The "railing" that holds the engine rubber seal in place in my bug is rather crusty and stuffed...
Replacing the valance would be nice, but really, not muchg else is wrong with it, and '67 valances are not a Dime-a-dozen...
Is it possible to buy new railings somewhere and then weld them in, or can you recommend a metal shop in Jo'burg who could build me a new one and then weld it in?...
Cheers, N.
Valance rubber "rail"...
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Valance rubber "rail"...
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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I've had good results with a small and a large screwdriver. Use the small one to remove the bits of hardened old rubber, and the large one to reshape the channel.
Much less radical than cutting and welding.
Much less radical than cutting and welding.
fig
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...problem is, there are chunks of the railing that simply don't exist anymore, so screwdrivers don't help me much there. :/
There is no rubber in place at the moment.
N.
There is no rubber in place at the moment.
N.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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Thanks Rui; always appreciated. 
...got some wierd looks this morning when guys rocked up at work, pulled into the basement and saw me working on my bug...
"Whaaat? Have you never seen someone using the company parking as their workshop? <mumble>Morons...</mumble>"
...so I had bumper pieces all over the place, the polish out, and tools strewn across the parking. So. Whaaat?
*lol*
N.
...got some wierd looks this morning when guys rocked up at work, pulled into the basement and saw me working on my bug...
"Whaaat? Have you never seen someone using the company parking as their workshop? <mumble>Morons...</mumble>"
...so I had bumper pieces all over the place, the polish out, and tools strewn across the parking. So. Whaaat?
*lol*
N.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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Well I've replaced a clutch assembly and flywheel on the forecourt at the Onestop in Bloem.........
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*lmao*
...I've repaired bikes in the middle of nowhere, and wounds in place I preferably wouldn't have.
...I've repaired bikes in the middle of nowhere, and wounds in place I preferably wouldn't have.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
Not air cooled related, but I had to swop a destroyed caravan tyre with the my tow cars spare wheel tyre. All the tools I had with me were a Hunting knife and a large screwdriver.
Worse part was that I had pulled into a garage forecourt and not one of the staff offered to help or let us use the workshop facilities !
Worse part was that I had pulled into a garage forecourt and not one of the staff offered to help or let us use the workshop facilities !