My first type 3 - 1973 Squareback

[Bobnotch]

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Talked myself into changing out the shift rod bushing this afternoon, good thing too considering it was completely gone. So that was all the rattling I've been hearing . . LOL
The type 3 removable shifter plate was helpful but having the coupler under the SB made it a wash, still took an hour and a half.
Feels nice n tight now.

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Well I'm done fiddling around with adjusting the stock spring plates out back, had to admit defeat so went out to the Kaddie shack this morning and picked up some adjustable plates and bushings.
I only wanna do this one more time and be done with it . . LOL

Should be able to get on these some time this week.

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Got the new spring plates installed, took 2 days to give my back n knees a break in between but other than that a pretty straight forward R&R
Set them at the same angle as the stock ones with almost all the adjustment to go lower from where it was.

I did use some cut studs to help line up the cover while bolting it back on.
Nothing fancy so not a lotta picks.

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rear brake shoes and outer wheel bearing for the square this week.

the old bearing races came right out with no problem.

new ones needed a little time in the sun to get them on by hand.

the greatest tool ever for VW guys!

gonna need new rubber brake lines for the back too, re bleeding them is not working out so good. hand brake cables are also shot . . . . UGH!

[Bobnotch]

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Well of course trying to look for late model rear brake lines is not gonna be as easy as I thought.
After doing a search I'm even more confused than when I started.

Anyone have the part numbers for the rubber brake lines handy??
HELP

[Mike Fisher]

Jim Adney stocks/sells all the correct Type 3 rubber brake hoses etc.
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69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
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'68 Karmann Ghia sold

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[Bobnotch]

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Awesome guys . . Thanks!

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Sorry guys nothing new happening with the SB lately, just been driving it around until funding starts coming back.
But I have been enjoying it quite a bit adding on the miles.

[VWporscheGT3]

Burbank store near the airport right?

as a young computer nerd i remember buying a motherboard and CYRIX 586 166DX chip there.


Cool picture bro!
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Thinking about giving the pig a new set of shoes, its been treating me pretty good lately so I think she deserves it.

What do you guys think Yes or No ???

[Bobnotch]

Why not? I saw that you had made the front page of the site earlier today (rear quarter shot).
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Well decided to get the other 3 fake fuchs for the squareback but before I get started on the deal I need to finally get the hand brake cables in order, one of them was pretty badly frayed and I dont like having a sketchy emergency brake.
No major issues other than having to cut the rest of the bad one to get it out.

Next it'll be time to drill and stud the drums and rotors for the 5x130 pattern.
I went with 4.5s front and back.

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Got on the drill press this afternoon.
Used a 4 to 5 wheel adapter for a jig to drill out a rotor along with some drill bushings and other tools I had available.

Started with a 1/4" bit then opened them up for the spot facing tool.

2 spots needed a little help to get the spotting tool to locate.

Then opened up for the wheel studs.

I needed to make a bushing from a lug nut to locate the spotting to for the one threaded hole .

Then get the hammer out.

Came out pretty good, only got 3 more to do . . UGH

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Drilled n studded one of the rear drum n hub today, ran into a little problem when opening up the holes for the studs.
I forgot to take into account that the hole that breaks into the threaded hole for the cap screw that holds the drum to the hub.
When I opened it up it wandered into that threaded hole and that stud was all outta line . . UGH must be getting old or something or just in to much of a hurry, fortunately it was undersize enough that I could massage it with a die grinder on one side to get it back in line.
I'll us a stubby drill and clamp the drum on the drill press for the other side, that should keep it straight.
Another thing I didn't think about is that the torque Meister to is for the old 4x130 pattern so I had to get creative when putting the nut on.
Oh well live n learn.
Other than that it went smooth.

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Only one side done but I still gotta roll out for some pics.