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saltfactor
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 Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject: Headlight Buckets |
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Hey all. Say, what color did the factory paint the inside of the headlight buckets? I scored a bunch of split headlight buckets/parts a little while back and I'm going to put 'em through the bead blast cabinet to clean 'em up real nice then paint them. I'm glad I've got a fully assembled piece, 'cause I might never get one together otherwise. Why'd VW make 'em so complicated with those crazy spring wires and stuff. Every time I handle the assembly, I'm all freaked out that the glass is going to pop out. Is there an exploded diagram somewhere I can check out to make sure mine are together corectly? "Oh yea", how the heck does the speedo come out anyway? Thanks, -K-
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vwjosh6070
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my headlight buckets are painted grey. as for the speedo, if its a 67, there is 2 screws that you have to unscrew to get it out. it pushes down when the screws are out. i think the speedo comes out the same way all the way back to just after the barndoor buses but im not sure.
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saltfactor
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:54 am Post subject: Headlight Buckets |
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Thanks Josh. I've got those two screws out and the speedo will rotate slightly. Someone brush painted the dash black at some point (pride in workmanship) and I suspect the paint around the bezel is what's holding it in. I'm going to cut around the bezel with exacto knife and see if that doesn't free it. Later, -K-
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'74 Westy
'60 11 Window Standard Microbus
'65 Standard Beetle
'61 Double-Door Panel (Sold)
'78 Standard Transporter (Sold)
'66 Panel (Sold)
'70 Fasty (Sold)
'70 Standard Transporter (Sold)
'68 Type 3 Fastback (Sold)
'69 Bus (On tour somewhere)
'70 Fastback (Sold)
'59 NSU Prinz!!! (On a racetrack someday in my dreams)
'66 Buick Wildcat (Sold)
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Andrew
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Inside of the headlight buckets were the same color as the bottom half of the bus.
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saltfactor
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject: Headlight Buckets |
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Hey Andrew. I'm actually talking about the removable assembly with the glass lens and adjusters etc. Hey, is that the 914 for sale in the background? Later, -K-
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'74 Westy
'60 11 Window Standard Microbus
'65 Standard Beetle
'61 Double-Door Panel (Sold)
'78 Standard Transporter (Sold)
'66 Panel (Sold)
'70 Fasty (Sold)
'70 Standard Transporter (Sold)
'68 Type 3 Fastback (Sold)
'69 Bus (On tour somewhere)
'70 Fastback (Sold)
'59 NSU Prinz!!! (On a racetrack someday in my dreams)
'66 Buick Wildcat (Sold)
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dstefun
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Ask and ye shall receive.....Here's a very nice rebuild procedure....
www.wolfsburgwest.com/wired/wired_02_01/wired_02_01.htm
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| Is there an exploded diagram somewhere I can check out to make sure mine are together corectly? |
Yep, OACDP parts manual http://vintagebus.com/docs/docproject.html
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Andrew
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:22 am Post subject: Re: Headlight Buckets |
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| Hey Andrew. I'm actually talking about the removable assembly with the glass lens and adjusters etc. Hey, is that the 914 for sale in the background? Later, -K- |
Yep, the 914 is still for sale.
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saltfactor
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| Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:40 am Post subject: Preesh |
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Thanks for the tech support dstefun. -K-
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'60 11 Window Standard Microbus
'65 Standard Beetle
'61 Double-Door Panel (Sold)
'78 Standard Transporter (Sold)
'66 Panel (Sold)
'70 Fasty (Sold)
'70 Standard Transporter (Sold)
'68 Type 3 Fastback (Sold)
'69 Bus (On tour somewhere)
'70 Fastback (Sold)
'59 NSU Prinz!!! (On a racetrack someday in my dreams)
'66 Buick Wildcat (Sold)
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