Re: [T3] Advice needed on disassembly of complete 73 Squareback

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>Wow Per, what a find! :-)  And since it's a US car that means it has 
those UGLY red turn signal tail lights ;-p  hahaha, I know you Europeans 
like 'em, just as we like the amber Euro tail lights :-)

Many, many moons ago (late 1980's) I took out the fan in my baby without 
using any instructions (pre-Bentley ownership) so that means it wasn't 
too difficult as I had just taken ownership from my parents.  You're 
really good with cars so I know you won't have any problems removing the 
air box.  It's all VW so it all makes sense.  The air comes out of the 
sides of the box when the flaps are opened.  The seal around this flap 
is a foam and most likely it's deteriorating.  I know mine were pretty 
bad at the time I took it all apart but the box doesn't leak air so they 
may not be entirely necessary.  The bottom of the box has a center 
located drain hose (very short).

Interesting that even late models weren't built with the FI 
holes/panels.  The point where the FI harness goes thru the left engine 
compartment wall, it is of course surrounded by a big, gray grommet.  If 
you can push this into the engine compartment then the big connector can 
be pulled through.  It's not always easy to do so remove the engine 
first so you can get into the engine bay to pull that sucker out.

I think your biggest task will be removing the front beam, then the 
drive train.  The rest is easy, little stuff.  Not sure about the FI 
harness that leads into the cabin...that could be a challenge to pull 
thru into the engine bay.  Save all the grommets that you can!  Have fun :-)

 Toby Erkson  --  http://www.icbm.org/
 '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2.0L, rag top
 Sold to Purdue Univ.: '72 VW Squareback Lightsider, automatic, FI, sunroof
 '95 VW Jetta ~ SCCA Solo 2 EP #3; '73 Porsche 914; '81 Honda Gold Wing
 Portland, Oregon



Per Lindgren wrote:

> No, not my precious 73 ;-)
>
> A friend of mine located a 73 Square in a junkyard. This car is a 
> complete US spec car, with the fuel injected engine and everything! 

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