Aircooled VW South Africa

A great thread - this really makes me want to get back working on my beetle.

I also have the golf discs in front and Dave made me a set of 5x130pcd adapters to fit the wheels. The front wheels are 4.5j. They seem very close to the std drum setup.

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See this post of @jmvv with pics of his reverse adaptors .

Ok Guys how the hell do i get the golf 1 brake master cylinder to fit the bug.
The brake rod is just far to long Please help???
Do i need to cut anything

Those rims

Right update time.
Brake master cylinder fitted and sorted going to be fun bleeding her.
Nothing much has progressed gearbox is in but found that the right hand side torsion spring
had dropped off the holding plate.
opened her up bushes are finished no stock available so waiting for goldwagen to source 4 x new bushes.
Putting newseals etc into rear drive not sure on how the aluminum seals will hold up from volkspares
they a bitch to put in.
And last but not least a pic of a 36 rear flogging spanner that has served 3 generations.
Cant beat the joy and pleasure of doing something you did 28 years ago specially for someone so special
as your child.

MCG

I think that is what it is all about build those memories this is the stuff they never forget !


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update.
Started on the motor but f$%#@# everything up by bending the fuel pump
rod now the motor wont turn and the dizzy shaft wont come out.
well lessons will be learnt.
But i will win even if i have to split the motor

ok update
looks like we can save her without splitting the motor
going to give her an good diesel bath and see
done the brakes all good there will update with pics.

And so the prep begins should have her resprayed by end of Feb
Doors are stripped and rubbed down and rustproofed. just waiting for its new coat of paint
Whatever colour chels decides to go with.
Some pics

Looking good. I cant remember the name of that grease they spray on the inside of the doors to stop the rust but would that be what you are going to use.

Terry Phillips wrote: I cant remember the name of that grease they spray on the inside of the doors to stop the rust

Tectyl?

Nope tectyl is old school. Now we just use a rust inhibitor called rust stop
Works well
Who's got some twin carbs lying around for a decent price
Thanks

Never to old to learn.

update nothing waiting for spares to finish off the motor

MCG and that is how we spend our time on things that we want to get done yesterday. Feeling your pain




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