All the wheels on

With the body due to go off to be shot blasted I put all the wheels on. The Body was only a walk away but needed 4 people to carry it. Once on the floor it could be transferred to a trailer with ease.


The floor is resting on four axle stands.

Attaching the rear axel/ gear housing

As I had no idea what needed replacing or was missing, I put things together first.

The bolts for the gear cradle where fine, it was just the rubber that needed replacing. According to the books and a chap I spoke to at VW heritage, this has the wrong type of cradle for the year. As my only aim is to get it through the MOT this is not a priority.


The internal nuts that attach the cradle to the gear box where fine.


The front gear box dampener needs replacing, but again the nuts are fine. Just need a bit of a clean.


When striping the body I was not as careful as I could have been. This tin of random screws, nuts and bolt is testament to others that whilst documenting each and every bit is tedious, its less fun guessing where they go!


A bit of military organisation helps.

Time to sort out the Axel boots.


The second one looked better but you might as well replace them both.


There wasn't a whole lot of rust to be cleaned.


Then an ample amount of grease was added.


Before the new boot was attached.

Anti rusting bits

After all the work to remove the rust and make these bits of metal shiny I have covered them in Krust to prevent them rusting up again. The next stage is painting.

These are the rear brake drum and back plate.


The second rear brake drum and behind are the supports for the bonnet.


The odd bit of engine tinware, inspection cover plate and brake line clips.


The body to floor washers and fuel tank washers.

Front steering dampener

AAbout the only thing I removed from the front steering/axle was the steering dampener.


One end had anut and bolt attached but the other end pictured was in need.

The windscreen wiper unit

Cleaning the bonnet struts and wiper module

Cleaned up the bonnet struts. I have kept the fixing with some masking tape when I originally took it off.




The wiper unit just had surface rust.


I disassembled it carefully keeping track of the order things came apart.