Pictures to follow

8/18/2013

Long weekend - pictures to follow but here are some of the things I worked on:

1. Firewall, filter mount and overflow bottle
2. Throttle cable - most of the weekend was related to this - believe it or not.
3. Steering shaft and u joints
4. Looked at the cooling scoops that came with the car but am going to stay with the traditional scoops for now
5. First fitment of seat.


I actually sat in the car for the first time - it is definitely different from my old car!  Also I could never drive a FV in street shoes.

Of course 2 hours Saturday night were spend rebuilding the stater - normally a 30 minute job.  Dropping the armature on a concrete floor was not a planned move, but that led to taking it apart 3 or 4 times more to make sure I had everything back together right - then I found a part I had never seen before - it looked like a slug from an electrical box - turns out it was part of the seal between the nose and the solenoid - after finally reassembling it I painted it (eternal optimist) and the next day put it in an old tranny so I could test it.  It seems to be okay but the solinoid draws a lot of power (ironically the only part I did NOT take apart) but this seems to be normal - VW 6 volt starters typically draw 25 - 30 amps for the solenoid.  Still researching this but I may springing for another starter just in case.  Glad I over-sized the wires going to the start button but might wire up a relay for the starter anyway.

Went to Kmart to by oil and low and behold they had the motorcycle battery I use on clearance at 50% - so I will at least have a new battery!

More to come.

ChrisZ