AoT's White Wonder

[Big_kid]

That's my read on it too.

[ObnoxiousBlue]

That's my read on it too.

x3

AoT Im free Fri afternoon/night I think if you wanna tinker on it. I got school tomorrow afternoon/night, and wed morning as well, then the funeral home wed night, and class thurs afternoon/evening. Although I might be missing my thurs evening class. I could take a peek with you when your free. Stereos are easy...

[FatVolks]

behind the front apron there's a hole for easy access to the locking mechanism.

Just as long the spare tire isn't in the way.

[AoT]

Audrey,Nice work,if i understand what you said correctly, then it Looks like you have the Red and the Yellow wire reversed.. The yellow wire on the radio should have constant power all the time whether the key is on or off.. the red wire should only be HOT when the ignition is on and should have no power when the ignition is off.. It will still work how you have it but you will see that the clock will reset every time you turn the car off and it wont remember your presets..

thanks Bill. this is what I needed to know. I did notice that every time I turned the key the demo scroll was restarting, so its has no memory. As soon as I get the front compartment open I will reseat them. I did disconnect the battery to avoid any power drain while i get the hood unlocked.

behind the front apron there's a hole for easy access to the locking mechanism.

Just as long the spare tire isn't in the way.

Yes the spare is in the front apron. There is a hole in the glove box that I will make bigger to see if I can grab the cable.

Thanks all for the feedback.
AoT

[AoT]

Spent Sunday working on the front hood latch.

Made the cuts on the handle as the Bentley book recommended.



But as the crow flies, it took more than the 3 cuts to get it off.
The bolts just spun on the the outside metal so had to attack it with the angle cutter.




By the time I was done it took its toll on the front hood. The rubber seals melted and the hood has some war wounds.



But at least it got the hood open.


the cable was intact and the lock was working. The problem was that the riveted connection to the glove box has come off.
The masonite was literally pulverized, so the cable and sleeve had no resistance.


I'll give my left over Halloween candy to the best idea to fix this!!

After this adventure and getting the garden winterized, kicked it back in the yard to enjoy the view.



Quite a treat!

[Glenn]

I'll give my left over Halloween candy to the best idea to fix this!!

Replace the glove box with either a good used one or a new ABS plastic one.

[realbluefoot]

I have a plastic one you can have. Just don't cut that cable or white tube on yours because you may need to re-use it.

[Glenn]

I have a plastic one you can have.

This is what DVG is all about.

I think she just needs to rivet the cable holder and the lever in place.

[AoT]

I have a plastic one you can have.

This is what DVG is all about.

thanks Jim, I'll take the offer. I have to order the seals that go under the front hood handle, do I need to order any clips or other hardware to use with the plastic glove box?

[realbluefoot]

I have a plastic one you can have.

This is what DVG is all about.

thanks Jim, I'll take the offer. I have to order the seals that go under the front hood handle, do I need to order any clips or other hardware to use with the plastic glove box?

You shouldn't have to order any new clips unless you break some taking the old one out. Be very careful removing the clips and trim ring that goes around the opening and the glove box door closes on.

[Big_kid]

I still have the cardboard box & cable from my '70 donor, I may be up that way next week. Let me know if you still need one, I'll pull it out of the shed, make sure it's in 1 piece & bring it up.

[AoT]

I still have the cardboard box & cable from my '70 donor, I may be up that way next week. Let me know if you still need one, I'll pull it out of the shed, make sure it's in 1 piece & bring it up.

Appreciate the offer Charlie, but I got one from Jim and my cable is in good shape!

[AoT]

Now that I got the front hood open I needed to repair the latch opening on the glove box. Got a donated one (thank you very much, Jim!) The old one fell off as soon as I unscrewed the retaining screw and removed the strap. No clips or front panel to take off.





the only problem was on reconnecting the cable, its like trying to wrestle an alligator. There is a pin that holds it to the exterior side of the latch and when I went to reconnect it snapped off. (Need to lay off lifting weights!)




So had to go to plan B as usual. Opted to go with a cotter pin to allow the cable to rotate on the latch.


Checked to see that the cable is moving under the lock but not sure how much the lock should open so I'll see if anuyone had a bug at the next meeting. Ordered the seals for under the handle that I hope to replace this weekend.

[Glenn A]

Nice job Aot.

[AoT]

After seeing some leakage from the front end I checked to realize that the steering damper was shot. There was very little resistance when pushing in the damper on the old one and prob most of the fluid was gone.


Took the DS wheel off and was able to get it disconnected from the tie rod. When replacing, put the damper connection on first so that you can align the angle to get the threaded end thru the tie rod.



PS was easy access to get the bolt off. Once the damper side was on it was simple bolt on to tighten.



The one I took off was not the original and the replacement is the same manufacturer and made in Brazil.

[Raj]

looking good.

I'm very proud of all the work you are doing on this car. Its quite an achievement on many levels.

[Glenn A]

Nice job. Where you having shimmies?

[AoT]

Where you having shimmies?

It's hard to tell where the wonder's shimmies end and my shimmies start!!

I notice there is not as much play in the steering wheel but the damper was going before Etown and it wasn't a bad ride on the parkway. Haven't had this out on the open road yet with the new damper so I'll be curious.

[AoT]

Got the seals to put the front hood lock on but decided to clean up the front hood and apron. Finished sanding the apron and got it primed, sanded and painted, The front hood was bondo-ed to close up some of the cuts from cutting off the handle. Hope we get another few days of this weather to get it finished.



See a little blue coming thru thru layers of paint, so guess its not the original lid.



Cleaned up now just to put the lock back on and the hood seal.


Next up the fenders!

[BusBq Bill]

Working hard..nice job,,

[Glenn A]

[AoT]

Just getting better with age... the wonder, not me!!

Well today makes the offical day that the "wonder" has been on the road for a year. Got the insurance renewed, re-registered and even got it inspected. What a difference a year makes and what a year it has been. Wheeeee.....



With some of the issues I've had with the tires on the rims I got (plugs and flats) I took it to my service garage and had them put tires that were on crappy rims on the spoked rims. These have good rubber and no dry rot. Need to take it out for a good run to see how it rolls. Got a little clearance on the front. Save my pennies and get something new down the road.

[Glenn A]

fronts.

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I just bought a tractor tire from them. They are good to deal with.

[AoT]

that oil leak has been getting worse so I asked BusBBQ to lend a hand to get the engine out and see what was going. I had gotten most of the disconnects done on Friday night except for the bolts so it was down and out in a snap. The bell housing had quite a puddle of oil so the main oil seal was replaced. the one that was in the bug had the vw logo so it most likely was the original. Thanks for all the help Bill!

After the BusBBQ rolled out, I started the clean up. I am keeping the engine out while I get some other projects done. Replacing the engine compartment seal, the tarboards, accelator cable, and clutch cable. I removed the old beat tarboard and got off as much grime as would fall. Need to contact cement some of the felt strips that hang behind the boards. Is also a good time to check the wiring since there were lots of "modifications" done to the wonder. the fuse in the reverse lights was shot so put in a new one.

















More pics after the make-over!!

[Glenn]

Sweet job.