1972 custom crew cab FOR SALE

JC Rousseau · Post by **JC Rousseau** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:37 pm

Some before pic`s

After

Post by **Tony Z** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:41 pm

try Wurth

JC Rousseau · Post by **JC Rousseau** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:28 am

Thanks Tony ,but thy were the first people i phoned and its a no go.Thy only stock the covered panel one that slides in.

JC Rousseau · Post by **JC Rousseau** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:54 pm

This took me more than 6 hours to do by hand,the gunk was like concrete, engine cleaner warm soak,petrol soak, high pressure cleaner NOTHING WORKED

I have been looking for the reason way the bus went of the road into the garage(1982) and only came out when i bought it ,well to date the only thing i can find is that the advance in the distributor is locked shut like fort Knox`s.
So the PO must have given up struggling i think

Post by **Tony Z** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:15 pm

mooi man!!!
1 word when it comes to cleaning heavy muck like that - paraffin
that said, you did a fantastic job!

gusbus · Post by **gusbus** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 7:14 pm

Also need some door cards. Who cut those? Where can I get?

JC Rousseau · Post by **JC Rousseau** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:19 am

I cut them for myself at the moment , once i get the perfect fit i will put some up for sale(nobody likes a bad repo fit)
The super wood i cut in the photos is just a sample and for use when covering the panels,i will be cutting birch panels and then sanding sealer them for my crew cab

JC Rousseau · Post by **JC Rousseau** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:48 pm

So the day has arrived to put my engine back

Will post pic`s a bit later

Post by **beetlefanatic** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:58 pm

Those door cards are the shizzle!

Wouldn't mind a set. What thickness are they?

JC Rousseau · Post by **JC Rousseau** » Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:50 pm

WELL as it go`s with vw`s

This is how far I got

So when I wiped the bellhousing clean just before the fit, low and behold the starter bush was in pieces

Lesson learnt, clean the bellhousing when removing engine

Engine transport at its best

JC Rousseau · Post by **JC Rousseau** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 1:33 pm

So we back on track ,thanks Juergen

jmvv · Post by **jmvv** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:14 am

Nice to see light at the end of the tunnel.

We follow your thread with great interest.

JC Rousseau · Post by **JC Rousseau** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:40 am

So he is running and driving

Just a few things to sort choke not working nice,timing reset and adjust carb .

Post by **Donovan D** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:01 pm

This is really a cool crew cab, saw it on Saturday and really dig it ! Forgot to get the timing light on it JC.

JC Rousseau · Post by **JC Rousseau** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:02 pm

No worry's lots of time to play, nice meeting you in person donovan

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