor-Freight-Tools-Weldin...tal+clamps

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=sheet+metal...p;_sacat=0
_________________
In Stereo, Where Available!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
trophytruck481
Samba Member


Joined: October 15, 2016
Posts: 2
Location: Adelaide
trophytruck481 is offline 
PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 3:58 am    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Eric&Barb wrote:
trophytruck481 wrote:

hey mate following this with great interest
can i ask where you got the small little panel clamps from ? i haven't asked around but my crash shop guy didn't know what i was talking about when i asked him about them , cheers James


Butt welding clamps:

https://www.amazon.com/Harbor-Freight-Tools-Weldin...tal+clamps

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=sheet+metal...p;_sacat=0


cheers for that !!!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 4:09 am    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
trophytruck481 wrote:
...can i ask where you got the small little panel clamps from ? i haven't asked around but my crash shop guy didn't know what i was talking about when i asked him about them , cheers James


Eastwood calls them "Intergrip Panel Clamps"
http://www.eastwood.com/intergrip-panel-clamps-set-of-4.html

I didn't use them often but very handy when needed. Welding magnets are a great help also.
_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 5:52 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Cleaning​ some electrical stuff.

Found the rattle in the speedo. The screws backed out inside. Cleaned it up and reset to 0. Need to find some lenses, bulbs and grease.

Switches were all good but one. Took it apart and soaked in vinager. Cleaned and bent the contacts in a bit. Reassembled​ and works.

Fuel gauge needs a needle. I may just glue something on for now.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 6:31 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Fixed the steering box. 1/4" brake line is the same size as the wire guide.

Ground off the old tube flush and drilled it out. It originally was brazed in so I ground out the brass leaving a gap to fill with weld. inserted new tube, welded it in and ground flush. Had to drill the center as a little weld filled it in. Then deburred it. Good as new.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 6:46 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Cleaned a bunch of stuff for blasting tonight. Wont be long before I need to start assembling stuff.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2017 12:25 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Bulkhead, right side and rear are blasted and epoxyed.

I hope to get the left side and nose tomorrow.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
sgellis
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2016
Posts: 2014
Location: SW Nova Scotia, Canada
sgellis is offline 
PostPosted: Sun May 28, 2017 5:47 pm    Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore Reply with quote
Left side and part of the front done today. Uncovered some holes on the nose under a thin layer of filler. I will need to replace some steel there. Hopefully I can get the nose and roof done this week.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
My 64 Kombi restoration
My camper interior build
My 54 standard restoration
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (YouTube)
The Nova Scotian Barndoor (CAD drawings)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Forum Index -> Split Bus All times are Mountain Standard Time/Pacific Daylight Savings Time
Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 11, 12, 13 ... 48, 49, 50  Next
Jump to:
Page 12 of 50

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
About | Help! | Advertise | Donate | Premium Membership | Privacy/Terms of Use | Contact Us | Site Map
Copyright © 1996-2023, Everett Barnes. All Rights Reserved.
Not affiliated with or sponsored by Volkswagen of America | Forum powered by phpBB
Links to eBay or other vendor sites may be affiliate links where the site receives compensation.