My 1968 Bug

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looking great and where must be a member who can help!
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Eugene Pfeil wrote:Junior, did you order that rooflining from volkspares
Hey, yes I did but I'm only getting it on Monday or Tuesday. ( I'm a boarder so I can only see it when I go home) Sharon helped me out with the order, I Also bought a set of door rubbers and eyelids from them. :D
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I live in Heidelberg, it is about a half an hour from Boksburg
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Anyone??? It is impossible to put the beading in the rubber around the window, when the beading is in, the rubber slips of the window, when the rubber is back on the windows, the beading pops out. I'm on the point to throw the windows away, or brake them. I am on vacation, so the work can start. I am just going to the ingeneering week on thursday, but I am back at Friday.

Stuff that needs to be done:
- finish the wiring
- Install new carpets
- Instal the freakin windows
- Instal new door rubbers and trim around the door window.
- Instal the new engine compartment rubbers.
- Fit new sparkplugs and sparkplug wires.
- Put the new headlights, taillights and indicators.
- install new runningboards
- fit the interior and seats.
- Start the engine after about 3 months and check for vacume leaks.
- finish my brakes.
- Instal petrol tank.
- fit the new stainless battery drip box and instal my new battery.

And I think that's it for now
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If you still need lenses I got the right type for your ride ie: no reverse clear lens part.
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Thanx Callooker. But I already got new lenses
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Ok, so I finished almost everything on the list. And pg glass is going to fit all the windows for free
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Looking good there, hope you can post some more photos as you progress..
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Ok, so I got a little set back. Pg glass made a mess. They bended al my beading that goes into the windows so badly that I cannot use them anymore. They messed up a window rubber...and stole my wondow winders. And I need new scrapers, because they messed up that too. I changed sparkplugs, and ques what happens? The insert on the one sparkplug came out...so I went to a workshop and asked them what would they charge me for a insert and they said 600 bucks. So I went and baught another head for 350 bucks...and I took the engine out this weekend
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I baught a new gasket kit for the engine and need some help to indentify some of the gaskets...

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Photo 1????

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Photo 2: Inlet gasket?

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Photo 3 ????

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Photo 4: It seems to fit on the alternator stand?

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Photo 5: isseems to fit on photo 7

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Photo 6???

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Photo 7: looks like it fits on photo 5

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Photo 8 ?????

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Photo 9????

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Photo 10? it is two differant size of washer type.

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Photo 11: the washers is a bit bigger than photo 10...it is the same size as the inlet port? I have a single port engine...and there is no type of gasket for the inlets. only this type of thing.

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Photo 12: Exhaust gasket.
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Please guys correct me if I'm wrong :D

Photo 2 : The middle thing is the gasket thing for the fuel pump stand, Out side is for the oil pump

Photo 3 : The alternator stand

Photo 4 : I know it fits onto the end of the crank

Photo 5 :Looks like the carb onto stand gasket but not sure

Photo 6: same as photo 4

Photo 7: Not sure ?

Photo 8: is the oil tray thing that goes inbetween the block and the alternator stand

Photo 9: and upwards looks Like some thin to do with the exhaust seals ?
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Photo 10 is the sealing rings for the oil sump drain plug and the relief valve plugs, the thinner but bigger one for the relief valve plug and the fatter one for the drain plug

Photo 11 are the intake manifold sealing rings, these go between the head and intake manifolds.

Phot 7 is the steel shim gasket that goes between the crank and flywheel, it is only used on engines with a non O ring flywheels mainly the 1200 and earlier engines
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The project is almost finished>>>>

Before the windows was installed>>>

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When the wiring wasn't nearly finished

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The wiring is finished>>>>

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Pictures of the interior

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My wheels:

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The exterior:

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Post by retrovan »

Well done, looks nice, good to see it complete, now you can enjoy it.
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