Aircooled VW South Africa

Haha John don't joke, i think i agree with you!!

With my car still at the paint shop and crankcase at Bruce's place i was getting a little frustrated about not being able to do anything so i decided to refurbish my speedometer so long, nice little project.
It wasn't looking toi bad but when i tried to turn it with a piece of the old speedo cable it wouldn't budge. Tried all kinds of penetrating fluid and i didn't want to force it but no luck. I'll have ti open it up.

I opened it up cleaned and polished the stainless steel bezel and surpirising enough the rubber seals were in perfect condition and not perished at all
Since this will be a total restoration and new motor i went ahead and rolled back the odometer
When i opened the magnetic cup i found the old grease was rock hard and that's why it wouldn't turn over.
With everything cleaned up i replaced the indicatir and warning light gels and cleaned ip the case a little, it was a bit tricky to get the little needle back into its brass bushing but she came out nice.

VERY cool.. looks the bomb dude..

looks brand new !!!

Came out awesome, looks brand new!

She's back from paint! let the work begin!

Hey, any updates? It looks good!

I've tried doing a little bit everyday, will post some pics soon

Okay so I'll post a few pics. I started off by building some wooden beams that i can rest the shell on, allowing me to get good access to the pan and front suspension without wasting too much space.

The original tank looked like a siv, managed to find one right here on ACVWSA, not 100%, had some dings and dents but all importantly, no rust. Stripped old paint and had a friend braze on a fuel return bung. It then got dipped in Chemloch rust remover and i finished the inside if the tank with an epoxy based tank sealer i got from Henry Kinnear, same stuff they used to seal inside of aircraft wet tanks. Then came a nice shiny gloss black.

Fuel cap also got some love

Sexy rear end!