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« Reply #30 on: September 02, 2018, 18:34:10 pm » |
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Phew..
Major chassis work now almost all done!!
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Thats a stock anti-roll bar with urethane bushes and stainless steel mounts.
Pretty much all differential forces (I mean when the wheels are being moved in different directions ie a corner) are now transmitted to the opposite wheel. There is some 'give' in the mounts but they are like solid compared to the original rubber which had tons of wasted motion so now the stock AR bar can do its job as designed.
At my local government approved testing ground (the nearest roundabout) I was able to throw it in and out and confirm continuous lateral loads (going round and round) with what felt like nice controlled roll characteristics whilst gradually increasing speed until both myself and the test officer (local pisshead and his dog watching and laughing) considered my speed to be at the limit of adhesion/rear tuck under and I returned to the test centre (home).
Only thing left is the LH rear body to chassis rubber pad. One on the RH side was torqued down to "ridiculous" and the rubber was flat as a pancake and hard as nails.
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« Reply #31 on: September 07, 2018, 21:30:16 pm » |
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WOW.
Rear shocks and one of the two body to pan rubbers done.
LOVING driving it right now.
Effectively the chassis is now 'brand new' (as stock) and the loudest thing in the car are the squeaky seats!!!
Now the next thing is disk brakes, lowered spindles and BRM's...
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« Reply #32 on: September 08, 2018, 16:50:55 pm » |
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That?s great news! Did you go for new stock shocks or? I found stock ones ride nicely before but I?m going for billet pro tech ones this time around
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« Reply #33 on: September 09, 2018, 20:53:15 pm » |
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That?s great news! Did you go for new stock shocks or? I found stock ones ride nicely before but I?m going for billet pro tech ones this time around
Andy, All 4 were stock Sachs shocks. The rears were these - https://www.vwheritage.com/113513031g-standard-gas-filled-shock-absorber-to-fit-front-or-rear-vw-spareGas filled stockers. When I start the engine work I may well end up swapping these out for aftermarkets but right now Im enjoying the stock ride. A 51yr old car riding/driving like it rolled off the production line is great!! |
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« Reply #34 on: September 28, 2018, 14:52:59 pm » |
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BRM's ON!!!
SSP 5"s with 175/65 and 205/65 R15s
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« Reply #35 on: September 28, 2018, 18:42:09 pm » |
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Love the new look, non raked stance is the new raked stance
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« Reply #36 on: June 13, 2019, 20:42:49 pm » |
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Starting to gather bits for the engine build...
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« Reply #37 on: September 20, 2019, 21:38:17 pm » |
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Finally got my Flat4 Empi replica steering wheel fitted. Also if you look to the right you can see the retrosound 6.5" replacement speaker installed. Have the retro head unit with DAB/BT/FM/AM to go into the dash but waiting for the remote mount kit. Specced it with Sapphire type knobs so to 'most' people it will look stock (not you crazy folk though)   [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] |
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« Reply #38 on: September 23, 2019, 00:00:52 am » |
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Great choice on the steeringwheel  How is the engine build comming along? Yannick |
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« Reply #39 on: September 23, 2019, 08:52:56 am » |
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Great choice on the steeringwheel How is the engine build comming along? Yannick Thanks Yannick. Engine is coming along... slowly....  |
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« Reply #41 on: October 02, 2019, 16:50:26 pm » |
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Got most of an engine today.
Here it is in the back of the car being transported home.
Dual relief case 'looks' OK after visual inspection. Had been fitted with what look like slip in 87's.
PO said he was sold it as a race motor but he was very conned as it had a stock cam & stock heads. Only go faster bits were the 87's and dual 34ICT's
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« Reply #42 on: October 14, 2019, 14:13:58 pm » |
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Do you happen to know the reference for the EBC shoes you used? how do you like them?
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« Reply #43 on: October 16, 2019, 12:17:11 pm » |
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Do you happen to know the reference for the EBC shoes you used? how do you like them?
Hi Alex, Sorry cant find the order. I recall that they were definitely better made than previous ones Id used which is good for brakes. Overall they are still drums (all round) and they brake as I'd expect ie hard pedal as there is no servo but they are dependable and I haven't had any brake fade yet after heavy motorway driving. Dealing with moronic S.E. UK drivers in modern shitboxes who think that leaving any stopping distance gap between you and the person in front demands that they fill it immediately means plenty of high speed stops! |
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« Reply #44 on: October 18, 2019, 13:19:28 pm » |
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Thanks, I'll keep them in mind next time I redo the brakes
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« Reply #45 on: February 06, 2020, 21:03:08 pm » |
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Reconditioned key barrel.
Should have been NOS but good ole RoyalMail lost the frigging thing....
