What did you do to your 2002 today !

[flagoworld]

3 hours ago, man_mark_7 said:

3.91 25% LSD in the house !- Arrived yesterday while I was removing the "speed relay(?)" to make space for the Malpassi Filter King that will ultimately supply the DCOE 40's. Just waiting on the repair sleeve for the tranny output flange so I can drive while the weather is nice before installing the DCOE's.

 

Jelly. I keep wanting to get an LSD but it's sooo expensive... Would help with the AutoX for sure...

[man_mark_7]

2 hours ago, flagoworld said:

 

Jelly. I keep wanting to get an LSD but it's sooo expensive... Would help with the AutoX for sure...

 

The existing 3.64 is leaking out of both axle seals. I didn't want to have to pull it, find I needed an extra part or two, then have the car off the road for days/weeks waiting on the parts. At least that's how I justified the LSD to myself. ? I will rebuild the 3.64 and sell it to defray some of the LSD cost.

[golf02]

Continue the rear subframe saga, media blasted frame etc and now on to cleaning up overwelds and paint!

[man_mark_7]

Sleeved the drive flange today. The sleeve took forever to arrive. There is a slight overhang on the leading chamfer which I think I'll have to carefully grind away before reassembling.

 

[Mike G]

I got my rear seats back. Still need to move the amp and reinstall speakers but I’m excited about the new look

[tzei]

I let her to take the m2 for a drive. An hour or so later... what a smile she had

[kbmb02]

Checked (and corrected) the roundness of a new set of brake drums.

 

(as an aside: when I do rear brakes, I have the drums turned and the brake shoes arced to the drums .... the video is an example of how 'new-bolt-on-brakes' aren't always or exactly ideal)

 

[tomphot]

Approaching the finish line on the rear suspension.  Does anything stand out that I need to address before bolting it up?  I cleaned an inch of red Georgia clay off the top side of the subframe before sending off for powder coat.  I saw that many had done a dark grey when refinishing there’s.  Once I got down to the original color on mine, I saw that It was black so kept it there - it also matches the front that I had recently done. 

[VWJake]

Chamonix ‘73

 

I’ve been blasting/painting/rebushing the front suspension. I was finally to the point where I could reassemble it last night. Stock rubber is installed everywhere but the swaybar. I imagine I’ll want larger bars on the car, but for now the stockers will have to suffice. I went through the steering box as well. I was pleased to see that there was essentially no wear in the box at all. So just a rinse out, new seals, and a lick of paint. 

I don’t recall if I’d posted pics of the front struts or not so here they are. They’ve been done for a while. Bilstein Sports and IE stage 2 springs. New ball joints n rotors. New wheel bearings and seals will be installed after the whole thing is hanging under the car again. 

 

I think next time in the shop it’ll be time to weld the nose on and start prepping the engine bay for paint. I’m looking forward to the day when I can get this pile of parts back down on 4 wheels. 

[Half Moon tii]

On 5/21/2020 at 8:01 PM, Mike G said:

I got my rear seats back. Still need to move the amp and reinstall speakers but I’m excited about the new look

I like the seat treatment, could you tell us more about it?

[Mike G]

20 minutes ago, Half Moon tii said:

I like the seat treatment, could you tell us more about it?

thanks. E24 rear seats and center console recovered with black vinyl. The center sections are tartan wool. Home made parcel shelf to fit the seats cut for 6x9 speakers, the amp will mount against the rear wall inside the center console. 

[s99]

My buddy sauls 69 restoration at the final stages! Baikal metallic looking GOOD! We dug into some wiring yesterday (everyone's favorite) couple little things to work out and she is rockin and rollin.

 

 

 

[BarneyT]

The mobile mechanic is coming to charge the air conditioner up with Freon on Thursday at 9 o’clock in the morning so I now have a deadline....pictures today on the install of the air condition on the Turkish  princess...

[iinca]

2 condensors...2 fans and a huge inside unit....your set up looks like it's gonna be colder than Ray's sub zero' Arctic  AC

 

dryer in the headlight recess...genius like

Edited May 24, 2020 by iinca

[joysterm]

On 5/21/2020 at 8:01 PM, Mike G said:

I got my rear seats back. Still need to move the amp and reinstall speakers but I’m excited about the new look

Nice job on the shelf,  and love the inserts...killer