Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Fri 05, 2012 12:57 pm
I do love me some snowflakes.
One of each!
(or 4 flakes)
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Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Fri 05, 2012 2:33 pm
Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Sun 07, 2012 11:18 am
snow flakes or RAs. loving the progress.
Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Sun 07, 2012 8:11 pm
Original 13's with stretch.
Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Sun 07, 2012 9:50 pm
Progress, and setbacks.
Bumper is pushed in...before:
After:
Water pump and thermostat are in progress. However, it is a bitch to replace. I found that I had to get the lower timing cover off. To do that, you have to remove the top cover (easy) the crank pulley (had a bolt that did not want to come out, drilled and removed) the pump pulley (got lucky on those bolts) then I could remove the assembly.
With the assembly out, 5 bolt heads snapped off when trying to separate the pump from the housing. I got those out except for 2 of them. I'm thinking I'm going to get a new pump with the housing, instead of just the pump. Maybe I'll just drill the old ones out and tap, I dunno
Bumper is pushed in...before:
After:
Water pump and thermostat are in progress. However, it is a bitch to replace. I found that I had to get the lower timing cover off. To do that, you have to remove the top cover (easy) the crank pulley (had a bolt that did not want to come out, drilled and removed) the pump pulley (got lucky on those bolts) then I could remove the assembly.
With the assembly out, 5 bolt heads snapped off when trying to separate the pump from the housing. I got those out except for 2 of them. I'm thinking I'm going to get a new pump with the housing, instead of just the pump. Maybe I'll just drill the old ones out and tap, I dunno
Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Mon 08, 2012 10:20 am
I'm probably not going to find snowflakes locally, or RA's. But I'll keep looking.
Tires are getting popped off today, and I'll see what my options are.
^ This I thinkYASHA7FOLD wrote:Original 13's with stretch.
Tires are getting popped off today, and I'll see what my options are.Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Mon 08, 2012 2:34 pm
Tire rack
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Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Mon 08, 2012 2:35 pm
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Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Mon 08, 2012 2:36 pm
Check out Tire Rack. That's the place I got the tires for the Beetle. They typically have the odd ball sizes.
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Re: 1980 Caddy project - now with vroooms
Posted: Oct Tue 09, 2012 9:42 am
Thanks Wade, I'll check TR out. I've gotten a couple of good deals there as well.