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On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 17:22, fess wrote: > new tranny's drive shaft needs to be smoothed out some. > > It's up, he calls me down to show me all the _other_ stuff he's found. > > Tranny is leaking. [ as per other thread. ] > Fuel line is run outside the car. [ I'll take care of this later. ] > > This car has an Empi "Kafer Cup" style traction bar kit on it. pretty > neat looking thing. > previous owner got it from ISPWest. > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? > ViewItem&rd=1&item=7918010879&category=33592&sspagename=WDVW I hate to say it, but "Build it and they will come" That is actually rediculous for a street VW. I have built L-Gas Bugs that ran in the 7's that didn't have that kind of traction bars in it. > > It mounts on the topside, by extending the bolt for the shock mount, > and putting that bracket on there. > > the bolts on mine are the wrong thread, and have been wedged in, to the > captured nut, in the frame of the > shock mount. > > The mechanic is contemplating cutting a hole in the frame, to get at > the nut > on the inside. but worries about it disturbing the structural > integrity. m > > I would love any thoughts anyone has as to the structural integrity of > cutting > that part of the frame. > > and if anyone's got a junk shock tower appart that they want to cut open > and see how the nut is prevented from spinning, and take pictures. > one solution I thought was we could drill small holes and do some > surgery > with some punches to get the nut to stop spinning again. small holes > are better > than big hole. but that would definitely require knowing what's inside > there. If it is the nut I am thinking of, you can cut a small hole into the body opposite the nut, to get to it. Then after you have the nut welded back into place, you weld the hole back shut. > > -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~