Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Steering Issue




As you can see I am trying to remove the steering column.  But what is on the end refuses to pop off.  WD-40 soak, no go.  Hit it with a hammer, still stuck.  Any other ideas how to remove it?

What is this?


Trying to remove the steering column and I find this.  While driving and having this car, I had never noticed this before.  Can anyone identify this?  I think its part of the horn ground.

 Here is the contact assembled and taken fully apart.  I need to find another plastic screw on top and splice that internal wire, but its all there and now bagged in a Zip-lock.

If anyone can help me in any way on this.  Thanks.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Waffle Visors

Here are how the plastic waffle pattern sun-visors look.  Previous owner dyed them black to match the all black interior he installed.

For a red with black top November 1957 Karmann Ghia, these visors should be white?  Or match the stock interior?  And what would be a safe method to dye them?

Friday, September 28, 2012

Usual Rust Suspect

Daylight no good.

The low budget rust fix.

Guess could try to mirror pattern from this.

Pan Rust

After finally getting the driver's seat out and removing the back carpet.  This is what greeted me.  I predict I will be replacing both pan halves.  What say you all?

Washer Pump re-assembled

Overview of everything put back together.

Reservoir with tube attached.

Pump installed.  Did not reconnect wires.

Bottom hose running to nozzles.
The second to bottom picture of the pump, to help the novice mechanic there is a flow arrow pointing downward to help.  It is stamped in spot Made in Germany.  But can't tell who made it.

Bottom picture can see a yellow wire running from the switch, by the bracket for the after-market radio, and towards the pump.

Washer Pump Pics

Reservoir

Pump installed. Loose hose goes to reservoir and top of pump.

Bottom hose runs along trunk until it reaches the spray nozzles.

This is how the wires were attached to bottom.