0008 Rear axle & more painting

0008 Rear axle and more painting
17th November 2019
In which Clementine goes for a (small) outing !

Sealing seams

Dirty interior light

Once I had my fine pitch bolts for the LH front steering arms, I got the
LH side back together and finished off the rest of the steering. All the original seams around the car are sealed with old material that after 49 years has gone hard and was crumbling, so I had to chip it out wherever I found it.  New seam sealers are totally different, more like a silicone, and relatively easy to apply with a gun, and this has to be done for all seams, to re-waterproof them, and ensure they will last for another 50 years.  The inside around the footewells was done, as well as the rear wheel arches inside the car where about 4 panels all meet.  Also cleaned up the little interior light which was all rusty, corroded, and filthy, but a couple of hours with WD 40, toothpicks, ear buds, and other similar fine tools soon had it (almost) as good as new.  Hard to buy now, better to recover the original German VW parts wherever possible. Tested it on a battery, and all working properly !

0007 Stuff starts coming back

0007  Stuff starts coming back
31st October 2019
Starting to run out of space !

No sooner had I returned from the hospital than the phone started ringing with people telling me parts were ready for collection !   I had to wait for a couple of days as I was not allowed to drive at first, but I really feel as though I am making progress as new and refurbished parts pile up !  Mick called me from Northside Transmissions to tell me the gearbox was done, Adam called me from Affordable Power Steering to tell me the steering box was done, and Bearing Services called to tell me the new Timken front wheel bearings were in.  Now I just had to collect them, and also continue dropping off some of the other parts like the generator and starter motor.