Winding up the Window Winders

I had to tackle the driver's side window winder mechanism again....... if you didnt read my last post on the window mech assembly then here is a short summary...

My original one was seriously worn-out and broken... so i got a secondhand one and put it in when i put all the door stuff back together...... It worked fine before installing it but as soon as i put it in and tried to wind the window up... it broke....ARRRGGGGHHH!#@%$%%&*!!!  do you know how had it was to put it in in the first place.!!???....   anyways I found another secondhand unit and this time i found one that was worked on so i though for sure that it would be in better condition... it did feel really strong ...didnt matter how hard i tugged at it... it worked.... BUT!!! when i got home only then did i find that the number of teeth on the slotted end of the winder was wrong... they had replaced it with some other model... or maybe even from some other car... so i cldnt use the original beetle winders...

SO once again i had to remove the whole thing....

this time i got fed up.. so since i already had a right side that was opened up ... i grinded out the welds and removed the gear... went out and bought another secondhand window winder mech but this time for the left passenger door... since it is mostlikely not as worn out as the driverside one...

I then drilled out the crimps and took that gear out... and slapped it into the right side window winder... bolted the whole thing back together... put the whole assembly back into the door.... and prayed to the heavens that it wont brake...

IT DIDNT!!!!!!!!!!.... interestingly it now works better than my passenger side door.... go figure...

The left side gear above placed in the right side assembly

Its been a year now in use and still works smoothly ....

(Please note if you do something like this im not responsible for any damage and or injuries like a loss of a limb or an eye) 

Door Handles

During the month or so of waiting for the approval letter from JPJ .... I manage to do a few things on the car... namely the Door Handles. Interior door cards and the Fuel Pedal.... oh and also the horn.

The car came with an original stainless steel wrapped passenger side door handle but had a recast driver's side handle... which never fit properly on the car and was horribly pitted...

I was not having any luck finding a stainless steel wrapped 65 driver's side handle... until one day i found a one for a 66 on Mudah... i just grabbed it cos it was in super good condition but i knew that the key mech and the inner stuff will not work on a 65... but i figured i will swap the inner stuff from the 65 to the 66... and it worked...

This is the 66 stainless steel wrapped driver's side door handle....... was so happy to find it...

The 65 on the left has a sliding locking mech while the 66 on the right has a paddle style lock... swapped over these elements and i put it on the car....   It fit like a glove....