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« Reply #46 on: February 06, 2020, 21:26:49 pm » |
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Reconditioned key barrel.
Should have been NOS but good ole RoyalMail lost the frigging thing....
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« Reply #47 on: February 06, 2020, 22:23:12 pm » |
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Awesome! Did you have someone do it, or did you get it apart yourself?
Used these guys Andrew: https://www.customandcommercial.com/about-us/lock-shop/But they are UK based. There are similar places in the states I think. Bought this to recondition my drivers side lock (RH) and also have a NOS passenger (LH) lock and handle (actually a drivers side set but from Europe) Aim is to then repin all the locks (apart from engine lid) to same key and be able to unlock from either RH or LH side of the car  |
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« Reply #48 on: February 07, 2020, 00:54:34 am » |
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Awesome! Did you have someone do it, or did you get it apart yourself?
Used these guys Andrew: https://www.customandcommercial.com/about-us/lock-shop/But they are UK based. There are similar places in the states I think. Bought this to recondition my drivers side lock (RH) and also have a NOS passenger (LH) lock and handle (actually a drivers side set but from Europe) Aim is to then repin all the locks (apart from engine lid) to same key and be able to unlock from either RH or LH side of the car Nice! I'm lucky enough for my ignition and doors to match, but the ignition barrel is a little sticky, so I wouldn't mind having it redone at some point. |
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« Reply #49 on: April 11, 2020, 16:14:56 pm » |
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Finally fitted my Hurst copy.
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« Reply #50 on: April 11, 2020, 19:00:44 pm » |
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I'm working on a uk right hand drive 66 with the red interior that looks to be the same ruby red as your paint.
bin stood in a garage/barn for 30 years.
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« Reply #51 on: April 12, 2020, 19:27:21 pm » |
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I'm working on a uk right hand drive 66 with the red interior that looks to be the same ruby red as your paint.
bin stood in a garage/barn for 30 years.
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« Reply #52 on: April 13, 2020, 18:33:42 pm » |
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Looking good!
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« Reply #53 on: April 30, 2020, 10:59:04 am » |
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More K Keys..... Got a rekeying kit of wafers from Dave @ http://www.dubkeys.com/Which was great but when it first arrived the wafers were too big. Who (apart from Dave) knew that there are 2x sizes of wafer in VW locks? And that K locksets come in both flavours? Mine were the rarer 12mm where most are 13.5mm long. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] This afternoon I'll get my daughter to help and we'll take off the original drivers handle and lock and then do another rebuild and rekey but swap sides so that I can get 'key' access on the passenger door too!! Lastly will be the ignition barrel and Ill be back to ONE key using a correct K type  |
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« Reply #54 on: May 01, 2020, 18:57:41 pm » |
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The sweet smell of success (and brake cleaner).... [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] ONE Key to rule them all: Drivers Passenger Engine Lid Ignition Now to get a spare cut......  |
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« Reply #55 on: April 06, 2021, 21:49:23 pm » |
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STF Engine build... As per this http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,31476.0.htmlthread/question I'm now stuck into my piston lightening quest. As I have no 'machine shop tools' I improvised and went FleaBay shopping [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] And bought a pillar drill slider and X Y vice thing. A milling bit and 1/2 a piston [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] Tested the theory And then I gave it a go on the final test piston [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] Considering I couldn't clean out all the chippings for complete accuracy my test removed 6g of material. I think I should be able to remove somewhere close to the 16g necessary to match the other 2 pistons. Result!! |
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« Reply #56 on: April 08, 2021, 16:18:37 pm » |
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nice to see you're still chipping away at it (geddit?).
Can I ask, re: the DAB radio, what did you do for an aerial? Did it come with a DAB specific one?
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« Reply #57 on: April 08, 2021, 19:38:52 pm » |
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nice to see you're still chipping away at it (geddit?).
I did Can I ask, re: the DAB radio, what did you do for an aerial? Did it come with a DAB specific one?
Ive got a standard aerial and just bought the adaptor from the company. It acts like a 'Y' lead so normal aerial goes in, normal lead comes out into the radio and there is an extra little wire which you connect to the DAB input. |
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« Reply #58 on: April 09, 2021, 10:53:46 am » |
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now you made me jelaous! My 67 has been sitting for a year now, and I have a bunch of stuff on the shelf for it!
How hard was the rekeying? It's one of those things that I have to do some day
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« Reply #59 on: April 09, 2021, 13:07:15 pm » |
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now you made me jelaous! My 67 has been sitting for a year now, and I have a bunch of stuff on the shelf for it!
How hard was the rekeying? It's one of those things that I have to do some day
Not too hard but it helps to get the wafer kit and all the necessary bits ahead of time. You really dont want to have to stop in the middle of doing it!! If those springs go 'ping' it can be a job to track them down again. |
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