Ah... its been awhile izzinit.... well ...as of the begining of January..... the car is pretty much stripped of its paint and bondo and crap... the roof is in better shape that i thought it was.... actually its in better shape then rest of the car... the front passenger side fender is pretty busted up and was not fixed well by who ever the former owners sent it too...
A couple of dents have showed up... not surprisingly lah.... filled-in with so much plaster... hmmm ... anyway all these dents must me dealt with before any prep work can be done...
To do a proper paint job i wanted to make sure that all parts small and big to be removed from the shell..... so since the paint shop does not have enought workers to work on my car... i decided to help remove some of these 'titbits'
The window glass regulator is held on by these 10mm bolts. Remove all these bolts and the regulator should come off easily.... yeah right... it took a great deal of pulling and pushing to remove it. Luckily i managed to remove it without breaking anything ...most importantly the glass was intact.....
To remove the quarter glass, first remove the 10mm bolt holding the metal bracket in the middle... then bend the bracket gently away from the glass as seen above, then look up into the channel as seen below..... you will see a phillips head screw. Remove it and wiggle the quarter glass assembly out whole.... try to be gentle yeah...
Remove the clips gently which holds the window glass rubber and brush thingy (sorry dont know the name). since im painting the car i didnt have to care about scretching the paint.... but be very carefull if your only changing this part with nice paint on your car....
To remove the hand latch your will need to remove the door rubber weather strip near the door catch... Remove the screw and wiggle the handle a little bit to get it loose... use a mallet if nessesary...
Parts slowly pilling up......
The drivers window rubber was of a newer type which was glued on, so it was easier to remove....... while the passeger side was of a rubber fused in metal brace of some kind which was rusted and rotten.... a lot of bending and yanking and it came off....
The drivers window rubber was of a newer type which was glued on, so it was easier to remove....... while the passeger side was of a rubber fused in metal brace of some kind which was rusted and rotten.... a lot of bending and yanking and it came off....
The window chrome trim on the passenger side was the only one that had proper clips securing it.....
Removing the glove box cover was a breezze...
Removing the headlight, wiper and starter switches where a little harder to do without the proper tools.... Try and find or make the appropreate tools if you dont want to risk damaging these parts........
Twist these metal studs behind the dash to remove the dashboard grill... be gentle yeah....
How do you install a fan into your VW beetle.......? Just jam a few screws into the bottom of the dash and there you have it............. aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggghhhhhh!!!!
Removed all the electrical bits...... left over wire... and wires that lead to nothing.... nothing?
Can anyone tell me what this switch below the dash next to the steering rod is for?
Removed the interior light door switch..... checkout the crusted rubber
Removed the interior light door switch..... checkout the crusted rubber
The paint shop guy removed all the glass for me ... but as seen below .... i removed all the headliner and scuff and other sticky stuff on the interior....
The headliner removed.........
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..... had decided to remove the engine .... so without any experience or help i sent out to remove the 1200cc engine from my beetle....... so look out for my next post... as we see... What you should not do when removing a 1965 vw beetle engine.........
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