So quite a few weeks back I purchased a bunch of random air-cooled parts from Euroworks Garage to set aside as spares or to complete the various engine cases. One item was a complete doghouse fan shroud from 71 or 72 that still had a complete set of flaps, oil cooler tins on the rear,…
Category: Other People’s Parts
Other People’s Parts – Żuczek’s future pop-outs arrived!
So last week I saw someone post a set of 1968 and later pop-out rear windows and I snagged them up. They arrived today and survived the journey from Utah unscathed, the seller doing a great job wrapping them up in lots of bubble wrap. They are mostly complete, and they’ll need some work…
New Local OPP
So I picked up some miscellaneous parts that Brett at Eurowerks is purging. None of it was really needed, but since he’s local and cleaning out I may as well grab some things if they could have value to The Garage of Love. I wanted a late 70’s decklid for decoration and there was one…
Porsche 914 Case? Do I?
So I happened to find a Type 4 engine that appears to be from a Porsche 914 on Craigslist. The email I sent finally got a reply and it appears to be at a pawn shop on the other side of town. They are asking $140 for the stand and the short block. Now many…
Giving away the OPP…
So I decided I’m just going to give away a lot of the parts I have no need for. If someone local needs them then why not? I already have given away 1 full set of original Super Beetle brake drums. They are pretty rusty both inside and out, but the tolerance looks good enough…
Still tearing down the OPP.
Got a little work done in the garage today. The hurricane level winds dropped the wind chill into the 20s so it wasn’t very pleasant to be out there even with the garage door closed. Still working on the strut and suspension tear down. The sway bar will just not separate from the damn 1302…
The 47 year old spindles are finally free of the struts!
So I’ve been working on those 1302 front struts and spindles off and on for weeks and was making zero progress in separately the spindle off the damn strut bottom. No amount of heat, soaking, whacking, etc. that I could do with my tools in my garage made a difference. We got the gland nuts…
Some OPP Progress
I managed to make some progress in the garage today. I tackled those 1303 struts. I got the springs off. None of it too difficult. Front brakes all separated well and I’ve salvaged the backing plates to see if anyone wants them. Of course, I turned my focus back to the 1302 struts and didn’t…
Other People’s Parts – So aggravating!
So today was another futile day in trying to separate the struts from the spindles on those old parts. Two sessions of penetrating catalyst have resulted in nothing so tomorrow I think I’ll pull out the torch and try to see if heat will make a difference.
Parts tear down continues…
So the tearing down of the used parts I recently purchased continued today. One thing I pretty much am sure of now is that this early 73 Super that these parts came from sat. And it sat for a very very long time outside in the elements. That oxy-acetylene torch that the seller used to…