1961 beetle "josie"

It only sat outside at the shop for 8 months. That couldn't have anything to do with maybe some broken rings from rust in the cylinders.

sorry i work almost everyday yall could have easily scooted it in 3 feet.

well me and callahan did all of the front end on it saturday
all the bolt holes are boogered up so i have some bolts on the way and we are going to fab something up
next im yanking the tranny out to do the boots, dope, and mounts

That a dmc. Behind your car

yes it is lol

sealed rear bearings and axles seals should be here tomarrow all of the rear should be done by monday night

i put the tierods on and they hit the body so i did the flip kit thing and relized they only work with balljoint tie rod ends.

so now i have to get bj tierods and ends and ill have to steal the steering box off the ragtop

one step forward and two steps back...

You can just replace the 2 outer ends. There's no need to swap steering boxes.

the outer ones are bigger and dont thread in all the way i think

No they are the same

So just get new outer tierods? The threads that go into the tierod are the same?

And I still had to do some clearencing with the flip kit on

Flatten the bottom of the tank out

Yep just get new outer tierod ends for a let model.

ok i got 67 tierods on the way
im going to try to get to proflow tonight to get the few seals i need to finish the tranny

also got my rear bearings today

tranny comes out tomarrow and hopefully will be done and back in by saturday

Only have a couple more weeks until Bugapalooza.

Don't know if it will make it. Butbit should for sowo

if you gave me all the money in the world i wouldnt do this again.
this tranny is kicking my ass
im going to start on it again tomarrow im to pissed to keep going tonight

take a break, it'll go easier tomorrow. Me, Bob, Shaky, and Callahan spent about 3 hours fighting with the trans on the bus the first time we installed it. Just didn't want to go for some reason. I replaced the front mount about a month later and had to pull/install the whole thing by myself and was prepared for another battle, but it went back in with no problem. Somedays they go together easily, and somedays they are a pain.

You need to quit messing with this one anyways and focus on the ragtop fool!

well its not even ready to go in

im trying to change the axles
im going to try again tomorrow though

Snap rings come out ok?

ahhh, yeah I took the 67 axles out of mine, but Callahan and Bob took charge of putting the 68 axles in, while me and shaky were messing with the shiftrods, so I got to miss out on that fun.

yea bryce its going back in one side is done

this side ill get it back together snap ring back in and all that jazz but then the axle wont move as much as it should

Won't move up and down and around, or do you mean it won't spin?

it will move 2 ways like left and right but not up and down

well i got the tranny together and it back in the car