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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Brand New Brazilian Ignition Coil & Brazilian Fan Belts Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:19 am | |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Memory Note on Some Measurements on Missionare Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:35 am | |
| Center-Center Beam Mounting Bolts Measurement: 9cm Center-Center Rear Shocks Mounting Bolts Measurement: 52cm Fixed/Non-Adjustable Tie Rod Measurement (excl. ends): 50cm Adjustable Tie Rod Measurement (excl. ends): 46cm |
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rustbus Super Moderator
Posts : 574 Join date : 2013-02-12
| Subject: Miserable state of Affairs inside Missionare Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:20 am | |
| Yep, all the aftermarket interior on the Missionare is gone and the inside gives a haunted look but not for long. Time is near when the stock/year correct cargo seats and replacement panels would be arriving and so would the TIG Welder. That is the time when Missionare would start being reborn, all but in time! With Sunday at hands, tomorrow is time to get all this mess out of Missionare and get it ready for sand/soda blasting in the days to come. |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Rear Backing Plates Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:48 pm | |
| Rear Backing Plates on Missionare are rotten, all there but rotten and needed replacement. There are no repro early bay rear backing plates available anywhere because they stopped producing them long ago. The rear backing plates on Early Bays are almost the same as on Splitscreens with an exception of the center axle hole which is larger on the Early Bays due to the fact that IRS suspension needs a bigger hole for passing of axles than the swing axle on the splitscreens. Bought a nice pair abroad from a 67 splitscreen which would be modified (center hole would be enlarged) to fit Missionare. Here are a couple of pics: |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Missionare - 1969 Early/Low Light RHD T2a Bay Window Walkthrough Microbus Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:02 am | |
| I have hardly come around to working on missionare which remains parked in my porch. Mostly its because my son is growing and needs my time to come about tiny things in life so I prefer spending time with him these days, after work to make him build perspectives about all those tiny things including answering his innocent little questions about toys to colors to books to playing blocks to TV to techs and much more. Cars can wait and be built over time but if this time with my son is lost, it would never return to any of us. So better enjoy it than being sorry later. Anyway, last night I did take a couple hours off for working on Missionare's passenger compartment floor. Here are results The cargo floor was cleaned using the wire brush and the metal was covered with the rattle can primer to seal the bare metal until its time for sand blasting in the coming weeks. All those tiny holes that you can see in the floor were punched over the years by previous owners to satisfy their desires one way or the other. These will be welded using my TIG welder which is due to arrive soon. |
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rustbus Super Moderator
Posts : 574 Join date : 2013-02-12
| Subject: Centre Pin Kit, Adjustable Track Rod & Shock Absorbers Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:19 am | |
| Well, you can still find the T2a Parts locally, if you look for them in all the right places. At least that is what I have concluded. Just bought a Brand New Centre Pin Kit, A Set of 04 (2 front Brazilian + 2 rear German) Shock Absorbers and an Adjustable Track Rod (tie rod) for Missionare locally. Parts are due to arrive by tomorrow noon. Will share pics as soon as the parts arrive. |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: VW Bay Window Body Repair Manual Wed Oct 02, 2013 3:09 pm | |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Oldest Early Bay Debate Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:55 pm | |
| This fella here has surfaced and clearly is a lowlight, last seen in Islamabad/RWP. The claimant suggests its a 68. Registration plate looks to be IDC 8547 or IDC 3547, cant really make it? If its really a 68, its going to be country's new Oldest Known Surviving EB. Anyway, we're soon hearing from Islamabad Registration Authorities on its Chassis Number that would conclude the debate. Lets wait until we hear from the ppl who could help |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Missionare - 1969 Early/Low Light RHD T2a Bay Window Walkthrough Microbus Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:10 am | |
| - reezvaan wrote:
- Well, you can still find the T2a Parts locally, if you look for them in all the right places. At least that is what I have concluded. Just bought a Brand New Centre Pin Kit, A Set of 04 (2 front Brazilian + 2 rear German) Shock Absorbers and an Adjustable Track Rod (tie rod) for Missionare locally. Parts are due to arrive by tomorrow noon. Will share pics as soon as the parts arrive.
