As it was pouring outside the whole day, I did a lot work on the Streaker today.
First of all: Cut a hole in the carpet and install the cleaned and greased shifter:
Detail: The later shifter has a poly bushing to prevent rattling:
Shifter cleaned, greased and installed and tested for function:
Then it was time to install the new carburator:
I took some time to rework the "elbows" for better gas flow.
left: already reworked, right: some steps and burrs inside of the elbows:
both sides finished:
The new hotness, installed and tested:
Finally, I did some wiring for the tail lights:
right side: 4 spade connector with separate earth connector (the glass fibre wings have no ground connection). A rubber grommet guides the cables through the sidewall:
On the left side: same set up:
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After I (more or less) finished my 1966 Volkswagen Fastback the "Volksback", it was time for another challenge, here it is!
Sonntag, 11. Januar 2015
Samstag, 10. Januar 2015
Deep throat 39
I am not so familiar in the porn genre, but I am pretty sure there was a movie called deep throat (and I'm afraid to google it - only god knows the results of this search). However, in this case it is the modified intake manifold "throat" for the 39 mm Solex carburator I got today.
Today in Herford I found some new stuff for the Streaker and the Volksback as well!
The all shiny and brandnew like Solex top left!
For the Streaker I found a pair of intake "elbows", a dipstick, a chrome headlight bezel, the new carburator, a rubber boot for the shifter, the modified manifold and a pair of dashboard inserts for 52mm and 80 mm gauges. For the Volksback I bought a set of chrome plated wheel bolts for the next set of wheels and a seal for the IRS tranny.
... and for the garage I found a new sign - in fact, I 've seen it in Rosmalen as well, but it was 5€ cheaper today :-)
... talking 'bout god - on our way to the swap meet in Herford, we passed this sign:
... is this a message to us? Who knows...
Today in Herford I found some new stuff for the Streaker and the Volksback as well!
The all shiny and brandnew like Solex top left!
For the Streaker I found a pair of intake "elbows", a dipstick, a chrome headlight bezel, the new carburator, a rubber boot for the shifter, the modified manifold and a pair of dashboard inserts for 52mm and 80 mm gauges. For the Volksback I bought a set of chrome plated wheel bolts for the next set of wheels and a seal for the IRS tranny.
... and for the garage I found a new sign - in fact, I 've seen it in Rosmalen as well, but it was 5€ cheaper today :-)
... talking 'bout god - on our way to the swap meet in Herford, we passed this sign:
... is this a message to us? Who knows...
Dienstag, 6. Januar 2015
Work in progress...
Currently I am busy with the suspension upgrade of the Volksback, but I
want to get ready with the Streaker also, so I grabbed the airbox with 2-speed electric fan which I bought in Budel. It was filthy and covered in different shades of overspray, but fully functional!
After disassembly, I started with this:
The cover had traces of red, green and blue overspray - especially in the mesh...
After a good clean it was much better:
So I started the assembly again
Carefully cleaned the fan (this thing is vulnerable!) and gave the motor a good clean + a bath in WD40, then assembled onto the inner housing:
inner housing completed:
Inner housing mounted to outer cover:
and the finished box:
... with new fixation clips. Not show quality, but good enough for me!
After disassembly, I started with this:
The cover had traces of red, green and blue overspray - especially in the mesh...
After a good clean it was much better:
So I started the assembly again
Carefully cleaned the fan (this thing is vulnerable!) and gave the motor a good clean + a bath in WD40, then assembled onto the inner housing:
inner housing completed:
Inner housing mounted to outer cover:
and the finished box:
... with new fixation clips. Not show quality, but good enough for me!
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