Aircooled VW South Africa

Some before pic`s



After

try Wurth

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.

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

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

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

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

So the day has arrived to put my engine back

Will post pic`s a bit later

Those door cards are the shizzle!

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

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

So we back on track ,thanks Juergen

Nice to see light at the end of the tunnel.

We follow your thread with great interest.

So he is running and driving

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

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

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