Have arrived. The front ones are Brazilian Cofap, rear ones are German. The adjustable track rod is Brazilian too. |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Missionare - 1969 Early/Low Light RHD T2a Bay Window Walkthrough Microbus Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:19 am | |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: The Patchy Missionare Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:07 pm | |
| Done with cleaning and sealing the cargo floor with primer I thought I should check what panels I should be needing exactly before the welding could start. That couldn't be helped without stripping some panels. I started with the Nose/front panel as I knew it had a patch welded onto it from DIY on the air vent flaps. So here is what I was able to dig out after a bit of stripping: And here is another shot: Then wanted to see the sills so started on the driver's side sill: Well so its kind of certain that all my assessments on the panels that were needed were correct. Its just that I would need high sill panels than the low sill panels. I will get back to this later when I have stripped a couple more panels. |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Missionare - 1969 Early/Low Light RHD T2a Bay Window Walkthrough Microbus Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:02 pm | |
| - reezvaan wrote:
- Sourced locally, Brand New Set of 03 Passenger Arm Rests for Missionare which came without any.
These didn't fit on Missionare as these were for later models so these are sent back to the seller. |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: The Patchy Missionare - Continued Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:31 am | |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: The Monocoque Platform of a T2 Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:46 pm | |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: replacement of shock absorbers and refurbishing of wheel hubs Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:49 pm | |
| - reezvaan wrote:
- reezvaan wrote:
- Well, you can still find the T2a Parts locally, if you look for them in all the right places. At least that is what I have concluded. Just bought a Brand New Centre Pin Kit, A Set of 04 (2 front Brazilian + 2 rear German) Shock Absorbers and an Adjustable Track Rod (tie rod) for Missionare locally. Parts are due to arrive by tomorrow noon. Will share pics as soon as the parts arrive.
Have arrived. The front ones are Brazilian Cofap, rear ones are German. The adjustable track rod is Brazilian too.
Missionare's rear end was sagging and the shock absorbers performed too poorly too when I drove Missionare home from Islamabad. So replacement of all shocks was one of my top priorities to be replaced ASAP therefore I had hunted down a set of four shock absorbers for replacement which had arrived a couple of days ago. It was only a matter of time that I had replaced all four. Today, it seemed like a good time while I was refurbishing the rear hubs and sealing them with Red Oxide. And when I removed the old Jap shock absorbers, I stopped surprising about the saggy/imbalanced rear end. I am sure after looking at this pic you'll stop being surprised too Yep, you guessed it right, these two rear shocks are aftermarket Jap shocks of unequal lengths and are totally dead with no life left in them. The second pic shows the NOS German Year Correct Shock mounted next to removed shock. At this moment, missionare is at 3 new shocks, yes one at the driver's side front has been replaced too which was Monro Gas Shock and had still some miles left in it but I wanted to have all new shocks at all corners so off it went and the new cofap unit was put on. The passenger side shock was inaccessible at the moment in my porch so left it alone till morning. Will share pics of the front ones when both are done. Now Missionare's rear end saggs no more and it has returned to stock height. |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: The Patchy Missionare - Continued Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:23 pm | |
| Some more progress on stripping the thick filler on rotten/patchy panels; |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Missionare - 1969 Early/Low Light RHD T2a Bay Window Walkthrough Microbus Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:27 am | |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: slider track replacement panel Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:17 pm | |
| Inner centre sill between inner & outer sills with track for sliding door RHD 68-79 OEM Part Number: 214801671D |
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| Subject: Re: Missionare - 1969 Early/Low Light RHD T2a Bay Window Walkthrough Microbus Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:37 pm | |
| Heater pipe grommets, hubcap puller and interior sliding door handle from this lot. |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Throttle Assembly Woes/Replacement Parts Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:12 pm | |
| Throttle Pedal mounting bracket on Missionare was worn out and was replaced with a local hinge (qabza) which is welded to floor at one end and to the pedal at the other. Needed to be sorted but the pedal itself is patched and welded too so wanted to replace the complete pedal along with restoring the stock arrangement of its mounting. Picked up brand new pedal as well as mounting hardware from VWH. VWH Pedal is Wolfsburgwest part: Rest of the bits are Original VW items: Mounting Bracket Mounting Pin Pedal Return Leaf Spring This would put the throttle pedal back to stock arrangement. While at it, thought I would try VWH RHD Throttle Repair Kit too which is way cheap than Simon's This shell bring the Throttle Assembly back to as new as when Missionare left the assembly line, eliminating all woes, current or future. Also picked up the clutch pedal rubber stop which was missing on missionare and the clutch pedal used to knock the cab floor every time it was released sounding a very odd and loud thud. |
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rustbus Super Moderator
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| Subject: Dinitrol Aircooled VW Type2a Bay Window Cavity Waxing Guide/Illustration Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:59 pm | |
| 1. the injection points with circles are existing holes 2. the circles coloured black need to be plugged with a rubber bung 3. the triangles need drilling 4. the black coloured triangles need drilling and plugging with bungs |
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