What did you do to your 2002 today !

[kbmb02]

5 hours ago, ray_ said:

Thanks, Now move the lights closer together ?

 

 

The intent was to recreate euro spec (I have a euro plate mount). .. but agreed, it’s on the wide-side for US plates. -KB

['76mintgrün'02]

11 hours ago, kbmb02 said:

(removed US license plate lights from the mount). -KB

 

Now you can mount them in the trunk!

 

[dlhoovler]

14 hours ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

 

Now you can mount them in the trunk!

 

 

I love the pull chain, Tom! Let me guess: you would have had to buy a mercury switch, but you had a jar with a half-dozen switches you'd scavenged from old fluorescent fixtures...

 

-Dave 

[7502]

Just pulled the dash cluster and took apart the speedo unit to adjust free play in the shaft. Attempting to solve an inaccurate speed reading. At about 70 mph gauge reads about 85 mph or so.  Noticed my speedometer is a W = 1.30 unit.  Gauges are date stamped 7/75. Could be the original gauges I suspect.

 

It's pouring outside so didn't feel like taking a highway drive but did go around the block. At this point all I know is I did no damage.

[David Layton]

Continued my Zen Meditation sanding.  All I am doing now is uncovering any rust bubbles.  So far all but one are simply between the metal and the paint, so no surgery is needed.  Another big bit of news is that we did not come across any Bondo repairs!  I did find one pin hole the size of a pencil tip (#2, same as the SAT test) at the bottom rear of the right arch, easily fixed.  Have one more spot to examine after the rear window comes out.  Next move is to consult with a paint shooter before completing tear down and sanding.

 

Took out the rear quarter windows and the aluminum trim.  The flat surface beneath the lower window finish will receive a fair amount of water in its life.  Fortunately, when we are completed, this car will have the benefit of going out only in nice weather and a nice garage otherwise.  Found a lot of surface corrosion starting which was sanded off with both electric and pneumatic sanders.  Like the body, it was all on the surface and no holes.  This restoration will have saved this car from rotting at these points. Last picture shows the original Atlantik Blau on the B pillar which is one of my goals is to match.  The last paint job which had bubbles and hives had a base gray primer which I found a lot of rust colored spots, a manila layer, a white layer, then the Blue which was single stage and a lighter shade than the color on the B pillar.

 

 

Edited February 24, 2020 by David Layton
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[Mike A]

Re-assembly and installing the rear bumper solo is hard on an old man.....?..I am tired

[tzei]

GF department has been working...

one new front fender & center piece + repairing some old war wounds.

 

And courtesy to the cold war era: old (unused) gas mask from bomb shelter, model 65 and thread is same for Scott filter ?

[VWJake]

Chamonix ‘73 

 

patched a small section of the left inner fender.

Didn’t feel like starting in on the right frame rail top sheet so I cleaned up the mounting surfaces on the nose panel and clamped/screwed it on and hung some fenders. There really is no fit like OEM parts. The black fender is one of those crappy $80 jobbies. Besides the fact that the top of the headlight opening is caved in  ( as shipped) when attached to the rear mounting flange the gap between the fender and door goes all to hell. Less than an 1/8” at the bottom and over 1/4” at the top. What a pile. Then I slapped the rotted out OEM replacement fenders and they slot right in, gaps are even, and the contour of the seam below the headlight is great. 

 

 

Now My dilemma is do I repair the OEM fenders or do I beat the crap out of these thin cheesy no name fenders and move on. I will say that I’ll be cutting the lips out of these (regardless of which set I use) for turbo flares... 

 

either way there’s a fair bit of work to do.

 

anyway... back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Edited February 26, 2020 by VWJake

['76mintgrün'02]

7 minutes ago, VWJake said:

repair the OEM fenders

 

... seeing as how you make the repairs look so easy.   

[joysterm]

49 minutes ago, VWJake said:

Chamonix ‘73 

 

patched a small section of the left inner fender.

Didn’t feel like starting in on the right frame rail top sheet so I cleaned up the mounting surfaces on the nose panel and clamped/screwed it on and hung some fenders. There really is no fit like OEM parts. The black fender is one of those crappy $80 jobbies. Besides the fact that the top of the headlight opening is caved in  ( as shipped) when attached to the rear mounting flange the gap between the fender and door goes all to hell. Less than an 1/8” at the bottom and over 1/4” at the top. What a pile. Then I slapped the rotted out OEM replacement fenders and they slot right in, gaps are even, and the contour of the seam below the headlight is great. 

 

 

Now My dilemma is do I repair the OEM fenders or do I beat the crap out of these thin cheesy no name fenders and move on. I will say that I’ll be cutting the lips out of these (regardless of which set I use) for turbo flares... 

 

either way there’s a fair bit of work to do.

 

anyway... back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Luv to drop by one day and check out your handy work in person ....

[FunElan]

Been dailying the 02 for a bit since my e36 desperately needs an oil change. Heard an intermittent “clicking” sound when taking off from a stop sign (or reversing). Sometimes it was one click, sometimes 2, sometimes perfectly quiet. Figured it was something in the driveshaft. Got under the car tonight and saw that the flex disc is already tearing, 3 months after everything was laser aligned by a reputable shop. Maybe the movement in the flex disc is causing a bolt to hit the linkage intermittently. It’s always something...

[uai]

first time out of the garage after 1.5 years  ... and immediately into the snow

 

[PaulTWinterton]

On 2/25/2020 at 10:04 PM, FunElan said:

Maybe the movement in the flex disc is causing a bolt to hit the linkage intermittently. It’s always something...

 

Disc is definitely toast.  I don't know 6bolt discs.  I'm sure others will tell you if it's old or cheap.

I am skeptical about the bolts and locknuts.  OEM guibo bolts and all-metal locknuts are best IMO.  Actually critical IMO as they are designed to keep the disc in position.

[FunElan]

2 hours ago, PaulTWinterton said:

 

Disc is definitely toast.  I don't know 6bolt discs.  I'm sure others will tell you if it's old or cheap.

I am skeptical about the bolts and locknuts.  OEM guibo bolts and all-metal locknuts are best IMO.  Actually critical IMO as they are designed to keep the disc in position.

 

Febi unit with probably 1000 miles on it. Maybe I should replace the bolts/nuts this time, in addition to having that shop recheck their alignment. The locknuts are all metal, 16mm head so it's easier to get a wrench on them. I couldn't find new 16mm locknuts so I reused these from last time.

[jim57759]

Didn't really do anything myself except confirm my appointment with Patrick @ Midnight Motorsport for mid-April.  I am so excited to have Patrick and his guys review what I have done so far on the rebuild of my 75.  We are going to tweek the brakes and suspension, do a tune up and install ac (I am an old man and plan to be spending a lot of time in the Southwest cruising with my dog.  Patrick prefers removing ac from cars but he has agreed to help me under the circumstances.  We got 24" of snow up here in Nemo, so I can only plan for the next round.