[tcb] Re: Learning to be less helpless
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 09:57:44 -0700 (PDT)
Help is always good. Put a new starter on Shelley's Thing last night. Quick
easy job, even pulling and replacing the bushing in the bell housing is a snap
with the engine in when you know the trick. But I get the *&%$&^#$ starter in
and searched for an hour as to why I could not get the starter to work. I gave
up and called a VW mechanic friend who diagnosed the problem in 2 minutes.
This was after I had run plum out of ideas as to what was wrong. Sometimes a
fresh brain is a lot of help!
Julie M
aroney <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Will, thanks for the advice. I am only less helpless - no to
totally go it alone, so I'm bringing it to a mechanic, he'll do this
disassembling, I'll watch and learn and clean and paint and order
parts and then he'll reassemble and I'll watch and learn so more.
Someday I'll be independent, just not yet.
Julie
On 5/21/07, Will Wood wrote:
> Powder coating will require a complete disassembly and cleaning of
> everything. POR-15 works but also Eastwood Chassis Black for these
> parts. A steel wire brush, some soap/water and you're prepped. There's
> also some metal prep products that POR-15 recommends but you'll be money
> ahead than powder coating.
>
> While you have it out, change all of the seals and check the king and
> link pin assemblies for wear. Have the spindles rebuilt if necessary.
>
> Those bearings that the link pins ride in are also subject to a lot of
> wear. Some busses I've torn into have had no needle bearings in the
> cage that surrounds a link pin.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 14:38 -0500, Julie Maroney wrote:
> > It's nice to hear about the fun at shows. It motivates me to get my
> > '66 done. This weekend I removed my complete front axle assembly. I
> > did most things right and a couple of things wrong and it took way
> > more time than it should have but I did it almost completely by myself
> > and it felt great.
> >
> > One has suggested I get some of these under parts powder coated but
> > another has warned me to stay away from powder coating axle bits and
> > just use POR. (Powder coating will get into places where you don't
> > need it to go.)
> >
> > What's a girl to do?
> >
> > Julie
> >
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